Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Shadow Priests in Mists of Pandaria
All sections for Shadow Priest PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Shadow Priest in PvP for Mists of Pandaria, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as a Shadow Priest in Mists of Pandaria Season 12.
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Table of Contents
Best Shadow Priest Enchants
Shoulders: Greater Crane Wing Inscription
Cloak: Superior Intellect
Chest: Glorious Stats
Bracers: Super Intellect
Gloves: Greater Haste
Belt: Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs: Greater Pearlescent Spellthread
Boots: Pandaren’s Step
Main-hand Weapon: Jade Spirit
Off-hand Weapon: Major Intellect
All enchants listed above can be purchased on the Auction House. Although Living Steel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it gives you one extra gem slot for min-maxxing secondary stats.
Best Shadow Priest Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Primal Diamond or Destructive Primal Diamond
Red Gems: Reckless Vermilion Onyx
Blue Gems: Energized Wild Jade
Yellow Gems: Quick Sun’s Radiance
As for your Meta gems, Burning Primal Diamond is your default meta gem for maximum damage. However you can opt for Destructive Primal Diamond, which is best against casters as you can potentially reflect spells and completely shift the state of a game. Doing so will cause you to lose some damage, but potentially make some game winning plays with good RNG.
The rest of these gems listed above are your BiS for its particular gem slot and are the suggested default for gearing.
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