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Shadow Priest

  • 3v3
  • 59 players
  • Last Updated: 10 days 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

Kishobengi

Kishobengi

<Victim Specs>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Mental Fortitude
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Froffzy

Froffzy

<Atomic>Tarren Mill (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
Kisho

Kisho

Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Mental Fortitude
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

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 Night Elf and for the Horde is Highmountain Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

78% 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)

3% of the best players use this combination
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)

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 160 primary stat for 20 sec.

3% of the best players use this combination
Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 247 for 10 sec.

Soulcatcher's Charm

Soulcatcher's Charm

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to haunt the target, dealing 23,267 Shadow damage over 12 sec. If the target dies while haunted, the effect transfers to a nearby enemy, inflicting 150% of the Shadow damage over the remaining duration.

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

26%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

20%

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

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

15%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

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

117%

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.

  • Wrist33%
  • Back28%
  • Feet23%
  • Waist10%
  • Shoulders6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

24%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,152 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 150%
  • Ring 243%
  • Neck7%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

19%

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

  • Ring 145%
  • Ring 236%
  • Neck18%

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

47%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

19%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

24%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

17%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

39%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

25%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

51%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

39%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

83%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

42%

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
25.4%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
1.7%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
13.6%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Sheer Terror
100%
Surge of Light
8.5%
Body and Soul
98.3%
Mass Dispel
98.3%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
96.6%
Strength of Soul
100%
Mind Control
76.3%
Psychic Voice
98.3%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
57.6%
Mental Agility
27.1%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
1.7%
Shackle Horror
0%
Inspiration
3.4%
Binding Heals
96.6%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
81.4%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
20.3%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
96.6%
Protective Light
96.6%
Mindpierce
33.9%
Spectral Illusion
1.7%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
89.8%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
81.4%
Angelic Bulwark
61%
Focused Power
91.5%
Phantom Reach
45.8%
Translucent Image
98.3%

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
100%
Psychic Link
89.8%
Invoked Nightmare
100%
Intangibility
100%
Thought Harvester
1.7%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
20.3%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
98.3%
Voidtouched
71.2%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
100%
Shadowfiend
93.2%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
83.1%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
15.3%
Dark Evangelism
88.1%
Shattered Psyche
16.9%
Subservient Shadows
93.2%
Mastermind
10.2%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
45.8%
Instilled Doubt
83.1%
2 / 2
Mindbender
69.5%
Deathspeaker
3.4%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
98.3%
Inescapable Torment
69.5%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
1.7%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
22%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
22%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
69.5%
Idol of N'Zoth
72.9%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
25.4%
Idol of C'Thun
20.3%
Void Apparitions
300%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

97%

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

81%

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

76%

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

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

29%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 286 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

8%

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

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

3%

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.

Mindgames

Mindgames

2%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,143 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.