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Shadow Priest

  • Mythic+
  • 55 players
  • Last Updated: 2 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

Nhaji

Nhaji

<Inno>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Invoked Nightmare
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy
Boreasxo

Boreasxo

<Honolulu>Kazzak (eu)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Misery
Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (hero)

Sustained Potency
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy
Baysis

Baysis

<Tempo>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Focused Power
Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Mind's Eye
Improved Voidform
Misery
Energy Compression
Incessant Screams
Mental Fortitude
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

Talents (hero)

Energy Compression
Incessant Screams
Spiritwell
Word of Supremacy

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 Pandaren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

69% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,353 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 34 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

5% of the best players use this combination
Soulcatcher's Charm

Soulcatcher's Charm

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to haunt the target, dealing 27,271 Shadow damage over 12 sec. If the target dies while haunted, the effect transfers to a nearby enemy, inflicting 150% of the Shadow damage over the remaining duration.

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.

5% 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 211 for 10 sec. Each temptation permanently increases this effect by 5%, up to 10 times, diminishing quickly upon leaving combat.

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)

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 Amethyst
Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

24%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

24%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Masterful Garnet

Flawless Masterful Garnet

15%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 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 Hunt on a Main Hand item
Hunt

Hunt

73%

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%
Arcanoweave Cord

Arcanoweave Cord

69%

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

  • Waist100%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

45%

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.

  • Back44%
  • Wrist40%
  • Feet8%
  • Waist4%
  • Shoulders4%

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

Flexweave Underlay

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

95%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

4%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

62%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

22%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

95%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

4%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

53%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

36%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

113%

Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

47%

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
20%
Angelic Feather
98.2%
Mind Blast
0%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
100%
Spiritual Guidance
100%
Psychic Scream
0%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
100%
Purify Disease
80%
Power Infusion
100%
Painful Invocation
100%
Petrifying Scream
98.2%
Surge of Light
1.8%
Body and Soul
96.4%
Mass Dispel
100%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
100%
Strength of Resolve
100%
Dominate Mind
7.3%
Psychic Voice
90.9%
Everlasting Light
0%
Move with Grace
3.6%
Mental Agility
0%
Twin Disciplines
100%
Dark Enlightenment
100%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
10.9%
Inspiration
0%
Binding Heals
100%
Shadow Word: Death
100%
Sanguine Teachings
100%
Desperate Prayer
100%
Twist of Fate
100%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
94.5%
Fade
100%
Angel's Mercy
100%
Protective Light
92.7%
Mindpierce
100%
Spectral Illusion
0%
Improved Fade
100%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
72.7%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
100%
2 / 2
Phantasm
63.6%
Angelic Bulwark
23.6%
Focused Power
100%
Phantom Reach
47.3%
Translucent Image
98.2%

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
23.6%
Voidform
100%
Haunting Shadows
100%
Mental Decay
83.6%
Shadowfiend
98.2%
Dark Thoughts
0%
Maddening Touch
56.4%
Improved Voidform
100%
Phantom Menace
81.8%
Dark Evangelism
1.8%
Shattered Psyche
83.6%
Subservient Shadows
98.2%
Mastermind
30.9%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
90.9%
Spectral Horrors
90.9%
Instilled Doubt
16.4%
2 / 2
Mindbender
0%
Deathspeaker
0%
Mind Devourer
0%
Auspicious Spirits
100%
Maddening Tentacles
100%
Inescapable Torment
0%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
100%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
100%
Insidious Ire
100%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
0%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
0%
Idol of N'Zoth
100%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
100%
Idol of C'Thun
100%
Void Apparitions
100%