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Shadow Priest

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  • Last Updated: 23 hours ago

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

Lockfromwish

Lockfromwish

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Psyfiend
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Words

Words

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
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
Verwüsterer

Verwüsterer

<PvP LEGEND>Mal'Ganis (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 Void Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

37% 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)

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)

7% 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 206 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 Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

23%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

21%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

13%

+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

57%

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.

  • Wrist44%
  • Feet24%
  • Back21%
  • Waist12%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

30%

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 256%
  • Ring 139%
  • Neck6%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

28%

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.

  • Wrist35%
  • Back29%
  • Waist18%
  • Feet12%
  • Hands6%

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

8%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

55%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

22%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

40%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

15%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

3%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

58%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

22%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

50%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

28%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

40%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

35%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
26.7%
Angelic Feather
90%
Mind Blast
93.3%
Holy Nova
1.7%
Dispel Magic
93.3%
Spiritual Guidance
93.3%
Psychic Scream
93.3%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
93.3%
Purify Disease
20%
Power Infusion
93.3%
Painful Invocation
93.3%
Sheer Terror
93.3%
Surge of Light
11.7%
Body and Soul
91.7%
Mass Dispel
93.3%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
88.3%
Strength of Resolve
91.7%
Mind Control
65%
Psychic Voice
90%
Everlasting Light
1.7%
Move with Grace
41.7%
Mental Agility
20%
Twin Disciplines
91.7%
Dark Enlightenment
93.3%
False Autonomy
1.7%
Shackle Horror
0%
Inspiration
5%
Binding Heals
88.3%
Shadow Word: Death
91.7%
Sanguine Teachings
76.7%
Desperate Prayer
93.3%
Twist of Fate
93.3%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
33.3%
Fade
93.3%
Angel's Mercy
86.7%
Protective Light
85%
Mindpierce
51.7%
Spectral Illusion
8.3%
Improved Fade
90%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
68.3%
Unwavering Will
3.3%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
90%
2 / 2
Phantasm
71.7%
Angelic Bulwark
40%
Focused Power
88.3%
Phantom Reach
66.7%
Translucent Image
91.7%

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
93.3%
Psychic Link
86.7%
Invoked Nightmare
93.3%
Intangibility
93.3%
Thought Harvester
1.7%
Tentacle Slam
93.3%
Shadowy Apparitions
93.3%
Tormenting Whispers
91.7%
Descending Darkness
20%
Surge of Insanity
93.3%
Shadowy Insight
78.3%
Voidtouched
70%
Voidform
93.3%
Haunting Shadows
93.3%
Mental Decay
81.7%
Shadowfiend
70%
Dark Thoughts
1.7%
Maddening Touch
76.7%
Improved Voidform
93.3%
Phantom Menace
46.7%
Dark Evangelism
66.7%
Shattered Psyche
18.3%
Subservient Shadows
66.7%
Mastermind
13.3%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
91.7%
Spectral Horrors
53.3%
Instilled Doubt
75%
2 / 2
Mindbender
40%
Deathspeaker
6.7%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
91.7%
Maddening Tentacles
91.7%
Inescapable Torment
38.3%
Madness Weaving
3.3%
2 / 2
Death's Torment
3.3%
Screams of the Void
91.7%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
91.7%
Insidious Ire
43.3%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
23.3%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
36.7%
Idol of N'Zoth
68.3%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
51.7%
Idol of C'Thun
45%
Void Apparitions
280%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

82%

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

77%

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

55%

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.

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

52%

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

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

7%

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

5%

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

Mindgames

Mindgames

3%

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.