This is the Cataclysm Frost Spec level 85 Death Knight Leveling Build updated for 4.0.6.  Frost is a talent spec tree that you can choose for leveling.  It may not be as fast as blood but it comes pretty damn close.

In this guide you will get the best talents for leveling Frost to level 85, along with spell rotation and glyphs.

This is the best Frost Talent points for leveling to go with the best leveling route guide: Zygor’s Leveling Guide

Rotations:

Single Target Rotation Priority(DW uses Frost Presence, 2H uses Unholy Presence):

1. Diseases up (FF apply with Howling Blast)
2. Obliterate
3. Blood Strike
4. Frost Strike
5. Rime
6. HoW

AoE Rotation Priority(done in Frost Presence):

1. Howling Blast
2. Death and Decay
3. Plague Strike
4. Frost Strike
5. Horn of Winter

Level 85 Death Knight (7/32/2)

Blood (7 Points)

Butchery – Rank 2/2
Whenever you kill an enemy that grants experience or honor, you generate up to 20 runic power. In addition, you generate 2 runic power per 5 sec while in combat.

Bladed Armor – Rank 3/3
Increases your attack power by 6 for every 180 armor value you have.

Improved Blood Tap – Rank 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Blood Tap ability by 30 sec.

Frost (32 Points)

Runic Power Mastery – Rank 3/3
Increases your maximum Runic Power by 30.

Icy Reach – Rank 2/2
Increases the range of your Icy Touch, Chains of Ice and Howling Blast by 10 yards.

Nerves of Cold Steel – Rank 1/3
Increases your chance to hit with one-handed melee weapons by 1% and increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 8%.

Annihilation – Rank 3/3
Increases the damage dealt by your Obliterate ability by 45%.

Endless Winter – Rank 2/2
Your Mind Freeze no longer costs runic power.

Merciless Combat – Rank 2/2
Your Icy Touch, Howling Blast, Obliterate and Frost Strike do an additional 12% damage when striking targets with less than 35% health.

Chill of the Grave – Rank 2/2
Your Chains of Ice, Howling Blast, Icy Touch and Obliterate generate 10 additional runic power.

Killing Machine – Rank 3/3
Your melee attacks have a chance to make your next Icy Touch, Obliterate, or Frost Strike a guaranteed critical strike. Effect occurs more often than Killing Machine (Rank 2).

Rime – Rank 3/3
Your Obliterate has a 45% chance to cause your next Howling Blast or Icy Touch to consume no runes.

Pillar of Frost – Rank 1/1
Calls upon the power of Frost to increase the Death Knight’s Strength by 20%. Icy crystals hang heavy upon the Death Knight’s body, providing immunity against external movement such as knockbacks. Lasts 20 sec.

Improved Icy Talons – Rank 1/1
Increases the melee and ranged attack speed of all party and raid members within 100 yards by 10%, and your own attack speed by an additional 5%.

Brittle Bones – Rank 2/2
Your Strength is increased by 4% and your Frost Fever chills the bones of its victims, increasing their physical damage taken by 4%.

Hungering Cold – Rank 1/1
Purges the earth around the Death Knight of all heat. Enemies within 10 yards are trapped in ice, preventing them from performing any action for 10 sec and infecting them with Frost Fever. Enemies are considered Frozen, but any damage other than diseases will break the ice.

Improved Frost Presence – Rank 2/2
Increases your bonus damage while in Frost Presence by an additional 5%. In addition, while in Blood Presence or Unholy Presence, you retain 4% increased runic power generation from Frost Presence.

Might of the Frozen Wastes – Rank 3/3
When wielding a two-handed weapon, your autoattacks have a 45% chance to generate 10 Runic Power.

Howling Blast – Rank 1/1
Blast the target with a frigid wind dealing ((1152 + 1250 / 2) + (AP * 0.4)) Frost damage to all enemies within 10 yards.

Unholy (2 Points)

Epidemic – Rank 2/3
Increases the duration of Blood Plague and Frost Fever by 8 sec.

Glyphs

Glyph of Obliterate (Prime Glyph)
Increases the damage of your Obliterate ability by 20%.

Glyph of Frost Strike (Prime Glyph)
Reduces the cost of your Frost Strike by 8 Runic Power.

Glyph of Howling Blast (Prime Glyph)
Your Howling Blast ability now infects your targets with Frost Fever.

Glyph of Hungering Cold (Major Glyph)
Your Hungering Cold ability no longer costs runic power.

Glyph of Pestilence (Major Glyph)
Increases the radius of your Pestilence effect by 5 yards.

Glyph of Blood Boil (Major Glyph)
Increases the radius of your Blood Boil ability by 50%.

Glyph of Horn of Winter (Minor Glyph)
Increases the duration of your Horn of Winter ability by 1 min.

Glyph of Raise Ally (Minor Glyph)
Increases the health of your Risen Ally by 25% and its run speed by 15%.

Glyph of Resilient Grip (Minor Glyph)
When your Death Grip ability fails because its target is immune, its cooldown is reset.

Do You Want To Level Faster Like The Pros?

If you are having trouble leveling or need to level faster in WoW Cataclysm I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide. It has the perfect leveling path that gets you to 85 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide and it points with an arrow to the direction of each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc. If you dont have this in game add on guide, honestly, you are missing out. You can find out more here or check out the Zygor Cataclysm Leveling Guide Review.

Tags: 4.0.3, build, Cataclysm, death knight, frost, leveling, spec

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