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Shadow Priest PvP Covenants - Shadowlands 9.2(已归档)
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2022/03/07
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Welcome to Wowhead's Shadow Priest Arena PvP Guide, up to date for 9.2! In this section of the guide, we will cover each Covenant and its viability for Shadow Priests. We explain the usefulness of each Covenant to a Shadow Priest in PvP, allowing you to make the best decision for your PvP playstyle. Recommendations for Soulbinds will be explored for each Covenant.
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is a eight time Rank 1, 3450 rated, tournament-competing Shadow Priest. He has been playing at the highest level for multiple seasons in all aspects of Player vs Player content, being the highest rated Shadow Priest in the world in 2v2 and Rated Battlegrounds for the entirety of Legion. You can catch him either on his Stream or on Discord if you have any questions or inquiries.
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Overview 9.2
Talents & Racials 9.2
Rotations & Strategy 9.2
Gear 9.2
Covenants 9.2
Macros & Addons 9.2
Covenants
Covenants are a key part of the Shadowlands expansion. Selecting a Covenant gives you access to exclusive abilities - one that is Covenant-wide, and one that is specific to your class. You will also be given a choice of Soulbinds to enhance your power. For more information on Covenants, click here.
Soulbinds
Soulbinding is a new progression system that allows you to bind yourself to a significant member of your Covenant and share some of their power. Each Covenant has three potential Soulbind options with unique bonuses which can be powered up through a Soulbind tree. As you gain Renown with your Covenant, more rows of your Soulbind tree will be unlocked. Conduits add further possibility for customization, filling empty sockets with one of three bonus types. For more information on Soulbinds, click here.
Conduits
Conduits are available in three types; Potency, Endurance, and Finesse. Potency Conduits increase your spell power, Endurance Conduits provide additional defense, and Finesse Conduits provide you with additional utility. Some Conduits are the same across classes but some are specific to your class. For more information on Conduits, click here.
Best Covenant for Shadow Priest in PvP
This section will discuss the factors that come into play when choosing a Covenant. Below you can see a quick summary of how good each Covenant is inside each aspect of PvP. For more information on signature and class Covenant abilities as well as the recommended Soulbind, see below.
Arena
Battlegrounds
Kyrian
Bad
Bad
Necrolord
Excellent
Excellent
Night Fae
Bad
Bad
Venthyr
Excellent
Excellent
Covenant Analysis
Kyrian
Despite its strengths in PvE due to the Pelagos soulbind, most of its strength comes from
战斗冥想
. To maximise its effects you're required to move and pick up orbs, something you can't reliably do inside of PvP. More importantly though, the
晋升者之赐
class ability can provide some very nice burst but is very telegraphed - if an opponent sees this inside of rated PvP you will be shut down, rendering this very long cooldown useless.
The only upside for the Kyrians is the
静谧之瓶
for the added healing and cleanse, but even then it's still not comparable to some of the other covenant ability choices we have available to us.
Kyrian is the weakest of all our covenants.
Necrolord
When it comes to covenant choice it's a two horse race between Necrolord and and Venthyr. Necrolord does so well in PvP thanks to the class ability
邪恶灌注
especially when combined with the
苍白指令
legendary effect, which provides some very nice damage that is, most importantly, instant and easy to get out.
The other main attraction to the Necrolords is the
血肉铸造
soulbind ability. This, combined with the
魔药设计师马里莱斯
soulbind, will make you very durable.
This combination of added defense and instant damage makes the soul bind perfect for when teaming up with melee damage dealers, where you may struggle to get off a good
控心术
.
Night Fae
There isn't too much to say about the Night Fae's the class ability;
法夜守护者
is more so a utility spell than actual damage, the only real use of this is to either reduce the damage you take whilst it's active, or to increase the cooldown recovery rate of a teammate's important offensive.
The only saving grace for Night Fae is their
灵魂变形
covenant ability which can be nice for some added mobility, but alas; if you're serious about PvP do not side with the Night Fae.
Venthyr
Venthyr for PvP ticks all the boxes, providing a good class ability, signature ability and even soulbind choices.
控心术
is the obvious main attraction. This inside of PvP combat is unrivalled and probably the strongest class ability in the game, causing healers healing to do damage, and the damage of damage dealers do healing, making it an incredibly powerful tool - not to mention the already strong initial damage.
暗影之门
also provides added mobility on a class which severely lacks it - can be great for retreating, or chasing enemies behind pillars.
Then the icing on the cake is the Nadjia covenent ability
漠然困境
which can help combat shadow priests biggest weakness of interrupts.
Changing Covenants - Factors to Consider
To summarise, if you're serious about PvP it's very much so a two horse race as mentioned, between Venthyr
and Necrolord. The main difference between the two is that Necrolord offers more sustained damage and and defense, whilst Venthyr offers much more burst.
Venthyr - Higher burst, more mobility, bigger kill potential but harder to get off.
Necrolord - More sustained damage, harder to kill, and easier to play.
It's the general consensus that now you can swap between the two covenants freely that it's very comp-dependent on which you should be playing.
Necrolord - 3v3 with a melee/2v2/Battlegrounds
Venthyr - 3v3 with a caster
Conduits
Conduits are items which allow an additional level of customization to your
Soulbind
with bonuses that are specific to your class and or spec. They are categorized into three types:
Potency
(Throughput),
Endurance
(Survival), and
Finesse
(Utility). Conduits have ranks which allow you to upgrade the power of your Conduits.
Potency
:
不谐回响
>
破碎认知
(Venthyr)/
穿刺之裁
(Kyrian)/
溃烂灌注
(Necrolord)/
法夜延音
(Nightfae) >
萦绕幻灵
.
Endurance
:
浓缩的心能之球
>
圣光鼓舞
>
慷慨之魂
Finesse
:
清醒心智
>
优雅步态
>
赋能灌注
>
精神复建
For
Potency Conduits
the best pick is going to be
不谐回响
hands down simply for the added damage to
虚空箭
, but for most soulbinds you'll want to make sure you have three
Potency Conduits
at which point you'll want to use your covenant specific potency conduit as these will offer the best results, buffing your powerful covenant ability, then for your third slot
萦绕幻灵
will be the third best option.
As for
Endurance
conduits
浓缩的心能之球
will offer you the most value, however
圣光鼓舞
giving you some extra healing tied to
绝望祷言
is a very good secondary endurance if you're playing a soul bind with two endurance conduits.
And lastly for
Finesse
conduits
清醒心智
is the very clear winner, reducing the mana cost of not only your
驱散魔法
for offensive purges but also your
群体驱散
giving you a lot more mana to play with. However depending on your legendary choice, both
优雅步态
and
赋能灌注
would be better.
Playing as a Kyrian Shadow Priest in PvP
Signature Covenant Ability -
召唤执事者
静谧之瓶
is an excellent life-saver, being an improved version of having a
治疗石
. Having the additional effects of removing strong debuffs can make this a nice extra bonus against Affliction Warlocks, Assassination Rogues, and Feral Druids. It will be used like an emergency potion, saving you from the brink of death. It also benefits from having a higher Health Pool, so it can be used in conjunction with HP increases like
不羁角斗士的纹章
.
Class Covenant Ability -
晋升者之赐
Overall
晋升者之赐
is a decently strong ability, after a 1.5 second cast this will turn your mind flay into Ascended Nova. The strongest part of this ability is the
晋升冲击
so using this off cooldown is very important. The issue with this covenant ability, and why we don't suggest playing Kyrian, is that this ability is not only very telegraphed, and an incredibly long cooldown for what it is, but also is very easy to shut down - if you get crowd controlled during its uptime the end explosion damage from
晋升爆发
will be negligible.
Reccomended Soulbind -
裴拉戈斯
Playing as a Necrolord Shadow Priest in PvP
Signature Covenant Ability -
血肉铸造
The Necrolord signature ability
血肉铸造
is without a doubt the most powerful of all the signature abilities, providing a huge shield that increases for the length channeled, whilst you channel this you also take 20% less damage. What makes this even stronger is the
终极形态
power we pick up with our recommended soulbind of choice. This allows you to use
血肉铸造
as a way to avoid crowd control, but even without utilizing this to it's fullest the flat defensive durability that
血肉铸造
provides you is immense.
Class Covenant Ability -
邪恶新星
On its own
邪恶新星
deals very high damage, especially if you can land it on multiple targets, but what makes Necrolord so strong for Shadow Priest is the legendary power
苍白指令
. As you probably know our legendary choices are very lackluster for Shadow in PvP. This legendary is one of the main reasons you'll want to be playing Necrolord.
Recommended Soulbind - Marileth
Playing as a Night Fae Shadow Priest in PvP
Signature Covenant Ability -
灵魂变形
灵魂变形
is a nice addition to a Shadow Priest's mobility, giving us an added mobility cooldown to kite targets or catch up to targets. On a class with literally zero other mobility tools this goes a very long way and is without a doubt the main selling point of Night Fae.
Class Covenant Ability -
法夜守护者
What Night Fae is let down by though is its class covenant ability of
法夜守护者
- when you compare this to the other options offensively it's incredibly lackluster, providing only some minor Insanity gain. The main strength of this however is the utility it provides, mainly the ability to give yourself or your teammates damage reduction from the guardian faerie.
Overall though, there isn't really any situation you'll want to be playing Night Fae.
Recommended Soulbind - Korayn
Playing as a Venthyr Shadow Priest in PvP
Signature Covenant Ability -
暗影之门
Having extra mobility is always a welcomed addition on Shadow Priest and Door of Shadows is great for that. It's especially nice as you can use it to quickly cover distances to secure
心灵尖啸
, but it's also great for kiting, catching up to enemies, you name it. The only downside of
暗影之门
is the cast time, and the fact it's on the Shadow school, so you'll need to be very wary of interrupts.
Class Covenant Ability -
控心术
控心术
is without a doubt the most fun ability available to a Shadow Priest. It provides us with that much needed impact damage our kit lacks, but this is even better as not only does it do some incredibly high initial damage but also will cause all damage dealt by that target to instead heal yourself or your team, and vice versa all healing done by the target to instead damage their team.
Recommended Soulbind - Nadjia
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