Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Races 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 explain the best Shadow Priest races for each faction in PvP for Mists of Pandaria Season 12.
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Best Shadow Priest PvP Races
Alliance
Human
If you plan to choose Alliance as your faction for Shadow Priest in Mists of Pandaria PvP, Human is your best option out of both factions. Will to Survive is used as a trinket players can use instead of using the original PvP trinket purchased from the PvP vendors for Season 12.
Substitute Trinket
Will to Survive as a racial ability has identical effects as the current Season 12 PvP trinket, Malevolent Gladiator’s Medallion of Tenacity, which removes your character from any Crowd Control you are in. Having this racial be your substitute PvP trinket offers the opportunity to use multiple PvP damage trinkets, granting you additional throughput during your burst windows.
Horde
Undead
If you plan to choose Horde as your faction for Shadow Priest in Mists of Pandaria PvP, Undead is your best option to choose from. Undead provides the racial, Will of the Forsaken, which is treated as an additional Crowd Control break.
Will of the Forsaken Racial
The racial ability, Will of the Forsaken, allows for an additional Crowd Control break against classes such as other Priests and Warlocks with Fear. An internal cooldown of 30 seconds is applied on your Malevolent Gladiator’s Medallion of Tenacity, which means using this racial without caution can make you susceptible to swaps. This grants additional opportunities to finish games, save your teammates in crucial moments, and to apply Crowd Control, such as Psychic Scream, to shift the state of an arena match.
Alternative Shadow Priest PvP Races
Horde
Troll
If you want to choose an alternative race for Shadow Priest that is up to par with Undead in Mists of Pandaria PvP, Troll is another promising option you can choose. Troll grants you the ability, Berserking, which allows for your burst windows to be stronger for a short duration.
Berserking Racial
Berserking as a racial ability grants 20% Haste to your character for 10 seconds. Since your Haste scales with your pets, Shadowfiend will apply extra hits to your target. This will grant you more damage and mana the more hits your Shadowfiend does. Not to mention, you’ll have an easier time landing DoTs while this buff is active.
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