This week’s Dragonflight Beta update brings various Frost Death Knight changes!
Death Knight
Frost
Might of the Frozen Wastes – While Dual-wielding your Obliterate and Frost Strike also strike with your off-hand and each weapon can be engraved with a Runeforge enchant. Wielding a two-handed weapon increases Obliterate damage by 30%, and increases the chance for your auto attack critical strikes to always grant Killing Machine.
Improved Killing Machine renamed to Frostreaper and changed. Your next Obliterate also deals Frost damage. Killing Machine also causes your next Obliterate to deal Frost damage.
Empower Rune Weapon – Empower your rune weapon, gaining 15% Haste and generating 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power instantly and every 5 sec for 20 sec. If you already know Empower Rune Weapon, instead gain 1 additional charges of <span Empower Rune Weapon.
Avalanche – Casting Howling Blast with Rime active causes jagged icicles to fall on enemies nearby your target, applying Razorice and dealing [ 21.4% of Attack Power ] Frost damage.
Glacial Advance no longer has a 6 sec cooldown.
New Talents
Empower Rune Weapon – Empower your rune weapon, gaining 15% Haste and generating 1 Rune and 5 Runic Power instantly and every 5 sec for 20 sec. If you already know Empower Rune Weapon, instead gain 1 additional charges of Empower Rune Weapon.
Icebreaker – When empowered by Rime, Howling Blast deals 30% increased damage to your primary target.
