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Voidweaver Shadow Priest Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok’s Voidweaver Shadow Priest PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Voidweaver Shadow Priest DPS across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 12.0 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Voidweaver Shadow Priests

  1. Roccorpii's icon
    1
    Roccorpii
    Ysondre (EU)
    Goblin | Voidweaver | 729 ilvl
    3868
  2. Loquix's icon
    2
    Loquix
    Ragnaros (US)
    Night Elf | Voidweaver | 729 ilvl
    3793
  3. Shadowclip's icon
    3
    Shadowclip
    Illidan (US)
    Night Elf | Voidweaver | 729 ilvl
    3764
  4. Larissaqt's icon
    4
    Larissaqt
    Moon Guard (US)
    Void Elf | Voidweaver | 729 ilvl
    3721
  5. Slicecrisps's icon
    5
    Slicecrisps
    Frostmourne (US)
    Human | Voidweaver | 730 ilvl
    3718

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Shadow Priest's DPS performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 23% Critical Strike +12729
  • 28% Haste +18495
  • 20% Mastery +22184
  • 7% Versatility +5254

Stat priority

  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility

Additional Minor Stats

  • 3% Avoidance +1406
  • 2% Leech +1222
  • 4% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Voidweaver Shadow Priests.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Shadow Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Dying Star's Veil

    • Set
    • 41
    Dying Star's Veil icon

Neck

  1. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 12
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Sin Stained Pendant

    • 7
    Sin Stained Pendant icon

  3. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 5
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

  4. Duskblaze's Desperation

    • 5
    Duskblaze's Desperation icon

  5. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 5
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

Shoulders

  1. Dying Star's Pyrelights

    • Set
    • 17
    Dying Star's Pyrelights icon

  2. Mounted Manacannons

    • 9
    Mounted Manacannons icon

  3. Harmonious Spaulders

    • 6
    Harmonious Spaulders icon

  4. Sinlight Shoulderpads

    • 5
    Sinlight Shoulderpads icon

  5. Consecrated Mantle

    • Craft
    • 4
    Consecrated Mantle icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 41
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Dying Star's Cassock

    • Set
    • 37
    Dying Star's Cassock icon

  2. Consecrated Robe

    • 1
    Consecrated Robe icon

  3. Frock of Spirit's Reunion

    • 1
    Frock of Spirit's Reunion icon

  4. Robes of Midnight Bargains

    • 1
    Robes of Midnight Bargains icon

  5. Saboteur's Rubber Jacket

    • 1
    Saboteur's Rubber Jacket icon

Wrist

  1. Consecrated Cuffs

    • Craft
    • 32
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  2. Singed Sievecuffs

    • 4
    Singed Sievecuffs icon

  3. Conjoined Glass Bracers

    • 2
    Conjoined Glass Bracers icon

  4. Astral Gladiator's Silk Armbands

    • 1
    Astral Gladiator's Silk Armbands icon

  5. Dying Star's Bangles

    • 1
    Dying Star's Bangles icon

Hands

  1. Dying Star's Caress

    • Set
    • 39
    Dying Star's Caress icon

  2. Bloodwrath's Gnarled Claws

    • 1
    Bloodwrath's Gnarled Claws icon

  3. Cyphered Gloves

    • 1
    Cyphered Gloves icon

Waist

  1. Consecrated Cord

    • Craft
    • 13
    Consecrated Cord icon

  2. Dying Star's Waistlight

    • 10
    Dying Star's Waistlight icon

  3. Forgeweaver's Journal Holster

    • 6
    Forgeweaver's Journal Holster icon

  4. Singularity Cincture

    • 6
    Singularity Cincture icon

  5. Honorbound Retainer's Sash

    • 3
    Honorbound Retainer's Sash icon

Legs

  1. Dying Star's Leggings

    • Set
    • 38
    Dying Star's Leggings icon

  2. Razorchoke Slacks

    • 2
    Razorchoke Slacks icon

  3. Hyperlight Leggings

    • 1
    Hyperlight Leggings icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Silken Striders

    • 35
    Interloper's Silken Striders icon

  2. Dying Star's Soles

    • 2
    Dying Star's Soles icon

  3. Consecrated Slippers

    • 1
    Consecrated Slippers icon

  4. Membranous Slippers

    • 1
    Membranous Slippers icon

  5. Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks

    • 1
    Nonconductive Kill-o-Socks icon

Rings

  1. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 16
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  2. Logic Gate: Omega

    • 15
    Logic Gate: Omega icon

  3. Logic Gate: Alpha

    • 11
    Logic Gate: Alpha icon

  4. Signet of the False Accuser

    • 11
    Signet of the False Accuser icon

  5. Whispers of K'aresh

    • 7
    Whispers of K'aresh icon

Trinkets

  1. Araz's Ritual Forge

    • 25
    Araz's Ritual Forge icon

  2. Diamantine Voidcore

    • Set
    • 23
    Diamantine Voidcore icon

  3. Azhiccaran Parapodia

    • 13
    Azhiccaran Parapodia icon

  4. Astral Antenna

    • 9
    Astral Antenna icon

  5. Lily of the Eternal Weave

    • 3
    Lily of the Eternal Weave icon

Main Hand

  1. Voidglass Kris

    • Set
    • 25
    Voidglass Kris icon

  2. Voidglass Spire

    • Set
    • 7
    Voidglass Spire icon

  3. Nathrian Ferula

    • 3
    Nathrian Ferula icon

  4. Vagabond's Bounding Baton

    • Craft
    • 3
    Vagabond's Bounding Baton icon

  5. Hand of Beledar

    • 1
    Hand of Beledar icon

Off Hand

  1. Vagabond's Torch

    • Craft
    • 25
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  2. Acoustically Alluring Censer

    • 1
    Acoustically Alluring Censer icon

  3. Fractillus' Last Breath

    • 1
    Fractillus' Last Breath icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Shadow Priests.

  1. Ascendance

    • 27
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  2. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 25
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  3. Dawnthread Lining

    • 11
    Consecrated Cord icon

  4. Duskthread Lining

    • 7
    Consecrated Cuffs icon

  5. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 3
    Binding of Binding icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Shadow Priest gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 23
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 12
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

    • 6
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 38
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Council's Intellect

    • 2
    Council's Intellect icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 24
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +1000 Speed

    • 8
    +1000 Speed icon

  3. +2040 Leech

    • 8
    +2040 Leech icon

Hands

  1. Enchant Gloves - Shadowlands Gathering

    • 1
    Enchant Gloves - Shadowlands Gathering icon

  2. Enchant Gloves - Zandalari Crafting

    • 1
    Enchant Gloves - Zandalari Crafting icon

  3. Enchant Gloves - Zandalari Herbalism

    • 1
    Enchant Gloves - Zandalari Herbalism icon

Legs

  1. Sunset Spellthread

    • 36
    Sunset Spellthread icon

  2. Daybreak Spellthread

    • 4
    Daybreak Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Scout's March

    • 20
    Scout's March icon

  2. Defender's March

    • 16
    Defender's March icon

  3. Scout's March

    • 2
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Mastery

    • 27
    +315 Mastery icon

  2. +315 Haste

    • 22
    +315 Haste icon

  3. +315 Critical Strike

    • 13
    +315 Critical Strike icon

Main Hand

  1. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 19
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

  2. Council's Guile

    • 7
    Council's Guile icon

  3. Stonebound Artistry

    • 7
    Stonebound Artistry icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Shadow Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 22
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 11
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

  3. Cognitive Bloodstone

    • 1
    Cognitive Bloodstone icon

  4. Cubic Blasphemia

    • 1
    Cubic Blasphemia icon

  5. Insightful Blasphemite

    • 1
    Insightful Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 14
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  2. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 14
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  3. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 10
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  4. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 3
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Masterful Ruby

    • 52
    Masterful Ruby icon

  2. Masterful Emerald

    • 38
    Masterful Emerald icon

  3. Quick Onyx

    • 38
    Quick Onyx icon

  4. Masterful Sapphire

    • 30
    Masterful Sapphire icon

  5. Deadly Onyx

    • 28
    Deadly Onyx icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Electric Current

    • 1
    Electric Current icon

Most Played Races for Shadow Priest M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Shadow Priest DPS players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Night Elf

    • 11
    Night Elf icon

  2. Void Elf

    • 7
    Void Elf icon

  3. Blood Elf

    • 4
    Blood Elf icon

  4. Human

    • 4
    Human icon

  5. Goblin

    • 3
    Goblin icon

Voidweaver Shadow Priest Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Voidweaver Shadow Priests in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 12.0.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.