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Shadow Priest

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 8 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Rated Battlegrounds characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US 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 your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Mìñdspìkè

Mìñdspìkè

<Jake From Statefarm>Dragonmaw (us)

Talents (Class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (Specialization)

Misery
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (Hero)

Incessant Screams
Heightened Alteration
Energy Compression
Spiritwell

Talents (PvP)

Psyfiend
Cascading Horrors
Phase Shift
Blåckrøw

Blåckrøw

<WoûkZîeû>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (Class)

Sheer Terror
Dominate Mind
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (Specialization)

Invoked Nightmare
Mental Fortitude
Ancient Madness
Mind's Eye

Talents (Hero)

Incessant Screams
Word of Supremacy
Sustained Potency
Spiritwell

Talents (PvP)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Foolishelf

Foolishelf

<Fools Inc>Malygos (us)

Talents (Class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Void Tendrils
Focused Power

Talents (Specialization)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (Hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (PvP)

Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Mindgames

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

60% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

22% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.

2% 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 863 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec. Afterwards, a random secondary stat is reduced by 123 for 15 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Glorious Crusader's Keepsake

Glorious Crusader's Keepsake

Equip: During combat you have a chance to become consumed by Fanatical Inspiration, increasing your highest secondary by 301 for 15 sec. Party members also equipped with the keepsake have their lowest secondary increased by 30 for 15 sec.

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 Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

27%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

20%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

18%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

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 Devouring Banding on a Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

26%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 2,799 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist36%
  • Back24%
  • Feet20%
  • Waist16%
  • Hands4%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

26%

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 47 and your ally's Primary Stat by 12.

  • Feet36%
  • Waist27%
  • Wrist23%
  • Back9%
  • Head5%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

22%

Equip: Kulzi favors you, granting your healing spells and abilities a chance to grant your target 101 Versatility.

  • Ring 142%
  • Ring 242%
  • Neck11%
  • Back5%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

52%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

18%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

38%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

44%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

24%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

68%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

4%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

46%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

44%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
4%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
98%
Purify Disease
12%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
92%
Sheer Terror
98%
Surge of Light
6%
Body and Soul
98%
Mass Dispel
100%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
98%
Strength of Resolve
98%
Mind Control
86%
Psychic Voice
98%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
66%
Mental Agility
48%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
6%
Shackle Horror
0%
Inspiration
26%
Binding Heals
74%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
60%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
16%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
98%
Protective Light
84%
Mindpierce
38%
Spectral Illusion
10%
Improved Fade
94%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
88%
Unwavering Will
8%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
92%
2 / 2
Phantasm
86%
Angelic Bulwark
80%
Focused Power
98%
Phantom Reach
38%
Translucent Image
82%

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%
Void Empowerment
100%
Void Leech
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%
Intangibility
100%
Thought Harvester
14%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
98%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
60%
Surge of Insanity
98%
Shadowy Insight
80%
Voidtouched
72%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
92%
Mental Decay
66%
Shadowfiend
66%
Dark Thoughts
2%
Maddening Touch
100%
Improved Voidform
100%
Shadeburst
86%
Dark Evangelism
60%
Shattered Psyche
12%
Subservient Shadows
64%
Mastermind
20%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
98%
Spectral Horrors
50%
Instilled Doubt
88%
2 / 2
Mindbender
56%
Deathspeaker
4%
Mind Devourer
8%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
94%
Inescapable Torment
56%
Madness Weaving
4%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
2%
Screams of the Void
98%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
92%
Insidious Ire
38%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
60%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
54%
Idol of N'Zoth
34%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
34%
Idol of C'Thun
18%
Void Apparitions
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

92%

Summons a Psyfiend with 1,222 health for 12 sec beside you to attack the target at range with Psyflay. Psyflay Deals up to 1% of the target's total health in Shadow damage every 0.9 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

80%

While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Voidform by 3 sec.

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

70%

Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

34%

Voidform sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 292 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

12%

Siphon haste from enemies, stealing 2% haste per stack of Mind Trauma, stacking up to 9 times. Fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stack of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. Lasts 15 sec. You can only gain 3 stacks of Mind Trauma from a single enemy.

Mindgames

Mindgames

6%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 2,794 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 9,975 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 9,975 healing they deal will damage their target.

Absolute Faith

Absolute Faith

4%

Leap of Faith also pulls the spirit of the 3 furthest allies within 40 yards and shields you and the affected allies for 2,851.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

2%

When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 6 sec.