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Were you looking for info on the Draenei racial trait, [Shadow Resistance] or the Forsaken racial trait, [Shadow Resistance]?

As stated in the Resistance article, resistance gear should only be used when it's really needed. There are various sources for shadow resistance (like green random drop items and pre-BC sets crafted from Dark Runes), but it's not advisable to use these items at level 70, because they're too weak and shadow resistance is generally of little use.

Contents 1 Resistable spells 2 Useful in... 2.1 PvP 3 Mount Hyjal and Black Temple 4 Mother Shahraz 4.1 Resistance addition 4.2 Resistance gear by type 5 See also

Resistable spells

• Death knight: [Death Coil], [Death Grip], [Pestilence], [Blood Boil], [Strangulate], [Death and Decay], [Outbreak]
• Priest: [Shadow Word: Pain], [Mind Blast], [Psychic Scream], [Devouring Plague], [Shadow Word: Death], [Mind Control], [Mind Soothe], [Mana Burn], [Mind Sear], [Mind Spike]
• Warlock: [Shadow Bolt], [Corruption], [Drain Life], [Soulburn], [Drain Soul], [Bane of Agony], [Fear], [Curse of Weakness], [Bane of Doom], [Curse of Tongues], [Banish], [Death Coil], [Howl of Terror], [Curse of the Elements], [Seed of Corruption], [Shadowflame], [Fel Flame]

Useful in...

In the following instances, shadow resistance can be useful:

• Scholomance and Stratholme: shadow resistance can make these instances easier, but it's by no means required (even the priest buff is not really needed)
• Blackwing Lair: The tanks on Ebonroc need shadow resistance
• Temple of Ahn'Qiraj: essential for Warlock Tanks at the Twin Emperors
• Mount Hyjal: on some bosses medium amounts of shadow resistance are highly recommended
• Black Temple: high amounts of shadow resistance required at Mother Shahraz, medium to low levels in the entire instance

PvP

Besides that, shadow resistance can also be useful in PvP when fighting shadow Priests and Warlocks.

Nonetheless, Resilience is generally considered to be the more useful stat in PvP.

Mount Hyjal and Black Temple

Mount Hyjal and Black Temple are the only places which cannot be mastered without shadow resistance, and incidentally these are the only places where Heart of Darkness drops. Therefore, raids entering Mount Hyjal start to find these items, and are well advised to save them and set up a policy how to craft shadow resistance gear for everybody, because at Mother Shahraz the whole raid really needs it.

The first good shadow resistance item is gained by the Black Temple Attunement, it's the Medallion of Karabor. The next item everybody should get made is Night's End which needs only one Heart of Darkness to craft. The following table lists the remaining items together with the number of HoDs needed, and the amount of resistance gained for each HoD used.

Type	Wrist	Feet	Waist	Legs
Cloth	Soulguard Bracers	Soulguard Slippers	Soulguard Girdle	Soulguard Leggings
Leather	Redeemed Soul Wristguards	Redeemed Soul Moccasins	Redeemed Soul Cinch	Redeemed Soul Legguards
Mail	Bracers of Shackled Souls	Boots of Shackled Souls	Waistguard of Shackled Souls	Greaves of Shackled Souls
Plate	Shadesteel Bracers	Shadesteel Sabots	Shadesteel Girdle	Shadesteel Greaves
#HoD	1	2	2	3
#resist/HoD	40	27	27	24

Mother Shahraz

The only encounter in the entire game which needs really large amounts of shadow resistance is Mother Shahraz. Assuming the raid is buffed with Rank 2 Prayer of Shadow Protection and everyone has a Medallion of Karabor, the resistance cap of 365 can be reached with the 5 pieces of crafted gear and no shadow resistance enchantments at all. Since equipping 24 raid members with the full set would require about (8 * 30 =) 240 HoD, many raids won't reach this goal. Most frequently, some raid members miss the Legs. In these cases, some enchants should be used and/or a few gems or green items to reach the cap. Reaching the cap is not a requirement for beating this encounter, especially once the players are better at moving away from one another during Fatal Attraction.

Resistance addition

Full crafted gear:

• 70 - Rank 2 Prayer of Shadow Protection
• 40 - Medallion of Karabor
• 40 - Night's End
• 40 - Bracers
• 54 - Belt
• 54 - Boots
• 72 - Legs
• = 370 Shadow Resistance, which is even 5 over the cap. This set can use the standard enchants.

Omitting the legs and replacing them with a Enchant Cloak - Greater Shadow Resistance on the cloak and a Shadow Armor Kit on the boots:

• 70 - Rank 2 Prayer of Shadow Protection
• 40 - Medallion of Karabor
• 55 - Night's End
• 40 - Bracers
• 54 - Belt
• 62 - Boots
• = 321 Shadow Resistance

Omitting the Medallion of Karabor or Bracers and replacing them with +20SR glyph on helm:

• 70 - Rank 2 Prayer of Shadow Protection
• 55 - Night's End
• 40 - Bracers
• 54 - Belt
• 54 - Boots
• 72 - Legs
• 20 - Helm with Arcanum of Shadow Warding
• = 365 Shadow Resistance

Resistance gear by type

All raid members

Night's End Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Back 109 Armor +40 Shadow Resistance +30 Stamina Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 4 3 45

Materials needed:

• 1x [Heart of Darkness]
• 1x [Void Crystal]
• 2x [Primal Life]
• 2x [Primal Shadow]
• 1x [Bolt of Imbued Netherweave]

Cloth

Soulguard Bracers Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Cloth Wrist 96 Armor +40 Shadow Resistance +30 Stamina Durability 35 / 35 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 2 54 32

Soulguard Girdle Binds when equipped Cloth Waist 123 Armor +40 Stamina +54 Shadow Resistance Durability 35 / 35 Requires Level 70

Soulguard Leggings Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Cloth Legs 191 Armor +54 Stamina +72 Shadow Resistance Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 5 2 88

Soulguard Slippers Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Cloth Feet 150 Armor +54 Shadow Resistance +40 Stamina Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 80 7

Materials needed:

• 8x [Heart of Darkness]
• 4x [Void Crystal]
• 11x [Primal Life]
• 16x [Primal Shadow]
• 5x [Bolt of Imbued Netherweave]

Leather

Redeemed Soul Cinch Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Leather Waist 231 Armor +54 Shadow Resistance +40 Stamina Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 19 12

Redeemed Soul Legguards Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Leather Legs 359 Armor +72 Shadow Resistance +54 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 6 45 46

Redeemed Soul Mocassins Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Leather Feet 282 Armor +54 Shadow Resistance +40 Stamina Durability 60 / 60 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 4 80 50

Redeemed Soul Wristguards Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Leather Wrist 179 Armor +40 Shadow Resistance +30 Stamina Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 21 55

Materials needed:

• 8x [Heart of Darkness]
• 4x [Void Crystal]
• 11x [Primal Life]
• 16x [Primal Shadow]
• 11x [Fel Hide]

Mail

Boots of Shackled Souls Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Mail Feet 628 Armor +54 Shadow Resistance +40 Stamina Durability 70 / 70 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 5 87 88

Bracers of Shackled Souls Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Mail Wrist 400 Armor +40 Shadow Resistance +30 Stamina Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 91 64

Greaves of Shackled Souls Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Mail Legs 799 Armor +72 Shadow Resistance +54 Stamina Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 7 86 12

Waistguard of Shackled Souls Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Mail Waist 514 Armor +54 Shadow Resistance +40 Stamina Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 88 73

Materials needed:

• 8x [Heart of Darkness]
• 4x [Void Crystal]
• 11x [Primal Life]
• 16x [Primal Shadow]
• 11x [Fel Scales]

Plate

Shadesteel Bracers Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Plate Wrist 714 Armor +40 Shadow Resistance +30 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 4 78 55

Shadesteel Girdle Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Plate Waist 918 Armor +40 Stamina +54 Shadow Resistance Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 4 62 90

Shadesteel Greaves Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Plate Legs 1428 Armor +54 Stamina +72 Shadow Resistance Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 9 54 98

Shadesteel Sabots Item Level 130Disenchants into: [Void Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Plate Feet 1122 Armor +40 Stamina +54 Shadow Resistance Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 6 91 63

Materials needed:

• 8x [Heart of Darkness]
• 4x [Void Crystal]
• 11x [Primal Life]
• 16x [Primal Shadow]
• 28x [Adamantite Bar]

Enchantments

Shadow Guard Item Level 60Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires Level 55 Use: Permanently adds 10 shadow resistance to a leg or head slot item. Does not stack with other enchantments for the selected equipment slot. 1 Charges	Arcanum of Shadow Warding Item Level 70Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires Level 70 Requires Lower City - Honored Use: Permanently adds 20 Shadow resistance to a head slot item. Does not stack with other enchantments for the selected equipment slot. 1 Charges Sell Price: 25	Enchant Cloak - Greater Shadow Resistance Reagents: [Large Prismatic Shard] (4), [Primal Shadow] (8) Permanently enchant a cloak to increase Shadow Resistance by 15. Requires a level 35 or higher item. Tools:  [Runed Adamantite Rod] Requires Enchanting 350	Enchant Cloak - Lesser Shadow Resistance Reagents: [Greater Astral Essence], [Shadow Protection Potion] Permanently enchant a cloak so that it increases resistance to shadow by 10. Tools:  [Runed Silver Rod] Requires Enchanting 135
1010 Shadow Armor Kit Item Level 68Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Requires Level 65 Use: Permanently increase the shadow resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.  Only usable on items level 60 and above. Sell Price: 1 50	Inscription of Endurance Item Level 70Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires Level 70 Requires The Violet Eye - Honored Use: Permanently adds 7 resistance to all magic schools to a shoulder slot item. 1 Charges Sell Price: 7 50

Gems

Prismatic Sphere +3 Resist All "Matches a Red, Yellow or Blue Socket."

Void Sphere Item Level 70Disenchants into: Not disenchantable +4 Resist All "Matches a Red, Yellow or Blue Socket."

Materials needed for gems:

• 4x [Large Prismatic Shard]
• 2x [Void Crystal]

See also

• Resistance equipment

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