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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 hours ago

See what 50 high-ranked Mythic+ characters are using, based on Raider.IO’s worldwide rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for the dungeon, key level, affixes, and your group.

Sources: Raider.IO; Battle.net

Players

Wkpandachamp

Wkpandachamp

<Momentus>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Dominate Mind

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Invoked Nightmare
Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Mental Fortitude

Talents (Hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Xethriel

Xethriel

<Epoch>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice
Dominate Mind

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Invoked Nightmare
Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Mental Fortitude

Talents (Hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Twicks

Twicks

<Lucid>Area 52 (us)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Invoked Nightmare
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Intangibility
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (Hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Shadow Priest is
Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility

Most Used Races

The best race for a Shadow Priest for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Troll

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

26% of the best players use this combination
Wavecaller's Seastone

Wavecaller's Seastone

Equip: Your spells have a high chance to call to the sea, granting Tidal Insight to increase your Intellect by 54 up to 6 times. After reaching its peak, your spells instead diminish Tidal Insight before beginning the cycle anew.

Freightrunner's Flask

Freightrunner's Flask

Use: Take a sip of the drink you swiped from the freight, increasing your Critical Strike by 653 for 15 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

20% of the best players use this combination
Vile Vial of Volatile Venom

Vile Vial of Volatile Venom

Use: Take a small sip of venom, gaining 913 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec. Afterwards, a random secondary stat is reduced by 130 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Equip: You have a chance to pull an artifact of questionable value out of the bag when casting spells and abilities, enhancing your secondary stats in various ways. There are probably no fish left in the bag, but it's hard to be sure.

12% of the best players use this combination
Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag

Equip: You have a chance to pull an artifact of questionable value out of the bag when casting spells and abilities, enhancing your secondary stats in various ways. There are probably no fish left in the bag, but it's hard to be sure.

Freightrunner's Flask

Freightrunner's Flask

Use: Take a sip of the drink you swiped from the freight, increasing your Critical Strike by 689 for 15 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Most Used Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Shadow Priest is Flawless Masterful Garnet
Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

24%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

19%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

18%

+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike

Most Used 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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

90%

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 67 and your ally's Primary Stat by 17.

  • Wrist52%
  • Waist31%
  • Legs8%
  • Back6%
  • Feet2%
  • Hands2%
Hunter's Ritual Stone

Hunter's Ritual Stone

42%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to grant 101 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec. While on a Prey Hunt this effect is increased by 50%. This bonus is only available outdoors while hunting prey.

  • Off Hand64%
  • Main Hand36%
Arcanoweave Cord

Arcanoweave Cord

12%

Equip: Your healing and damaging spells have a chance to increase your Mastery by 135 for 12 sec.

  • Waist100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

72%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

18%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rite of the Hash'ey

50%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

22%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

170%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

14%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Improved Flash Heal
26%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
2%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
44%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Petrifying Scream
96%
Surge of Light
2%
Body and Soul
96%
Mass Dispel
98%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
60%
Psychic Voice
76%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
12%
Mental Agility
0%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
10%
Shackle Horror
6%
Inspiration
0%
Binding Heals
100%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
100%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
74%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
98%
Protective Light
90%
Mindpierce
98%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
80%
Unwavering Will
2%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
40%
Angelic Bulwark
40%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
48%
Translucent Image
100%

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%
Embrace the Shadow
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%
Mental Fortitude
100%
Thought Harvester
0%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
96%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
62%
Voidtouched
2%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
98%
Mental Decay
38%
Shadowfiend
60%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
100%
Ancient Madness
100%
Shadeburst
100%
Dark Evangelism
38%
Shattered Psyche
38%
Subservient Shadows
60%
Mastermind
32%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
6%
Instilled Doubt
70%
2 / 2
Mindbender
52%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
52%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
48%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
48%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
52%
Idol of N'Zoth
98%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
98%
Idol of C'Thun
8%
Void Apparitions
100%
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