Tier Sets
Shadow Priest Season 1 Tier Set:
- (2) Set Bonus: The duration of Devouring Plague is increased by 1 sec.
- (4) Set Bonus: Devouring Plague increases your damage done by 2% for 10 sec, multiple applications may overlap.
shadow priest Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Shadow Priest, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
The below list is meant to give you a goal, not the end all be all. You can tweak various pieces depending on your exact stats or setup. You should always sim yourself on various settings to determine if something is an upgrade rather than blindly following this list.
Shadow Priest Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Living Luster’s Semblance | Catalyst or Token |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Living Luster’s Dominion | Catalyst or Token |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Living Luster’s Raiment | Catalyst or Token |
| Wrist | Skeinspinner’s Duplicitous Cuffs | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Gloves | Tricksprite Gloves or Crafted | Mist of Tirna Scithe |
| Belt | Acrid Ascendant’s Sash | Queen Ansurek |
| Legs | Living Luster’s Trousers | Catalyst or Token |
| Boots | Assimilated Eggshell Slippers | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Spymaster’s Web | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Main Hand | Takazj’s Entropic Edict | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
Best Gear for the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Living Luster’s Semblance | Catalyst or Token |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Living Luster’s Dominion | Catalyst or Token |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Living Luster’s Raiment | Catalyst or Token |
| Wrist | Skeinspinner’s Duplicitous Cuffs | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Gloves | Tricksprite Gloves or Crafted | Nexus-Princess Ky’veza |
| Belt | Acrid Ascendant’s Sash | Queen Ansurek |
| Legs | Living Luster’s Trousers | Catalyst or Token |
| Boots | Assimilated Eggshell Slippers | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Spymaster’s Web | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Main Hand | Takazj’s Entropic Edict | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
Best Gear for Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Living Luster’s Semblance | Catalyst or Token |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot’s Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Living Luster’s Dominion | Catalyst or Token |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Living Luster’s Raiment | Catalyst or Token |
| Wrist | Skeinspinner’s Duplicitous Cuffs | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Gloves | Tricksprite Gloves or Crafted | Nexus-Princess Ky’veza |
| Belt | Acrid Ascendant’s Sash | Queen Ansurek |
| Legs | Living Luster’s Trousers | Catalyst or Token |
| Boots | Assimilated Eggshell Slippers | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi’nax |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Spymaster’s Web | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
| Main Hand | Takazj’s Entropic Edict | Anub’Arash (Silken Court) |
Trinkets
There's a few trinkets that are fairly close in value, and can all be the best depending on the scenario. Here's a few to keep an eye out for:
- Spymaster’s Web: It’s better as Voidweaver, since it’s more flexible when it can use it. But can be used as Archon as well.
- Treacherous Transmitter: 2min on-use trinket. Looks really good in sims, but it has some very annoying “puzzles” you have to solve after pressing it to get the stats.
- Ara’Kara Sacbrood: Passive trinket from Ara-Kara, City of Echoes. About as good as Unbound Changeling.
- Unbound Changeling: Passive trinket from Mist of Tirna Scithe. Just a solid trinket.
Embellishments
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension + Writhing Armor Banding
Generally the best choice in all content. Craft the Ascension on a weapon (pref Staff, unless you already have a Mythic 1H, and then craft the Armor Banding on Wrist/Cloak/Belt etc.
2x Duskthread or Dawnthread Lining
Can be better in some scenarios, like M+, where you have a lot of downtime between pulls so your Ascension stacks start to drop.