A Look Back at Frost Death Knight in Dragonflight & War Within Wishlist - Editorial
With the sun setting on Dragonflight and The War Within on the horizon, our Frost Death Knight Writer, Khazak, offers a retrospective highlighting Frost's journey in Dragonflight and shares their hopes for the spec's next evolution with a War Within Wishlist.
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Frost Retrospective & War Within Wishlist
Dragonflight created an upheaval of class mechanics unlike anything seen since Legion. The nature of the changes meant every class and spec saw some level of change. For specializations such as Frost, that had remained stagnant since Legion, this was an opportunity to lay a foundation for the spec's gameplay for the next era. As Dragonflight draws to a close and significant changes come to a halt, it is time to take a critical look at the current state of Frost and how it can be improved in The War Within. Translating a fixed set of spells into a tree presented unique challenges; some were resolved, while others caused setbacks for the spec.
Fitting two playstyles in one tree
The first challenge for the talent tree design was accommodating two disparate playstyles from previous expansions. Breath of Sindragosa, with a unique playstyle focused on resource management, and Obliteration, concentrated on generating Killing Machine inside Pillar of Frost. On top of this, it also needed to support dual-wield and two-hand weapon types after two-hand Frost returned in Shadowlands. The new talent tree largely met these goals to support multiple build types. Throughout the expansion, both builds shone in particular niches, allowing each to show off its strengths. Obliteration rose to be the dominant
