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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 22 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the Mythic+ 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

Xethriel

Xethriel

<TERRA>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Dominate Mind

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Invoked Nightmare
Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Mental Fortitude

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Nhaji

Nhaji

<Inno>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Invoked Nightmare
Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Mental Fortitude

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Loyalxdice

Loyalxdice

<Reforged>Zul'jin (us)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
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
Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike > Versatility

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

82% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,413 Mastery diminishing over 15 sec and allowing you to see hidden enemies. (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 37 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

10% 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.

6% 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.

Best 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

32%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery

Flawless Quick Garnet

Flawless Quick Garnet

20%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

15%

+32 Primary Stat

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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

86%

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.

  • Wrist56%
  • Back28%
  • Hands7%
  • Feet7%
  • Waist2%
Arcanoweave Cord

Arcanoweave Cord

74%

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

  • Waist100%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

8%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet50%
  • Wrist50%

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

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

100%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

72%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

14%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

22%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

50%

Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

20%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

170%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

16%

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 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
42%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
0%
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
78%
Surge of Light
4%
Body and Soul
96%
Mass Dispel
98%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
50%
Psychic Voice
60%
Everlasting Light
2%
Move with Grace
12%
Mental Agility
4%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
4%
Shackle Horror
22%
Inspiration
4%
Binding Heals
98%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
98%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
84%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
100%
Protective Light
98%
Mindpierce
94%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
90%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
58%
Angelic Bulwark
36%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
24%
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
0%
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
0%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
100%
Voidtouched
2%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
12%
Shadowfiend
100%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
94%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
90%
Dark Evangelism
4%
Shattered Psyche
8%
Subservient Shadows
100%
Mastermind
6%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
100%
Instilled Doubt
92%
2 / 2
Mindbender
92%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
92%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
8%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
0%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
92%
Idol of N'Zoth
98%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
96%
Idol of C'Thun
8%
Void Apparitions
100%