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Shadow Priest

Damage specialisation · Tier B in PvP, 1.7% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and buildsACTIVE

Rated PvP data

A complete live guide built from rated Battle.net profiles: bracket-specific talents, PvP talents, gear, gems, enchantments, statistics and importable builds. PvE raid casts are never presented as PvP advice.

All PvPSolo2v23v3BlitzRBG

Secondary stats

Secondary stat split across the 16 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

  • Versatility53.9%1,156 avg
  • Haste40.4%867 avg
  • Mastery5.6%118 avg
  • Critical Strike0.2%5 avg

16

Synced RBG players

951

Average rating sampled

1,752

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data
Psyfiend

Psyfiend

56%

Summons a Psyfiend with 19,948 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 0.8 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.

9 players

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

44%

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

7 players

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

31%

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

5 players

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

25%

Voidform sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 2,236 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

4 players

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

6%

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.

1 players

Mindgames

Mindgames

6%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 22,150 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 71,327 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 71,327 healing they deal will damage their target. Generates 10 Insanity.

1 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

  • Benevolence
    Benevolence100%

    Increases the damage of your spells by 3%.

  • Dark Enlightenment
    Dark Enlightenment100%

    Increases your haste by 3%.

  • Dispel Magic
    Dispel Magic100%

    Dispels Magic on the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cloak

50% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

38% equipped · 292 ilvl

Chest

Venomous Aspirant's Silk Robe

63% equipped · 263 ilvl

Shadow Priest enchantments

  • Enchanted: Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei75%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul63%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness63%

Talent tree choices & importable builds

Only 16 synced characters play this specialisation so far, which is too few to report pick rates from.

A percentage drawn from a handful of players is noise wearing the costume of data, and a reader cannot tell the difference. This fills in as the background sync works through the ladder.

Learn the spec

This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

  • Skill-CappedpvpArena guides, matchup play and comp theory. Subscription, and the standard reference for PvP.
  • Murlok.iopvpTalent and gear data from the PvP ladder, broken down per bracket.

Other Priest specs

  • Discipline
  • Holy
  • Fade
    Fade100%

    Fade out, removing all your threat and reducing enemies' detection range against you for 10 sec.

  • Improved Fade
    Improved Fade100%

    Reduces the cooldown of Fade by 10 sec.

    • Survival

    • Desperate Prayer
      Desperate Prayer100%

      Increases maximum health by 25% for 10 sec, and instantly heals you for that amount.

    • Shadow Word: Death
      Shadow Word: Death100%

      A word of dark binding that inflicts 10,077 Shadow damage to your target. If your target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, you take backlash damage equal to 5% of your maximum health. Damage increased by 250% to targets below 35% health. Generates 4 Insanity.

    • Twin Disciplines
      Twin Disciplines100%

      Increases the damage and healing of your Holy and Shadow spells by 2%.

    • Twist of Fate
      Twist of Fate100%

      After damaging or healing a target below 35% health, gain 10% increased damage and healing for 8 sec.

    • Angelic Bulwark
      Angelic Bulwark94%

      When an attack brings you below 30% health, you gain an absorption shield equal to 25% of your maximum health for 20 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 90 sec.

    Control & mobility

    • Angelic Feather
      Angelic Feather100%

      Places a feather at the target location, granting the first ally to walk through it 40% increased movement speed for 5 sec. Only 3 feathers can be placed at one time.

    • Body and Soul
      Body and Soul100%

      Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith increase your target's movement speed by 40% for 3 sec.

    • Psychic Scream
      Psychic Scream100%

      Lets out a psychic scream, causing all enemies within 8 yards to flee, disorienting them for 8 sec. Damage may interrupt the effect.

    • Psychic Voice
      Psychic Voice100%

      Call shadowy tendrils to constrict enemies when Psychic Scream ends, rooting them in place for 4 sec.

    • Mind Control
      Mind Control94%

      Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec. Does not work versus Demonic, Undead, or Mechanical beings. Shares diminishing returns with other disorienting effects.

    Chest

    Cosmic Penitent's Eclipsing Robes

    25% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Feet

    Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Treads

    50% equipped · 288 ilvl

    Feet

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Footwraps

    44% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Gloves

    31% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Hands

    Venomous Gladiator's Silk Gloves

    25% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Head

    Cosmic Penitent's Truesight

    38% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Head

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Cover

    38% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Leggings

    75% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Legs

    Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Leggings

    13% equipped · 253 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Venomous Aspirant's Stave

    88% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Main Hand

    Thalassian Competitor's Staff

    6% equipped · 256 ilvl

    Neck

    Venomous Aspirant's Necklace

    56% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Neck

    Thalassian Competitor's Amulet

    25% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Off Hand

    Venomous Warmonger's Horn

    6% equipped · 289 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    75% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Ring 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Ring

    25% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Thalassian Competitor's Signet

    56% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Ring 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Ring

    25% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Shirt

    Lucky Shirt

    6% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shirt

    Last Season's Shirt

    6% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Cosmic Penitent's Echoing Screams

    88% equipped · 292 ilvl

    Shoulders

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Mantle

    6% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Tabard

    Astral Gladiator's Tabard

    19% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Tabard

    Ren'dorei Tabard

    13% equipped · 1 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

    50% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 1

    Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

    31% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    50% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Trinket 2

    Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

    31% equipped · 259 ilvl

    Waist

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Cord

    56% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Waist

    Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Sash

    38% equipped · 282 ilvl

    Wrist

    Venomous Aspirant's Silk Bindings

    38% equipped · 263 ilvl

    Wrist

    Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Bands

    38% equipped · 282 ilvl

    Enchanted: +41 Intellect & +115 Stamina
    56%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt50%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity50%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Helm - Empowered Blessing of Speed44%
  • Enchanted: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity44%

    • Shadow Priest gems & sockets

    • Cognitive Heliotrope · +23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition100%
    • Flawless Versatile Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Versatility56%
    • Flawless Quick Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Haste38%
    • Flawless Masterful Lapis · +16 Versatility & +7 Mastery13%
    • Flawless Masterful Peridot · +16 Haste & +7 Mastery13%
    • Flawless Versatile Amethyst · +16 Mastery & +7 Versatility13%
    • Prismatic Socket13%