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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 15 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
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
Ompr

Ompr

<Инвиктус>Silvermoon (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
Insanity

Insanity

<Enterprising LLC>Silvermoon (eu)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

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

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 Dracthyr

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

20% of the best players use this combination
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)

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 29 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

16% 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)

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 29 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

10% 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 50 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)

Most Used Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Shadow Priest is Indecipherable Eversong Diamond
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

23%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

17%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Flawless Quick Garnet

Flawless Quick Garnet

14%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste

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

66%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist69%
  • Waist18%
  • Back10%
  • Head3%
Hunter's Ritual Stone

Hunter's Ritual Stone

48%

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 Hand72%
  • Main Hand28%
Hunt

Hunt

12%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand83%
  • Off Hand17%

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

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

98%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

54%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

18%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

90%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

42%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

26%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

148%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

26%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

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
24%
Angelic Feather
98%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
70%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Petrifying Scream
86%
Surge of Light
2%
Body and Soul
94%
Mass Dispel
100%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
50%
Psychic Voice
74%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
0%
Mental Agility
2%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
2%
Shackle Horror
12%
Inspiration
0%
Binding Heals
100%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
100%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
88%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
96%
Protective Light
94%
Mindpierce
100%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
88%
Unwavering Will
2%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
48%
Angelic Bulwark
34%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
34%
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%
Misery
100%
Mental Fortitude
100%
Thought Harvester
0%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
74%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
74%
Voidtouched
0%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
98%
Mental Decay
34%
Shadowfiend
56%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
88%
Ancient Madness
100%
Shadeburst
100%
Dark Evangelism
30%
Shattered Psyche
34%
Subservient Shadows
56%
Mastermind
46%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
36%
Instilled Doubt
66%
2 / 2
Mindbender
42%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
42%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
58%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
50%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
42%
Idol of N'Zoth
100%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
98%
Idol of C'Thun
12%
Void Apparitions
100%
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