Priest in WoW Classic

WoW SoD Shadow Priest

In this WoW SoD Shadow Priest build you will find the best PvE DPS spec for Priests in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. The build shows the best talents, runes, BiS gear, and enchants for a Shadow Priest.

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📅 Last updated on February 13, 2025.

WoW SoD Shadow Priest Talents & Runes

Choose the following talents and runes as a Shadow Priest Priest for Phase 7 at level 60:

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Aim to have 16 Spell Hit Chance. You get 6% Spell Hit from your finger rune and 10% from your talents. If you have additional Spell Hit Chance on your gear, reduce the number of talent points in Shadow Focus Shadow Focus and invest these talent points into Mental Agility Mental Agility.

Learn where to find each rune in our guide Season of Discovery Priest Runes.

SoD Phase 7 Shadow Priest BiS List

The following Shadow Priest Priest BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 7 of Season of Discovery:

1 Use Soul of the Mind Breaker Soul of the Mind Breaker as your new shoulder enchantment.

SoD Phase 6 Shadow Priest BiS List

The following Shadow Priest Priest BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 6 of Season of Discovery:

SoD Phase 5 Shadow Priest BiS List

The following Shadow Priest Priest BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 5 of Season of Discovery:

SoD Phase 4 SPriest BiS List

The following Shadow Priest Priest BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery to DPS in raids and dungeons:

1 To get Anathema Anathema, you need The Eye of Divinity The Eye of Divinity from Molten Core and The Eye of Shadow The Eye of Shadow from Elite Demons or Lord Kazzak. Equip The Eye of Divinity The Eye of Divinity and talk to Eris Havenfire at 20.8 18.4 in Eastern Plaguelands, to start the quest QuestThe Balance of Light and Shadow. This quest will lead you to Anathema Anathema.
2 Equip Rugged Mantle of the Timbermaw Rugged Mantle of the Timbermaw and Belt of Prophecy Belt of Prophecy if you have the profession of Tailoring. Otherwise equip Shoulderpads of Prophecy Shoulderpads of Prophecy together with Mana Igniting Cord Mana Igniting Cord. Learn how to get Rugged Mantle of the Timbermaw Rugged Mantle of the Timbermaw in our pre-BiS list below.

Fire Resistance for Heat Level 2 and Heat Level 3

To raid the more difficult heat levels in Molten Core you need to hit Fire Resistance thresholds. For Heat Level 2 you need at least 96 Fire Resistance and for Heat Level 3 you need at least 226 Fire Resistance. To increase your Fire Resistance you can equip gear, utilize enchantments, use consumables, and get buffs from your Druids Druids, Shamans Shamans 1, and Paladins Paladins 1.

Use the following sources to increase your Fire Resistance to the required threshold:

Using Fire Resistance items often results in a DPS loss in comparison to your BiS list. After you’ve acquired new raid items recalculate your Fire Resistance and re-optimize your gear loadout.

🔥 Since the boss Garr from Molten Core can dispel magic effects, you should make sure your Priest Priest is hitting the Fire Resistance threshold without Mark of the Wild Mark of the Wild for that specific fight. This might require you to have some off-pieces for that boss fight.

1 For most guilds, it is not recommended to rely on Shaman Shaman totems or Paladin Paladin auras to hit the minimum Fire Resistance thresholds. If the aura or totem is out of range or the player dies, you will lack Fire Resistance. Use the totems or auras as additional mitigation, but calculate your Fire Resistance without them.

SoD Shadow Priest Pre-Raid BiS List

The following Shadow Priest Priest BiS list contains the best items you can get in Season of Discovery before entering the endgame raids at level 60.

1 This quest requires Devout Crown Devout Crown from Scholomance and Devout Robe Devout Robe from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Devout Sandals Devout Sandals from Stratholme, Devout Skirt Devout Skirt from Stratholme, and Devout Mantle Devout Mantle from Blackrock Spire to complete.
3 This quest requires Devout Bracers Devout Bracers from Stratholme to complete. Additionally, you need 15 Silithus Venom Sample Silithus Venom Sample from Stonelash Flayer and Rock Stalker in the southern half of Silithus as Horde Horde player or 15 Winterspring Blood Sample Winterspring Blood Sample from Frostsabers like Frostsaber Cub and Frostsaber Stalker in the northern corner of Winterspring as an Alliance Alliance player.
4 This quest requires Devout Gloves Devout Gloves from Stratholme or Blackrock Spire and Devout Belt Devout Belt from Blackrock Spire to complete.
5 You only need the reputation with Timbermaw Hold to craft the base item. If you buy the base item from another player, being Friendly with Timbermaw Hold is enough to upgrade the base item to the epic pre-BiS version.

Shadow Priest Rotation

For your Shadow Priest Priest rotation in WoW SoD, use the following priority list:

  1. Keep Void Plague Void Plague active. Enhance with Inner Focus Inner Focus, if available.
  2. Keep Shadow Word: Pain Shadow Word: Pain active.
  3. Keep Vampiric Touch Vampiric Touch active.
  4. Cast Mind Blast Mind Blast whenever available.
  5. Keep Homunculi Homunculi active.
  6. Cast Shadowfiend Shadowfiend when available.
  7. Cast Mind Flay Mind Flay if it will not delay your next Mind Blast Mind Blast.

To optimize your damage use all trinkets or items that increase your Spell Power at the beginning of the fight to snapshot the increased Spell Power with your DoTs.

Shadow Priest Consumables in SoD

The following list of consumables can be used by Shadow Priests Priests in endgame raids at level 60:

Shadow Priest Stat Priority

As a Shadow Priest Priest you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

  1. Up to 16% Spell Hit Chance against level 60 raid bosses.
  2. Spell Critical Hit.
  3. Shadow Damage = Spell Damage.
  4. Intellect.

After reaching the hit cap, more Hit Chance has no additional value. Due to the Spell Hit Chance from your finger runes and talents, you need less than 16% Spell Hit Chance from your gear.

Holy Build for Priests in Season of Discovery

To heal in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Holy Priest Spec. This spec is optimized to heal and keep your party alive.

Additional Resources

You can find more resources about the WoW SoD Priest here, including Priest Macros for WoW Classic. Special thanks to the WoWSims team for providing an invaluable simulation tool to optimize BiS lists. The BiS list for the current phase is based on current simulations. If you want to learn more about Priests Priests and optimize your gameplay, visit the Classic Priest Discord community for discussions and insights.