Hypeboy's PvE Build

Priest class icon Shadow Priest specialization icon
Shadow Priest
Night Elf race icon
Night Elf
508 ilvl
Season 4
2175 Mythic+

Hypeboy (Area 52 US) is a Top Mythic+ Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 4, achieving a rating of 2175 with 506 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 Hypeboy's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+2407
18% Critical Strike
+6440
37% Haste
+6714
22% Mastery
+1143
6% Versatility
  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility
Minor Stats
+578
8% Avoidance
+0
0% Leech
+0
0% Speed
  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

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 Hypeboy's selected Class Talents below:

Renew
Dispel Magic
1
Shadowfiend
1
Prayer of Mending
Improved Flash Heal
1
Purify Disease
1
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
Divine Star
1
Translucent Image
1
Mindgames
1
Surge of Light
Light's Inspiration
2
Crystalline Reflection
Improved Fade
2
Manipulation
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 Hypeboy's selected Specialization Talents below:

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

Driven to Madness
1
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 Hypeboy.

Head

  1. Mask of the Furnace Seraph item set icon
    set
    Mask of the Furnace Seraph

Neck

  1. Ukhel Ancestry Beads item icon
    Ukhel Ancestry Beads

Shoulders

  1. Devotion of the Furnace Seraph item set icon
    set
    Devotion of the Furnace Seraph

Back

  1. Mammoth-Trainer's Drape item icon
    Mammoth-Trainer's Drape

Chest

  1. Command of the Furnace Seraph item set icon
    set
    Command of the Furnace Seraph

Wrist

  1. Wristwraps of Lunar Communion item icon
    Wristwraps of Lunar Communion

Hands

  1. Grasp of the Furnace Seraph item set icon
    set
    Grasp of the Furnace Seraph

Waist

  1. Blooming Redeemer's Sash item icon
    Blooming Redeemer's Sash

Legs

  1. Breeches of the Furnace Seraph item set icon
    set
    Breeches of the Furnace Seraph

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight item icon
    Signet of Titanic Insight

Ring 2

  1. Band of Burning Thorns item icon
    Band of Burning Thorns

Trinket 1

  1. Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows item icon
    Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows

Trinket 2

  1. Tome of Unstable Power item icon
    Tome of Unstable Power

Main Hand

  1. Koroleth's Crackling Dagger item icon
    Koroleth's Crackling Dagger

Off Hand

  1. Icewrath's Channeling Conduit item icon
    Icewrath's Channeling Conduit

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 Hypeboy for the Shadow Priest specialization.

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight embellishment item icon
    Blue Silken Lining

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 Hypeboy for each equipment slot.

Head

  1. Incandescent Essence enchantment icon
    Incandescent Essence

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp enchantment icon
    Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread enchantment icon
    Frozen Spellthread

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 Hypeboy.

  1. Radiant Alexstraszite gem icon
    Radiant Alexstraszite
    6
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1
  3. Sensei's Alexstraszite gem icon
    Sensei's Alexstraszite
    1