Shadow Priest PvP data from tracked players

Most-used loadout string among the top 50 tracked Shadow players: CIQAR03Gt7xPmcDNOjs2Zlb3yaYMAAAAAAAAAAAAYMLzMGLzMmZ2mZYMz2YGzMzYZMZYZx0AMzMDmZxMa2MY2mllMmZjBYMzgxMjxsMzYZZmZwMYA (4 / 50 (8%)). Open in the talent calculator

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Talent variation: 25 distinct loadout strings in a sample of 50.

Most-taken talent nodes among decoded loadouts. Granted-free nodes are excluded so the table is not a list of the whole tree.

Talent	Tree	Taken	What it does (client tooltip)
Power Infusion	class	50 / 50 (100%)	Infuses the target with power for 15 sec, increasing haste by 20%. Can only be cast on players.
Shadeburst	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Shadowy Apparitions that float towards your primary target explode, dealing Shadow damage to all enemies. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Mind's Eye	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Reduces the Insanity cost of Shadow Word: Madness by 5.
Shadowy Apparitions	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Shadow Word: Madness conjures Shadowy Apparitions that float towards all targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch for (85% of Spell Power) Shadow damage.
Maddening Tentacles	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Tentacle Slam afflicts your target with Shadow Word: Madness at 25% effectiveness.
Haunting Shadows	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Shadowy Apparition damage increased by 10%. When Shadowy Apparitions deal damage, they extend the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch on the target by 1.1 sec.
Tormenting Whispers	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Increases Shadow Word: Madness damage by 15%.
Maddening Touch	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Vampiric Touch deals 20% additional damage and has a chance to generate 1 Insanity each time it deals damage.
Psychic Link	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Your direct damage spells inflict 20% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch. Does not apply to damage from Shadowy Apparitions, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch.
Shadow Word: Madness	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	A word of madness haunts the target's mind, dealing (261.6% of Spell Power) Shadow damage instantly plus an additional (784.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 6 sec. Heals you of damage dealt. When reapplied to a target, all remaining damage is added to the new effect.
Misery	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Vampiric Touch also applies Shadow Word: Pain to the target. Shadow Word: Pain lasts an additional 5 sec.
Auspicious Spirits	spec	50 / 50 (100%)	Your Shadowy Apparitions deal 15% increased damage and have a chance to generate 1 Insanity.

Hero talent trees in this cohort

• Voidweaver: 44 / 50 (88%)
• Archon: 6 / 50 (12%)

Shadow Priest players on the current rated ladders (PvP season 42). The largest group is Solo Shuffle EU with 2865 players; the last column is the share rated 1800 or higher.

Median secondary stats among the top 50 tracked Shadow players with a statistics payload.

Most common trinkets among the top 50 tracked Shadow players with equipment stored.

Trinket	Equipped
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity	42 / 50 (84%)
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion	34 / 50 (68%)
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion	8 / 50 (16%)
Freightrunner's Flask	4 / 50 (8%)
Gebbo's Bottomless Bag	2 / 50 (4%)
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity	2 / 50 (4%)
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion	2 / 50 (4%)
Gaze of the Alnseer	2 / 50 (4%)

Most common enchant display strings on stored gear.

Most common gem display strings on stored gear.

Most common item in each other slot (one winner per slot, count shown).

Slot	Item	Equipped
Back	Venomous Gladiator's Drape	26 / 50 (52%)
Chest	Cosmic Penitent's Eclipsing Robes	40 / 50 (80%)
Feet	Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Treads	36 / 50 (72%)
Finger 1	Thalassian Competitor's Signet	34 / 50 (68%)
Finger 2	Thalassian Competitor's Signet	34 / 50 (68%)
Hands	Cosmic Penitent's Celestial Grips	44 / 50 (88%)
Head	Cosmic Penitent's Truesight	36 / 50 (72%)
Legs	Enveloping Legwraps of the Cosmic Penitent	36 / 50 (72%)
Main Hand	Venomous Gladiator's Staff	42 / 50 (84%)
Neck	Venomous Gladiator's Necklace	22 / 50 (44%)
Off Hand	Aln'hara Lantern	6 / 50 (12%)
Shirt	Blinky's Collar	6 / 50 (12%)
Shoulder	Cosmic Penitent's Echoing Screams	48 / 50 (96%)
Tabard	Tabard of the Defender	4 / 50 (8%)
Waist	Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Sash	24 / 50 (48%)
Wrist	Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Bands	22 / 50 (44%)

PvP brackets represented in this cohort.

• shuffle-overall: 21
• shuffle-priest-shadow: 17
• shuffle-priest-discipline: 4
• blitz-overall: 3
• blitz-priest-shadow: 3
• 3v3: 2

Most-used PvP talents among the top 50 tracked Shadow players with PvP talent payloads.

PvP talent	Taken	What it does (client tooltip)
Phase Shift	38 / 50 (76%)	Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.
Mindgames	34 / 50 (68%)	Assault an enemy's mind, dealing Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next damage they deal will heal their target, and the next healing they deal will damage their target. Generates 10 Insanity.
Psyfiend	33 / 50 (66%)	Summons a Psyfiend with for 12 sec beside you to attack the target at range with Psyflay. Deals up to 1% of the target's total health in Shadow damage every 1 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.
Driven to Madness	27 / 50 (54%)	While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Voidform by 3 sec.
Cascading Horrors	6 / 50 (12%)	Voidform sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing (76.3% of Spell Power) Shadow damage to all targets, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.
Ultimate Radiance	4 / 50 (8%)	Evangelism cooldown is reduced by 45 sec and Power Word: Radiance healing is increased by 15%.
Inner Light	4 / 50 (8%)	Embrace the light, reducing the mana cost of healing spells by 10%.
Improved Mass Dispel	2 / 50 (4%)	Reduces the cooldown of Mass Dispel by 75 sec.

1. This page aggregates TheWoWDB-tracked Shadow Priest characters. It is not a rotation guide and it is not a world-first raid note.
2. Cohort: the highest rated players on the current US PvP ladders. The character profiles behind this page come from our crawl of the US rated PvP ladders, so players who never queue rated PvP are not in it.
3. The talent, gear, and stat tables describe the top 50 tracked players (cap 50) after requiring a stored talent loadout. Characters without a loadout do not count.
4. A page is published only when at least 30 such players exist. Below that, the URL 404s so a thin sample cannot rank.
5. Most-used means the highest count in this cohort. It is not a verdict that the choice is correct.
6. Embellishments are omitted: the Armory equipment payload we store lists slot, item, enchants, and gems, and does not flag embellishments.
7. PvP talent names come from the character profile when present. Mythic+ pages rank the cohort by stored mythic rating; PvP pages rank by the current US leaderboard rating; builds pages rank by item level.
8. Client build for talent-tree labels: 12.1.5.70448.
9. Current US PvP season id on file: 42.