Shadow Priest PvE Guide For Mythic+
Welcome to Murlok.io's PvE guide for Shadow Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.0, based on data from the top 50 Shadow Priests in The War Within Pre-Patch across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Hypeboy (Area 52 US) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 3891.
Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.
Top Shadow Priests
Stat Priority
Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.
Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance Shadow Priest secondary and minor stats for Mythic+:
Secondary Stats
- Mastery
- Haste
- Critical Strike
- Versatility
Minor Stats
- Avoidance
- Speed
- Leech
Races
Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.
With Night Elf currently being the top race for Shadow Priests in Mythic+, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:
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Night Elf26 -
Dwarf12 -
Goblin4 -
Undead2 -
Human2
Class Talents
Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing 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 essential to the Priest class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Priest's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:
- Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
- Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
- Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.
Specialization Talents
Specialization talents provide Shadow Priests with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:
- Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
- Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
- Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.
Hero Talents
Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Shadow Priest class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the Voidweaver and Archon hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:
- Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
- Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
- Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.
PvP Talents
PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents optimize a Shadow Priest's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay. The following shows the best PvP talents as a heatmap:
- Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
- Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
- Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.
Best In Slot Gear
Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through 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 top items for Shadow Priests in Mythic+, tailored for each equipment slot:
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrist
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
Main Hand
Embellishments
Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.
Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for Shadow Priests in Mythic+:
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 is a list of the top enchantments for Shadow Priests in Mythic+, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:
Chest
Waist
Main Hand
Gems
Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear and balance character stats as a final touch. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.
Even though the presence of sockets on these items is usually random upon their drop, neck pieces can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using three Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with an Eye of Awakening , which requires three Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.
Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for Shadow Priests in Mythic+:
