Frost Death Knight Mythic+ Guide

Offensive Nodes

• Rider's Champion - Each Rune spent gives you a 10% chance to summon one of the following Four Horsemen:
  • Mograine
    • Puts up a Death and Decay that follows him.
      • You gain the benefit of Mograine's Might and Unholy Ground if you are standing in this.
  • Whitemane
    • Undeath is a disease with a 24 second duration that spreads and gains 1 stack every time you use Scourge Strike on the infected target.
  • Trollbane
    • Repeatedly casts Chains of Ice over his duration that gets shattered by Obliterate with Trollbane's Icy Fury.
  • Nazgrim
    • Grants you 3% Strength, increasing by 1% for every Rune spent while Nazgrim is active.
• Apocalypse Now
  • Summons all 4 Horsemen for 20 seconds after casting Frostwyrm's Fury making Absolute Zero mandatory to line this up with every other use of Pillar of Frost allowing for huge burst every 1m30s.
    • If a Horsemen is already out, it extends the current duration by 20 seconds instead.
      • Mograine does not recast his Death and Decay but all other Horsemen recast their abilities.
• Fury of the Horsemen or A Feast of Souls
  • Fury of the Horsemen increases the duration of your Horsemen while they are up but A Feast of Souls enables massive Frost Strikes periodically and is prolonged during Apocalypse Now. When combined with Shattering Blade and Shattered Frost this is especially powerful. As this is purely a numbers difference, A Feast of Souls currently wins when paired with Shattering Blade.
• Hungering Thirst
  • Passively increases Frost Fever and Frost Strike damage.
• Mawsworn Menace
  • Increases Obliterate damage by 10% and reduces the cooldown of Death and Decay by 10 seconds allowing you to use 2 charges of Death and Decay during Pillar of Frost in AoE.

Defensive Choice Nodes

• Death Charge or On a Paler Horse
  • On a Paler Horse does not work at all in this raid so you always choose Death Charge which is not a bad thing as this greatly increases your mobility and allows you to break roots and slows.
• Horsemen's Aid or Pact of the Apocalypse
  • Horsemen's Aid depends on the value of Anti-Magic Shell during the fight as this can be incredibly potent allowing you to pre-immune debuffs or randomly absorb high amounts of magic damage. On the other hand, Pact of the Apocalypse grants you 5% damage reduction per Horsemen out or a 20% damage reduction during your cooldowns with Apocalypse Now. Due to the situational value of both of these, there is no auto pick for this as it just depends on the fight.

While you are playing Obliteration, you want to pair this with Pillar of Frost as often as possible. The 15% Haste this grants allows you to fit in more global cooldowns into your Pillar window so this is especially important.
It can be used up to 2 globals before Pillar as The Long Winter extends its' duration to 18 seconds and you want the Haste and Runes throughout the entire Pillar duration.

During your Pillar windows, use this whenever you are able to hit the most enemies. It is worth being held for those opportunities as a massive use outweighs a single target cast of this dramatically.

Use this as a filler global when you have nothing else to press as it does not deal enough damage to be worth pressing otherwise. If you can, try to use it when you can get the most value going in to Pillar of Frost or after with Enduring Strength.

You should macro this in with either Pillar of Frost or Empower Rune Weapon as this does not do enough to offset from either of these.

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

• Use your defensives during Vociferous Indoctrination.
• Make sure to be on top of the tank when the boss casts ‍Vociferous Indoctrination to not get cut off from the group.
• Angle your camera so you can see the people with ‍Shadows of Doubt to be able to dodge their orbs easily when removed.

Fangs of the Queen

• Watch out for Knife Throw. Use Icebound Fortitude or Lichborne if you're targeted by this ability.
• You can pre-immune Ice Sickles with Anti-Magic Shell.
• Your tank will get afflicted by Freezing Blood, be close to the tank so he can drop his stacks quickly.

The Coaglamation

• Use your Anti-Magic Shell for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
• If you have taken any damage recently, use Death Strike to heal off the absorb on yourself if you have nothing better to do.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

• Use Anti-Magic Shell for every other cast of Splice and rotate between Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, and using Death Strike to heal yourself for this since it's the highest damage event during this fight.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
  • Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
  • Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
  • Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
  • Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.

Boss Tips

E.D.N.A.

• Always stack in a line to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
  • Use Anti-Magic Shell to pre-immune the stacks before they are cleared with Refracting Beam.
• Use Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, or Anti-Magic Zone for Earth Shatterer.

Skarmorak

• Use Anti-Magic Shell, Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, or Anti-Magic Zone before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.
  • You can Death Strike between ticks of Unstable Energy as well.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

• Put Speaker Brokk in focus, so you can use Mind Freeze easily.
• During Exhaust Vents, 3 out of the 4 vents in the intercardinal directions are active. Look around and locate the safe vent, go there quickly to not get cut off by puddles on the ground.
• The Magma Wave from the cube will always traverse in the cardinal directions so as long as you are on a vent you are in a safespot.
• Use your defensives during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
• Killing both bosses at the same time is a must to avoid Silenced Speaker.

Void Speaker Eirich

• Void Corruption applies a debuff to you that you need to clear with ‍Void Rift.
  • Immune the application of it with ‍Anti-Magic Shell whenever possible.
• Use defensives on Entropic Reckoning to allow you to drop it on top of another zone.

Trash Tips

• Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
• It is very important to focus the Rock Smashers before the group has too many Smash Rock stacks.
• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
  • Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
  • Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
  • Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
  • Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.

Boss Tips

Speaker Shadowcrown

• Consider using a defensive if you're affected by Collapsing Night.
  • As a melee, unless you are playing with less than 2 ranged or people are dead, you should not get this.
• InterruptShadow Bolt whenever cast.

Anub'ikkaj

• Use Anti-Magic Shell, Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, or Anti-Magic Zone for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay.

Rasha'nan

• Erosive Spray applies Lingering Erosion which can be immuned with Anti-Magic Shell.
• If Arathi Bomb is about to explode, its damage can be immuned with Anti-Magic Shell.
• Use Death's Advance to quickly break Spinneret's Strands.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
  • Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.

Boss Tips

Ingra Maloch

• Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted unless it is a warrior that has Spell Reflect ready.
• Use Anti-Magic Shell or Lichborne on Repulsive Visage to immune the fear.
• Try to line up your big cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.

Mistcaller

• Chains of Ice the Illusionary Vulpins to prevent them from reaching their target.
• Use defensives during the Guessing Game as it is the only time damage is dealt during this fight.

Tred'ova

• The Mind Link is always cast on the tank, make sure you are on the opposite side of the boss and run away with Death's Advance to break it as fast as possible.
• Immune the pull in of Coalescing Poison with Death's Advance.
• Kill the Gormling Larva if you are not the Marked Prey target.

Trash Tips

• Focusing down one of the two Drust Boughbreaker desyncs Furious Thrashing, they start casting it when they reach 50% hp.
• Make sure to hit the Overgrowth from the Tirnenn Villager's as it stuns a party member for 6 seconds if they can not get out.
• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
  • Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
  • Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
  • Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
  • Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
  • Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.

Boss Tips

Blightbone

• Use Anti-Magic Shell on Heaving Retch or other defensives if you are targeted back to back.
• Cleave down the Carrion Worms if you are not being targeted.

Amarth, The Harvester

• Use Death Grip and Abomination Limb to bring in the Reanimated Crosbowman or Reanimated Mage.
• Interrupt Necrotic Bolt as much as possible.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

• Make sure you always have a charge of Death's Advance to easily get to the center of the room for the Meat Hooks.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

• If you are targeted by Frozen Binds, you can use Anti-Magic Shell before the cast ends to not get rooted.
• While Icebound Aegis is up use Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, or Anti-Magic Zone to prevent damage.
• Drop Frigid Cold in a corner to ensure you have enough space on the boss.

Trash Tips

• You can stop the Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collectors with ‍Death Grip and other cc's.
• Be wary of the Skeletal Marauder's ‍Gruesome Cleave as it is a fast frontal.
• It is very important to aim the ‍Throw Cleaver from the Flesh Crafter's on the high health targets in the pack to kill them faster.

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
  • Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
  • Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
  • Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
  • Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.

Boss Tips

Chopper Redhook

• Line up your cooldowns with the boss walking over Bombs which afflict him with Heavy Ordnance.
• Irontide Powdershots are standing still in range and the majority of the time are casting ‍Molten Slug, use Death Grip or Abomination Limb to bring them in.
• Use Anti-Magic Shell if you are targeted by Molten Slug.
• Always watch where the tank is facing the Irontide Cleavers to dodge the ‍Heavy Slash especially when kiting the boss.

Dread Captain Lockwood

• Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
• Always be standing behind Dread Captain Lockwood as ‍Clear the Deck is a very fast frontal cone.
• The Ashvane Canoneer casts Broadside which is another frontal cone to dodge.

Hadal Darkfathom

• Always use a charge of Death's Advance when Tidal Surge happens to dodge the waves and be in a decent position for Break Water.
• Use Anti-Magic Shell on every other Break Water and rotate a defensive for the other one.

Viq'Goth

• You can pre ‍Anti-Magic Shell on Putrid Waters but it is never a 100% immune since only 2 people get affected by this debuff.
  • If you are standing in a different position than anyone else you can see the animation come from the boss towards you and use use ‍Anti-Magic Shell well before it hits you but it is quite fast and affects you from farther away than you expect.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.

Boss Tips

General Umbriss

• Death's Advance is useful for helping you dodge Shadowflame Breath.
• Rotate Icebound Fortitude and Lichborne on Commanding Roar.

Forgemaster Throngus

• Use Anti-Magic Shell during Blistering Heat.
• Bait Fiery Cleave close towards the edge to save as much space as possible.

Drahga Shadowburner

• Use Death's Advance and Anti-Magic Shell for Twilight Buffet to immune the knockback and prevent damage.
• Help slow the Shadowflame Spirits with Chains of Ice, especially once they are under the boss.

Erudax, the Duke of Below

• Use Anti-Magic Shell during every Void Surge
• Rotate Icebound Fortitude, Lichborne, and Anti-Magic Zone for Abyssal Corruption.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
  • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.

• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Umbral Wind from Twilight Destroyer
    • You can LoS this cast.
    • If you are not hiding from it, make sure you use Death Charge or you are not facing towards the edge to not fall down.
  • Reckless Tactic from Twilight Overseer
  • Molten Wake from Molten Giant
  • Ascension and Dark Eruption from Twilight Lavabender
    • ‍Ascension triggers at 50% HP and starts pulsing ‍Scorching Heat group damage, make sure to focus it as it does an immense amount of damage.
  • Corrupt and Mind Piercer from Faceless Corruptor
    • Be aware especially when you have stacks of ‍Shadow Wound from Mutated Hatchlings.

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