Level 49 Shadow Priest twink build

This is a 31 Shadow / 9 Discipline PvP setup. Shadowform, Darkness, Mind Flay, Silence, Improved Psychic Scream, Shadow Reach, Shadow Weaving and Blackout give you the full control-pressure package: fewer casts resisted, longer range, random Shadow stuns, a 5 sec caster lockout, and 15% physical damage reduction. Discipline adds 5/5 Unbreakable Will for stun/fear/silence resistance, 3/3 Improved Power Word: Shield for a larger instant shield, and 1/2 Martyrdom for anti-pushback value when crit.

The gear is built around the survival/throughput knee rather than glass-cannon damage. The curve’s efficient stopping point is around balance 60: about 1560 HP from gear, 469 armor, 2% spell hit, and 1227 throughput, only about 6% below the best throughput set. Pushing to balance 70 gains roughly 140 more HP but drops throughput to 1193, so toughness starts getting expensive there.

Key picks are Soul Harvester for stamina, 1% spell hit and +24 Shadow damage; Ban’thok Sash for the second spell hit point plus damage; Robes of Servitude, Spellshock Leggings, Dryad’s Wrist Bindings, Advisor’s Ring and Woestave for Shadow pressure without giving up all stamina; and Defiler’s Cloth Boots for stamina, spell damage and run speed. Rune of Perfection helps punch through resists, while Defiler’s Talisman gives an on-demand physical absorb against melee bursts.

Play by prebuffing Fortitude, Inner Fire and Shadowform. Shield before or during focus, Silence healers/casters, Psychic Scream when enemies commit, then keep Vampiric Embrace and Shadow Word: Pain up. Mind Blast on cooldown for burst and Mind Flay to slow targets or fill. Drop Shadowform only when a Flash Heal is worth more than continued pressure.