Last updated on May 07, 2024 at 11:20by Mysticall15 comments
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Shadow Priest in PvP. Wegive you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats,followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and yourtrinkets.
This page is part of our Shadow Priest PvP Guide.
1.
Stat Priority for Shadow Priests in PvP
The stat priority for Shadow Priests in PvP is as follows:
- Intellect;
- Versatility;
- Haste;
- Critical Strike;
- Mastery.
Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is thestrongest secondary stat at all times because it increases your overalldamage dealt and reduces damage you take. Haste is your next best secondarystat. This will help with reducing the Global Cooldown on abilities andincreasing the tick rate of your DoTs.
1.1.
General Guidelines
In general, Shadow Priests do not have a specific cooldown that you needtrinkets to line up with. As a result, your trinkets can have a passive oron-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Intellect. Youwant to increase Intellect because it drastically increases your overalldamage output. Here is the best gear we recommend you using as a ShadowPriest.
- Head:
Mask of the Furnace Seraph
- Neck:
Draconic Gladiator's Necklace
- Shoulders:
Devotion of the Furnace Seraph
- Cloak:
Scalewarden's Cloak
- Chest:
Command of the Furnace Seraph
- Wrists:
Draconic Gladiator's Silk Armbands
- Hands:
Grasp of the Furnace Seraph
- Waist:
Draconic Gladiator's Silk Cord
- Legs:
Infurious Legwraps of Possibility
- Feet:
Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers
- Ring 1:
Draconic Gladiator's Ring
- Ring 2:
Signet of Titanic Insight - Crafted with Versatility and Haste
- Trinket 1:
Draconic Gladiator's Medallion
- Trinket 2:
Draconic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
- Weapon:
Draconic Gladiator's Staff
Note: It is essential to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you aStamina and stat boost that will increase your survivability.
1.2.
Shadow Priest Tier Set
As noted above, acquiring both your 2-set and 4-set bonus is crucial.It is also important to note that ALL tier sets are nerfed by 50% in PvP.Although this nerf is significant, tier sets are still important to acquireto maximize your chances of winning. For Shadow Priest, this is your tierset:
- 2-set: Increases the chance for Shadowy Insight to trigger by 25%.When consuming Shadowy Insight,
Mind Blast deals 30% increaseddamage and generates 4 additional Insanity.
- 4-set:
Devouring Plague damage increased by 15%. Every 4 castsof Devouring Plague increases the damage of Shadowy Apparitions conjuredwithin the next 10 sec by 80%.
1.3.
Shadow Priest Embellishments
Embelishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These affectscan have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have 2Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommendedEmbellishments for Shadow Priest:
Statuette of Foreseen Power. This embellishment makes it so whenan interrupt is used on you while you are not casting, you gain haste andare immune to all crowd control for 4 seconds. Ideally, this is craftedon your feet.
Infurious Legwraps of Possibility have an Embellishment onthem that makes it so after you are crowd-controlled, you get a Hastebuff. This has an internal cooldown of 30 seconds. This is greatbecause you will often be the target of choice for most teams andthis buff will have high uptime throughout an arena game.
1.4.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants and gems for a Shadow Priest:
- Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Homebound Speed
- Chest:
Enchant Chest - Reserve of Intellect
- Bracers:
Enchant Bracer - Devotion of Speed
- Belt:
Shadowed Belt Clasp
- Legs:
Temporal Spellthread
- Feet:
Enchant Boots - Plainsrunner's Breeze
- Rings:
Enchant Ring - Devotion of Haste
- Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion
Energized Ysemerald is the best gem you can use.
2.
Changelog
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended gear.
- Updated Tier Set bonuses.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Embellishments section.
- Updated Gems and Enchants section.
- 08 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier-Set section.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Moved Trinkets to Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier-Set section.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 14 Dec. 2022: Updated Recommended gems.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Gems and Enchants.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier-Set section.
- Removed Shards of Domination section.
- 21 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 16 Jul. 2021: Updated Recommended gear and added Shards of Domination section.
- 28 Apr. 2021: Updated Stat Priority.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Updated Stat Priority.
- 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch (9.0.1)
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