Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Shadow Priests in The War Within 11.2.0

All sections for Shadow Priest PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Shadow Priests in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Shadow Priest Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Shadow Priest Stat Priority

Versatility (25%) = Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

Our main focus should be on both Versatility and Haste.

For Versatility, this stat is a no-brainer for PvP; we are almost always the kill target, and we are quite susceptible to death as a Cloth wearer. You’ll naturally obtain this stat through our gearing process, making you feel stronger defensively and offensively.

Aside from Versatility, you want to obtain the most amount of Haste possible without sacrificing too much Versatility. Not only does this reduce the global cooldown, but our DoT effects tick faster. More DoT ticks makes our damage way stronger, as a majority of our talents rely on periodic DoT damage to proc their effects.

Beyond these two stats, we recommend adding some Mastery, as our damage is increased depending on the amount of DoTs you apply on the target. Also, we receive maximum value out of this stat while in Voidform.

And Lastly, Critical Strike doesn’t serve much of a purpose in our toolkit, making this stat more or less avoided.

BiS Shadow Priest PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Dying Star’s Veil
Shoulders: Dying Star’s Pyrelights
Chest: Dying Star’s Cassock
Gloves: Dying Star’s Caress
Legs: Astral Gladiator’s Silk Leggings or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Leggings with Haste / Versatility

Off-Pieces

Back: Reshii Wraps
Belt: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Sash with Haste / Versatility
Bracers: Astral Gladiator’s Silk Armbands or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Bands with Haste / Versatility
Boots: Algari Competitor’s Cloth Treads with Haste / Versatility

Jewelry

Neck: Algari Competitor’s Amulet with Haste / Versatility
Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Haste / Versatility
Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Haste / Versatility
Alternative Ring: Astral Gladiator’s Ring for a survivability boost.

Weapons

Main Hand: Astral Gladiator’s Staff

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Astral Gladiator’s Medallion

When it comes to trinkets, equipping Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity will be your best option. This is because our Insignia trinket has a relative high proc chance, and when we combine this effect with our core healing spells, our sustain healing becomes a bit stronger.

You will then need an Astral Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.

An alternative trinket from Astral Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity is Astral Gladiator’s Emblem, which should only be picked if you know you are the opponent’s primary kill target and you need another internal cooldown to help recover from the burst. You’ll want to pair this with Desperate Prayer, and is best used after pressing your Emblem trinket. This is because Desperate Prayer scales based on your current health, while providing you with more on-demand healing.

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Best Shadow Priest Embellishments

Item 1: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted piece.
Item 2: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted piece.

The Elemental Focusing Lens embellishment provides us with the most consistent throughput, and is only effective as long as you have at least 1 gem equipped.

This embellishment occasionally deals damage from a specific school of magic based on the gem you equip. Keep in mind that the damage from this embellishment can’t be buffed by cooldowns, talents, or any damage bonuses from school types.

Best Shadow Priest Gems

Core Gems: Cognitive Bloodstone + Versatile Emerald
Alternative Gem: Quick Sapphire

Core Fiber: Pure Chronomantic Fiber
Alternative Fiber: Pure Dexterous Fiber

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

With Haste and Versatility being your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible. For your new unique PvP-specific gem, we highly recommend the Cognitive Bloodstone, which acts almost identical to the Precognition Embellishment from Dragonflight.

For all gem slots, we will use Versatile Emerald for maximum throughput. Alternatively you can opt for Quick Sapphire to make yourself tankier.

As of now, we notice a majority of players currently using the new Reshii Wraps cloak introduced from the 11.2.0 patch. This new piece of gear requires a fiber socket to which we suggest opting for the Pure Chronomantic Fiber to best suit our stat priority. Alternatively, you can use Pure Dexterous Fiber instead if you want to increase your own survivability.