Orchidpriest's PvP Build

Priest class icon Shadow Priest specialization icon
Shadow Priest
Void Elf race icon
Void Elf
431 ilvl
Season 2
2733 Solo Shuffle
1436 2v2
2562 3v3

Orchidpriest (Tichondrius US) is a Top Solo Shuffle Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight Season 2, achieving a rating of 2733 with 431 ilvl equipment.

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

Secondary Stats
+818
10% Critical Strike
+5166
30% Haste
+188
5% Mastery
+5827
28% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Mastery
Minor Stats
+0
0% Avoidance
+325
7% Leech
+0
0% 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 Orchidpriest's selected Class Talents below:

Renew
Dispel Magic
1
Shadowfiend
1
Prayer of Mending
Improved Flash Heal
1
Purify Disease
Psychic Voice
1
Shadow Word: Death
1
Focused Mending
Holy Nova
1
Protective Light
1
Angelic Feather
Phantasm
1
Death and Madness
Spell Warding
1
Rhapsody
Leap of Faith
1
Shackle Undead
Sheer Terror
1
Mind Control
Words of the Pious
Mass Dispel
Move with Grace
1
Power Infusion
1
Sanguine Teachings
1
Tithe Evasion
Inspiration
Mental Agility
Body and Soul
1
Twins of the Sun Priestess
1
Void Shield
1
San'layn
1
Apathy
Unwavering Will
Twist of Fate
2
Throes of Pain
2
Angel's Mercy
Divine Star
Translucent Image
1
Mindgames
1
Surge of Light
Light's Inspiration
Crystalline Reflection
2
Improved Fade
2
Manipulation
2
Benevolence
Angelic Bulwark
1
Void Shift
1
Shattered Perceptions
1

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 Orchidpriest's selected Specialization Talents below:

Devouring Plague
1
Dispersion
1
Shadowy Apparitions
1
Silence
1
Intangibility
1
Misery
1
Psychic Horror
1
Thought Harvester
1
Psychic Link
1
Surge of Insanity
Shadow Crash
1
Unfurling Darkness
1
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
1
Phantasmal Pathogen
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 Orchidpriest's selected PvP Talents below:

Driven to Madness
1
Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
1
Thoughtsteal
Void Volley
1
Absolute Faith
Catharsis
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 Orchidpriest.

Head

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

Neck

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Necklace item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Necklace

Shoulders

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

Back

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Drape item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Drape

Chest

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

Wrist

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Armbands item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Armbands

Hands

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

Waist

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Cord item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Cord

Legs

  1. Infurious Legwraps of Possibility item icon
    Infurious Legwraps of Possibility

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers item icon
    Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Ring item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Ring

Ring 2

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

Trinket 1

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Medallion item set icon
    set
    Obsidian Gladiator's Medallion

Trinket 2

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity item set icon
    set
    Obsidian Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Main Hand

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Staff item icon
    Obsidian Gladiator's Staff

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 Orchidpriest for the Shadow Priest specialization.

  1. Infurious Legwraps of Possibility embellishment item icon
    Infurious Legwraps Of Possibility
  2. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers embellishment item icon
    Precognition

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 Orchidpriest for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Regenerative Leech enchantment icon
    Regenerative Leech

Chest

  1. Reserve of Intellect enchantment icon
    Reserve of Intellect

Wrist

  1. +200 Leech enchantment icon
    +200 Leech

Waist

  1. Shadowed Belt Clasp enchantment icon
    Shadowed Belt Clasp

Legs

  1. Temporal Spellthread enchantment icon
    Temporal Spellthread

Feet

  1. Watcher's Loam enchantment icon
    Watcher's Loam

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste enchantment icon
    +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. Wafting Devotion enchantment icon
    Wafting 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 Orchidpriest.

  1. Energized Ysemerald gem icon
    Energized Ysemerald
    7
  2. Fierce Illimited Diamond gem icon
    Fierce Illimited Diamond
    1