Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Races 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 explain the best Shadow Priest races for each faction in PvP for Cataclysm Season 9.
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Best Shadow Priest PvP Races
Alliance
Human
If you plan to choose Alliance as your faction for Shadow Priest in Cataclysm PvP, Human is your best option out of both factions. Will to Survive is used as a trinket players can use instead of using the original PvP trinket purchased from the PvP vendors for Season 9.
Substitute Trinket
Will to Survive as a racial ability has identical effects as the current Season 9 PvP trinket, Vicious Gladiator’s Medallion of Tenacity, which removes your character from any Crowd Control you are in. Having this racial be your substitute PvP trinket offers the opportunity to use multiple PvP On-Use Trinkets, Vicious Gladiator’s Badge of Dominance or Darkmoon Card: Volcano, to provide additional throughout during your burst windows to your enemy targets.
Horde
Goblin
If you plan to choose Horde as your faction for Shadow Priest in Cataclysm PvP, Goblin is your best option to choose from. Rocket Jump is an extremely beneficial spell used in PvP combat, and can help guarantee win conditions quicker and easier. Even though Horde racials have their significance in arena, the racial ability, Will to Survive, is stronger than any Horde racial listed due to the extra damage throughput.
Rocket Jump Racial
Rocket Jump as a racial ability has the ability to leap your character forward, allowing for multiple uses when in PvP combat. The most important use of this ability would be to pair it with Psychic Scream once reaching your opponents. Pairing Rocket Jump with Silence, this will allow for an easier time guaranteeing your Crowd Control on targets. It can also be used to kite and avoid your opponents in crucial moments throughout an arena game.
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Alternative Shadow Priest PvP Races
Horde
Troll
If you want to choose an alternative race for Shadow Priest that is up to par with Goblin in Cataclysm PvP, Troll is another promising option you can choose. Troll grants you the ability, Berserking, which allows for your burst windows to be stronger for a short duration. Since the duration is shorter and does not provide throughput equivalent to playing Human, this race is weaker and does not provide enough sustained damage throughout an arena game.
Berserking Racial
Berserking as a racial ability grants 20% Haste to your character for 10 seconds. Since your Haste scales with your pets, Shadowfiend will apply extra hits to your target. This will grant you more damage and more mana received from your increased Shadowfiend hits. Also, this can assist you with application of DoTs to make your opponents rot down faster.