Drpops's PvP Build

Priest class icon Shadow Priest specialization icon
Shadow Priest
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395 ilvl
Season 1

Drpops (Archimonde EU) is a Top Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 1, achieving a rating of 0 with 390 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of her 10.2.6 PvP character build from , featuring stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a reference to enhance and inspire your own Shadow Priest build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Drpops's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+218
6% Critical Strike
+2213
14% Haste
+1075
7% Mastery
+4986
24% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+0
0% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+425
9% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Avoidance
  3. Leech

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Priest specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Priest class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Priest's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

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Take a peek at Drpops's selected Class Talents below:

Renew
Dispel Magic
1
Shadowfiend
1
Prayer of Mending
Improved Flash Heal
1
Purify Disease
Psychic Voice
1
Shadow Word: Death
1
Focused Mending
Holy Nova
From Darkness Comes Light
1
Angelic Feather
1
Phantasm
1
Death and Madness
1
Spell Warding
Rhapsody
Leap of Faith
1
Shackle Undead
Void Tendrils
1
Mind Control
1
Words of the Pious
Mass Dispel
1
Move with Grace
Power Infusion
1
Sanguine Teachings
Tithe Evasion
1
Inspiration
Mental Agility
Body and Soul
1
Twins of the Sun Priestess
Void Shield
San'layn
1
Apathy
1
Unwavering Will
Twist of Fate
2
Throes of Pain
2
Angel's Mercy
Halo
1
Translucent Image
1
Mindgames
1
Surge of Light
Light's Inspiration
Crystalline Reflection
2
Improved Fade
Manipulation
2
Benevolence
Angelic Bulwark
1
Essence Devourer
Shattered Perceptions
1

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Shadow Priests with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

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Take a peek at Drpops's selected Specialization Talents below:

Devouring Plague
1
Dispersion
1
Shadowy Apparitions
1
Silence
1
Intangibility
1
Misery
Psychic Horror
1
Thought Harvester
Psychic Link
Surge of Insanity
Shadow Crash
Unfurling Darkness
Dark Ascension
1
Mental Decay
Mind Spike
Whispering Shadows
Shadowy Insight
1
Ancient Madness
2
Voidtouched
Mind Melt
Maddening Touch
Dark Evangelism
Mind Devourer
Phantasmal Pathogen
Mind's Eye
Mindbender
1
Deathspeaker
Auspicious Spirits
1
Void Torrent
Inescapable Torment
2
Mastermind
Screams of the Void
Tormented Spirits
Insidious Ire
Malediction
1
Idol of Y'Shaarj
1
Idol of N'Zoth
Idol of Yogg-Saron
Idol of C'Thun

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Shadow Priest's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

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Take a peek at Drpops's selected PvP Talents below:

Driven to Madness
1
Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
1
Absolute Faith
Catharsis
Phase Shift
Improved Mass Dispel

Best In Slot And Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from diverse sources: dungeon, raid, world drops, crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Drpops.

Head

  1. Draconic Hierophant's Archcowl item set icon
    set
    Draconic Hierophant's Archcowl

Neck

  1. Crimson Aspirant's Necklace item icon
    Crimson Aspirant's Necklace

Shoulders

  1. Drakebreaker's Shoulderpads item set icon
    set
    Drakebreaker's Shoulderpads

Back

  1. Crimson Gladiator's Shawl item icon
    Crimson Gladiator's Shawl

Chest

  1. Crimson Aspirant's Silk Robe item icon
    Crimson Aspirant's Silk Robe

Wrist

  1. Drakebreaker's Cuffs item set icon
    set
    Drakebreaker's Cuffs

Hands

  1. Drakebreaker's Gloves item set icon
    set
    Drakebreaker's Gloves

Waist

  1. Infurious Binding of Gesticulation item icon
    Infurious Binding of Gesticulation

Legs

  1. Infurious Legwraps of Possibility item icon
    Infurious Legwraps of Possibility

Feet

  1. Drakebreaker's Boots item set icon
    set
    Drakebreaker's Boots

Ring 1

  1. Crimson Gladiator's Ring item icon
    Crimson Gladiator's Ring

Ring 2

  1. Crimson Gladiator's Signet item icon
    Crimson Gladiator's Signet

Trinket 1

  1. Crimson Aspirant's Medallion item set icon
    set
    Crimson Aspirant's Medallion

Trinket 2

  1. Crimson Gladiator's Emblem item set icon
    set
    Crimson Gladiator's Emblem

Main Hand

  1. Crimson Gladiator's Staff item icon
    Crimson Gladiator's Staff

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Drpops for the Shadow Priest specialization.

Unfortunately, no embellished item data were found.

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Drpops for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. +100 Speed enchantment icon
    +100 Speed

Chest

  1. Waking Stats enchantment icon
    Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +125 Speed enchantment icon
    +125 Speed

Legs

  1. Temporal Spellthread enchantment icon
    Temporal Spellthread

Feet

  1. Plainsrunner's Breeze enchantment icon
    Plainsrunner's Breeze

Ring 1

  1. +73 Versatility enchantment icon
    +73 Versatility

Ring 2

  1. +73 Versatility enchantment icon
    +73 Versatility

Main Hand

  1. Sophic Writ enchantment icon
    Sophic Writ

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Drpops.

  1. Steady Nozdorite gem icon
    Steady Nozdorite
    1
  2. Steady Nozdorite gem icon
    Steady Nozdorite
    1