Shadow Priest Mythic+ Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Mythic+ Dungeons.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Key | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Shadow Crash Mindbender Ancient Madness | +32 | 31% |
Weapons | Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +28 | 18% |
Trinkets | Moonlit Prism Cabalist's Hymnal | +32 | 18% |
Head | Amice of the Empyrean | +32 | 81% |
Neck | Shadowghast Necklace | +32 | 28% |
Shoulders | Capelet of the Empyrean | +32 | 99% |
Back | Drape of Titanic Dreams | +28 | 21% |
Chest | Habit of the Empyrean | +32 | 100% |
Wrist | Bracelets of the Empyrean | +32 | 35% |
Hands | Grim-Veiled Mittens | +32 | 80% |
Waist | Grim-Veiled Belt | +31 | 35% |
Legs | Leggings of the Empyrean | +32 | 99% |
Feet | Supplicant's Soiled Slippers | +29 | 18% |
Rings | Shadowghast Ring Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +31 | 9% |
Legendaries | Shadowflame Prism | +32 | 99% |
Covenants | Necrolord | +32 | 96% |
Soulbinds |  | +32 | 49% |
Soulbind Abilities | Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | +32 | 23% |
Conduit | Condensed Anima Sphere | +32 | 94% |
Conduit Combination | Translucent Image Clear Mind Light's Inspiration Haunting Apparitions Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +30 | 11% |
Gem | Quick Jewel Cluster | +32 | 73% |
Gem Combination | Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +30 | 9% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +32 | 46% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +32 | 86% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +32 | 95% |
Belt Enchant | Dimensional Shifter | +32 | 26% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +32 | 42% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +32 | 54% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +32 | 94% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Lightforged Draenei | +1.76% |
Talents +
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Shadow Crash Mindbender Ancient Madness | +32 | 31% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Shadow Crash Mindbender Hungering Void | +31 | 14% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Last Word Shadow Crash Mindbender Ancient Madness | +31 | 8% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Auspicious Spirits Mindbender Hungering Void | +28 | 7% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Last Word Shadow Crash Mindbender Hungering Void | +29 | 5% |
Death and Madness Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Shadow Crash Mindbender Ancient Madness | +32 | 5% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Last Word Auspicious Spirits Mindbender Hungering Void | +27 | 4% |
Death and Madness Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Psychic Horror Shadow Crash Mindbender Hungering Void | +27 | 3% |
Death and Madness Body and Soul Searing Nightmare Last Word Shadow Crash Mindbender Ancient Madness | +26 | 2% |
Fortress of the Mind Body and Soul Misery Psychic Horror Auspicious Spirits Mindbender Hungering Void | +30 | 2% |
Weapons +
Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +28 | 18% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Forbidden Truth | +32 | 13% |
Thunderlord Flamestaff | +27 | 12% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Acoustically Alluring Censer | +31 | 10% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Guarm's Lost Chew Toy | +28 | 6% |
Maledict Opus | +31 | 4% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Malevolent Invoker's Crystal | +32 | 4% |
Neural Synapse Enhancer | +23 | 3% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Frigid Invoker's Focus | +29 | 3% |
Greatstaff of the Lichsworn General | +30 | 3% |
Trinkets +
Moonlit Prism Cabalist's Hymnal | +32 | 18% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Cabalist's Hymnal | +31 | 12% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Enforcer's Stun Grenade | +31 | 6% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository So'leah's Secret Technique | +25 | 4% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Deteriorated Construct Core | +26 | 4% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade So'leah's Secret Technique | +28 | 4% |
Cabalist's Hymnal Shadowed Orb of Torment | +31 | 4% |
Fleshrender's Meathook So'leah's Secret Technique | +25 | 3% |
Fleshrender's Meathook Cabalist's Hymnal | +25 | 3% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Cabalist's Hymnal | +27 | 2% |
Head +
Amice of the Empyrean | +32 | 81% |
Grim-Veiled Hood | +32 | 19% |
Neck +
Shadowghast Necklace | +32 | 28% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | +28 | 15% |
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +31 | 11% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | +32 | 11% |
Worldkiller Iris | +31 | 7% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | +26 | 6% |
Interplanar Keystone | +29 | 6% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +28 | 4% |
Sin Stained Pendant | +26 | 3% |
Lavadrip Pendant | +26 | 2% |
Shoulders +
Capelet of the Empyrean | +32 | 99% |
Back +
Drape of Titanic Dreams | +28 | 21% |
Drape of the Empyrean | +31 | 12% |
Cloak of Sweltering Flame | +28 | 12% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | +31 | 10% |
Lurking Predator's Camouflage | +31 | 6% |
Duplicating Drape | +27 | 5% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | +26 | 4% |
Shroud of the Sire's Chosen | +32 | 4% |
Crest of the Legionnaire General | +32 | 4% |
Drape of Shame | +29 | 4% |
Chest +
Habit of the Empyrean | +32 | 100% |
Wrist +
Bracelets of the Empyrean | +32 | 35% |
Felflame Bracers | +29 | 22% |
Grim-Veiled Bracers | +28 | 13% |
Auctioneer's Counting Bracers | +30 | 11% |
Bracelets of the Sorrowful Bride | +32 | 4% |
Cruel Overlord's Shackles | +25 | 2% |
Grim Pursuant's Maille | +28 | 2% |
Cuffs of the Covert Commander | +29 | 2% |
Bracers of Swirling Light | +25 | 2% |
Skolex's Ravenous Skinguards | +31 | 1% |
Hands +
Grim-Veiled Mittens | +32 | 80% |
Caress of the Empyrean | +32 | 20% |
Waist +
Grim-Veiled Belt | +31 | 35% |
Sash of the Empyrean | +32 | 17% |
Cord of the Penitent | +31 | 15% |
Ringmaster's Cummerbund | +28 | 6% |
Pan-Dimensional Packing Cord | +28 | 4% |
Sash of the Silent Sonata | +32 | 4% |
Cord of Unity | +25 | 3% |
Shadewarped Sash | +28 | 3% |
Forlorn Prisoner's Strap | +30 | 3% |
Silken Safety Harness | +31 | 3% |
Legs +
Leggings of the Empyrean | +32 | 99% |
Feet +
Supplicant's Soiled Slippers | +29 | 18% |
Hyperthread Boots | +27 | 14% |
Astonishingly Scarlet Slippers | +30 | 13% |
Codebreaker's Cunning Sandals | +28 | 11% |
Grim-Veiled Sandals | +32 | 7% |
Phantasma-Forged Striders | +31 | 6% |
Slippers of the Empyrean | +31 | 6% |
Slippers of the Forgotten Heretic | +28 | 6% |
Stolen Nathrian Slippers | +32 | 6% |
Wilderness Stalker's Softsoles | +29 | 3% |
Rings +
Shadowghast Ring Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +31 | 9% |
Ring of Collapsing Futures Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +29 | 8% |
Sworn Oath of the Nine Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +32 | 7% |
Shorting Bit Band Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +32 | 7% |
Overclocking Bit Band Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +28 | 6% |
Ritualist's Treasured Ring Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +27 | 4% |
Most Regal Signet of Sire Denathrius Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +31 | 4% |
Protecting Bit Band Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +31 | 4% |
Rebooting Bit Band Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +32 | 3% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Soulwarped Seal of Wrynn | +30 | 3% |
Legendaries +
Shadowflame Prism | +32 | 99% |
Pallid Command | +32 | 95% |
Bwonsamdi's Pact | +24 | 3% |
Shadow Word: Manipulation | +22 | 1% |
Covenants +
Necrolord | +32 | 96% |
Night Fae | +24 | 3% |
Venthyr | +22 | 1% |
Soulbinds +
| +32 | 49% |
 | +32 | 46% |
 | +22 | 2% |
 | +22 | 1% |
 | +24 | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | +32 | 23% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +32 | 19% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | +29 | 4% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Bonesmith's Satchel Forgeborne Reveries Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye | +31 | 4% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Undulating Maneuvers | +27 | 3% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Kevin's Keyring Ultimate Form Viscous Trail | +28 | 2% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Heirmir's Arsenal: Gorestompers Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Carver's Eye | +28 | 2% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Forgeborne Reveries Carver's Eye Mnemonic Equipment | +26 | 1% |
Necrolord Resourceful Fleshcrafting Runeforged Spurs Heirmir's Arsenal: Marrowed Gemstone Carver's Eye Mnemonic Equipment | +26 | 1% |
Necrolord Volatile Solvent Ooz's Frictionless Coating Plagueborn Cleansing Slime Ultimate Form Kevin's Oozeling | +28 | 1% |
Conduit +
Rabid Shadows | +32 | 94% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | +32 | 94% |
Translucent Image | +32 | 88% |
Haunting Apparitions | +32 | 74% |
Light's Inspiration | +32 | 64% |
Clear Mind | +32 | 53% |
Mind Devourer | +32 | 42% |
Festering Transfusion | +32 | 27% |
Mental Recovery | +31 | 22% |
Move with Grace | +32 | 16% |
Conduit Combination +
Translucent Image Clear Mind Light's Inspiration Haunting Apparitions Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +30 | 11% |
Translucent Image Clear Mind Haunting Apparitions Mind Devourer Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +31 | 10% |
Translucent Image Clear Mind Light's Inspiration Festering Transfusion Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +32 | 10% |
Translucent Image Light's Inspiration Mental Recovery Haunting Apparitions Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +31 | 7% |
Translucent Image Light's Inspiration Haunting Apparitions Mind Devourer Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +29 | 6% |
Translucent Image Move with Grace Haunting Apparitions Mind Devourer Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +32 | 5% |
Translucent Image Light's Inspiration Mental Recovery Festering Transfusion Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +30 | 4% |
Translucent Image Clear Mind Haunting Apparitions Rabid Shadows Dissonant Echoes Condensed Anima Sphere | +25 | 3% |
Translucent Image Mental Recovery Haunting Apparitions Mind Devourer Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +29 | 3% |
Translucent Image Clear Mind Festering Transfusion Haunting Apparitions Rabid Shadows Condensed Anima Sphere | +32 | 3% |
Gem +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +32 | 73% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +32 | 36% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +32 | 14% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | +31 | 10% |
Straddling Sage Agate | +28 | 2% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | +30 | 2% |
Leviathan's Eye of Intellect | +25 | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +25 | 9% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +29 | 9% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +30 | 9% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 7% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +28 | 5% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 5% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +26 | 3% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +27 | 3% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +28 | 3% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +32 | 3% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +32 | 46% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | +27 | 24% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +28 | 19% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | +27 | 7% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +32 | 86% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Insight | +28 | 7% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bounds | +26 | 3% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +32 | 95% |
Belt Enchant +
Dimensional Shifter | +32 | 26% |
Nitro Boosts | +27 | 3% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +32 | 42% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +22 | 1% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +32 | 54% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +30 | 18% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +29 | 7% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +32 | 6% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +30 | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | +31 | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +31 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +24 | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +24 | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +27 | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +32 | 94% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | +28 | 4% |
Races +
| +1.76% |
 | +1.73% |
 | +1.71% |
 | +1.59% |
 | +1.55% |
 | +1.31% |
 | +1.08% |
 | +1.04% |
 | +0.93% |
 | +0.91% |
 | +0.85% |
 | +0.80% |
 | +0.78% |
 | +0.78% |
 | +0.70% |
 | +0.65% |
 | +0.63% |
 | +0.58% |
 | +0.50% |
 | +0.33% |
 | +0.20% |
 | +0.13% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your DPS in Mythic+ Dungeons as Shadow Priest.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the data come from?
Our guides are based on statistics. We use algorithms to process thousands of Mythic+ Logs (from Warcraft Logs) every day. By analyzing this Big Data from top parses we are able to precisely calculate what are World's Best Players using now.
How to use this guide?
We evaluate each item by their Maximum Key and Popularity metrics. If unsure what to choose, the safest option is to pick the most popular one. Also, be sure to use our dungeon filter when optimizing for different M+ Dungeons.