Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Shadow Priests in Cataclysm
All sections for Shadow Priest PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Shadow Priest in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as a Shadow Priest in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Table of Contents
Best Shadow Priest Enchants
Helmet: Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Cloak: Lightweave Embroidery
Chest: Mighty Resilience or Peerless Stats
Bracers: Mighty Intellect
Gloves: Haste
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs: Powerful Ghostly Spellthread
Boots: Lavawalker
Main-hand Weapon: Power Torrent
Off-hand Weapon: Superior Intellect
Your helmet and shoulders enchants will be purchasable through PvP content using honor. Any additional enchants can be purchased on the Auction House. Although Ebonsteel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Best Shadow Priest Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Shadowspirit Diamond
Red Gems: Willful Ember Topaz or Brilliant Inferno Ruby
Blue Gems: Purified Demonseye
Yellow Gems: Mystic Chimera’s Eye or Willful Ember Topaz
- Meta gem slots use Burning Shadowspirit Diamond for additional Intellect, and to increase the damage that your Critical Strike spells will deal.
- Red gem slots use either Willful Ember Topaz for better survivability, or Brilliant Inferno Ruby for the most amount of Intellect outside of Jewelcrafting gems.
- Blue gem slots use Purified Demonseye for extra Spirit to help conserve Mana and to increase Hit Rating, as well as additional Intellect to help with our damage throughput.
- Yellow gem slots use Willful Ember Topaz for better survivability, or Mystic Chimera’s Eye with Jewelcrafting for the most amount of Resilience from a single gem to increase our survivability.
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