World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 4 is in full gear as many players are busy exploring the entirety of Azeroth. Whether you are gathering new runes, leveling up, or simply partaking in open-world PvP, SoD offers you tons of opportunities to make the best out of your character.
With that in mind, you will need to gear up and prepare for the endgame content as the raids have been tuned according to the many powerups and changes that were introduced in this seasonal version of WoW Vanilla. Luckily, we have gathered the most important information you need to enhance your Shadow Priest build.
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World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 4 Shadow Priest DPS Guide
In this quick guide, we will go over the best buffs, consumables, runes, talents, and BiS gear for Shadow Priests in WoW SoD Phase 4 so you can clear any PvE content with ease.
WoW SoD Phase 4 Best Shadow Priest Talents
Here are the best Shadow Priest Talents you can use to maximize your damage:
Here are the talents for each tree:
Discipline
- Unbreakable Will - 5 points
- Silent Resolve - 1 point
- Improved Power Word: Fortitude - 2 points
- Improved Power Word: Shield - 3 points
- Inner Focus - 1 point
- Meditation - 3 points
- Mental Agility - 2 points
Shadow
- Spirit Tap - 5 points
- Improved Shadow Word: Pain - 2 points
- Shadow Focus - 5 points
- Improved Mind Blast - 4 points
- Mind Flay - 1 point
- Shadow Reach - 3 points
- Shadow Weaving - 5 points
- Vampiric Embrace - 1 point
- Improved Vampiric Embrace - 2 points
- Darkness - 5 points
- Shadowform - 1 point
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WoW SoD Phase 4 Best Shadow Priest Runes
Here are the best Shadow Priest Runes you can use to maximize your damage:
NOTE: Racials do not stack with Ring Runes for specializations.
Rune | Slot |
Pain and Suffering | Head |
Vampiric Touch | Back |
Twisted Faith | Chest |
Despair | Wrist |
Shadow Word: Death | Hands |
Mind Spike | Waist |
Homunculi | Legs |
Void Plague | Feet |
Shadow Specialization | Ring |
Holy Specialization | Ring |
WoW SoD Phase 4 Best Shadow Priest Consumables
Here are the best Shadow Priest Consumables you can use to maximize your damage:
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WoW SoD Phase 4 Best Shadow Priest Buffs
Here are the best Shadow Priest Buffs you can use to maximize your damage:
Buff | Effect |
Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer | +10% Crit & 140 Attack Power |
Warchief's Blessing | +15% Melee Haste, +300 Hitpoints |
Songflower Serenade | +5% Crit |
Mol'dar's Moxie | +15% Stamina |
Slip'kik's Savvy | +3% Crit |
Sayge's Dark Fortune of Damage | +10% Damage |
WoW SoD Phase 4 Shadow Priest BiS Gear
Here are the best Shadow Priest items you can use to maximize your damage:
NOTE: You can swap out Shoulderpads of Prophecy and Belt of Prophecy for Rugged Mantle of the Timbermaw and Mana Igniting Cord if you have Tailoring.
Item | Slot | Location |
Crown of Prophecy (Arcanum of Focus) | Head | Molten Core |
Choker of the Fire Lord | Neck | Molten Core |
Shoulderpads of Prophecy (Atal'ai Signet of Mojo) | Shoulder | Molten Core |
Drape of the Fire Lord (Enchant Cloak - Greater Resistance) | Back | Molten Core |
Garments of Prophecy (Enchant Chest - Greater Stats) | Chest | Molten Core |
Wristwraps of Prophecy (Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect) | Wrist | Molten Core |
Hands of Prophecy | Hands | Just Compensation |
Belt of Prophecy | Waist | Molten Core |
Fel Infused Leggings (Arcanum of Focus) | Legs | Lord Kazzak |
Sandals of Prophecy (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed) | Feet | Molten Core |
Necromantic Band | Ring | Scholomance |
Ring of Spell Power | Ring | Molten Core |
Talisman of Ephemeral Power | Trinket | Molten Core |
Briarwood Reed | Trinket | Upper Blackrock Spire |
Anathema (Enchant Weapon - Spell Power) | Weapon | Molten Core |
Skul's Ghastly Touch | Wand | Stratholme |
With this guide, you will be able to maximize your damage as a Shadow Priest in WoW SoD Phase 4 since you will be using the best talents, runes, consumables, buffs, and BiS gear available at the time of writing this guide.
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