Arrinah

Shadow Priest
Goblin
477 ilvl
Season 3
2617 Mythic+

Arrinah from Draenor (EU) is recognized as one of the top PvE Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6, having achieved an impressive 2617 rating in Mythic+ during season 3.

Here you'll find a detailed snapshot of her character from . It includes a thorough breakdown of her stats, talents, equipment, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a guide 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 Arrinah's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+2209
17% Critical Strike
+6259
37% Haste
+6461
22% Mastery
+0
0% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility
Minor Stats
+325
5% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+250
5% Speed
  1. Avoidance
  2. Speed
  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 Arrinah's selected Class Talents below:

Renew
Dispel Magic
1
Shadowfiend
1
Prayer of Mending
Improved Flash Heal
1
Purify Disease
Psychic Voice
Shadow Word: Death
1
Focused Mending
Holy Nova
1
Protective Light
1
Angelic Feather
1
Phantasm
1
Death and Madness
1
Spell Warding
1
Rhapsody
Leap of Faith
1
Shackle Undead
Sheer Terror
Dominate Mind
1
Words of the Pious
Mass Dispel
1
Move with Grace
Power Infusion
1
Vampiric Embrace
1
Tithe Evasion
1
Inspiration
Mental Agility
Body and Soul
1
Twins of the Sun Priestess
1
Void Shield
San'layn
1
Apathy
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
2
Crystalline Reflection
Improved Fade
2
Manipulation
1
Benevolence
Angelic Bulwark
1
Essence Devourer
1
Shattered Perceptions

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 Arrinah's selected Specialization Talents below:

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

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 Arrinah's selected PvP Talents below:

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

Equipment

Equipment directly determines a character's power level in World of Warcraft. These items are acquired from diverse sources: they can drop in dungeons and raids, be discovered across the world, be crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

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

Head

  1. set
    Crest of Lunar Communion

Neck

  1. Elemental Lariat

Shoulders

  1. set
    Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion

Back

  1. Drape of the Loyal Vassal

Chest

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Vestments

Wrist

  1. Wraps of Everliving Fealty

Hands

  1. set
    Touch of Lunar Communion

Waist

  1. Frigid Conservator's Sash

Legs

  1. set
    Leggings of Lunar Communion

Feet

  1. Devilsaur Worshiper's Sandals

Ring 1

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight

Ring 2

  1. Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal

Trinket 1

  1. Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows

Trinket 2

  1. Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge

Main Hand

  1. Morchie's Distorted Spellblade

Off Hand

  1. Bioluminescent Lamp

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 Arrinah for the Shadow Priest specialization.

  1. Blue Silken Lining
  2. Elemental Lariat

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 Arrinah for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Graceful Avoidance

Chest

  1. Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Avoidance

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread

Feet

  1. Plainsrunner's Breeze

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. Sophic Devotion

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 Arrinah.

  1. Keen Ysemerald
    5
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1