PvE Shadow Priest Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS)

Before you can start earning the most powerful items from raids, you’ll need some equipment to get you started. Shadow Priests who are just starting to dip their toes into endgame content will want to work on building a set of pre-raid gear that provides plenty of Hit and Haste while also boosting their damage through Intellect.

Priests can only use Cloth armor, and will receive 5% increased Intellect from all gear through their Mysticism passive ability. The Ranged equipment slot is gone in Mists of Pandaria, with Wands going into the Main-hand slot instead.

Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot Items

Here is the best gear you can obtain as a Shadow Priest outside of raids in Mists of Pandaria, including dungeon loot, random daily scenario rewards, reputation rewards, and profession bonuses. Don’t forget to gem, enchant, and reforge every item to complete your optimization.

Head

• Yalia’s Cowl
  • 2550 Valor Points – requires Revered with Shado-Pan
• Lightweight Retinal Armor
  • Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
• Wang’s Unshakable Smile
  • World Drop BoE
• Fallout-Filtering Hood
  • Saboteur Kip’tilak in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Brewfather Cowl or Yak Wool Cowl
  • Daily Random Scenario

Neck

• Links of the Lucid
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
• Mending Necklace of the Golden Lotus
  • The Final Power quest in Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Dorian’s Necklace of Burgeoning Dreams
  • World Drop BoE
• Necklace of Disorientation
  • Sha of Violence in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
• Brewfather Necklace or Firebinder Collar
  • Daily Random Scenario

Shoulder

• Tenderheart Shoulders
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Regal Silk Shoulderpads
  • Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
• Whisperwind Spaulders
  • Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
• Brewfather Shoulderpads or Yak Wool Shoulderpads
  • Daily Random Scenario

Back

• Sagewhisper’s Wrap or Cloak of Snow Blossoms
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
• Brewfather Cloak or Firebinder Cloak
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Dirl’s Drafty Drape
  • World Drop BoE
• Cloak of Hidden Flasks
  • Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
• Scorched Earth Cloak
  • Brother Karloff in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)

Chest

• Legacy of the Emperor
  • Tailoring BoE – Pattern: Legacy of the Emperor drops from Phase 1 raids
• Robes of Creation
  • Tailoring BoE – Pattern: Robes of Creation requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Robe of the Five Sisters or Vestments of Thundering Skies
  • 2250 Valor Points – requires Revered with The Golden Lotus
• Brewfather Robe or Yak Wool Robe
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Burning Robes of the Golden Lotus
  • Battle Axe of the Thunder King quest in Vale of Eternal Blossoms
• Robes of Fevered Dreams
  • Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)

Wrist

• Bracers of Inlaid Jade or Minh’s Beaten Bracers
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
• Brewfather Wristwraps or Yak Wool Wristwraps
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Frenzyswarm Bracers
  • Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Bombardment Bracers
  • Commander Vo’jak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)

Hands

• Touch of the Light
  • Tailoring BoE – Pattern: Touch of the Light drops from Phase 1 raids
• Gloves of Red Feathers
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
• Gloves of Creation or Spelltwister’s Gloves
  • Tailoring BoE – Pattern: Gloves of Creation or Pattern: Spelltwister’s Gloves require Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Etoshia’s Elegant Gloves
  • World Drop BoE
• Brewfather Handwraps or Yak Wool Handwraps
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Conflagrating Gloves
  • Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
• Paralyzing Gloves
  • Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)

Waist

• Klaxxi Lash of the Seeker
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
• Sash of Bouncing Power (Alliance) or Sash of Surehandedness (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Brewfather Cord or Yak Wool Cord
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Fermenting Belt
  • Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
• Incineration Belt
  • Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)

Legs

• Poisoncrafter’s Kilt
  • 2250 Valor Points – requires Revered with The Klaxxi
• Brewfather Leggings or Yak Wool Leggings
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Leggings of Hallowed Fire
  • High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
• Leggings of the Frenzy
  • Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)

Feet

• Storm-Sing Sandals
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Revered with The August Celestials
• Shieldwarden Slippers (Alliance) or Slippers of Soothing Balm (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Brewfather Sandals or Yak Wool Sandals
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Flameheart Sandals
  • Liu Flameheart in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)

Finger

• Simple Harmonius Ring
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Loop of the Shieldwall (Alliance) or Dominator’s Loop (Horde)
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Seal of the Prime
  • Shadow of the Empire quest in Dread Wastes
• Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman
  • Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
• Brewfather Signet or Firebinder Ring
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Viscous Ring
  • Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Signet of the Hidden Door
  • Thalnos the Soulrender in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)

Trinket

• Relic of Yu’lon
  • Reward for turning in a Serpent Deck at the Darkmoon Faire
• Blossom of Pure Snow
  • 1750 Valor Points – Requires Honored with Shado-Pan
• Flashfrozen Resin Globule
  • Vizier Jin’bak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
• Zen Alchemist Stone
  • Alchemy BoP – taught by Alchemy Trainers
• Vision of the Predator
  • Striker Ga’dok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Ghost Iron Dragonling
  • Engineering BoE – taught by Engineering Trainers
  • You will need Engineering to socket the Cogwheels in this item, without which it’s not that useful

Main Hand

• Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent
  • Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
• Scavenged Pandaren Scepter or Scavenged Pandaren Spellblade or Scavenged Pandaren Wand
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Carapace Breaker
  • Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Amber Spine of Klaxxi’vess
  • 168 gold – requires Exalted with The Klaxxi

Off Hand

• Inscribed Red Fan or Inscribed Jade Fan
  • Inscription BoE – taught by Inscription Trainers
• Scroll of Whispered Secrets
  • World Drop BoE
• Bottle of Potent Potables
  • Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
• Umbrella of Chi-Ji
  • Archaeology BoA – Pandaren artifact

Staff

• Inscribed Crane Staff or Inscribed Serpent Staff
  • Inscription BoA – taught by Inscription Trainers
• Headmaster’s Will
  • Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
• Scavenged Pandaren Staff
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Gustwalker Staff
  • Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
• Wort Stirring Rod
  • Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)