What is it about 2H Frost that you are missing? Honest question

I see like 2/3 of the DK forum are DKs asking for 2H Frost back, but most of them are doing just that, “we need 2H Frost” and that’s about the end of it.

What exactly are you guys missing from the 2H Frost days as compared to DW Frost? Is it the huge Obliterate playstyle? Just the look and feel of the DK itself?

Personally, I enjoyed DW Unholy back in the Festerblight days, when we could actually maintain a melee DoT build, and that, to me, made more sense given the fact that our damage wasn’t about big hits, but steady damage. Perhaps we may see the ability to make multiple versions of these DK variants work in Shadowlands, though I am certain we will never be “WotLK DKs” again, as it is more work than Blizzard would be willing to do to balance a potential 9 specs for 1 class lol.

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easier to maintain 1 2h than DW. having a sword not drop is a pain.
i loved the big oblit crits
looks cool we can wield shadowmourn again i grined for it when i could wield it sucks that i cant now

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The needing to find 2 weapons is something I hadn’t considered, that’s a good point. So is the transmog.

I’m honestly not sure if the 2 handed “huge crit” version of Frost would ever return, if only because that is essentially a Ret Paladin. Both are melee with ranged abilities, both are low mobility, both rely on big burst windows, etc.

Even if the burst was evened out, I did much prefer the Obliterate rolling playstyle over the current Breath of Sindergosa ice puke.

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back n WoD we had unholy pres and wod DA which had a passive speed boost and a on use part. NEVER had a problem getting around with that

anyway they need to tone down AA and FF and put it back into our specials

obliteration needs a everything is on while pof is up

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Aesthetics. At least for me.

Some of us just like lugging big 2H weapons.

And not the fact that it used to be a playstyle that could be chosen and that choice was removed from us.

And especially not that it happened when Legion was launched and we lost the chance of ever getting the real Frostmourne sword graphic instead of some knock off 1h’s.

End of the day I just don’t like dual wielding, it’s an aesthetics thing at least for me on my DK. Not a fan on my Warrior. Fine with it on a DH and Rogue, but it’s just not the way I like to see my DK. I will when Frost’s power is way over Unholy’s for the sake of performance for my team. But I’d rather my DK be able to use 2H in frost for my own sake and not suffer on having a viable build I like the aesthetics of.

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Aesthetics are huge for me, so that’s number one on my list. Number two is probably just the feel, the big numbers feel great for my little brain. They also feel great in PVP, i miss the days of stomping through Tol’Barad with my killing machine procs.

If we get 2H back i will 100% main frost again, no questions asked. I’ve been bouncing between alts since it’s been removed, as well as playing blood spec on my main just to do all of the content.

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Looks and feel, absolutely. But also the fact that unholy players only have to worry about one weapon dropping, not only for their spec, but for blood spec as well.

Frosties that want to tank are left out in the cold.

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It was Frost DK years before it was Ret Paladin. Blizzard legitimately hated ret paladin for the longest time.

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Source: I was a paladin main for a long time.

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All of the above, as well as player choice in what weapon feels right for them. Regardless of which playsyle was mathematicly best.

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Biggest issue is aesthetic.
DKs fantasy is widely associated with big 2H rune weapons. Juggernaut fantasy also makes more sense with 2H, delivering deliberate and catastrophic blows. Nothing weirder than a slow moving juggernaut that’s only slow from the waist down, even though the arms are going to super speed.

I wouldn’t mind if they kept DW for the few who enjoy it (don’t care whether it’s purely looks or via talents), but 2H definitely needs to be an option on every DK spec.

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Primarily the look, because I truly hate two dinky little swords as a Death Knight. I should be smacking people with a big hunk of metal, not poking them with toothpicks.

I do also miss the big numbers, I like big numbers.

Same. I’ve honestly felt lost, I keep making new “mains” only to jump to another after a few months because no DK spec actually appeals to me anymore.

I miss being a DK.

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a big 2H weapon obliterating everything in front of me?

two tiny knifes are not the weapon of a DEATH KNIGHT

Even the spell icons are all 2H weapons, did you notice?

that hurt me so much to this very day, dumb paladins got the ashbringer and the corrupted version, damn demon hunters got the illidan blades as transmog

and we got 2 little butter knifes with a skull

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Because Death Knights are ment to wield big giant 2handers, the fact that they had to make someone just to show that some Death Knights do duel wield in lore aka 1 should tell you something.

Arthis is ment to be our Archtype and what does he wield a 2handed rune weapon it is what we are ment to use and their is nothing more satisfying then when you get those big oblit crits with 2handers the fact that my auto attacks can do more then obliterate is honestly disgusting.

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Technically Frostmourne is a hand and a half sword. Can be weilded both ways.

But Arthas didnt dw.

I dont care either way, i just dont want to have to use a ghoul again as frost.

Speaking of 2H weps…wasnt there a Q&A at blizzcon that mentioned being able to soon xmog legendary weps? Time to finish Shadowmourne?

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Yes that is confirmed to happen “soon”. So yeah, get it done

im soooooo looking for that, i hope its soon and not SoomTM

It’s all about looks baby. The way I play my DK she has 2H weapons. And that means I must play unholy for dps and it just doesn’t feel right. I mained Blood Dps until I couldn’t and then it was all 2H frost and now that’s gone too. I don’t want pets I love the icy feel of frost dks but it just looks ridiculous to dw in plate.

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Its always the same half dozen making post after post, ignore it and move on.