Yiesus's PvE Build

Priest class icon Shadow Priest specialization icon
Shadow Priest
Night Elf race icon
Night Elf
492 ilvl
Season 4
639 Mythic+

Yiesus (Illidan US) is a Top Mythic+ Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 4, achieving a rating of 639 with 490 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 Yiesus's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+2264
18% Critical Strike
+6087
35% Haste
+4672
17% Mastery
+3856
19% Versatility
  1. Haste
  2. Mastery
  3. Versatility
  4. Critical Strike
Minor Stats
+657
9% Avoidance
+443
8% Leech
+250
5% 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 Yiesus'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
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
Move with Grace
Power Infusion
1
Sanguine Teachings
1
Tithe Evasion
1
Inspiration
Mental Agility
Body and Soul
1
Twins of the Sun Priestess
1
Void Shield
1
San'layn
1
Apathy
Unwavering Will
2
Twist of Fate
2
Throes of Pain
2
Angel's Mercy
1
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
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 Yiesus's selected Specialization Talents below:

Devouring Plague
1
Dispersion
1
Shadowy Apparitions
1
Silence
Mental Fortitude
1
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
1
Whispering Shadows
1
Shadowy Insight
1
Ancient Madness
1
Voidtouched
Mind Melt
1
Maddening Touch
Dark Evangelism
Mind Devourer
2
Phantasmal Pathogen
1
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 Yiesus's selected PvP Talents below:

Driven to Madness
1
Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
1
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 Yiesus.

Head

  1. Organized Pontificator's Mask item icon
    Organized Pontificator's Mask

Neck

  1. Torc of Passed Time item icon
    Torc of Passed Time

Shoulders

  1. Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion item set icon
    set
    Shoulderguardians of Lunar Communion

Back

  1. Cloak of Lunar Communion item icon
    Cloak of Lunar Communion

Chest

  1. Cassock of Lunar Communion item set icon
    set
    Cassock of Lunar Communion

Wrist

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

Hands

  1. Touch of Lunar Communion item set icon
    set
    Touch of Lunar Communion

Waist

  1. Discarded Creation's Restraint item icon
    Discarded Creation's Restraint

Legs

  1. Leggings of Lunar Communion item set icon
    set
    Leggings of Lunar Communion

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Signet of the Last Elder item icon
    Signet of the Last Elder

Ring 2

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

Trinket 1

  1. Ashes of the Embersoul item icon
    Ashes of the Embersoul

Trinket 2

  1. Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge item icon
    Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge

Main Hand

  1. Staff of Incandescent Torment item icon
    Staff of Incandescent Torment

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 Yiesus 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 Yiesus for each equipment slot.

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 Yiesus.

  1. Keen Neltharite gem icon
    Keen Neltharite
    5
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1