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Frost Death Knight rotation (Retail)

Levels 10-90: the same priority the PullCall simulator plays and the coach checks your pulls against.

Priority at level 90

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  1. 1Pillar of FrostUtilityTalentif you take the talentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 10 · 45 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  2. 2Frostwyrm's FuryCooldownTalentif you take the talentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 10 · 90 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  3. 3Empower Rune WeaponRotationTalentif you take the talentOn a 30 s cooldown: press it as soon as it is ready, before the steps below it.level 10 · 30 s cooldown · why: PullCall rule
  4. 4Reaper's MarkRotationTalentif you take the talentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 71 · 45 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  5. 5FrostscytheRotationTalentif you take the talentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  6. 6ObliterateRotationTalentif you take the talentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  7. 7Remorseless WinterUtilityOn a 20 s cooldown: press it as soon as it is ready, before the steps below it.level 19 · 20 s cooldown · why: PullCall rule
  8. 8Frost StrikeRotationTalentif you take the talentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  9. 9Howling BlastRotationTalentif you take the talentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  10. 10Glacial AdvanceTwo or more enemiesFor two or more enemies: use it when a pack is on you.learn level not in our data · why: PullCall rule

What changes with level

  1. Level 10-18adds Pillar of Frost, Frostwyrm's Fury, Empower Rune Weapon, Frostscythe, Obliterate, Frost Strike, Howling Blast, Death Grip, Rune Strike
  2. Level 19-70adds Remorseless Winter, Chains of Ice; drops Rune Strike
  3. Level 71-89adds Reaper's Mark
  4. Level 90adds Glacial Advance; drops Death Grip, Chains of Ice

The full priority

  1. 1Pillar of FrostUtilityTalentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 10 · 45 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  2. 2Frostwyrm's FuryCooldownTalentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 10 · 90 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  3. 3Empower Rune WeaponRotationTalentOn a 30 s cooldown: press it as soon as it is ready, before the steps below it.level 10 · 30 s cooldown · why: PullCall rule
  4. 4Reaper's MarkRotationTalentA big cooldown: use it at the start of a hard fight or when many enemies are grouped.level 71 · 45 s cooldown · why: PullCall catalog note
  5. 5FrostscytheRotationTalentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  6. 6ObliterateRotationTalentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  7. 7Remorseless WinterUtilityOn a 20 s cooldown: press it as soon as it is ready, before the steps below it.level 19 · 20 s cooldown · why: PullCall rule
  8. 8Frost StrikeRotationTalentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  9. 9Howling BlastRotationTalentNo cooldown: press it when the steps above it are not ready.level 10 · why: PullCall rule
  10. 10Glacial AdvanceTwo or more enemiesFor two or more enemies: use it when a pack is on you.learn level not in our data · why: PullCall rule

Where this comes from

SimulationCraft assisted_combat APL (Blizzard's Single-Button Assistant priority) (simulationcraft/simc, ActionPriorityLists/assisted_combat/ @ 710c240, GPL-3.0 (read as data)).

Each step's “why” is PullCall's own wording. Learn levels and cooldowns are facts from our ability catalog for this version.