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Shadow Priest

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 23 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Darthlie

Darthlie

<SHUFFLE POLICE>Draenor (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Freepokemons

Freepokemons

<PvP trainer>Area 52 (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Sonah

Sonah

Der abyssische Rat (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Void Empowerment
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Shadow Priest is
Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Shadow Priest for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

76% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

6% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,413 Mastery diminishing over 15 sec and allowing you to see hidden enemies. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 30 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

4% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 800 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 248 for 10 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 32 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Shadow Priest is Flawless Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

38%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

24%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Shadow Priest is Devouring Banding on a Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

54%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet33%
  • Wrist22%
  • Back15%
  • Waist15%
  • Shoulders11%
  • Off Hand4%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

42%

Equip: Kulzi favors you, granting your healing spells and abilities a chance to grant your target 101 Versatility.

  • Ring 238%
  • Ring 133%
  • Neck14%
  • Feet10%
  • Waist5%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

40%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Feet35%
  • Wrist25%
  • Back25%
  • Shoulders10%
  • Waist5%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

58%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

36%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

20%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

10%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

52%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

44%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

70%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

18%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

76%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

56%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Improved Flash Heal
12%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
2%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
98%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
8%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Sheer Terror
100%
Surge of Light
6%
Body and Soul
98%
Mass Dispel
98%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Mind Control
88%
Psychic Voice
100%
Everlasting Light
2%
Move with Grace
66%
Mental Agility
32%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
2%
Shackle Horror
6%
Inspiration
34%
Binding Heals
68%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
66%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
16%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
98%
Protective Light
98%
Mindpierce
28%
Spectral Illusion
4%
Improved Fade
98%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
82%
Unwavering Will
2%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
98%
2 / 2
Phantasm
98%
Angelic Bulwark
74%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
20%
Translucent Image
100%

Voidweaver

Hero class image
Devour Matter
100%
Void Infusion
100%
Inner Quietus
100%
Void Torrent
100%
Quickened Pulse
100%
Dark Energy
100%
Collapsing Void
100%
Darkening Horizon
100%
Void Leech
100%
Void Blast
100%
Voidwraith
100%
Overwhelming Shadows
100%
Touch of the Void
100%
Voidheart
100%
Entropic Rift
100%
Shadow Word: Madness
100%
Psychic Link
96%
Invoked Nightmare
100%
Intangibility
100%
Thought Harvester
2%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
6%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
100%
Voidtouched
78%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
98%
Mental Decay
70%
Shadowfiend
100%
Dark Thoughts
2%
Maddening Touch
100%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
34%
Dark Evangelism
66%
Shattered Psyche
12%
Subservient Shadows
98%
Mastermind
2%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
52%
Instilled Doubt
90%
2 / 2
Mindbender
94%
Deathspeaker
4%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
98%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
94%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
98%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
98%
Insidious Ire
8%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
2%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
94%
Idol of N'Zoth
84%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
24%
Idol of C'Thun
6%
Void Apparitions
98%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

84%

Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

80%

Summons a Psyfiend with 1,222 health for 12 sec beside you to attack the target at range with Psyflay. Psyflay Deals up to 1% of the target's total health in Shadow damage every 0.9 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

78%

While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Voidform by 3 sec.

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

40%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 290 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

8%

Siphon haste from enemies, stealing 2% haste per stack of Mind Trauma, stacking up to 9 times. Fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stack of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. Lasts 15 sec. You can only gain 3 stacks of Mind Trauma from a single enemy.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

6%

When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 6 sec.

Mindgames

Mindgames

2%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,122 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 3,990 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 3,990 healing they deal will damage their target.