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Shadow Priest

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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)

Driven to Madness
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Lewox

Lewox

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 Night Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

67% 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.

7% 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.

5% 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 251 for 10 sec.

Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 749 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 232 for 10 sec. (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

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

23%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

14%

+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

74%

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.

  • Wrist42%
  • Feet33%
  • Back21%
  • Waist5%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

29%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 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 253%
  • Ring 141%
  • Neck6%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

29%

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%
  • Back35%
  • Hands12%
  • Feet12%
  • Shoulders6%

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

10%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

69%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

29%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

59%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

24%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

10%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

76%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

17%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

55%

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

62%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

60%

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
29.3%
Angelic Feather
91.4%
Mind Blast
94.8%
Holy Nova
3.4%
Dispel Magic
94.8%
Spiritual Guidance
94.8%
Psychic Scream
94.8%
Lightburst
1.7%
Leap of Faith
94.8%
Purify Disease
8.6%
Power Infusion
94.8%
Painful Invocation
94.8%
Sheer Terror
93.1%
Surge of Light
8.6%
Body and Soul
94.8%
Mass Dispel
94.8%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
94.8%
Strength of Resolve
94.8%
Mind Control
79.3%
Psychic Voice
91.4%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
60.3%
Mental Agility
29.3%
Twin Disciplines
94.8%
Dark Enlightenment
94.8%
False Autonomy
1.7%
Shackle Horror
1.7%
Inspiration
8.6%
Binding Heals
86.2%
Shadow Word: Death
94.8%
Sanguine Teachings
62.1%
Desperate Prayer
94.8%
Twist of Fate
94.8%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
20.7%
Fade
94.8%
Angel's Mercy
91.4%
Protective Light
86.2%
Mindpierce
32.8%
Spectral Illusion
5.2%
Improved Fade
91.4%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
87.9%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
94.8%
2 / 2
Phantasm
72.4%
Angelic Bulwark
60.3%
Focused Power
93.1%
Phantom Reach
41.4%
Translucent Image
87.9%

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
94.8%
Psychic Link
91.4%
Invoked Nightmare
94.8%
Intangibility
94.8%
Thought Harvester
1.7%
Tentacle Slam
94.8%
Shadowy Apparitions
94.8%
Tormenting Whispers
94.8%
Descending Darkness
8.6%
Surge of Insanity
94.8%
Shadowy Insight
86.2%
Voidtouched
74.1%
Voidform
94.8%
Haunting Shadows
94.8%
Mental Decay
75.9%
Shadowfiend
77.6%
Dark Thoughts
3.4%
Maddening Touch
86.2%
Improved Voidform
94.8%
Phantom Menace
44.8%
Dark Evangelism
65.5%
Shattered Psyche
12.1%
Subservient Shadows
74.1%
Mastermind
6.9%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
93.1%
Spectral Horrors
46.6%
Instilled Doubt
84.5%
2 / 2
Mindbender
60.3%
Deathspeaker
3.4%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
94.8%
Maddening Tentacles
94.8%
Inescapable Torment
60.3%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
1.7%
Screams of the Void
94.8%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
94.8%
Insidious Ire
27.6%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
15.5%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
60.3%
Idol of N'Zoth
77.6%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
36.2%
Idol of C'Thun
29.3%
Void Apparitions
284.5%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

81%

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

79%

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

57%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 291 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

53%

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

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.

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

5%

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.

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

2%

Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.

Mindgames

Mindgames

2%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,126 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.