What to Wear: the Shadow Priest’s Guide to Pre-Heroic Mists of Pandaria Dungeon Gear

To jump in to the Heroic difficulty Mists of Pandaria max level dungeons at level 90, you will need a minimum ilvl of 435. I've compiled your sources for getting the gear you need to beat or exceed that minimum.

Know your priorities

First things first, get to know your stat priority:

1. Intellect
2. 15% Spell Hit (obtained with Hit or Spirit) will enable your spells to not miss on bosses
3. Haste (aiming for 19.03% to earn 2 extra ticks of Shadow Word: Pain and Devouring Plague)
4. Crit
5. Mastery

Gem Appropriately

• Meta [Burning Primal Diamond]
• Blue [Purified Imperial Amethyst] or [Veiled Imperial Amethyst]
• Red [Brilliant Primordial Ruby]
• Yellow[Potent Vermilion Onyx] or [Reckless Vermilion Onyx]

Maximize Your Enchants

• Belt[Living Steel Belt Buckle]
• Boots[Enchant Boots – Greater Precision][Enchant Boots – Greater Haste]
• Bracers[Enchant Bracer – Super Intellect]
• Chest[Enchant Chest – Glorious Stats]
• Cloak[Enchant Cloak – Superior Intellect]
• Gloves[Enchant Gloves – Greater Haste][Enchant Gloves – Superior Mastery]
• Legs[Greater Cerulean Spellthread]
• Main Hand[Enchant Weapon – Jade Spirit]
• Off Hand[Enchant Off-Hand – Major Intellect]
• Shoulders[Greater Crane Wing Inscription]
• Staff (i.e. Two-Handed weapon) [Enchant Weapon – Jade Spirit]

 And now, onto the Gear!

The following ilvl 450 gear can be obtained from the later leveling instances, Mogu'shan Palace (MP) and ilevel 435 gear from Shado-Pan Monastery (SPM) so be sure to queue up as you go!

• BACK: Cloak of Cleansing Flame (ilvl450)
• FEET: Soulbinder Treads (ilvl450)
• HANDS: Conflagrating Gloves (ilvl450) hit, Gloves of Enraged Slaughter (1lvl 435)
• MAINHAND: Firescribe Dagger (ilvl450)
• NECK: Mindcapture Pendant (ilvl 450) spirit
• SHOULDERS: Regal Silk Shoulderpads (ilvl450) spirit