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Shadow Priest

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 6 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the 3v3 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

Rentxfreex

Rentxfreex

<Mental Decay>Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
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
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Wizkxo

Wizkxo

<Chances Are We Are Drunk>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
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Envyion

Envyion

<dgb>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Distorted Reality

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
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 Void Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

53% 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.

17% 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)

14% 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)

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

39%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

+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

98%

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.

  • Feet29%
  • Wrist29%
  • Back24%
  • Waist10%
  • Shoulders7%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

41%

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.

  • Back38%
  • Wrist29%
  • Waist17%
  • Feet13%
  • Shoulders4%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

24%

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

  • Ring 236%
  • Ring 136%
  • Neck14%
  • Head7%
  • Hands7%

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

3%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

83%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

14%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

42%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

24%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

71%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

25%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

61%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

27%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

80%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

41%

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
11.9%
Angelic Feather
98.3%
Mind Blast
98.3%
Holy Nova
1.7%
Dispel Magic
98.3%
Spiritual Guidance
98.3%
Psychic Scream
98.3%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
98.3%
Purify Disease
15.3%
Power Infusion
98.3%
Painful Invocation
96.6%
Sheer Terror
98.3%
Surge of Light
6.8%
Body and Soul
96.6%
Mass Dispel
98.3%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
98.3%
Strength of Resolve
98.3%
Mind Control
81.4%
Psychic Voice
96.6%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
76.3%
Mental Agility
16.9%
Twin Disciplines
98.3%
Dark Enlightenment
98.3%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
0%
Inspiration
10.2%
Binding Heals
88.1%
Shadow Word: Death
98.3%
Sanguine Teachings
78%
Desperate Prayer
98.3%
Twist of Fate
98.3%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
16.9%
Fade
98.3%
Angel's Mercy
94.9%
Protective Light
98.3%
Mindpierce
20.3%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
98.3%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
84.7%
Unwavering Will
3.4%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
96.6%
2 / 2
Phantasm
88.1%
Angelic Bulwark
55.9%
Focused Power
94.9%
Phantom Reach
47.5%
Translucent Image
96.6%

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
98.3%
Psychic Link
93.2%
Invoked Nightmare
98.3%
Intangibility
98.3%
Thought Harvester
1.7%
Tentacle Slam
98.3%
Shadowy Apparitions
98.3%
Tormenting Whispers
98.3%
Descending Darkness
11.9%
Surge of Insanity
98.3%
Shadowy Insight
98.3%
Voidtouched
83.1%
Voidform
98.3%
Haunting Shadows
98.3%
Mental Decay
88.1%
Shadowfiend
96.6%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
88.1%
Improved Voidform
98.3%
Phantom Menace
22%
Dark Evangelism
78%
Shattered Psyche
13.6%
Subservient Shadows
96.6%
Mastermind
8.5%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
94.9%
Spectral Horrors
57.6%
Instilled Doubt
84.7%
2 / 2
Mindbender
72.9%
Deathspeaker
1.7%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
98.3%
Maddening Tentacles
98.3%
Inescapable Torment
72.9%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
98.3%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
98.3%
Insidious Ire
20.3%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
8.5%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
72.9%
Idol of N'Zoth
61%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
18.6%
Idol of C'Thun
16.9%
Void Apparitions
293.2%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

93%

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

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

75%

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

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

73%

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%.

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

44%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 288 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

5%

Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 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.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

2%

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