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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 14 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

Boreasxo

Boreasxo

<Honolulu>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow
Loyalxdice

Loyalxdice

<Refined>Zul'jin (us)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Misery
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
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

70% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,267 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 30 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

15% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 752 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 233 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 31 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

6% of the best players use this combination
Locus-Walker's Ribbon

Locus-Walker's Ribbon

Equip: Casting spells has a high chance to tempt you with the power of the Void, increasing your Intellect by 238 for 10 sec. Each temptation permanently increases this effect by 5%, up to 10 times, diminishing quickly upon leaving combat.

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 30 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 Indecipherable Eversong Diamond
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

24%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

19%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Mastery

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

Flawless Deadly Amethyst

17%

+16 Mastery & +7 Critical Strike

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 Cord on a Waist item
Arcanoweave Cord

Arcanoweave Cord

74%

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

  • Waist100%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

65%

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.

  • Wrist40%
  • Back31%
  • Feet17%
  • Shoulders6%
  • Waist3%
  • Hands3%
Hunt

Hunt

50%

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

  • Main Hand100%

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

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

98%

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

52%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

26%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

96%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

4%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

46%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

37%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

122%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

41%

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 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
24.1%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
0%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
0%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
68.5%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Petrifying Scream
94.4%
Surge of Light
1.9%
Body and Soul
94.4%
Mass Dispel
98.1%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
14.8%
Psychic Voice
88.9%
Everlasting Light
1.9%
Move with Grace
5.6%
Mental Agility
1.9%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
18.5%
Inspiration
0%
Binding Heals
100%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
100%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
88.9%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
100%
Protective Light
96.3%
Mindpierce
100%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
70.4%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
68.5%
Angelic Bulwark
18.5%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
44.4%
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
0%
Manifested Power
100%
Divine Halo
100%
Halo
0%
Spiritwell
100%
Word of Supremacy
100%
Focused Outburst
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
0%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
100%
Voidtouched
3.7%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
66.7%
Shadowfiend
100%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
72.2%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
90.7%
Dark Evangelism
0%
Shattered Psyche
66.7%
Subservient Shadows
98.1%
Mastermind
24.1%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
92.6%
Spectral Horrors
94.4%
Instilled Doubt
35.2%
2 / 2
Mindbender
1.9%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
1.9%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
98.1%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
0%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
1.9%
Idol of N'Zoth
100%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
100%
Idol of C'Thun
98.1%
Void Apparitions
100%