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Shadow Priest

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 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

Envyion

Envyion

<dgb>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Misery
Mental Fortitude
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Wrldondrvgs

Wrldondrvgs

<GLØBÁL>Ravencrest (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
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Chachsp

Chachsp

Tichondrius (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
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 > Mastery > Versatility > 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

33% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

13% of the best players use this combination
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.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

8% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,267 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 26 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 Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

15%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

12%

+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 Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

38%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist35%
  • Feet26%
  • Waist17%
  • Back17%
  • Shoulders4%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

35%

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

  • Ring 248%
  • Ring 143%
  • Chest5%
  • Waist5%
Hunt

Hunt

28%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand100%

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

7%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

55%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

27%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

33%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

20%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

53%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

28%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

47%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

23%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

42%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

37%

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
10%
Angelic Feather
88.3%
Mind Blast
88.3%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
88.3%
Spiritual Guidance
88.3%
Psychic Scream
88.3%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
88.3%
Purify Disease
40%
Power Infusion
88.3%
Painful Invocation
88.3%
Petrifying Scream
85%
Surge of Light
5%
Body and Soul
86.7%
Mass Dispel
88.3%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
88.3%
Strength of Resolve
88.3%
Mind Control
43.3%
Psychic Voice
85%
Everlasting Light
3.3%
Move with Grace
35%
Mental Agility
5%
Twin Disciplines
88.3%
Dark Enlightenment
88.3%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
6.7%
Inspiration
5%
Binding Heals
83.3%
Shadow Word: Death
85%
Sanguine Teachings
85%
Desperate Prayer
88.3%
Twist of Fate
88.3%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
43.3%
Fade
88.3%
Angel's Mercy
86.7%
Protective Light
86.7%
Mindpierce
58.3%
Spectral Illusion
6.7%
Improved Fade
86.7%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
73.3%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
88.3%
2 / 2
Phantasm
56.7%
Angelic Bulwark
33.3%
Focused Power
81.7%
Phantom Reach
55%
Translucent Image
83.3%

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
0%
Shadow Word: Madness
88.3%
Psychic Link
85%
Invoked Nightmare
88.3%
Mental Fortitude
88.3%
Thought Harvester
1.7%
Tentacle Slam
88.3%
Shadowy Apparitions
88.3%
Tormenting Whispers
88.3%
Descending Darkness
5%
Surge of Insanity
88.3%
Shadowy Insight
88.3%
Voidtouched
46.7%
Voidform
88.3%
Haunting Shadows
88.3%
Mental Decay
76.7%
Shadowfiend
85%
Dark Thoughts
1.7%
Maddening Touch
60%
Improved Voidform
88.3%
Phantom Menace
45%
Dark Evangelism
41.7%
Shattered Psyche
43.3%
Subservient Shadows
83.3%
Mastermind
23.3%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
81.7%
Spectral Horrors
61.7%
Instilled Doubt
48.3%
2 / 2
Mindbender
31.7%
Deathspeaker
1.7%
Mind Devourer
3.3%
Auspicious Spirits
86.7%
Maddening Tentacles
86.7%
Inescapable Torment
30%
Madness Weaving
1.7%
2 / 2
Death's Torment
1.7%
Screams of the Void
86.7%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
86.7%
Insidious Ire
51.7%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
5%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
30%
Idol of N'Zoth
70%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
56.7%
Idol of C'Thun
53.3%
Void Apparitions
263.3%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

77%

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

70%

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

55%

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 292 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

7%

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

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

3%

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.

Mindgames

Mindgames

2%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,141 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.

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

2%

Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.