Death Grip Guard

Death Grip Guard (DGG) is a lightweight PvP workaround for Death Grip bugs affecting Death Knights.

It was created to address situations where Death Grip cooldown and immunity behavior can be misleading during PvP, giving you incorrect information about when Death Grip can actually be used again.

Features

Blood

Tracks the three-Grip rule against enemy players and warns you before a target becomes immune.

• Tracks Death Grip usage per player target.
• Warns if the next grip is risky or safe to use after the immunity is over.
• Displays the 30-second immunity window after repeated grips. 
• Keeps tracking different targets independently.
• Provides optional warning and immunity-expired sounds. 
• Includes a manual reset action for situations where tracking becomes desynchronized: 
  
  • If the Blood tracker shows that your target can be gripped, but you see that the target is already immune, simply Right-Click the frame to reset that target's Grip history.

Frost & Unholy

Provides a separate World-PvP readiness overlay for Death Grip where WoW can incorrectly show the spell as ready before it can actually be used.

• Tracks Death Grip charges independently
• Shows a countdown while Death Grip is unavailable
• Automatically hides when a charge becomes available
• Only displays the readiness overlay when targeting a player in World-PvP

Configuration

DGG includes a simple addon settings panel for:

• Frame position
• Frame scale
• Frame locking
• UI visibility
• Warning and immunity-expired sounds

You can open the settings panel with /dgg

Important Notes

DGG is an informational PvP workaround. It does not modify or fix WoW's underlying Death Grip mechanics.

The addon relies on information available through the WoW addon API and maintains its own local tracking history. Because some information is restricted or unavailable to addons, Blood grip tracking cannot be guaranteed to perfectly match the server's actual history for all situations.

Tracking data is session-based and is reset after reloading the UI, logging out, or changing specialization.

Future Updates

DGG is built around the current Death Grip behavior and will be updated if there are changes or fixes to the underlying mechanics.

If Blizzard resolves the current PvP bugs, the addon will be adapted where appropriate to remain useful. When the underlying issues are fully resolved and no useful functionality remains, DGG may eventually be retired.