Stocktonca

Shadow Priest
Undead
411 ilvl
Season 2
2104 Solo Shuffle
672 2v2
2160 3v3

Stocktonca from Tichondrius (US) is recognized as one of the top PvP Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6, having achieved an impressive 2160 rating in 3v3 during season 2.

Here you'll find a detailed snapshot of his character from . It includes a thorough breakdown of his 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 Stocktonca's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+1041
11% Critical Strike
+4212
25% Haste
+739
6% Mastery
+5073
25% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Mastery
Minor Stats
+0
0% Avoidance
+200
1% 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 Stocktonca's selected Class Talents below:

Renew
Dispel Magic
1
Shadowfiend
1
Prayer of Mending
Improved Flash Heal
Purify Disease
Psychic Voice
1
Shadow Word: Death
1
Focused Mending
Holy Nova
Protective Light
Angelic Feather
1
Phantasm
1
Death and Madness
1
Spell Warding
Rhapsody
Leap of Faith
1
Shackle Undead
Void Tendrils
1
Mind Control
1
Words of the Pious
Mass Dispel
1
Move with Grace
Power Infusion
1
Vampiric Embrace
1
Tithe Evasion
Inspiration
Mental Agility
Body and Soul
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
Divine Star
Translucent Image
1
Mindgames
1
Surge of Light
Light's Inspiration
2
Crystalline Reflection
Improved Fade
2
Manipulation
2
Benevolence
Angelic Bulwark
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 Stocktonca'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
1
Shadow Crash
1
Unfurling Darkness
1
Void Eruption
1
Mental Decay
Mind Spike
Whispering Shadows
1
Shadowy Insight
1
Ancient Madness
Voidtouched
1
Mind Melt
Maddening Touch
2
Dark Evangelism
2
Mind Devourer
Phantasmal Pathogen
2
Distorted Reality
1
Mindbender
Deathspeaker
Auspicious Spirits
1
Void Torrent
1
Inescapable Torment
Mastermind
Screams of the Void
Tormented Spirits
2
Insidious Ire
Malediction
1
Idol of Y'Shaarj
Idol of N'Zoth
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 Stocktonca's selected PvP Talents below:

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

Head

  1. set
    Mask of the Furnace Seraph

Neck

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Necklace

Shoulders

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Mantle

Back

  1. Obsidian Aspirant's Drape

Chest

  1. set
    Command of the Furnace Seraph

Wrist

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Silk Armbands

Hands

  1. set
    Grasp of the Furnace Seraph

Waist

  1. Infurious Binding of Gesticulation

Legs

  1. set
    Breeches of the Furnace Seraph

Feet

  1. Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers

Ring 1

  1. Obsidian Gladiator's Ring

Ring 2

  1. Signet of Titanic Insight

Trinket 1

  1. set
    Obsidian Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Trinket 2

  1. set
    Obsidian Aspirant's Medallion

Main Hand

  1. 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 Stocktonca for the Shadow Priest specialization.

  1. Mettle
  2. 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 Stocktonca for each equipment slot.

Chest

  1. Waking Stats

Wrist

  1. +200 Leech

Legs

  1. Frozen Spellthread

Feet

  1. Watcher's Loam

Ring 1

  1. +82 Haste

Ring 2

  1. +82 Haste

Main Hand

  1. 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 Stocktonca.

  1. Energized Ysemerald
    8