You don’t seem to be stopped by the water (as if it were ground) when you would encounter a damaging fall as before. This can still be used to avoid being dis-mounted (if timed correctly) from an enemy attack.

All this does, is allow you to keep the Path of Frost after taking damage, so you don’t have to re-surface and re-mount to keep going.

If you’ve got a level 61 Death Knight, you know what I’m talking about. If you have [Path of Frost] activated, and if you take damage, your [Path of Frost]is removed and you sink underwater. You then have to take the time to re-apply it, jump above the water, and re-mount. This is a way that (Most of the time) will prevent that situation from ever happening.
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