Shadow Priest DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.0.7

Last updated on Mar 23, 2023 at 23:43 by Publik 43 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.0.7.

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

1.

Gearing a Shadow Priest

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Shadow Priest. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

While gearing, item level is rather important, mainly due to the relative value increase of primary stats. In the case of Shadow, this means we want to prioritize Intellect first over any other stat; in other words, the item level of gear will generally be the most important factor when looking at replacing something. Secondary stats are still important as well, however, and currently, Shadow wants to focus on acquiring as much Haste and Mastery as possible. Critical Strike and Versatility are both lower in value. If it is not an obvious choice, sim your character to find out. For a more detailed explanation, you can read the Simulations page.

Simming your character is far and beyond the best way to determine if a piece of gear is, in fact, an upgrade. The trick is knowing how to do it in a way that produces reliable results. If you follow the Simulations guide page, you can use this to have a more practical gearing guide than simply following a BiS list.

2.

Valor upgrades

In Dragonflight, you can upgrade gear obtained after the patch with Valor points. You can learn more about this system on the dedicated Valor page.

2.1.

Overall Top Trinkets

Here are the top 5 trinkets to target as a Shadow Priest. Check out the sims below for more details about which trinkets to use and when.

2.1.1.

Top Trinket for Raiding

  1. Whispering Incarnate Icon Icon Whispering Incarnate Icon
  2. Furious Ragefeather Icon Furious Ragefeather
  3. Voidmender's Shadowgem Icon Voidmender's Shadowgem
  4. Desperate Invoker's Codex Icon Desperate Invoker's Codex
  5. Horn of Valor Icon Horn of Valor
2.1.2.

Top Trinket for Dungeons

  1. Whispering Incarnate Icon Icon Whispering Incarnate Icon
  2. Furious Ragefeather Icon Furious Ragefeather
  3. Voidmender's Shadowgem Icon Voidmender's Shadowgem
  4. Eye of Skovald Icon Eye of Skovald
  5. Infernal Writ Icon Infernal Writ

For progression dungeons, using Emerald Coach's Whistle Icon Emerald Coach's Whistle can be a great overall damage boost for your group, specifically if someone else also scales well with Mastery. This Trinket might not sim the best for you individually, but giving that extra value to another DPS can help you when completing harder keys.

For both Raid and Mythic+ your goal is to get Whispering Incarnate Icon Icon Whispering Incarnate Icon and then pair that with either Furious Ragefeather Icon Furious Ragefeather or Voidmender's Shadowgem Icon Voidmender's Shadowgem. Ragefeather can be better as a generic trinket and Voidmenders is better for more burst inside of cooldown windows. If you are in a group that does not include a Healer or Tank with the Trinket, you can drop Whispering and run Feather with Voidmenders together.

2.2.

Single Target Trinket Rankings

2.3.

Dungeon Trinket Rankings

3.

Stats

Many people overthink the distribution of their secondary stats. An important thing to remember is that a higher quantity of stats is nearly always better than a better quality of stats. Because of this, wearing higher item-level gear with worse stats tends to be better than lower item-level gear with great stats. Keep this in mind when considering gear. For more stats information, please refer to our dedicated page.

4.

Jewelry

For neck and ring pieces, you can drop 5-10 ilevels in most cases to get our preferred stats: Haste and Mastery. That said, you should always sim yourself to see what is better as the secondary stat diminishing returns can still change your ideal setup.

4.1.

Overall Top Necks

Note with the Elemental Lariat Icon Elemental Lariat this does consume 1 of your 2 embellished crafted gear.

Make sure to use Tiered Medallion Setting Icon Tiered Medallion Setting to add 3 sockets up to your neck item.

4.2.

Overall Top Rings

5.

Onyx Annulet

A new feature with Patch 10.0.7 is the ability to obtain the Onyx Annulet Icon Onyx Annulet. This ring can be socketed with unique gems that change the ring's power. You must run the new Zskera Vaults, an outdoor activity, to get this ring. By completing the vaults, you will get the ring and items to create the gems to socket into the ring.

With current tuning most stone combinations are not worth using in any scenario as a Shadow Priest. However, there is a specific interaction that might be fixed in the future where Prophetic Twilight Stone Icon Prophetic Twilight Stone paired with Desirous Blood Stone Icon Desirous Blood Stone lets DBS count as a healing action to auto trigger your third stone. This means if using Freezing Ice Stone Icon Freezing Ice Stone anytime FIS procs DBS also procs, and vice versa. This interaction makes a 424 Onyx Annulet Icon Onyx Annulet better than a 418 crafted ring on single target ONLY with these 3 specific stones. Anything more than that it is still a loss compared to a 405 crafted ring.

For more information on the best Primordial Gemstones to put in your Onyx Annulet, check out our Enchants and Gems page below.

For more information regarding the Onyx Annulet, the Primordial Gemstones, and how to obtain them, check out our dedicated guide for it below.

6.

Weapons

For Season 1, our weapon choices are relatively limited. The raid only has a single two-handed weapon, and the ilevel is only 415, so it can get outclassed by Great Vault weapons relatively quickly. A decent amount of one-handed and off-hand slots are available, but the stats could be better. For this reason, I would suggest this rough priority of weapons:

  1. Final Grade Icon Final Grade (421)
  2. Stormlash's Last Resort Icon Stormlash's Last Resort (424) + Icewrath's Channeling Conduit Icon Icewrath's Channeling Conduit (415)
  3. Scepter of Drastic Measures Icon Scepter of Drastic Measures (421) + Icewrath's Channeling Conduit Icon Icewrath's Channeling Conduit (415)
  4. Illuminating Pillar of the Isles Icon Illuminating Pillar of the Isles (418)
  5. Final Grade Icon Final Grade (415)
  6. Stormlash's Last Resort Icon Stormlash's Last Resort (411) + Icewrath's Channeling Conduit Icon Icewrath's Channeling Conduit (402)
  7. Final Grade Icon Final Grade (405)
  8. Scepter of Drastic Measures Icon Scepter of Drastic Measures (408) + Icewrath's Channeling Conduit Icon Icewrath's Channeling Conduit (402)

Note that you can craft a one-handed weapon should a good off-hand drop, but only do this if it makes the most sense for your current gear.

7.

Tier Set Bonus

With Season 1, we have a Shadow Priest Tier set bonus that buffs how we play.

Based on the stats on these pieces, I suggest you drop the Legs piece if possible. This means your ideal 4 pieces are Head, Shoulders, Chest, and Gloves.

Generally speaking, this set does not change how you play. Still, there are small optimizations around Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear usage you can read in the rotation section.

8.

Revival Catalyst

A few weeks after the launch of Season 1, the Revival Catalyst will be available. This allows you to convert a valid Season 1 item into a tier-set item. When doing this, the secondary stats will change to static stats you can see below:

  • Head - Haste/Mastery (TIER SET BONUS)
  • Shoulders - Versatility/Haste (TIER SET BONUS)
  • Back - Haste/Critical Strike
  • Chest - Haste/Critical Strike (TIER SET BONUS)
  • Wrists - Mastery/Versatility
  • Hands - Mastery/Critical Strike (TIER SET BONUS)
  • Waist - Critical Strike/Versatility
  • Legs - Critical Strike/Versatility (TIER SET BONUS)
  • Feet - Haste/Mastery
9.

Crafted Profession Gear

The gear sets below specifically omit crafted gear from professions. You can further push your character by utilizing your 2 embellishment profession crafting gear. You can equip as many pieces as you want, but if they use embellishments, then you are limited to 2.

I would suggest using the Jewelcrafting Elemental Lariat Icon Elemental Lariat as your first item and any tailoring piece with Haste/Mastery stats using the Blue Silken Lining Icon Blue Silken Lining embellishment. Craft this piece on the slot you could get the most significant gain from, or pick from these suggested slots: Back, Waist, Wrists, or Legs. When using the Elemental Lariat Neck, you can gain slightly by using different gem types to prevent overlapping procs from losing uptime. Using these two embellished items will be BiS throughout Mythic and should be your priority.

  1. Elemental Lariat Icon Elemental Lariat
  2. Blue Silken Lining Icon Blue Silken Lining Embellished Item

For your third crafted item, use the Alchemical Flavor Pocket Icon Alchemical Flavor Pocket. This optional crafting reagent can be added to an embellished slot. The key here is that even though it fits into an embellished slot, it does NOT take up one of your two embellished items, meaning you can have 2 embellished pieces AND a 3rd one with the flavor pocket. This can be a solid DPS increase in Mythic+ dungeons any time you die and do not have time to eat food again.

After crafting your two embellished pieces, I suggest simming your character to see what profession item upgrades are the most DPS for your character. You can craft every slot with the various professions via crafting orders and filling out your gear with 418 items can be quite lucrative.

For a more in-depth explanation of crafting profession gear, check out my dedicated video below!

10.

Pre-Raid Best in Slot Gear

In Dragonflight Season 1, you can get gear from the following dungeons:

Use the following list to help you target items to drop in Mythic+ Season 1 dungeons that have ideal stats:

Note that Head, Shoulders, Chest, Gloves, and Legs and be turned into tier one the Inspiration Catalyst comes out, and you do not need to worry about the stats on those items.

The below list is meant to give you a goal, not the end all be all. You can tweak various pieces depending on your exact stats or setup. You should always sim yourself on various settings to determine if something is an upgrade rather than blindly following this list.

This item list is specific to pre-raid gearing and focuses on the best gear before stepping into Vault of the Incarnates. Most of these pieces will come from dungeons, but you can also fill in some slots from profession gear.

Slot Item Source
Helm Organized Pontificator's Mask Icon Organized Pontificator's Mask Echo of Doragosa in Algeth'ar Academy
Neck Ukhel Ancestry Beads Icon Ukhel Ancestry Beads Teera in The Nokhud Offensive
Shoulder Infernal Mantle of Conquest Icon Infernal Mantle of Conquest God-King Skovald in Halls of Valor
Cloak Fireproof Drape Icon Fireproof Drape Kokia Blazehoof in Ruby Life Pools
Chest Arcanist's Resonant Robes Icon Arcanist's Resonant Robes Patrol Captain Gerdo in Court of Stars
Wrists Manawracker Bindings Icon Manawracker Bindings Advisor Melandrus in Court of Stars
Gloves Azureblade's Work Gloves Icon Azureblade's Work Gloves Telash Greywing in The Azure Vault
Belt Sky Saddle Cord Icon Sky Saddle Cord Kyrakka in Ruby Life Pools
Legs Leggings of Swirling Runes Icon Leggings of Swirling Runes Odyn in Halls of Valor
Boots Manawracker Sandals Icon Manawracker Sandals Patrol Captain Gerdo in Court of Stars
Ring #1 Unstable Arcane Loop Icon Unstable Arcane Loop Leymor in The Azure Vault
Ring #2 Jeweled Signet of Melandrus Icon Jeweled Signet of Melandrus Advisor Melandrus in Court of Stars
Trinket #1 Horn of Valor Icon Horn of Valor Hymdall in Halls of Valor
Trinket #2 Furious Ragefeather Icon Furious Ragefeather Teera in The Nokhud Offensive
Two-Hand Final Grade Icon Final Grade Echo of Doragosa in Algeth'ar Academy
11.

Full Best in Slot Gear

The below list is meant to give you a goal, not the end all be all. You can tweak various pieces depending on your exact stats or setup. You should always sim yourself on various settings to determine if something is an upgrade rather than blindly following this list.

This item list is your ultimate best-in-slot guide. Raid pieces are used where they make sense, but dungeon pieces are listed if significantly preferred. Alternates are added where they make sense. Based on the stats on tier, the preferred tier pieces are Helm, Shoulders, Chest, and Gloves. If you get Legs, you should still equip this to get the set bonus but aim to replace it later.

Slot Item Source
Helm Draconic Hierophant's Archcowl Icon Draconic Hierophant's Archcowl (TIER SET) Raszageth the Storm-Eater in Vault of the Incarnates
Neck
Shoulder Draconic Hierophant's Wisdom Icon Draconic Hierophant's Wisdom (TIER SET) Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Cloak
Chest Draconic Hierophant's Vestment Icon Draconic Hierophant's Vestment (TIER SET) Kurog Grimtotem in Vault of the Incarnates
Wrists
  • Tailoring
  • Advisor Melandrus in Court of Stars
Gloves Draconic Hierophant's Grips Icon Draconic Hierophant's Grips (TIER SET) Dathea, Ascended in Vault of the Incarnates
Belt Magatha's Spiritual Sash Icon Magatha's Spiritual Sash Kurog Grimtotem in Vault of the Incarnates
Legs Leggings of Swirling Runes Icon Leggings of Swirling Runes Odyn in Halls of Valor
Boots Sandals of the Wild Sovereign Icon Sandals of the Wild Sovereign Raszageth the Storm-Eater in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #1 Seal of Filial Duty Icon Seal of Filial Duty Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2 Signet of Titanic Insight Icon Signet of Titanic Insight Jewelcrafting
Trinket #1
Trinket #2 Whispering Incarnate Icon Icon Whispering Incarnate Icon (with at least one healer or one tank using it as well) The Primal Council in Vault of the Incarnates
Two-Hand Final Grade Icon Final Grade Echo of Doragosa in Algeth'ar Academy
12.

Changelog

  • 23 Mar. 2023: Update Onyx Annulet suggestions from recent hotfixes.
  • 22 Mar. 2023: Update Onyx Annulet suggestions from recent info on Prophetic Twilight Stone interactions.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Update for Patch 10.0.7 with new section on the Onyx Annulet.
  • 05 Mar. 2023: Small tweak to Dungeon trinket suggestions.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Update gear suggestions for 10.0.5.
  • 24 Dec. 2022: Add Desperate Invokers Codex trinket.
  • 21 Dec. 2022: Add some more detail to crafted gear sections.
  • 13 Dec. 2022: Add video guide for crafted gear and remove note about having different elements in Elemental Lariat.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Season 1 launch.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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