Dual Wield Frost Death Knight weapon list (pre-raid)


One of the Cataclysm features I was really looking forward to was actual one-handed STRENGTH weapons to dual wield as my Frost-specced Death Knight! The only drawback? I had no idea where to find them! On numerous occasions I got all excited to see a one-handed sword, axe or mace as a quest reward, only to sigh with disappointment when I saw it ruined with +Intellect or +Agility. Worthless!

One positive note about these new one-hand Strength weapons is that there will be very little competition for them. Enhancement Shamans can't use swords, and benefit just as much from +Agility as +Strength (so hopefully they already have Agi weapons). Fury Warriors can technically opt to pass up Titan's Grip and dual wield regular one-handers instead, but I have yet to meet one who has actually chosen to do so. And even other Frost Death Knights may not want them, if they're specced for two-hand-weapon DPS rather than dual wielding.

For anyone looking to level their Frost/Dual Wielding DK through the new zones, or just get properly outfitted for raiding, here's a complete pre-raid list of every +Strength one-handed weapon Death Knights can use, as well as their attack speed, item level, secondary stats, etc.

The "Other" column refers to a tanking stat (+Dodge or +Parry). By reforging these tank stats into something useful, these weapons are pretty damn good. If you see these drop, don't be a jerk and take them from a Warrior or Paladin, but otherwise go ahead and grab them. They'll likely serve you well.


Dual Wield Frost Death Knight weapon list (pre-raid)

Name ilvl Hand Type DPS Spd Str Crit Hit Hast Mast Exp Other Source
Firestorm
Hackblade
272 1H Sword 215.1 2.60 65 - - 65 - - - Quest
(Mount Hyjal)
Pocket-Sized
Mace
272 1H Mace 215.1 2.60 65 43 43 - - - - Horde Quest
(Shimmering Expanse)
Prototype
Chemical
Applicator
272 1H Mace 215.1 2.60 65 43 43 - - - - Alliance Quest
(Shimmering Expanse)
Questioning
Axe
289 1H Axe 244.9 2.60 76 - - - - 43 55 Quest
(Deepholm)
Dirk's
Command
308 1H Sword 287.4 2.60 91 - 61 61 - - - Bind on Equip
Tombbreaker
Mace
312 1H Mace 298.4 2.60 94 - - - - - - Quest
(Uldum)
Axe of the
Eclipse
316 1H Axe 309.7 2.60 98 - 50 - 74 - - Boss
(Vortex Pinnacle)
Elementium
Fang
316 1H Sword 309.7 2.60 98 - - - 65 - 65 Boss
(Stonecore)
Loyal Blade 316 1H Sword 309.7 2.60 98 - 65 - 65 - - Bind on Equip
Riftrent
WarAxe
318 1H Axe 315.5 2.60 100 - 67 - 67 - - Quest
(Deepholm)
Name ilvl Hand Type DPS Spd Str Crit Hit Hast Mast Exp Other Source
Dragonscorn
Mace
333 1H Mace 362.8 2.60 115 - - - 67 82 - Alliance Quest
(Twilight Highlands)
Mace of the
Gullet
333 1H Mace 362.8 2.60 115 - - - 67 82 - Horde Quest
(Twilight Highlands)
Mace of
Transformed
Bone
333 1H Mace 362.8 2.60 87 - 58 - - - 115 Boss
(Grim Batol)
Resonant
Kris
333 1H Sword 362.8 2.60 115 - 76 76 - - - Boss
(Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Sun Strike 333 1H Sword 362.8 2.60 115 - 76 - 76 - - Boss
(Halls of Origination)
Axe of the
Eclipse (H)
346 1H Axe 409.6 2.60 129 - 66 - 98 - - Boss
(H.Vortex Pinnacle)
Buzz Saw (H) 346 1H Sword 409.6 2.60 129 86 - - 86 - - Boss (H.Deadmines)
Cookie's
Tenderizer (H)
346 1H Mace 409.6 2.80 129 - 86 - 86 - - Boss (H.Deadmines)
Name ilvl Hand Type DPS Spd Str Crit Hit Hast Mast Exp Other Source
Dawnblaze
Blade
346 OFF Sword 409.6 2.60 129 86 - - - 86 - Justice Points
x950
Elementium
Bonesplitter
346 1H Axe 409.6 2.60 129 - - 86 - 86 - Blacksmithing
Elementium
Fang (H)
346 1H Sword 409.6 2.60 129 - - - 86 - 86 Boss (H.Stonecore)
Mace of
Transformed Bone (H)
346 1H Mace 409.6 2.60 98 - 66 - - - 129 Boss
(H.Grim Batol)
Resonant
Kris (H)
346 1H Sword 409.6 2.60 129 - 86 86 - - - Boss
(H.Lost City of the Tol'vir)
Smite's
Reaver (H)
346 1H Axe 409.6 2.60 129 - 86 - - 86 - Boss (H.Deadmines)
Sun Strike (H) 346 1H Sword 409.6 2.60 129 - 86 - 86 - - Boss
(H.Halls of Origination)
Name ilvl Hand Type DPS Spd Str Crit Hit Hast Mast Exp Other Source
Gurubashi Punisher 353 1H Mace 437.2 2.60 138 - 77 101 - - - Bind on Equip
Bloodlord's Protector 353 1H Sword 437.2 2.60 138 - - - - - 92 Boss (Zul'Gurub)
Reforged Heartless 353 1H Sword 437.2 2.60 138 85 - 96 - - - Zul'Aman?
Renataki's Soul Slicer 353 1H Sword 437.2 2.60 138 - - - 88 95 - Boss (Zul'Gurub)
Zulian Slasher 353 1H Sword 437.2 2.60 138 85 96 - - - - Boss (Zul'Gurub)
Scimitar of
the Sirocco
359 1H Sword 462.3 2.60 146 111 - 74 - - - Archaeology
Rare Find
Soul Blade 359 1H Sword 462.3 2.60 146 - 97 - 97 - - Bind on Equip
Vicious Gladiator's Hacker 359 1H Axe 462.3 2.60 146 97 - - - - - Conquest Points
x2450
Vicious Gladiator's Bonecracker 359 1H Mace 462.3 2.60 146 97 - - - - - Conquest Points
x2450
Vicious Gladiator's Slicer 359 1H Sword 462.3 2.60 146 97 - - - - - Conquest Points
x2450
Elementium-Edged Scalper 365 1H Axe 488.9 2.60 155 - 103 - 103 - - Blacksmithing
Obsidium Cleaver 378 1H Axe 551.8 2.60 175 - 105 - 123 - - Bind on Equip

Most of the weapons are quest or dungeon boss drops, though there's a few exceptions. Here's some miscellaneous thoughts on choices:

The Questioning Axe (reward from the quest Some Spraining To Do) is available a mere 11 quests into Deepholm. Here is a list of quests required to get to it.

I highly recommend going to Twilight Highlands and grabbing the Dragonscorn Mace / Mace of the Gullet as soon as you hit 84. It's wonderfully statted and is just as good as the weapons from the regular-difficulty dungeons, only you don't have to get lucky on boss drops. I'm not sure what it's like for Alliance, but for Horde the related quest isn't too far into Twilight Highlands - maybe about 18-22 quests or so (including breadcrumbs), none of which are very difficult.

The Dawnblaze Blade can be purchased for 950 Justice Points and is the only weapon on the list that is off-hand only. It requires level 85 to use, so you can't nab it with stockpiled JP and use it right at 80.

The Elementium Bonesplitter is nice, but will probably be very expensive for a long time. The raw mats needed to make it are 40 Elementium Bars (80 Elementium Ore), 16 Volatile Earths, 60 Volatile Fires, 60 Volatile Waters, 60 Volatile Airs, 6 Truegold (Any transmute fees plus 18 Pyrium Bars/36 Pyrite Ore OR 72 Elementium Bars & 72 Volatile Earths), and 3 Chaos Orbs. Absurdly pricey, and doesn't even have Mastery. Go run some heroics instead.

Cookie's Tenderizer (Heroic) is the only weapon with a speed other than 2.60 - it has a nice slower speed of 2.80. Speaking of Heroic Deadmines, that seems to be the place to go, as it has THREE nice weapons drops for us, all of which are itemized extremely well for dual wield DKs.

And finally, Scimitar of the Sirocco is a rare find from Archaeology, so I expect it's very hard to obtain. Still, it's an amazing sword, AND it's bind-to-account, so if you can get it, rock on!