Shadow Priest stat priority
Each guide's stat order as it gives it, the sim's stat weights, then ours. Guides dated before the last big tuning are shown but not counted.
Guides agreeSame order on 2 guides for the stats they all name.
| Where | Stat order |
|---|---|
| Guide · 3 Oct PvE, level 30 · read 12 Oct | Spell power › Crit › Hit › Intellect › Stamina › Mana per 5 sec |
| Guide · 1 Oct PvE, level 20 · read 12 Oct | Spell power › Crit › Hit › Intellect › Stamina |
| Guide · 24 Sep leveling, level 30 · read 12 Oct · dated before 1 Oct, not counted | Not ranked |
| Sim · stat weights level 60 · run 12 Oct, 5,000 iterations | Per 1%: Spell crit 6.25 › Spell hit 4.48 › Spell casting speed 2.07 Per point: Spell damage 0.439 tied with Shadow spell damage 0.439 › Intellect 0.111 No DPS change in this run: Holy spell damage, Mana, Mana every 5 sec, Spirit. The DPS each stat adds, for a level-60 character on the engine's preset gear in a 2-minute fight on a beta engine: a direction, not a verdict. = marks a tie: stats within each other's margin. Not counted toward "Guides agree". Where they differ: ours puts Hit before Spell crit, which the sim weighs higher per 1%; the sim measured no DPS change from Spirit. |
| Ours Recommendation | Shadow spell power › Hit › Spell crit › Intellect › Spirit › Stamina Ours adds Spirit, which neither guide lists. Where ours differs: ours puts Hit before Spell crit, which both guides rank higher. |