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Shadow Priest

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 23 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the Rated Battlegrounds 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

Illümïñätï

Illümïñätï

<The Forgotten Shadows>Emerald Dream (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Embrace the Shadow

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Cascading Horrors
Frontx

Frontx

Illidan (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Incessant Screams
Heightened Alteration
Energy Compression
Spiritwell

Talents (pvp)

Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Cascading Horrors
Sylf

Sylf

<Scandinavia>Sylvanas (eu)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Void Tendrils
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Distorted Reality

Talents (hero)

Incessant Screams
Word of Supremacy
Sustained Potency
Spiritwell

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift

Stat Priority

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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

70% 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.

4% of the best players use this combination
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.

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

4% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

Best 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

33%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

24%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

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

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 Devouring Banding on a Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

64%

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.

  • Wrist38%
  • Feet31%
  • Back19%
  • Waist13%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

44%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,152 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 145%
  • Ring 245%
  • Neck9%
Blessed Pango Charm

Blessed Pango Charm

24%

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

  • Ring 242%
  • Ring 133%
  • Shoulders8%
  • Feet8%
  • Neck8%

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

6%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

64%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

28%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

20%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

14%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

68%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

20%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

70%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

14%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

76%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

54%

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
36%
Angelic Feather
94%
Mind Blast
94%
Holy Nova
2%
Dispel Magic
94%
Spiritual Guidance
94%
Psychic Scream
94%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
92%
Purify Disease
10%
Power Infusion
94%
Painful Invocation
94%
Sheer Terror
92%
Surge of Light
14%
Body and Soul
92%
Mass Dispel
92%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
90%
Strength of Resolve
94%
Mind Control
76%
Psychic Voice
86%
Everlasting Light
4%
Move with Grace
54%
Mental Agility
24%
Twin Disciplines
94%
Dark Enlightenment
94%
False Autonomy
6%
Shackle Horror
2%
Inspiration
8%
Binding Heals
84%
Shadow Word: Death
94%
Sanguine Teachings
68%
Desperate Prayer
92%
Twist of Fate
94%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
24%
Fade
94%
Angel's Mercy
86%
Protective Light
88%
Mindpierce
38%
Spectral Illusion
4%
Improved Fade
92%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
76%
Unwavering Will
2%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
92%
2 / 2
Phantasm
78%
Angelic Bulwark
58%
Focused Power
88%
Phantom Reach
46%
Translucent Image
86%

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%
Void Leech
100%
Void Blast
100%
Voidwraith
100%
Overwhelming Shadows
100%
Touch of the Void
100%
Voidheart
100%
Entropic Rift
0%
Shadow Word: Madness
94%
Psychic Link
94%
Invoked Nightmare
94%
Intangibility
94%
Thought Harvester
10%
Tentacle Slam
94%
Shadowy Apparitions
94%
Tormenting Whispers
94%
Descending Darkness
10%
Surge of Insanity
94%
Shadowy Insight
84%
Voidtouched
68%
Voidform
94%
Haunting Shadows
92%
Mental Decay
76%
Shadowfiend
72%
Dark Thoughts
6%
Maddening Touch
88%
Improved Voidform
94%
Phantom Menace
48%
Dark Evangelism
68%
Shattered Psyche
10%
Subservient Shadows
72%
Mastermind
8%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
92%
Spectral Horrors
54%
Instilled Doubt
86%
2 / 2
Mindbender
64%
Deathspeaker
6%
Mind Devourer
6%
Auspicious Spirits
94%
Maddening Tentacles
90%
Inescapable Torment
60%
Madness Weaving
2%
2 / 2
Death's Torment
4%
Screams of the Void
94%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
94%
Insidious Ire
20%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
18%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
62%
Idol of N'Zoth
56%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
32%
Idol of C'Thun
28%
Void Apparitions
282%

Best PvP Talents

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

80%

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

64%

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

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

58%

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

50%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 288 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.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

8%

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

Mindgames

Mindgames

6%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,121 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 3,990 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 3,990 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.