Shadow Priest
- Blitz
- 29 players
- Last Updated: 8 days 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!
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Players
Stat Priority
Best Races
Best Items
Trinket Combinations
Astral Gladiator's Medallion
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.
Azhiccaran Parapodia
Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to attract mites to feast on your target, inflicting up to 3,027 Shadow damage over 5 sec. Well-fed mites share their meal with you, each increasing your Intellect by 39 for 30 sec.
Mereldar's Toll
Use: Release a toll of holy light upon the target, inflicting 9,291 Holy damage. The next 5 allies to attack the target will receive the Blessing of Mereldar, increasing their Versatility by 54 for 10 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)
Araz's Ritual Forge
Use: Recklessly feed a portion of your essence to the forge, granting you 192 Intellect decaying over 30 sec at the cost of 15% of your maximum health. (2 Min Cooldown)
Astral Antenna
Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 147 Critical Strike for 10 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
Best Sockets
Quick Sapphire
+10 Versatility and +3 Haste
Versatile Emerald
+10 Haste and +3 Versatility
Versatile Onyx
+10 Mastery and +3 Versatility
Best Embellishments
Elemental Focusing Lens
Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 670 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.
- Ring 243%
- Ring 140%
- Neck13%
- Feet3%
- Wrist3%
Energy Redistribution Beacon
Equip: While above 80% health, direct healing you do also redistributes up to 2% of your health to your target.
- Ring 238%
- Ring 125%
- Neck13%
- Waist13%
- Wrist13%
Writhing Armor Banding
Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.
- Wrist100%
Best Enchants
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Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chant of Leeching Fangs
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chest
Crystalline Radiance
Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Council's Intellect
Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Intellect by 24 and mana pool by 3%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Feet
Scout's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Defender's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Legs
Sunset Spellthread
Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.
Daybreak Spellthread
Use: Apply Daybreak Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and increasing the wearer's maximum mana by 5%.
Main Hand
Authority of Radiant Power
Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Stonebound Artistry
Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Artisanal Flourish, bestowing 21 Mastery to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Ring
+21 Haste
Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Haste by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
+21 Versatility
Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Wrist
+66 Speed
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
+43 Leech
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
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
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Best Hero Talents
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Best Specialization Talents
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Best PvP Talents
Phase Shift
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
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
Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 290 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.
Mind Trauma
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
Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,152 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.
Psychic Shroud
When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 15 sec.
Driven to Madness
While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Voidform by 3 sec.