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Shadow Priest

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  • Last Updated: 16 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

Keddesp

Keddesp

<giant excavator pit>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Void Tendrils
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
Cascading Horrors
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

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

78% 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.

6% 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)

2% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 835 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 259 for 10 sec. (2 Min 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.

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

26%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

+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

84%

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.

  • Wrist43%
  • Feet38%
  • Back12%
  • Waist7%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

36%

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.

  • Back39%
  • Wrist28%
  • Waist22%
  • Feet11%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

20%

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

  • Ring 240%
  • Feet30%
  • Head10%
  • Waist10%
  • Ring 110%

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

72%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

26%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

24%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

20%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

86%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

14%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

74%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

18%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

68%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

62%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Wrist icon

Wrist

Shaded Hearthing

2%

Shaded Hearthing

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%
Angelic Feather
92%
Mind Blast
92%
Holy Nova
6%
Dispel Magic
92%
Spiritual Guidance
92%
Psychic Scream
92%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
92%
Purify Disease
10%
Power Infusion
92%
Painful Invocation
88%
Sheer Terror
90%
Surge of Light
2%
Body and Soul
88%
Mass Dispel
92%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
92%
Strength of Resolve
92%
Mind Control
70%
Psychic Voice
88%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
50%
Mental Agility
38%
Twin Disciplines
92%
Dark Enlightenment
92%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
6%
Inspiration
8%
Binding Heals
84%
Shadow Word: Death
92%
Sanguine Teachings
62%
Desperate Prayer
92%
Twist of Fate
92%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
20%
Fade
92%
Angel's Mercy
92%
Protective Light
80%
Mindpierce
32%
Spectral Illusion
10%
Improved Fade
84%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
80%
Unwavering Will
6%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
86%
2 / 2
Phantasm
80%
Angelic Bulwark
64%
Focused Power
90%
Phantom Reach
46%
Translucent Image
88%

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
92%
Psychic Link
90%
Invoked Nightmare
92%
Intangibility
92%
Thought Harvester
4%
Tentacle Slam
92%
Shadowy Apparitions
92%
Tormenting Whispers
92%
Descending Darkness
12%
Surge of Insanity
90%
Shadowy Insight
82%
Voidtouched
70%
Voidform
92%
Haunting Shadows
90%
Mental Decay
62%
Shadowfiend
74%
Dark Thoughts
6%
Maddening Touch
92%
Improved Voidform
92%
Phantom Menace
44%
Dark Evangelism
62%
Shattered Psyche
6%
Subservient Shadows
74%
Mastermind
8%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
92%
Spectral Horrors
48%
Instilled Doubt
86%
2 / 2
Mindbender
70%
Deathspeaker
4%
Mind Devourer
6%
Auspicious Spirits
88%
Maddening Tentacles
90%
Inescapable Torment
68%
Madness Weaving
4%
2 / 2
Death's Torment
2%
Screams of the Void
90%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
88%
Insidious Ire
16%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
16%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
72%
Idol of N'Zoth
68%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
26%
Idol of C'Thun
20%
Void Apparitions
276%

Best PvP Talents

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

72%

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%.

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

68%

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

64%

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

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

56%

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.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

6%

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

Mindgames

Mindgames

4%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,134 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.

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.