Classic Shadow Priest DPS Gear and Best in Slot

To allow for easier gearing up both before and after your enter raids, the gear talked about below will often suggest alternate viable items for the same slot, to help provide significant power in a particular slot even if it is not the absolute best item.

If you wish to gear for PvP instead, you can check out our PvP BiS for Shadow Priest below.

As stated by Blizzard, WoW Classic will have six phases, starting with Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, and Maraudon, and ending with Naxxramas and the Scourge Invasion. This guide currently aims to focus on Phase 3. This list does not include all of the PvP gear options.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros in Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore in Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of the Brood Lord	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Chest	Field Marshal's Satin Vestments / Warlord's Satin Robes *** Robe of Winter Night	Rank 13 PvP reward for Field Marshal / Warlord Crafted through Tailoring
Wrists	Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair
Gloves	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair
Belt	Firemaw's Clutch	Firemaw in Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings (best) Flarecore Leggings	Lord Kazzak world boss in Blasted Lands Crafted from Tailoring
Boots	Snowblind Shoes Maleki's Footwraps	Azuregos World Boss in Azshara Maleki the Pallid in Stratholme
Ring	Band of Forced Concentration Band of Dark Dominion	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Trinkets	Neltharion's Tear (damage) Briarwood Reed (damage) Shard of the Scale (regen) ** Mindtap Talisman (regen) **	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul West
One-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Off-Hand	Master Dragonslayer's Orb	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Staff	Staff of the Shadow Flame Anathema (from The Eye of Divinity)	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Benediction questline from Majordomo Executus in Molten Core
Wand	Dragon's Touch Bonecreeper Stylus	Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance

** Note: Regen trinkets are great at increasing overall damage, as Mind Blast in particular is mana hungry.

*** Note: While the PvP gear is very strong, it is quite difficult for most people to obtain.

In order to prepare your DPS Priest for raiding, you will need to collect gear from pre-raid activities, such as dungeons. The page below shows the best-in-slot for DPS Priests without any raid loot available to them.

Molten Core and Onyxia are part of the first Tier of Classic and will likely be your next step in gearing after the pre-raid setup. You can find out the best items to get from these 2 raids in our dedicated page below.

While doing Blackwing Lair, you will likely need some Fire Resistance gear. Below lists some of the various pieces you can obtain in both dungeons and raids to gain some additional fire resistance. Most of this gear is either found in the raid itself, or crafted through Tailoring.

Slot	Item	Source
Shoulder	Flarecore Mantle	Crafted BoE made with in Tailoring
Gloves	Flarecore Gloves	Crafted BoE made with in Tailoring
Legs	Flarecore Leggings	Crafted BoE made with in Tailoring

For more information about Priest weapons, please refer to our dedicated guide. We also have a guide on obtaining Benediction / Anathema.