Despo

Shadow Priest
Blood Elf
277 ilvl
Season 3
3465 Mythic+

Despo 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 3465 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 Despo's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+325
15% Critical Strike
+1209
36% Haste
+814
16% Mastery
+88
2% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility

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.

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

Specialization Talents

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

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

Driven to Madness
Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
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 Despo.

Head

  1. set
    Amice of the Empyrean

Neck

  1. Sin Stained Pendant

Shoulders

  1. set
    Capelet of the Empyrean

Back

  1. Duplicating Drape

Chest

  1. set
    Habit of the Empyrean

Wrist

  1. Deathshackle Wristwraps

Hands

  1. Grim-Veiled Mittens

Waist

  1. Grim-Veiled Belt

Legs

  1. set
    Leggings of the Empyrean

Feet

  1. Dark Stride Footwraps

Ring 1

  1. Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn

Ring 2

  1. Death God's Signet

Trinket 1

  1. Unbound Changeling

Trinket 2

  1. Soulletting Ruby

Main Hand

  1. Staff of Fractured Spacetime

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 Despo 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 Despo for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrist

  1. Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect

Feet

  1. Enchant Boots - Soul Treads

Ring 1

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery

Ring 2

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance

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 Despo.

  1. Quick Jewel Cluster
    3
  2. Masterful Jewel Cluster
    1