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PriestPvP · level 60

Level 60 Shadow Priest PvP build

“Shadowform battleground ” — Player vs player.

A Shadowform PvP Priest built for caster control and attrition: Silence, short-fear cooldown, Blackout pressure, heavy stamina, and enough spell damage/penetration to make every Mind Blast matter.

Open in the builder →Compare with mineRating today83.7 / 100

Solid. A few specific changes below would lift it further.

Talents

13 Discipline / 0 Holy / 38 Shadow · 51 points at level 60

Discipline · 13

  • Unbreakable Will5/5
  • Improved Power Word: Shield3/3
  • Martyrdom2/2
  • Inner Focus1/1
  • Meditation2/3

Holy · 0

No points.

Shadow · 38

  • Blackout5/5
  • Improved Shadow Word: Pain2/2
  • Shadow Focus5/5
  • Improved Psychic Scream2/2
  • Improved Mind Blast5/5
  • Mind Flay1/1
  • Shadow Reach3/3
  • Shadow Weaving5/5
  • Silence1/1
  • Vampiric Embrace1/1
  • Improved Vampiric Embrace2/2
  • Darkness5/5
  • Shadowform1/1

Gear

SlotItemStatsSource
HeadField Marshal's Headdress92 armor · +30 Stamina · +28 Intellect · +33 Spell Damage · +33 Healing · +4 Mana per 5 secPvP · Rank 17 · Field Marshal's Raiment
NeckMalice Stone Pendant+8 Intellect · +9 Stamina · +28 Spell Damage · +28 HealingNaxxramas · Grand Widow Faerlina
ShouldersField Marshal's Satin Mantle85 armor · +22 Stamina · +20 Intellect · +25 Spell Damage · +25 HealingPvP · Rank 17 · Field Marshal's Raiment
BackCloak of the Necropolis68 armor · +11 Intellect · +12 Stamina · +26 Spell Damage · +26 Healing · +1% Spell critical chance · +1% Spell hit chanceNaxxramas · Sapphiron
ChestCrystal Webbed Robe128 armor · +25 Stamina · +19 Intellect · +53 Spell Damage · +53 HealingNaxxramas · Maexxna
WristsBlack Bark Wristbands48 armor · +15 Stamina · +4 Intellect · +4 Spirit · +25 Spell Damage · +25 HealingWorld Bosses · Lethon
HandsMarshal's Satin Gloves68 armor · +21 Stamina · +13 Intellect · +23 Spell Damage · +23 HealingPvP · Rank 16 · Field Marshal's Raiment
WaistSash of Whispered Secrets61 armor · +20 Stamina · +33 Shadow Spell Damage · +6 Health per 5 secMolten Core · Majordomo Executus
LegsMarshal's Satin Pants95 armor · +30 Stamina · +21 Intellect · +32 Spell Damage · +32 Healing · +4 Mana per 5 secPvP · Rank 16 · Field Marshal's Raiment
FeetMarshal's Satin Sandals75 armor · +18 Intellect · +21 Stamina · +23 Spell Damage · +23 HealingPvP · Rank 16 · Field Marshal's Raiment
Ring 1Seal of the Damned+17 Stamina · +21 Spell Damage · +21 Healing · +1% Spell hit chance · +1% Spell critical chanceNaxxramas · The Four Horsemen
Ring 2Band of Dark Dominion+6 Intellect · +12 Stamina · +33 Shadow Spell DamageBlackwing Lair · Trash
Trinket 1The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron+40 Spell Damage · +40 HealingNaxxramas · Sapphiron
Trinket 2Neltharion's Tear+44 Spell Damage · +44 Healing · +2% Spell hit chanceBlackwing Lair · Nefarian
Main HandSoulseeker243–366 · 3.2s · 95.3 dps · +30 Stamina · +31 Intellect · +126 Spell Damage · +126 Healing · +2% Spell critical chanceNaxxramas · Kel'Thuzad
Ranged / RelicWand of Fates119–222 · 1.5s · 114.1 dps · +7 Intellect · +7 Stamina · +12 Spell Damage · +12 Healing · +1% Spell hit chanceNaxxramas · Patchwerk
  • Field Marshal's Raiment (5/6) — (2) +20 Stamina.; (3) Increases the duration of your Psychic Scream spell by 1 sec.

Rotation

  1. 1Power Word: Fortitudebuff not active on you
  2. 2Inner Firebuff not active on you
  3. 3Shadowformbuff not active on you
  4. 4Power Word: Shieldbuff not active on you
  5. 5Flash Healyou are low on health
  6. 6Silencewhen ready
  7. 7Psychic Screamwhen ready
  8. 8Inner Focusresource pooled (high rage/energy/mana)
  9. 9Vampiric Embracedebuff missing on target
  10. 10Shadow Word: Paindebuff missing on target
  11. 11Mind Blastwhen ready
  12. 12Mind Flaywhen ready

Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.

Why it works

This is a 13/0/38 Shadow PvP setup. Discipline supplies Unbreakable Will for resisting key CC, Improved Power Word: Shield for stronger pre-shields, Martyrdom for Focused Casting after crits, Inner Focus for a free burst or emergency heal, and a little Meditation for staying power. Shadow takes the full PvP control package: Blackout, Improved Psychic Scream, Silence, Mind Flay, Shadow Reach, Shadow Weaving, Darkness, Vampiric Embrace, and Shadowform.

The gear leans into the PvP “knee” around the balance-60 point: the provided curve shows 2610 HP from gear and 1685 throughput, only about 5% below max throughput. Going much tankier keeps adding HP, but the next brackets start giving up more pressure, hit, and crit; going lighter only saves a few percent throughput while making you easier to train down.

Key pieces are the PvP satin armor for stamina and the Marshal’s Satin Gloves bonus while casting Mind Blast, Soulseeker for huge spell power plus resistance reduction, Seal of the Damned plus Band of Dark Dominion for Shadow pressure, and Restrained Essence of Sapphiron plus Neltharion’s Tear for burst windows. Malice Stone Pendant and Soulseeker add more resistance reduction, which is excellent into buffed PvP targets.

Play from Shadowform whenever possible. Keep Fortitude, Inner Fire, and Shield up before contact. Open with Vampiric Embrace and Shadow Word: Pain, then use Silence to stop heals or a dangerous cast, Psychic Scream to peel melee or force trinkets, and Mind Blast into Mind Flay for kills. Drop Shadowform only when you must Flash Heal; otherwise win by kiting, fearing, silencing, and letting dots plus Mind Flay grind targets down.

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Generated by the optimizer from Classic Era client build 1.15.9.69722 and checked against the builder's rules (row gates, prerequisites, what the class can wear). The rating above is recomputed from today's data. Race not set — pick yours in the builder for racial bonuses.