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PATCH 10.1.7 CLASS GUIDES
Welcome to our Shadow Priest Guide for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Season 2 in Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5. We will help you to learn and master Shadow Priest in either Raids or Mythic Keystone Dungeons.
Last Update: 09-07-2023
Corrupting the minds of their enemies, Shadow Priests deal most of their damage with their Shadow spells and periodic damage debuffs. Depending on their chosen Talents, they can output very strong single-target, but also punish all their foes regardless of how many they are.
General Stat Priority for Shadow Priest with our Build is:
Please read our Rotation and Cooldown section for further information.
| May 10 | Normal, Heroic, Mythic and 1. Wing of Looking for Raid |
| May 24 | 2. Wing of Looking for Raid |
| June 07 | 3. Wing of Looking for Raid |
| June 21 | 4. Wing of Looking for Raid |
You can find our full Raid Guide for Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible here.
The Rotation and Playstyle of Shadow Priest varies depending on their current situation.
Click the Tabs to see each individual Rotation for either Single Target combat or Multi-Target.
General Stat Priority for Shadow Priest with our Build is:
The further we are getting into the expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit your effective gain of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% (by rating) of any given stat, you will start to receive a penalty that reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this treshold.
Stat priority can differ on every character. Make sure to simulate yourself on Raidbots get the perfect results for you.
Our list currently contains the best Items obtainable through the current Raid – Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible. Those Items yield the highest natural Itemlevel which grants the most amount of Primary Stats.
| Slot | Item |
| Head | Mask of the Furnace Seraph |
| Necklace | Magmorax’s Fourth Collar |
| Shoulders | |
| Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star |
| Chest | |
| Wrists | Clasps of the Diligent Steward |
| Hands | Grasp of the Furnace Seraph |
| Belt | Discarded Creation’s Restraint |
| Legs | |
| Boots | Treads of Fractured Realities |
| Ring 1 | Onyx Impostor’s Birthright |
| Ring 2 | Tormentor’s Siphoning Signet |
| Weapon 1 | Erethos, the Empty Promise |
| Weapon 2 |
Besides all other Items that can be obtained through Crafting on the highest Itemlevel, Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used. The current most popular Embellishments for Shadow Priest are:
If a player still chooses to wear the Onyx Annulet, you can equip three Primordial Stones into it. The most popular Primordial Stones are:
This List shows the current best Trinkets of Shadow Priest in a Single Target Situation. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your specific situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. To see a full overview of Trinkets – Please visit Bloodmallet
The Racial Bonuses for each playable Race in World of Warcraft offers different powers to their character. We would highly suggest that Players play the Race that they enjoy the most. If you are looking for any information about the differences in their performance, you can find it in this chart.
Due to the Stat Priority listed above, we currently suggest Shadow Priest using the following Sockets in their Gear. Keep in mind that using Elemental Lariat will always trigger the lower-valued stat of your Gems. If you want to trigger the desired stat, you have use the opposite Gem atleast once in your Gear.
Enchants of Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed and Leech) varies by player preference.
