I’ve always liked gear lists that are specific to my own class when new content comes out, so I figured I’d do myself (and others) a favor and create a Shadow Priest specific gear list, which will also benefit other cloth caster classes. I’ve included all of the items sorted by Instance and also by slot that will be available before stepping into a raid in Mists of Pandaria. This should be everything you need find the piece you’re missing while trying to gear up your character.
I’ve also included a “BiS” list bellow; however, this list is VERY preliminary and possibly completely incorrect. I’ve done a bit a testing using SimCraft and it seems that our three DPS stats (Haste, Crit, and Mastery) are very close together in value. I will have to do much more personal testing/experimenting to convince myself of what the true stat priority will be, and there may or may not be another build or two that will change our class once again before release, so it’s impossible to be 100% confident in the list I’ve made.
GEAR LIST SORTED BY INSTANCE:
Carapace Breaker (Mace)
Fallout-Filtering Hood (Head)
Pendant of Precise Timing (Neck)
Shoulders of Engulfing Winds (Shoulder)
Frenzyswarm Bracers (Wrist)
Bomber’s Precision Gloves (Hands)
Leggings of the Frenzy (Legs)
Viscous Ring (Finger)
Vision of the Predator (Trinket)
Firescribe Dagger (Dagger)
Mindcapture Pendant (Neck)
Regal Silk Shoulderpads (Shoulder)
Cloak of Cleansing Flame (Back)
Conflagrating Gloves (Hands)
Soulbinder Treads (Feet)
Melted Hypnotic Blade (Dagger)
Temperature-Sensing Necklace (Neck)
Robes of Koegler (Chest)
Scarlet Sandals (Feet)
Beastbinder Ring (Finger)
Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman (Finger)
Greatstaff of Righteousness (Staff)
Whitemane’s Embroidered Chapeau (Head)
Forgotten Bloodmage Mantle (Shoulder)
Scorched Earth Cloak (Back)
Leggings of Hallowed Fire (Legs)
Signet of the Hidden Door (Finger)
Triune Signet (Finger)
Headmaster’s Will (Staff)
Necromantic Wand (Wand)
Barovian Ritual Hood (Head)
Anarchist’s Pendant (Neck)
Deadwalker Bracers (Wrist)
Incineration Belt (Waist)
Leggings of Unleashed Anguish (Legs)
Price of Progress (Trinket)
Necklace of Disorientation (Neck)
Robes of Fevered Dreams (Chest)
Gloves of Enraged Slaughter (Hands)
Ring of Malice (Finger)
Gustwalker Staff (Staff)
Breezeswept Hood (Head)
Whisperwind Spaulders (Shoulder)
Bombardment Bracers (Wrist)
Breezebinder Handwraps (Hands)
Vial of Ichorous Blood (Trinket)
Flashfrozen Resin Globule (Trinket)
Wort Stirring Rod (Staff)
Bottle of Potent Potables (Off-Hand)
Cloak of Hidden Flasks (Back)
Bracers of Displaced Air (Wrist)
Fermenting Belt (Waist)
Alemental Seal (Finger)
Staff of Trembling Will (Staff)
Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent (Mace)
Mindbreaker Pendant (Neck)
Cape of Entanglement (Back)
Paralyzing Gloves (Hands)
Girdle of Endemic Anger (Waist)
Flameheart Sandals (Feet)
GEAR LIST SORTED BY SLOT:
Fallout-Filtering Hood (Gate of the Setting Sun | Saboteur Kip’tilak)
Whitemane’s Embroidered Chapeau (Scarlet Monastery | High Inquisitor Whitemane)
Barovian Ritual Hood (Scholomance | Jandice Barov)
Breezeswept Hood (Siege of Niuzao Temple | Wing Leader Ner’onok)
Pendant of Precise Timing (Gate of the Setting Sun | Saboteur Kip’tilak)
Mindcapture Pendant (Mogu’shan Palace | Xin the Weaponmaster)
Temperature-Sensing Necklace (Scarlet Halls | Flameweaver Koegler)
Anarchist’s Pendant (Scholomance | Instructor Chillheart)
Necklace of Disorientation (Shado-Pan Monastery | Sha of Violence)
Mindbreaker Pendant (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Sha of Doubt)
Shoulders of Engulfing Winds (Gate of the Setting Sun | Raigonn)
Regal Silk Shoulderpads (Mogu’shan Palace | Xin the Weaponmaster)
Forgotten Bloodmage Mantle (Scarlet Monastery | Thalnos the Soulrender)
Whisperwind Spaulders (Siege of Niuzao Temple | Wing Leader Ner’onok)
Cloak of Cleansing Flame (Mogu’shan Palace | Gekkan)
Scorched Earth Cloak (Scarlet Monastery | Brother Korloff)
Cloak of Hidden Flasks (Stormstout Brewery | Hoptallus)
Cape of Entanglement (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Liu Flameheart)
Robes of Koegler (Scarlet Halls | Flameweaver Koegler)
Robes of Fevered Dreams (Shado-Pan Monastery | Taran Zhu)
Frenzyswarm Bracers (Gate of the Setting Sun | Raigonn)
Deadwalker Bracers (Scholomance | Rattlegore)
Bombardment Bracers (Siege of Niuzao Temple | Commander Vo’jak)
Bracers of Displaced Air (Stormstout Brewery | Ook-Ook)
Bomber’s Precision Gloves (Gate of the Setting Sun | Striker Ga’dok)
Conflagrating Gloves (Mogu’shan Palace | Trial of the King)
Gloves of Enraged Slaughter (Shado-Pan Monastery | Sha of Viloence)
Breezebinder Handwraps (Siege of Niuzao Temple | General Pa’valak)
Paralyzing Gloves (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Sha of Doubt)
Incineration Belt (Scholomance | Darkmaster Gandling)
Fermenting Belt (Stormstout Brewery | Yan-Zhu the Uncasked)
Girdle of Endemic Anger (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Lorewalker Stonestep)
Leggings of the Frenzy (Gate of the Setting Sun | Commander Ri’mok)
Leggings of Hallowed Fire (Scarlet Monastery | High Inquisitor Whitemane)
Leggings of Unleashed Anguish (Scholomance | Lilian Voss)
Soulbinder Treads (Mogu’shan Palace | Xin the Weaponmaster)
Scarlet Sandals (Scarlet Halls | Armsmaster Harlan)
Flameheart Sandals (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Liu Flameheart)
Viscous Ring (Gate of the Setting Sun | Commander Ri’mok)
Beastbinder Ring (Scarlet Halls | Houndmaster Braun)
Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman (Scarlet Halls | Flameweaver Koegler)
Signet of the Hidden Door (Scarlet Monastery | Thalnos the Soulrender)
Triune Signet (Scarlet Monastery | High Inquisitor Whitemane)
Ring of Malice (Shado-Pan Monastery | Ring of Malice)
Alemental Seal (Stormstout Brewery | Yan-Zhu the Uncasked)
Vision of the Predator (Gate of the Setting Sun | Striker Ga’dok)
Price of Progress (Scholomance | Darkmaster Gandling)
Vial of Ichorous Blood (Siege of Niuzao Temple | General Pa’valak)
Flashfrozen Resin Globule (Siege of Niuzao Temple | Vizier Jin’bak)
2H-Weapon:
Greatstaff of Righteousness (Scarlet Monastery | High Inquisitor Whitemane)
Headmaster’s Will (Scholomance | Darkmaster Gandling)
Gustwalker Staff (Siege of Niuzao Temple | Wing Leader Ner’onok)
Wort Stirring Rod (Stormstout Brewery | Yan-Zhu the Uncasked)
Staff of Trembling Will (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Sha of Doubt)
1H-Weapon:
Carapace Breaker (Gate of the Setting Sun | Raigonn)
Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent (Temple of the Jade Serpent | Sha of Doubt)
Firescribe Dagger (Mogu’shan Palace | Xin the Weaponmaster)
Melted Hypnotic Blade (Scarlet Halls | Flameweaver Koegler)
Necromantic Wand (Scholomance | Rattlegore)
Bottle of Potent Potables (Stormstout Brewery | Hoptallus)
BIS LIST:
For the most part, I’ve stuck with the old Shadow Priest stat weights and given haste a vast priority over any other stat. I personally think haste is still going to be very good, but since DP is so important to our rotation (and MB along with that) hit will probably becoming more important. For that same reason, crit and mastery may get more appealing as well. Also, as a small note, this list is specific to the items available in the Heroic 5 Mans in MoP. Again, this list is very preliminary, and will likely change in the future, so feel free to check back as we get closer to launch to see if there is an updated list posted.
Head – Whitemane’s Embroidered Chapeau
Neck – Mindbreaker Pendant
Shoulder – Shoulders of Engulfing Winds
Back – Cape of Entanglement
Chest – Robes of Fevered Dreams
Wrist – Bombardment Bracers
Hands – Conflagrating Gloves
Waist – Fermenting Belt
Legs – Leggings of Unleashed Anguish
Feet – Soulbinder Treads
Finger #1 – Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman
Finger #2 – Signet of the Hidden Door
Trinket #1 – Vision of the Predator
Trinket #2 – Flashfrozen Resin Globule
Weapon – Headmaster’s Will
I’m also going to try and create a complete Shadow Priest guide here in the next few weeks. It kind of depends on how busy I get at work and how often I can pull myself away from LoL, but check back now and then to see if anything new is available. I hope this post will be useful to those out there who like to have things all in one place like I do.
There’s a trinket I forgot which instance I got it from.
http://mop.wowhead.com/item=81263
Fixed, thanks!
Nice list.
Haste is a nice stat, but then it’s Mastery for the doubling of the dmg ticks. I stay away from crit.
Nice article. Really helped me get straight with gear. Maybe a disc article next?