Class Guide

Shadow Priest

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 3020–2178

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental• Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Screams of the Void

used in 10/10

Haunting Shadows

used in 10/10

Tormenting Whispers

used in 10/10

Maddening Touch

used in 10/10

Shadow Word: Madness

used in 10/10

Auspicious Spirits

used in 10/10

Surge of Insanity

used in 10/10

Improved Fade

used in 10/10

Tentacle Slam

used in 10/10

Mental Decay

used in 10/10

Instilled Doubt

used in 10/10

Dark Evangelism

used in 10/10

Fade

used in 10/10

Mind Blast

used in 10/10

Mind's Eye

used in 10/10

Invoked Nightmare

used in 10/10

Voidform

used in 9/10

Dispel Magic

used in 9/10

Power Infusion

used in 9/10

Mental Agility

used in 9/10

Body and Soul

used in 9/10

Psychic Scream

used in 9/10

Improved Voidform

used in 9/10

Psychic Voice

used in 9/10

Mind Control

used in 9/10

Subservient Shadows

used in 9/10

Shadowy Insight

used in 9/10

Void Infusion

used in 9/10

Inner Quietus

used in 9/10

Quickened Pulse

used in 9/10

Void Blast

used in 9/10

Voidwraith

used in 9/10

Shadowfiend

used in 9/10

Overwhelming Shadows

used in 9/10

Voidheart

used in 9/10

Void Torrent

used in 9/10

Dark Energy

used in 9/10

Twist of Fate

used in 8/10

Move with Grace

used in 8/10

Leap of Faith

used in 8/10

Psyfiend

used in 8/10 PvP

Painful Invocation

used in 8/10

Voidtouched

used in 8/10

Burst window

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The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Shadow Word: Madness
→
Shadow Word: Madness
→
Void Blast
→
Fade
→
Angelic Feather
→
Tentacle Slam
→
Silence
→
Angelic Feather
→
Mind Blast

Also commonly taken

Protective Light 10/10 Light's Inspiration 10/10 Angel's Mercy 10/10 Angelic Feather 10/10 Desperate Prayer 10/10 Angelic Bulwark 10/10 Shadowy Apparitions 10/10 Maddening Tentacles 10/10 Psychic Link 10/10 Tormented Spirits 10/10 Spiritual Guidance 10/10 Strength of Resolve 10/10 Twin Disciplines 10/10 Phantasm 10/10 Twins of the Sun Priestess 10/10 Spell Warding 10/10 Dark Enlightenment 10/10 Void Apparitions 10/10 Focused Power 10/10 Driven to Madness 10/10 Phase Shift 9/10 Translucent Image 9/10 Devour Matter 9/10 Touch of the Void 9/10 Sheer Terror 9/10 Void Leech 9/10 Darkening Horizon 9/10 Shadeburst 7/10 Idol of Y'Shaarj 5/10 Mindbender 5/10 Insidious Ire 5/10 Crushing Void 5/10 Inspiration 5/10 Inescapable Torment 5/10 Binding Heals 5/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1	3020	78s	7
Match 2	2394	230s	1
Match 3	2284	458s	3
Match 4·i18n	2240	389s	6
Match 5	2229	149s	2
Match 6·i18n	2226	415s	2
Match 7·i18n	2216	56s	13
Match 8·i18n	2184	357s	6
Match 9	2179	70s	11
Match 10	2178	370s	6