Shadow Priest

Below are the recommended gems & enchants based on the Stat Priority Guide. As mentioned there, the recommended Stat Priority (which determines these recomendations) are generalized to be well-suited for most players. However, simulating your own character will always give the most accurate stat weights.

Stat Priority

Intellect > Mastery > Versatility > Haste >= Critical Strike

Stat Summaries

• Intellect increases the damage and healing done by your spells.
• Mastery provides a passive bonus to your character based on your specialization. Mastery Madness increases the damage done by most of your key abilities including Shadow Word Pain and Mind Blast.
• Versatility increases your damage, healing, and absorption done and decreases damage received.
• Haste increases attack and spell casting speed, adds additional damage and healing to DoTs and HoTs, and reduces the GCD.
• Critical Strike increase the chance for your spells and attacks to critically hit for additional damage and healing.

Stat Weights

• Intellect 8.25
• Spell Power 7.43
• Mastery 4.54
• Versatility 4.22
• Haste 4.18
• Critical Strike 4.12

PAWN String (AddOn)

( Pawn: v1: "noxxic-legacy-priest-shadow": Class=Priest, Spec=Shadow, Intellect=8.25, MasteryRating=4.54, HasteRating=4.18, Versatility=4.22, CritRating=4.12 )