Shadow Priest PvP Best Arena Compositions — The War Within (11.0.7)
Team composition in 2v2 or 3v3 Arena is very important, because not all classes work well together. Here, we give you the best compositions you can have for your Shadow Priest (i.e., the best classes to pair with it).
This page is part of our Shadow Priest PvP Guide.
2v2 Arena
In 2v2 Arena, you want to be playing with a healer that has a reliable stun. Your goal is to get into Voidform as fast as you can so you can start casting powerful DoT spells. When you are ready to use your burst rotation, you should Silence the enemy healer. Your healer should stun the kill target so they cannot kite or interrupt your damage. Follow up your Silence with a Psychic Scream. You can do this crowd control chain every 45 seconds.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 2v2:
- Shadow Priest + Preservation Evoker
- Shadow Priest + Feral Druid
- Shadow Priest + Holy Paladin
- Shadow Priest + Arcane Mage/Frost Mage
3v3 Arena
Your role in 3v3 is similar to 2v2 Arena. Shadow Priests are crucial to their team. You need to maintain your DoTs ( Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain), but you must also crowd-control the enemy healer and DPS. You do this by using Silence on the healer and Psychic Horror on your kill target or the target you want to peal. The Silence prevents the healer from dispelling the Psychic Horror. Be careful, because some classes can reflect/immune the Mind Bomb. For example, a Havoc Demon Hunter can use Reverse Magic or a Death Knight can use Anti-Magic Shell. Outside of doing your normal/burst rotation, you have great utility in the form of Leap of Faith.
Here is a list of the best team compositions for 3v3:
- RPS (Shadow Priest + Assassination Rogue/Subtlety Rogue + Restoration Shaman/Preservation Evoker/Holy Paladin)
- Shadow Priest + Arms Warrior + Preservation Evoker/Holy Paladin
- Shadow Priest + Havoc Demon Hunter + Restoration Shaman/Holy Paladin
- Shadowplay (Shadow Priest + Demonology Warlock + Restoration Shaman/Holy Paladin)
- Shadow Priest + Windwalker Monk + Preservation Evoker/Holy Paladin
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Nov. 2024: Updated best team compositions.
- Updated best 2v2 team compositions.
- Updated best 3v3 team compositions.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Best 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 08 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Best 2v2 and 3v3 Team Compositions.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.
- 21 Nov. 2021: Updated best 2v2 and 3v3 Compositions.
- 16 Jul. 2021: Updated best 2v2 compositions.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 15 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch (9.0.1)
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