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PriestPvP · level 60

Level 60 Shadow Priest PvP build

“Shadow Bulwark” — Player vs player.

A Shadowform PvP priest built around durable instant pressure, fear/silence control, strong shields, and enough stamina to survive focus while rotting targets down.

Open in the builder →Compare with mineRating today80.9 / 100

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

Talents

20 Discipline / 0 Holy / 31 Shadow · 51 points at level 60

Discipline · 20

  • Twin Disciplines5/5
  • Silent Resolve3/3
  • Improved Power Word: Shield3/3
  • Martyrdom2/2
  • Mental Agility3/3
  • Inner Focus1/1
  • Meditation2/3
  • Soul Warding1/1

Holy · 0

No points.

Shadow · 31

  • Shadow Focus1/5
  • Blackout5/5
  • Improved Shadow Word: Pain2/2
  • Shadow Reach2/2
  • Improved Mind Blast5/5
  • Improved Psychic Scream2/2
  • Mind Flay1/1
  • Improved Mind Flay2/2
  • Vampiric Embrace1/1
  • Shadow Weaving3/3
  • Silence1/1
  • Darkness5/5
  • Shadowform1/1

Gear

SlotItemStatsSource
HeadPremier Field Marshal's Voidcloth Headdress81 armor · +34 Stamina · +17 Intellect · +7 Critical Strike · +19 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
NeckMark of C'Thun+24 Stamina · +10 Defense · +12 Dodge · +10 HitTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · C'Thun
ShouldersPremier Marshal's Voidcloth Mantle75 armor · +26 Stamina · +14 Intellect · +16 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
BackFel Cape50 armor · +16 Stamina · +15 Shadow Spell Damage · +14 Critical StrikeCrafted · Tailoring
ChestPremier Field Marshal's Voidcloth Vestments100 armor · +34 Stamina · +16 Intellect · +40 Bonus Armor · +21 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
WristsPremier Knight-Captain's Voidcloth Bracers44 armor · +10 Intellect · +12 Spell Power · +20 Stamina—
HandsPremier Lieutenant Commander's Voidcloth Gloves63 armor · +26 Stamina · +15 Intellect · +14 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
WaistPremier Knight-Captain's Voidcloth Sash56 armor · +17 Intellect · +26 Stamina · +11 Spell Power—
LegsPremier Marshal's Voidcloth Pants88 armor · +34 Stamina · +18 Intellect · +7 Critical Strike · +18 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
FeetPremier Knight-Champion's Voidcloth Sandals69 armor · +13 Intellect · +26 Stamina · +19 Spell PowerField Marshal's Raiment
Ring 1QATest +1000 Spell Dmg Ring+1000 Spell Power—
Ring 2Leafre's Ring of Precise Spell Power+100 Spell Power—
Trinket 1The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron+40 Spell PowerNaxxramas · Sapphiron
Trinket 2Defiler's Talisman+12 StaminaPvP · Arathi Basin
Main HandGrand Marshal's Stave185–279 · 3.0s · 77.5 dps · +41 Stamina · +23 Intellect · +17 Spirit · +71 Spell PowerPvP · Rank 18
Ranged / RelicStormrager57–106 · 1.3s · 62.7 dps · +8 Stamina · +5 Intellect—
  • Field Marshal's Raiment (6/6) — (2) +20 Stamina.; (3) Increases the duration of your Psychic Scream spell by 1 sec.; (6) Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 23.

Rotation

  1. 1Shadowformbuff not active on you
  2. 2Power Word: Shieldbuff not active on you
  3. 3Dispersionyou are low on health
  4. 4Desperate Prayeryou are low on health
  5. 5Silencewhen ready
  6. 6Psychic Screamwhen ready
  7. 7Shadow Word: Deathtarget below 20% health
  8. 8Devouring Plaguedebuff missing on target
  9. 9Void Plaguedebuff 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 31 Shadow / 20 Discipline PvP setup. Shadowform, Darkness, Shadow Weaving, Improved Mind Blast and Improved Mind Flay make your kill pressure reliable, while Blackout, Improved Psychic Scream and Silence give you the control windows that decide fights. The Discipline side is for survivability: Silent Resolve shortens stun/fear/silence effects, Improved Power Word: Shield plus Soul Warding makes shielding much stronger, Martyrdom helps casts land under pressure, and Inner Focus gives a free high-impact heal or nuke.

The gear leans toward the PvP stamina set pieces, Mark of C'Thun, Grand Marshal's Stave, and Stormrager so you are not a cloth cannon. Fel Cape and the spell-power rings keep your Shadow pressure high; The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron is your burst trinket, while Defiler's Talisman gives a physical absorb for warrior/rogue openers. On the survival curve, the practical knee is around balance 70: about 3010 HP from gear for only about 8% throughput lost from the maximum. Pushing to 85 gains only ~330 more HP but costs another ~7% throughput, which is usually too much unless you are being hard-focused every fight.

Play by pre-buffing Fortitude, Inner Fire and Shadowform. Keep Power Word: Shield up before contact, open with DoTs, then use Mind Blast on cooldown and Mind Flay to snare and stack pressure. Save Silence for healers or dangerous casts, Psychic Scream when melee commit, and Shadow Word: Death to finish low targets. Use Dispersion or Desperate Prayer early enough that you cannot be stunned through your last health.

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