Mèów's PvE Build

Priest class icon Shadow Priest specialization icon
Shadow Priest
Night Elf race icon
Night Elf
309 ilvl
Season 0
3374 Mythic+

Mèów (Tarren Mill EU) is a Top Mythic+ Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 0, achieving a rating of 3374 with 304 ilvl equipment.

Here is the breakdown of her 10.2.6 PvE 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 Mèów's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+460
18% Critical Strike
+1238
37% Haste
+961
18% Mastery
+81
2% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility
Minor Stats
+145
10% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+150
14% 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.

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
1
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
Absolute Faith
Catharsis
1
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 Mèów.

Head

  1. Amice of the Empyrean item set icon
    set
    Amice of the Empyrean

Neck

  1. Charm of Eternal Winter item icon
    Charm of Eternal Winter

Shoulders

  1. Capelet of the Empyrean item set icon
    set
    Capelet of the Empyrean

Back

  1. Shroud of the Sire's Chosen item icon
    Shroud of the Sire's Chosen

Chest

  1. Habit of the Empyrean item set icon
    set
    Habit of the Empyrean

Wrist

  1. Grim-Veiled Bracers item icon
    Grim-Veiled Bracers

Hands

  1. Grim-Veiled Mittens item icon
    Grim-Veiled Mittens

Waist

  1. Sash of the Empyrean item icon
    Sash of the Empyrean

Legs

  1. Leggings of the Empyrean item set icon
    set
    Leggings of the Empyrean

Feet

  1. Slippers of the Forgotten Heretic item icon
    Slippers of the Forgotten Heretic

Ring 1

  1. Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn item icon
    Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn

Ring 2

  1. Sworn Oath of the Nine item icon
    Sworn Oath of the Nine

Trinket 1

  1. Moonlit Prism item icon
    Moonlit Prism

Trinket 2

  1. Cabalist's Hymnal item icon
    Cabalist's Hymnal

Main Hand

  1. Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos item icon
    Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos

Off Hand

  1. Malevolent Invoker's Crystal item icon
    Malevolent Invoker's Crystal

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 Mèów 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 Mèów for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed enchantment icon
    Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats enchantment icon
    Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrist

  1. Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect enchantment icon
    Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect

Ring 1

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste enchantment icon
    Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Ring 2

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste enchantment icon
    Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance enchantment icon
    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 Mèów.

  1. Quick Jewel Cluster gem icon
    Quick Jewel Cluster
    4
  2. Straddling Jewel Doublet gem icon
    Straddling Jewel Doublet
    1