Shadow Priest PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — Midnight Season 1

The stat priority for Shadow Priests in PvP is as follows:

1. Intellect
2. Versatility
3. Haste
4. Critical Strike
5. Mastery

Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is the strongest secondary stat at all times because it increases your overall damage dealt and reduces damage you take. Haste is your next best secondary stat. This will help with reducing the Global Cooldown on abilities and increasing the tick rate of your DoTs.

In general, Shadow Priests do not have a specific cooldown that you need trinkets to line up with. As a result, your trinkets can have a passive or on-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Intellect. You want to increase Intellect because it drastically increases your overall damage output. Here is the best gear we recommend you using as a Shadow Priest.

• Head: Blind Oath's Winged Crest
• Neck: Thalassian Competitor's Amulet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Shoulders: Blind Oath's Seraphguards
• Cloak: Galactic Gladiator's Drape
• Chest: Blind Oath's Raiment
• Wrists: Galactic Gladiator's Silk Armbands
• Hands: Blind Oath's Touch
• Waist: Galactic Gladiator's Silk Cord
• Legs: Blind Oath's Leggings
• Feet: Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Treads - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Ring 1: Thalassian Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Ring 2: Thalassian Competitor's Signet - Crafted with Versatility & Haste
• Trinket 1: Galactic Gladiator's Medallion
• Trinket 2: Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
• 2H Weapon: Galactic Gladiator's Staff

Note: It is essential to be wearing two PvP trinkets. This will give you a Stamina and stat boost that will increase your survivability.

In general, Shadow Priests want to get trinkets that increase their overall healing output. These trinkets can have a passive or on-use effect. The stats you want to be increasing are Versatility and Mastery. You want to use PvP items as much as possible since they have increased item level in PvP combat. This is what your final gear should look like, including set pieces and crafted items:

• 2-set: Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 10% and Insanity cost reduced by 5.
• 4-set: Shadowy Apparitions and Void Apparitions damage increased by 40%.

Embellishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These effects can have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have two Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommended Embellishments for Shadow Priest:

• Prismatic Focusing Iris. This Embellishment causes your damaging spells and abilities to have a chance to deal damage to your target. This is a flat increase to your overall damage output. Craft this on both rings or your neck.

Here are the best enchants for a Shadow Priest:

• Helmet: Enchant Helm - Blessing of Speed
• Shoulder: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness
• Chest: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister
• Legs: Sunfire Silk Spellthread
• Boots: Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt
• Rings: Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity
• Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

For gems, you should primarily be using Cognitive Heliotrope for the meta slot, and filling all other gem slots with Flawless Quick Lapis.