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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 7 players
  • Last Updated: 5 days 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

Wkpandachamp

Wkpandachamp

<Momentus>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Dominate Mind

Talents (spec)

Distorted Reality
Improved Voidform
Misery
Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Mental Fortitude

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Tyrassa

Tyrassa

<FreeSoul>Alexstrasza (eu)

Talents (class)

390919

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
341491
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams

Talents (hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Nataleya

Nataleya

<Consequence>Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

196704
108920
Dominate Mind

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
341491
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams

Talents (hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams

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 Blood Elf

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

29% of the best players use this combination
Azhiccaran Parapodia

Azhiccaran Parapodia

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to attract mites to feast on your target, inflicting up to 3,748 Shadow damage over 5 sec. Well-fed mites share their meal with you, each increasing your Intellect by 44 for 30 sec.

Signet of the Priory

Signet of the Priory

Use: Raise your signet to the Light, increasing your highest secondary stat by 230 for 20 sec. Your act inspires nearby signetbearers within your party, granting them 6 of the same stat for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

29% of the best players use this combination
Araz's Ritual Forge

Araz's Ritual Forge

Use: Recklessly feed a portion of your essence to the forge, granting you 192 Intellect decaying over 30 sec at the cost of 15% of your maximum health. (2 Min Cooldown)

Diamantine Voidcore

Diamantine Voidcore

Equip: Your spells have a chance to empower the Voidcore, granting you 54 Intellect for 15 sec. This chance is increased by 25% while below 25% mana. Multiple applications may overlap.

14% of the best players use this combination
Araz's Ritual Forge

Araz's Ritual Forge

Use: Recklessly feed a portion of your essence to the forge, granting you 192 Intellect decaying over 30 sec at the cost of 15% of your maximum health. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Antenna

Astral Antenna

Equip: The antenna has a chance to detect and draw ambient arcane energy towards you, granting 147 Critical Strike for 10 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 Quick Onyx
Quick Onyx

Quick Onyx

20%

+10 Mastery and +3 Haste

Masterful Sapphire

Masterful Sapphire

14%

+147 Versatility and +49 Mastery

Masterful Emerald

Masterful Emerald

11%

+10 Haste and +3 Mastery

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 Duskthread Lining on a Waist item
Duskthread Lining

Duskthread Lining

71%

Equip: Your gear cools with Woven Duskthread and gains 6 Versatility when over 80% health.

  • Waist40%
  • Shoulders20%
  • Wrist20%
  • Hands20%
Writhing Armor Banding

Writhing Armor Banding

43%

Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.

  • Wrist67%
  • Hands33%
Ascendance

Ascendance

43%

Equip: Gain Ascendance every 8 seconds spent in combat. Ascendance grants 1 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec, stacking up to 10 times. This is a Nerubian embellishment.

  • Main Hand67%
  • Off Hand33%

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.
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Back

Chant of Winged Grace

Chant of Winged Grace

86%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 25 Avoidance and reducing fall damage by 10%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

14%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

100%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Feet

Defender's March

Defender's March

57%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Scout's March

Scout's March

43%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Sunset Spellthread

Sunset Spellthread

86%

Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.

Charged Armor Kit

Charged Armor Kit

14%

Use: Apply a Charged Armor Kit to your leg armor, causing it to permanently gain 7 to all Primary stats and 8 Stamina. (1 Sec Cooldown)

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Main Hand

Stonebound Artistry

Stonebound Artistry

43%

Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Artisanal Flourish, bestowing 21 Mastery to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Authority of Radiant Power

Authority of Radiant Power

43%

Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Ring

+21 Mastery

+21 Mastery

86%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Mastery by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+21 Critical Strike

+21 Critical Strike

57%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Critical Strike by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+72 Avoidance

+72 Avoidance

71%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 50 Avoidance. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+43 Leech

+43 Leech

29%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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
14.3%
Angelic Feather
100%
Mind Blast
100%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
71.4%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
100%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
42.9%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
71.4%
Petrifying Scream
14.3%
Surge of Light
28.6%
Body and Soul
57.1%
Mass Dispel
71.4%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
71.4%
Strength of Soul
100%
Dominate Mind
28.6%
Psychic Voice
14.3%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
28.6%
Mental Agility
0%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
71.4%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
0%
Inspiration
0%
Binding Heals
85.7%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
71.4%
Desperate Prayer
71.4%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
71.4%
Fade
71.4%
Angel's Mercy
85.7%
Protective Light
57.1%
Mindpierce
71.4%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
71.4%
Unwavering Will
14.3%
2 / 2
Spell Warding
71.4%
2 / 2
Phantasm
0%
Angelic Bulwark
71.4%
Focused Power
57.1%
Phantom Reach
28.6%
Translucent Image
100%

Voidweaver

Hero class image
Devour Matter
100%
Void Infusion
60%
Inner Quietus
100%
Void Torrent
100%
Quickened Pulse
100%
Dark Energy
100%
Collapsing Void
100%
Darkening Horizon
100%
Void Leech
0%
Void Blast
100%
Voidwraith
60%
Overwhelming Shadows
40%
Touch of the Void
40%
Voidheart
100%
Entropic Rift
0%
Shadow Word: Madness
100%
Psychic Link
100%
Misery
71.4%
Mental Fortitude
71.4%
Thought Harvester
42.9%
Tentacle Slam
100%
Shadowy Apparitions
85.7%
Tormenting Whispers
100%
Descending Darkness
28.6%
Surge of Insanity
100%
Shadowy Insight
100%
Voidtouched
14.3%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
100%
Shadowfiend
42.9%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
28.6%
Improved Voidform
85.7%
Phantom Menace
28.6%
Dark Evangelism
100%
Shattered Psyche
0%
Subservient Shadows
71.4%
Mastermind
42.9%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
100%
Spectral Horrors
57.1%
Instilled Doubt
100%
2 / 2
Mindbender
42.9%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
14.3%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
85.7%
Inescapable Torment
42.9%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
28.6%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
28.6%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
42.9%
Idol of N'Zoth
100%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
85.7%
Idol of C'Thun
42.9%
Void Apparitions
0%