Classic Shadow Priest DPS Gear and Best in Slot

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On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Shadow Priest DPS in WoW Classic.

If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic Shadow Priest gear and best in slot.

Pages in this Guide

1 Introduction 2 Spell Summary 3 Builds and Talents 4 Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities 5 Stat Priority 6 Enchants and Consumables 7 Gear and Best in Slot

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Gearing Strategy for Shadow Priests

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.

Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List for Shadow Priests

The gear below is focused on the best healing gear for Holy and Discipline Priests in the final Phase 6 Naxxramas patch.

As always, it is important to remain "hit capped" with 16% Spell Hit Rating, including both your gear and talents.

Shadow Priest Stats

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Preceptor's Hat	Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros in Molten Core
Shoulder	Rime Covered Mantle	Gluth in Naxxramas
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured	C'Thun in AQ40
Chest	Crystal Webbed Robe	Maexxna in Naxxramas
Wrists	Burrower Bracers	Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Gloves	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun in AQ40
Belt	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak world boss in Blasted Lands
Boots	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos World Boss in Azshara
Ring	Ring of the Fallen God Band of the Inevitable	C'Thun quest drop in AQ40 Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas
Trinkets	Neltharion's Tear The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Sapphiron in Naxxramas
One-Hand	The End of Dreams	Grobbulus in Naxxramas
Off-Hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Staff	Soulseeker (best)	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Wand	Wand of Qiraji Nobility	Silithid Royalty in AQ40

Alternative Gear for Shadow Priest

As a Shadow Priest you may often find it difficult to obtain your Best in Slot gear early on, so below is a list of competitive alternatives for all slots to keep you going in the mean time.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Tiara of the Oracle	Tier 2.5 Quest in AQ40
Neck	Malice Stone Pendant	Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxxramas
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Veil of Eclipse Cloak of the Necropolis	Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Vestments of the Oracle Garb of Royal Ascension (Hit)	Tier 2.5 Quest in AQ40 Trash drop in AQ40
Wrists	Burrower Bracers Bracers of Arcane Accuracy (Hit)	Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair
Gloves	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair
Belt	Eyestalk Waist Cord Firemaw's Clutch	C'Thun in AQ40 Firemaw in Blackwing Lair
Legs	Leggings of Polarity	Thaddius in Naxxramas
Boots	Boots of Epiphany	The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Ring	Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight Band of Forced Concentration Band of Dark Dominion	Exalted with Brood of Nozdormu Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Trinkets	Briarwood Reed (damage) Shard of the Scale	Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair
One-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Off-Hand	Master Dragonslayer's Orb Royal Scepter of Vek'lor (Hit)	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Staff	Brimstone Staff Staff of the Shadow Flame	Staff of the Shadow Flame (best) Loatheb in Naxxramas
Wand	Doomfinger Wand of Fates	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Patchwerk in Naxxramas