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Shadow Priest

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 22 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

Stunsilence

Stunsilence

<dgb>Sargeras (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
Envyion

Envyion

<dgb>Sargeras (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
Atiersp

Atiersp

<dgb>Sargeras (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

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 Highmountain Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

84% 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.

12% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,327 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 37 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

2% 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)

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.

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

54%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

14%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

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

70%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,475 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet34%
  • Wrist29%
  • Back17%
  • Waist9%
  • Shoulders6%
  • Main Hand3%
  • Off Hand3%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

70%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Back40%
  • Wrist26%
  • Feet17%
  • Waist9%
  • Shoulders6%
  • Legs3%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

30%

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

  • Ring 240%
  • Ring 113%
  • Main Hand13%
  • Off Hand13%
  • Feet7%
  • Head7%
  • Neck7%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

86%

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

60%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

32%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

6%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

64%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

36%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

62%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

26%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

112%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

32%

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
2%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
12%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Sheer Terror
100%
Surge of Light
0%
Body and Soul
100%
Mass Dispel
100%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Mind Control
82%
Psychic Voice
100%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
78%
Mental Agility
50%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
2%
Inspiration
34%
Binding Heals
66%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
60%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
14%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
100%
Protective Light
96%
Mindpierce
18%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
98%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
88%
Angelic Bulwark
88%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
16%
Translucent Image
96%

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
100%
Invoked Nightmare
100%
Intangibility
100%
Thought Harvester
0%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
2%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
98%
Voidtouched
82%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
80%
Shadowfiend
98%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
94%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
28%
Dark Evangelism
72%
Shattered Psyche
8%
Subservient Shadows
98%
Mastermind
8%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
96%
Spectral Horrors
50%
Instilled Doubt
92%
2 / 2
Mindbender
86%
Deathspeaker
2%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
86%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
14%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
2%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
86%
Idol of N'Zoth
72%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
18%
Idol of C'Thun
14%
Void Apparitions
100%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

94%

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

88%

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

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

86%

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

24%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 283 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

4%

Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

2%

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.