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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 17 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

Twicks

Twicks

<Lucid>Area 52 (us)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Dominate Mind

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Misery
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (Hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy
Boreasxo

Boreasxo

<BROOMERS>Blackhand (eu)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Dominate Mind

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Misery
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (Hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy
Nhaji

Nhaji

<Inno>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice
Dominate Mind

Talents (Specialization)

Mind's Eye
Ancient Madness
Invoked Nightmare
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
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 Dracthyr

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

24% 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 653 for 15 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

22% of the best players use this combination
Hex Lord's Dooming Idol

Hex Lord's Dooming Idol

Equip: Your spells afflict you with Hex Lord's Doom, draining your Intellect by 3 up to 30 times. This effect may occur once every 6 sec.

Use: Consume the power of Hex Lord's Doom, increasing your Intellect by 38 per stack for 30 sec. (30 Sec 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.

18% 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 64 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 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

20%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

20%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

17%

+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

98%

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.

  • Wrist47%
  • Waist38%
  • Back7%
  • Legs5%
  • Chest1%
  • Hands1%
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 Hand90%
  • Main Hand10%
Arcanoweave Cord

Arcanoweave Cord

8%

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

98%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

66%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

18%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Rite of the Hash'ey

74%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

18%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

190%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

4%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Versatility

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
34%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
10%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
28%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Petrifying Scream
86%
Surge of Light
14%
Body and Soul
96%
Mass Dispel
92%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
70%
Psychic Voice
64%
Everlasting Light
8%
Move with Grace
6%
Mental Agility
4%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
8%
Shackle Horror
2%
Inspiration
8%
Binding Heals
96%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
100%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
78%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
100%
Protective Light
96%
Mindpierce
100%
Spectral Illusion
2%
Improved Fade
98%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
84%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
42%
Angelic Bulwark
44%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
32%
Translucent Image
100%

Archon

Hero class image
Resonant Energy
100%
Perfected Form
100%
Sustained Potency
100%
Energy Conservation
100%
Power Surge
100%
Energy Cycle
100%
Incessant Screams
100%
Empowered Surges
100%
Halo
100%
Manifested Power
100%
Divine Halo
100%
Halo
100%
Spiritwell
100%
Word of Supremacy
100%
Focused Outburst
100%
Shadow Word: Madness
100%
Psychic Link
96%
Invoked Nightmare
100%
Mental Fortitude
100%
Thought Harvester
0%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
100%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
100%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
30%
Voidtouched
0%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
70%
Shadowfiend
30%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
100%
Ancient Madness
100%
Shadeburst
100%
Dark Evangelism
70%
Shattered Psyche
70%
Subservient Shadows
30%
Mastermind
54%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
4%
Instilled Doubt
46%
2 / 2
Mindbender
28%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
28%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
72%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
72%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
28%
Idol of N'Zoth
100%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
100%
Idol of C'Thun
6%
Void Apparitions
100%
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