Classic Shadow Priest DPS Gear and Best in Slot

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On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Shadow Priest DPS in WoW Classic.

If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic Shadow Priest gear and best in slot.

Pages in this Guide

1 Introduction 2 Spell Summary 3 Builds and Talents 4 Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities 5 Stat Priority 6 Enchants and Consumables 7 Gear and Best in Slot

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3. Resistance Gear for DPS Priests

Shadow Priests Best in Slot Per Phase

Theses gear lists are considered to be the best in slot for each phase for Shadow Shadow Priests. Click the button that correlates with the specific phase you are interested in seeing a gear list for.

DPS Priests Gear Sets

Phase 6 Phase 5 Phase 4 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 1

2.1.

Phase 1 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Felcloth Shoulders	Tailoring
Cloak	Archivist Cape — of Shadow Wrath	Archivist Galford Stratholme
Chest	Robe of Winter Night	Tailoring
Wrist	Flameweave Cuffs — of Shadow Wrath	Lord Incendius Blackrock Depths
Hands	Felcloth Gloves	Tailoring
Waist	Sash of Whispered Secrets	Majordomo Executus Molten Core
Legs	Skyshroud Leggings	Highlord Omokk Lower Blackrock Spire
Feet	Maleki's Footwraps	Maleki the Pallid Stratholme
Ring 1	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Ring 2	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Trinket 1	Briarwood Reed	Jed Runewatcher Upper Blackrock Spire
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Staff	Anathema	Majordomo Executus Molten Core
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

This gear-set uses Anathema Icon Anathema, which requires a large quest-chain to be completed to obtain your staff. Below you can find our guide on the quest-chain and learn how to complete each part of the quest step-by-step.

Priest Benediction & Anathema Guide

2.2.

Phase 2 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	— of Shadow Wrath	BoE World Drop
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Felcloth Shoulders	Tailoring
Cloak	Archivist Cape — of Shadow Wrath	Archivist Galford Stratholme
Chest	Robe of Winter Night	Tailoring
Wrist	Flameweave Cuffs — of Shadow Wrath	Lord Incendius Blackrock Depths
Hands	Felcloth Gloves	Tailoring
Waist	Sash of Whispered Secrets	Majordomo Executus Molten Core
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Ring 2	Ring of Spell Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Trinket 1	Briarwood Reed	Jed Runewatcher Upper Blackrock Spire
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Staff	Anathema	Majordomo Executus Molten Core
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

Priest Benediction & Anathema Guide

2.3.

Phase 3 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of the Brood Lord	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Chest	Robe of Winter Night	Tailoring
Wrist	Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Broodlord Lashlayer Blackwing Lair
Hands	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Waist	Firemaw's Clutch	Firemaw Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Band of Forced Concentration	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Ring 2	Band of Dark Dominion	Trash Blackwing Lair
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Off-Hand	Master Dragonslayer's Orb	The Lord of Blackrock
Wand	Skul's Ghastly Touch	Skul Stratholme

2.4.

Phase 4 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	The Hexxer's Cover	Jin'do the Hexxer Zul'Gurub
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of Consumption	Hakkar Zul'Gurub
Chest	Bloodvine Vest	Tailoring
Wrist	Bracers of Arcane Accuracy	Broodlord Lashlayer Blackwing Lair
Hands	Ebony Flame Gloves	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Waist	Firemaw's Clutch	Firemaw Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Band of Forced Concentration	Ebonroc Blackwing Lair
Ring 2	Band of Dark Dominion	Trash Blackwing Lair
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Off-Hand	Master Dragonslayer's Orb	The Lord of Blackrock
Wand	Touch of Chaos	Hakkar Zul'Gurub

2.5.

Phase 5 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Tiara of the Oracle	Emperor Vek'nilash AQ40
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal	Razorgore the Untamed Blackwing Lair
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured	C'Thun AQ40
Chest	Vestments of the Oracle	C'Thun AQ40
Wrist	Burrower Bracers	Ouro AQ40
Hands	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun AQ40
Waist	Firemaw's Clutch	Firemaw Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Ring of the Fallen God	C'Thun AQ40
Ring 2	Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight	Brood of Nozdormu Exalted
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Shared Loot Molten Core
Main-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Off-Hand	Master Dragonslayer's Orb	The Lord of Blackrock
Wand	Wand of Qiraji Nobility	Lord Kri AQ40

2.6.

Phase 6 Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Preceptor's Hat	Heigan the Unclean Naxxramas
Neck	Choker of the Fire Lord	Ragnaros Molten Core
Shoulder	Rime Covered Mantle	Gluth Naxxramas
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured	C'Thun AQ40
Chest	Crystal Webbed Robe	Maexxna Naxxramas
Wrist	Burrower Bracers	Ouro AQ40
Hands	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun AQ40
Waist	Firemaw's Clutch	Firemaw Blackwing Lair
Legs	Fel Infused Leggings	Lord Kazzak
Feet	Snowblind Shoes	Azuregos
Ring 1	Ring of the Fallen God	C'Thun AQ40
Ring 2	Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight	Brood of Nozdormu Exalted
Trinket 1	Neltharion's Tear	Nefarian Blackwing Lair
Trinket 2	The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron	Sapphiron Naxxramas
Trinket 3	Mark of the Champion	Kel'Thuzad Naxxramas
Main-Hand	The End of Dreams	Grobbulus Naxxramas
Off-Hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron Naxxramas
Wand	Wand of Qiraji Nobility	Lord Kri AQ40

Resistance Gear for DPS Priests

While not used for many bosses, some raid encounters will require the use of resistance gear to simply just survive the incoming damage. Below you can find our recommended gear sets for Frost, Nature, and Fire resistance gear sets, allowing you to easily optimize your gear choices when resistances are needed.

DPS Priest Nature Resistance Gear Guide DPS Priest Fire Resistance Gear

Changelog

18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
02 Dec. 2020: Updated for Phase 6 release.
09 Aug. 2020: Updated for Phase 5 with BiS alternatives.
16 Apr. 2020: Updated for Phase 4 ZG release.
06 Mar. 2020: Updated format of guide.
11 Feb. 2020: Updated for Phase 3 BWL release.
11 Dec. 2019: Added link to PvP BiS.
11 Nov. 2019: Added raid BiS and updated for Phase 2.
20 Aug. 2019: Page added.

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Pages in this Guide

1 Introduction 2 Spell Summary 3 Builds and Talents 4 Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities 5 Stat Priority 6 Enchants and Consumables 7 Gear and Best in Slot

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.

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