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Shadow Priest

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the Solo Shuffle 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

Atiersp

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<dgb>Sargeras (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
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Improved Mass Dispel
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Kazzak (eu)

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
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Cascading Horrors
Stunsilence

Stunsilence

<dgb>Sargeras (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
Void Leech

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 Pandaren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

90% 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.

8% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,327 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 32 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

2% 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)

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 160 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 Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

48%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

23%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

+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 Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

130%

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.

  • Feet36%
  • Back24%
  • Wrist24%
  • Waist8%
  • Shoulders8%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

38%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Back30%
  • Wrist22%
  • Feet17%
  • Waist13%
  • Shoulders13%
  • Legs4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

12%

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 157%
  • Ring 229%
  • Neck14%

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

5%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

85%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

13%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

47%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

40%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

8%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

72%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

25%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

58%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

25%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

113%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

57%

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
15%
Angelic Feather
96.7%
Mind Blast
96.7%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
96.7%
Spiritual Guidance
96.7%
Psychic Scream
96.7%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
96.7%
Purify Disease
1.7%
Power Infusion
96.7%
Painful Invocation
96.7%
Sheer Terror
96.7%
Surge of Light
3.3%
Body and Soul
96.7%
Mass Dispel
96.7%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
96.7%
Strength of Resolve
96.7%
Mind Control
88.3%
Psychic Voice
95%
Everlasting Light
1.7%
Move with Grace
85%
Mental Agility
36.7%
Twin Disciplines
96.7%
Dark Enlightenment
96.7%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
3.3%
Inspiration
25%
Binding Heals
71.7%
Shadow Word: Death
96.7%
Sanguine Teachings
50%
Desperate Prayer
96.7%
Twist of Fate
96.7%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
6.7%
Fade
96.7%
Angel's Mercy
96.7%
Protective Light
96.7%
Mindpierce
6.7%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
96.7%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
96.7%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
96.7%
2 / 2
Phantasm
93.3%
Angelic Bulwark
80%
Focused Power
93.3%
Phantom Reach
16.7%
Translucent Image
96.7%

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
96.7%
Psychic Link
96.7%
Invoked Nightmare
96.7%
Intangibility
96.7%
Thought Harvester
0%
Tentacle Slam
96.7%
Shadowy Apparitions
96.7%
Tormenting Whispers
96.7%
Descending Darkness
0%
Surge of Insanity
96.7%
Shadowy Insight
96.7%
Voidtouched
88.3%
Voidform
96.7%
Haunting Shadows
96.7%
Mental Decay
63.3%
Shadowfiend
96.7%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
95%
Improved Voidform
96.7%
Phantom Menace
35%
Dark Evangelism
61.7%
Shattered Psyche
1.7%
Subservient Shadows
96.7%
Mastermind
1.7%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
96.7%
Spectral Horrors
51.7%
Instilled Doubt
95%
2 / 2
Mindbender
91.7%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
96.7%
Maddening Tentacles
96.7%
Inescapable Torment
91.7%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
96.7%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
96.7%
Insidious Ire
1.7%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
10%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
91.7%
Idol of N'Zoth
73.3%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
11.7%
Idol of C'Thun
3.3%
Void Apparitions
290%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

82%

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

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

82%

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

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

75%

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%.

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

47%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 291 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Improved Mass Dispel

Improved Mass Dispel

5%

Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 60 sec.