WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Guide: BiS, Runes, Talents

World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 3 has brought a new and very challenging 20-man raid. Sunken Temple so far is proving quite difficult even for the best of the best, as it seems that the devs have upped the ante this time around.

With that in mind, this guide should help you get a general idea of how to build your Shadow Priest so you can help out your raid and succeed despite all of the scary encounters in the temple. We will show you the best runes, talents, pre-BiS, and BiS gear for Priests currently in Phase 3.

Shadow Priest Talents
Shadow Priest Runes
Shadow Priest Consumables
Shadow Priest Pre-BiS
Shadow Priest BiS

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Talents

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Runes

Chest Void Plague
Waist Mind Spike
Legs Homunculi
Feet Dispersion
Hands Shadow Word: Death
Head Eye of the Void
Wrists Despair

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Raid Consumables

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Pre-BiS

Gneuro-Linked Arcano-Filament Monocle (Tailoring)
Soothsayer's Headdress (Maraudon)
Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus (Engineering)
Shadoweave Mask (Tailoring)
Green Lens of Shadow Wrath (Engineering)
Arachnidian Circlet of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +36 Shadow Damage, World Drop)

Enchantment: Lesser Arcanum of Voracity

Piston Pendant (Gnomeregan)
Jagged Bone Necklace (Blackfathom Deeps)
Black Shroud Choker (Blackfathom Deeps)
Ghostshard Talisman (Scarlet Monastery)

Kentic Amice (Blackrock Depths)
Mystical Mantle of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +29 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Shadoweave Shoulders (Tailoring)
Rotgrip Mantle (Maraudon)
Synthetic Mantle (Gnomeregan)
Blood Guard's Dreadweave Mantle (Horde PvP Rank 7)
Knight-Lieutenant's Dreadweave Mantle (Alliance PvP Rank 7)

Deep Woodlands Cloak (Wanted: Vile Priestess Hexx and Her Minions starts in The Hinterlands)
Resplendent Cloak of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +20 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Spritecaster Cape (Blackrock Depths)

Duskwoven Robe of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +27 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Irradiated Robe (Gnomeregan)
Robe of the Magi (World Drop)
Shadoweave Robe (Tailoring)

Enchantment: Enchant Chest - Greater Stats

Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
Celestial Bindings of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +20 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
First Sergeant's Silk Cuffs (Horde PvP Rank 5)
Sergeant Major's Silk Cuffs (Alliance PvP Rank 5)

Enchantment: Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect

Earth Warder's Gloves (Winterfall Activity at /way 27.8 34.6 in Winterspring)
First Sergeant's Dreadweave Gloves (Horde PvP Rank 5)
Sergeant Major's Dreadweave Gloves (Alliance PvP Rank 5)
Dreamweave Gloves (Tailoring)

Defiler's Cloth Girdle (Horde Arathi Basin – Honored)
Highlander's Cloth Girdle (Alliance Arathi Basin – Honored)
Ban'thok Sash (Blackrock Depths)
Volatile Concoction Belt (Gnomeregan)

Felcloth Pants (Tailoring)
Spellshock Leggings (Random Drop in Zul’Farrak])
Irradiated Trousers (Gnomeregan)

Enchantment: Lesser Arcanum of Voracity

Irradiated Boots (Gnomeregan)
Bonecaster's Boots of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +24 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Shadoweave Boots (Tailoring)
Vinerot Sandals (Uldaman)

Enchantment: Enchant Boots - Minor Speed

Advisor's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
Lorekeeper's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
Shadowy Band of Victory (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
Underworld Band (World Drop)

Miniaturized Combustion Chamber (Gnomeregan)
Invoker's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)

Glimmering Gizmoblade (Gnomeregan)
Blade of Eternal Darkness (Maraudon)
Charstone Dirk (Maraudon)
Dagger of Willing Sacrifice (Blackfathom Deeps)
Spirit of Aquementas (It's Dangerous to Go Alone, long quest chain starting with It's a Secret to Everybody at /way 63.1 68.5 in Un'Goro Crater)

Ivory Wand of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +17 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Woestave (Blood of Morphaz, class quest for Sunken Temple that starts at Priest trainer at level 50)
Mechanostrider Gear Shifter (Gnomeregan)

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest BiS

Visage of the Exiled (Sunken Temple)
Gneuro-Linked Arcano-Filament Monocle (Tailoring)

Enchantment: Lesser Arcanum of Voracity

Jin'do's Lost Locket (Sunken Temple)

Fractured Mind Pauldrons (Tailoring)

Enchantment: Atal'ai Signet of Mojo

Resplendent Cloak of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +20 Shadow Damage, World Drop)
Hukku's Hex Cape (Sunken Temple)

Malevolent Prophet's Vest (Sunken Temple)

Enchantment: Enchant Chest - Greater Stats

Void-Powered Invoker's Vambraces (Engineering)
Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)

Enchantment: Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect

Atal'ai Hexxer's Gloves (Sunken Temple)

Cord of the Untamed (15 Wild Offering)

Malevolent Prophet's Leggings (Sunken Temple)

Enchantment: Lesser Arcanum of Voracity

Malevolent Prophet's Sandals (Sunken Temple)

Enchantment: Enchant Boots - Minor Speed

Shadowy Band of Victory (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
Drakeclaw Band of the Harbinger (Sunken Temple)

Miniaturized Combustion Chamber (Gnomeregan)
Tor Kieldaz (Sunken Temple)

Hubris, the Bandit Brander (Sunken Temple)
Drakestone of the Nightmare Harbinger (Sunken Temple)

Ivory Wand of Shadow Wrath (or similar item with +17 Shadow Damage, World Drop)

And that covers everything we know about the best way to build and optimize your character in Season of Discovery Phase 3 so you can be one of the best damage dealers in your raid so best of luck, Champions of Azeroth!

WoW SoD Phase 3 Shadow Priest Guide: BiS, Runes, Talents

In this guide, we will be taking a look at the Shadow Priest and the best talents, runes, pre-BiS and BiS gear for World of Warcraft Season of Discovery Phase 3.