Staypoor

Shadow Priest
Night Elf
487 ilvl
Season 3
3458 Mythic+

Staypoor from Frostmourne (US) is recognized as one of the top PvE Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6, having achieved an impressive 3458 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 Staypoor's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+1760
15% Critical Strike
+5796
34% Haste
+5302
19% Mastery
+3275
16% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Versatility
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+325
5% Avoidance
+443
3% Leech
+250
5% Speed
  1. Leech
  2. Avoidance
  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 Staypoor'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
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
2
Twist of Fate
2
Throes of Pain
2
Angel's Mercy
1
Halo
1
Translucent Image
1
Mindgames
1
Surge of Light
Light's Inspiration
1
Crystalline Reflection
Improved Fade
2
Manipulation
Benevolence
Angelic Bulwark
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 Staypoor'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
2
Dark Evangelism
Mind Devourer
Phantasmal Pathogen
2
Mind's Eye
1
Mindbender
1
Deathspeaker
1
Auspicious Spirits
1
Void Torrent
Inescapable Torment
1
Mastermind
Screams of the Void
2
Tormented Spirits
2
Insidious Ire
Malediction
Idol of Y'Shaarj
Idol of N'Zoth
1
Idol of Yogg-Saron
1
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 Staypoor's selected PvP Talents below:

Driven to Madness
1
Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
1
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
Absolute Faith
Catharsis
Phase Shift
1
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 Staypoor.

Head

  1. Hood of Surging Time

Neck

  1. Chain of the Green Flight

Shoulders

  1. set
    Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion

Back

  1. Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice

Chest

  1. set
    Cassock of Lunar Communion

Wrist

  1. Wraps of Everliving Fealty

Hands

  1. set
    Touch of Lunar Communion

Waist

  1. Belt of Undying Devotion

Legs

  1. set
    Leggings of Lunar Communion

Feet

  1. Lost Scholar's Belted Treads

Ring 1

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight

Ring 2

  1. Ring-Bound Hourglass

Trinket 1

  1. Balefire Branch

Trinket 2

  1. Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge

Main Hand

  1. Eternal Kindler's Greatstaff

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 Staypoor for the Shadow Priest specialization.

  1. Blue Silken Lining
  2. Prepared Time

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 Staypoor for each equipment slot.

Head

  1. Incandescent Essence

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 Mastery

Ring 2

  1. +82 Mastery

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 Staypoor.

  1. Keen Ysemerald
    5
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1
  3. Sensei's Neltharite
    1