Shadow Priest DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.0.7

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.

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.

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.

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

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

For progression dungeons, using 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 and then pair that with either Furious Ragefeather or 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.

• Idol of Y'Shaarj + Dark Ascension
• Idol of Y'Shaarj + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption
• Idol of C'Thun + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption
• Idol of N'Zoth + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption

• Idol of Y'Shaarj + Dark Ascension
• Idol of Y'Shaarj + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption
• Idol of C'Thun + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption
• Idol of N'Zoth + Idol of Yogg-Saron + Void Eruption

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.

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.

• Elemental Lariat
• Ukhel Ancestry Beads
• Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane

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

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

• Seal of Filial Duty
• Signet of Titanic Insight
• Ring-Bound Hourglass
• Jeweled Signet of Melandrus
• Unstable Arcane Loop

A new feature with Patch 10.0.7 is the ability to obtain the 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 paired with Desirous Blood Stone lets DBS count as a healing action to auto trigger your third stone. This means if using Freezing Ice Stone anytime FIS procs DBS also procs, and vice versa. This interaction makes a 424 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.

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

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

• 2-piece set bonus: Shadow Priest 2pc
• 4-piece set bonus: Shadow Priest 4pc

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 usage you can read in the rotation section.

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

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 as your first item and any tailoring piece with Haste/Mastery stats using the 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
2. Blue Silken Lining Embellished Item
   • Signet of Titanic Insight
   • Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl
   • Vibrant Wildercloth Girdle
   • Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps
   • Vibrant Wildercloth Slacks

For your third crafted item, use the 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!

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

• Algeth'ar Academy
• Ruby Life Pools
• The Azure Vault
• The Nokhud Offensive
• Court of Stars
• Halls of Valor
• Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
• Temple of the Jade Serpent

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

• Head
  • Organized Pontificator's Mask - Algeth'ar Academy
• Neck
  • Ukhel Ancestry Beads - The Nokhud Offensive
  • Wolfstride Pendant - Halls of Valor
  • Chain of Scorched Bones - Court of Stars
• Shoulders
  • Infernal Mantle of Conquest - Halls of Valor
• Back
  • Fireproof Drape - Ruby Life Pools
  • Goldscar Pelt - Halls of Valor
• Chest
  • Arcanist's Resonant Robes - Court of Stars
  • Blessed Ohn'ir Robes - The Nokhud Offensive
• Wrists
  • Manawracker Bindings - Court of Stars
• Hands
  • Azureblade's Work Gloves - The Azure Vault
• Waist
  • Sky Saddle Cord - Ruby Life Pools
• Legs
  • Leggings of Swirling Runes - Halls of Valor
  • Suramar Magistrate Leggings - Court of Stars
• Feet
  • Manawracker Sandals - Court of Stars
  • Cushioned Treads of Glory - Halls of Valor
• Rings
  • Unstable Arcane Loop - The Azure Vault
  • Jeweled Signet of Melandrus - Court of Stars
  • Signet of Dancing Jade - Temple of the Jade Serpent
• Trinkets
  • Furious Ragefeather - The Nokhud Offensive
  • Horn of Valor - Halls of Valor
• Weapons
  • Final Grade - Algeth'ar Academy
  • Koroleth's Crackling Dagger - The Nokhud Offensive
  • Portal-Ripper's Staff - Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
  • Sadana's Grisly Visage - Shadowmoon Burial Grounds

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

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 (TIER SET)	Raszageth the Storm-Eater in Vault of the Incarnates
Neck	Elemental Lariat Ukhel Ancestry Beads	Jewelcrafting Teera in The Nokhud Offensive
Shoulder	Draconic Hierophant's Wisdom (TIER SET)	Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Cloak	Fireproof Drape Decorated Commander's Cindercloak	Kokia Blazehoof in Ruby Life Pools Eranog in Vault of the Incarnates
Chest	Draconic Hierophant's Vestment (TIER SET)	Kurog Grimtotem in Vault of the Incarnates
Wrists	Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps with Blue Silken Lining Manawracker Bindings	Tailoring Advisor Melandrus in Court of Stars
Gloves	Draconic Hierophant's Grips (TIER SET)	Dathea, Ascended in Vault of the Incarnates
Belt	Magatha's Spiritual Sash	Kurog Grimtotem in Vault of the Incarnates
Legs	Leggings of Swirling Runes	Odyn in Halls of Valor
Boots	Sandals of the Wild Sovereign	Raszageth the Storm-Eater in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #1	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2	Signet of Titanic Insight	Jewelcrafting
Trinket #1	Furious Ragefeather Voidmender's Shadowgem	Teera in The Nokhud Offensive Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
Trinket #2	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	Echo of Doragosa in Algeth'ar Academy