Which Legendary should I craft in WoW Shadowlands? Overview for all classes

 

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands brings back the most powerful item in the game: Legendarys. With the current patch 9.1, the portfolio of available effects has been expanded. We will tell you which Legendary is best for which class.

What are legendarys? Legendary equipment items have special properties that can improve your skills or even change the way you play. Legendarys are the most powerful items in the game.

In Legion, you still had to hope for chance to get the right Legendary for your specialization. In Shadowlands you can easily create them with the properties you want.

However, the manufacturing process is very complex and the upgrades of the Legendarys take even longer. With patch 9.1 “Chains of Dominion” you can upgrade the Legendarys even further - the first stages are faster.

Update from July 2, 2021: Since patch 9.1 went live on June 30, there are new legendary effects for every class and every pact, as well as new ways to forge Legendarys for different equipment slots. We have brought the list up to date with the new "BiS" effects and the best slots accordingly.

We took a look at the experts from wowhead, Icy Veins and in the individual discords of the classes and put together a list for you of the best Legendarys for each class and specialization, including the locations where you can find the ability (via wowhead.com and icy-veins.com )

Changes to Legendarys in Patch 9.1

• The new maximum level for Legendarys is now 6 (previously 4)
• There is now significantly more soul ash in Torghast, so that earlier levels can be upgraded more quickly
• New crafting materials are available for higher basic items and for upgrading
• New legendary effects can be unlocked with the pacts at higher fame levels

Many legendary effects also now have additional items that they can be incorporated into. Since patch 9.1 some equipment items from the “Sanctum of Dominion” raid have special sockets, the slot on which you should wear your Legendary has been shifted.

The best legendarys for demon hunters

Demon hunters have it quite easy in Shadowlands with their legendary items. You only need one legendary item for each of their two specializations, and it works for most activities in the game.

Vengeance

• Name: Fiery Soul
• Effect: Each soul fragment devoured by "Soul Cleaver" reduces the cooldown of "Flaming Burn" by 2 seconds.
• Equipment space: hands, wrist (recommended)
• Location: The Forges, Level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: Desecration of Razelikh, if you are playing Kyrian, or Collective Torment as a more offensive option

devastation

• Name: Burning Wound
• Effect: “Demon Bite” inflicts chaos damage on enemies over 15 seconds and increases its damage from “Incendiary Aura” by 65%.
• Equipment space: chest, back (recommended)
• Location: The Manasturm (The Other Side)
• Alternative: Collective agony for AoE damage and Mythic +

The best legendarys for druids

With their four specializations, druids have a little more to farm if you want the top legendary for every spec.

balance

• Name: Primeval Arcane Pulsar
• Effect: For every 300 astral power consumed, you get “Celestial Alignment” for 12 seconds.
• Equipment place: shoulder, hands, fingers (recommended)
• Location: Wrath of the Jailer (Event in the Maw)
• Alternatives: Sinful hysteria for Venthyr

Guardian

• Name: Will of Natural Order
• Effect: "Tree Bark" reduces the damage by an additional 10%. If you are in bear form when the effect begins or ends, you will receive Ironfur and Frenzied Regeneration.
• Equipment space: head, hands, wrist (recommended)
• Location: Hunter Altimor (Castle Nathria)
• Alternatives: Memento of Ursoc's anger as a mixture of offensive and defensive

Restoration

• Name: Vision of Infinite Growth
• Effect: Healing from Rejuvenation has a 2.5% chance of reviving another nearby target with Rejuvenation
• Equipment space: head, feet, legs (recommended)
• Location: fracture chambers, level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternatives: Lush infusion for Mythic +

Ferocity

• Name: Drink of Deep Concentration
• Effect: When Moonfire, Rake Claw, Rip, or Rejuvenate a single target, the effect is increased by 40%.
• Equipment space: chest, neck (recommended)
• Location: The upper levels, level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: the cycle of life and death for Mythic +

The best legendarys for warlocks

Warlocks have the disadvantage of legendary items that they have to specialize in certain situations. Many legendaries are only really strong in certain areas and weak in others.

Demonology

• Name: Wilfred's Seal of Superior Conjuration
• Effect: Each soul shard consumed reduces the cooldown of "Summon Demonic Tyrants" by 0.6 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Wrist, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: The Manasturm (The Other Side)
• Alternatives: Implosive potential

Ailments

• Name: Relic of Demonic Synergy
• Effect: If you or your primary demon deal damage, there is a chance that the other will receive a damage increase of 10% for 15 seconds.
• Equipment space: head, shoulders, back (recommended)
• Location: Generals of the Stone Legion (Nathria Castle)
• Alternative: Rotting Soul Bag (Nachtfae) or Contained Endless Explosion (Venthyr)

destruction

• Name: Embers of the Azj'Aqir
• Effect: Conflagration has an extra charge and the ability's charge time is reduced by 3.0 seconds.
• Equipment space: legs, back (recommended)
• Location: Schlickfaust (Castle Nathria)
• Alternative: Wilfred's Seal of Superior Conjuration

The best legendarys for hunters

Hunters don't have a legendary effect that works for all three specializations, but their best effects are best suited to all situations. There are alternatives, but basically you can play all content with an effect in your specialization without any problems. This saves a lot of time when farming the materials.

Animal domination

• Name: Rylak Hunter's Piercing Fangs
• Effect: While “Wrath of the Beast” is active, the critical damage caused by your companion is increased by 35%.
• Equipment space: legs, feet, back (recommended)
• Location: Devos, Paragon of Doubt (Peaks of Ascent)
• Alternative: Soul Forge Embers for groups and Mythic +

Marksmanship

• Name: Snake Stalker's Deception
• Effect: "Aimed Shot" also shoots "Snake Poison" at the primary target
• Equipment Place: Shoulder, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: Domina Poison Blade (epidemic fall)
• Alternative: rapid shots

to survive

• Name: Nesingwary's Trap Apparatus
• Effect: When a trap is triggered, you generate 45 focus and your focus generation is increased by 100% for 5 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Waist, Feet, Neck (Recommended)
• Location: Can be bought for 1,500 honor from supplier Zo'kuul
• Alternatives: Wildfire Cluster Bomb for Mythic +

The best legendarys for warriors

When choosing their Legendarys, warriors have to decide quite quickly which content they want to do in which specialization. There is not much overlap.

Furor

• Name: Sinful Surge (Venthyr)
• Effect: “Judge” increases the duration of recklessness by 2 seconds.
• Equipment space: head, shoulder, neck (recommended)
• Location: Fame level 48
• Alternative: Signet of the Tormented Kings

protection

• Name: Revenge
• Effect: “Charge” and “Intervene” grant “Shield Block” for 4 seconds and “Vengeance!” and generate 20 anger.
• Equipment space: legs, feet (recommended)
• Location: The Upper Levels, Level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: the wall for raids

weapons

• Name: Enduring Strike
• Effect: "Mortal Strike" has a 25% chance of inflicting "Colossal Smash" on the target for 6 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Head, Waist (Recommended)
• Location: Skoldus Halls, level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: Signet of the Tormented Kings

The best legendarys for magicians

The legendary items of the mages all offer interesting possibilities to expand the abilities of your specialization. They are also quite easy to get, as long as the right wings from Torghast are active. Only Frost Mages have to specialize very much.

Arcane

• Name: Temporal Curvature
• Effect: While "Temporal Distortion" or a similar effect is active on you, you can use "Time Warp" and thus gain 30% speed for 40 seconds.
• Equipment space: chest, fingers (recommended)
• Location: The Upper Levels, Level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: Arcane Harmony as a Kyrian, Arcane Bombardment for Mythic +

Fire

• Name: Mastery of the Disciplines
• Effect: If you use a Frost, Fire and Arcane spell within 10 seconds of each other, the critical damage of all your spells is increased by 20%. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Wrist, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: Nebelruferin (Nebel von Tirna Scithe)
• Alternatives: -

frost

• Name: Slippery Ice (Single Target)
• Effect: While "Icy Veins" is active, each "Frostbolt" you use reduces the casting time of "Frostbolt" by 2% and increases the damage of the ability by 2%. Stackable up to 10 times.
• Equipment Place: Legs, Waist (Recommended)
• Location: Mort'regar, level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: Glacier fragments for larger groups of enemies and Mythic +, ice-cold winds for “split” damage

The best legendarys for monks

Monks can take on any role in World of Warcraft. Unlike druids, however, they do not share effects among the specializations that are strong for everyone. Anyone who wants to be prepared for all situations here will have to farm a lot.

Brewmaster

• Name: Scorched Passions
• Effect: Your "Breath of Fire" envelops your right leg in flames for 8 seconds, so that your "Blackout Kick" and "Whirling Crane Kick" cause 100% damage as fire damage and reset the duration of your "Breath of Fire" effect on the target.
• Equipment space: feet, back (recommended)
• Location: Cold Heart Interstitia, Level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternative: Stormstorm's last barrel for groups and Mythic + and as a more defensive option

Mistweaver

• Name: Tear of the Morning
• Effect: If you use "Revive" or "Enveloping Fog" on a target with "Renewing Fog", there is a 10% chance of using "Renewing Fog" on another target. Your healing done by “Revive” on “Renewing Mist” targets is increased by 20% and your “Enveloping Mist” heals these targets by an additional 20% of its healing done.
• Equipment Place: Head, Waist (Recommended)
• Location: Schlickfaust (Castle Nathria)
• Alternative: ancient teachings of the monastery

Windrunner

• Name: Summoner's Joy
• Effect: After summoning your exalted one, you gain 33% speed for 20 seconds.
• Equipment space: head, shoulder, back (recommended)
• Location: Generals of the Stone Legion (Nathria Castle)
• Alternative: line harmony as night time

The best legendarys for paladins

Much like monks, paladins have to put a lot of work into their class if they want to be good in all areas. However, with "The Insane Paragon" they have a general option that is strong for all specializations in many situations.

Holy

• Name: Shock Barrier
• Effect: "Holy Shock" protects the target for 18 seconds with a shield of holy light. The shield absorbs 20% Holy Shock damage every 6 seconds. Can protect up to 5 targets.
• Equipment space: legs, feet (recommended)
• Location: Cold Heart Interstitia, Level 3 or higher (Torghast)
• Alternatives: The Insane Paragon for more damage

protection

• Name: The Magistrate's Judgment
• Effect: “Judgment” has a 45% chance to reduce the cost of the next ability that consumes Holy Power by 1.
• Equipment Place: Wrist, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: Xav the Undefeated (Theater of Pain)
• Alternative: The Mad Paragon for more damage, Engraved Seal of the Holy Avenger for Mythic + or Divine Resonance as a Kyrian

retribution

• Name: Divine Resonance (Kyrian)
• Effect: After using “Divine Chime” you use “Judgment” immediately and then every 5 seconds. This effect lasts for 30 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Chest, Waist (Recommended)
• Location: Fame level 48
• Alternatives: The Insane Paragon for pure single-target damage or Storm of the Lightbringer for Mythic +

The best legendarys for priests

Although priests have two healing specializations, they also don't share legendary items that are useful for multiple specializations. For this they can draw a lot of power from their respective best Legendarys.

discipline

• Name: Clarity of Thought
• Effect: While “Euphoria” is active, “Power Word: Shield” costs 20% less mana and the “Atonement” effect applied with it lasts 6 seconds longer.
• Equipment space: chest, fingers (recommended)
• Location: Schlickfaust (Castle Nathria)
• Alternative: Harmony of the Spheres for Kyrians

Holy

• Name: Lightning Concentration
• Effect: “Flash Heal” reduces the cast time of “Heal” by 0.2 seconds for 20 seconds, increases healing by 3%. Stackable up to 5 times.
• Equipment Place: Wrist, Neck (Recommended)
• Location: Grand Overseer Beryllia (The Bloody Depths)
• Alternatives: -

shadow

• Name: Shadow Flame Prism
• Effect: The use of "Thought Blast" and "Shadow Word: Death" teleports your shadow spirit / spirit flexor to the target and let him inflict damage. When a rift is triggered, the duration of the shadow spirit / spirit burner increases by one second.
• Equipment space: head, hands (recommended)
• Location: Mueh'zala (The Andre Side)
• Alternative: Talbadar's strategy as a Kyrian or Pale Order as a necrolord

The best legendarys for shamans

Shamans have to farm a new effect for each specialization and the new effects are especially powerful for healers. Accordingly, as a restoration shaman, you can stick to your pact.

Elementary

• Name: Windspeaker's lava return flow
• Effect: If you use "Earth Shock", you get "Lava Surge" and the damage of your next use of "Lava Eruption" is increased by 20%.
• Equipment space: feet, back (recommended)
• Location: Valinor, the light of the eons (world boss)
• Alternative: Echoes of the Great Smash for Multiple Targets and Mythic +

Reinforcement

• Name: Winds of Fortune
• Effect: If you set up your Windfury Totem, there is a 100% chance that you will receive "Windfury Weapon" and the damage of "Windfury Weapon" is increased by 25%. Lasts for 12 seconds and can only occur once every minute.
• Equipment Place: Head, Waist, Back (Recommended)
• Location: Devos, Paragon of Doubt (Peaks of Ascent)
• Alternative: Witch Doctor's Wolf Bones for single targets

Restoration

The healers among the shamans get their strongest Legendarys with their pact from fame level 48 - with the exception of the necrolords. We have listed all the corresponding Legendarys for you here:

• Kyrian - Raging Vortex of the Vesper Bell: When 3 charges of the Vesper totem are depleted, the Vesper totem emits arcane damage and healing within 15 yards.
• Night Fae - Seeds of Unbridled Growth: Each pulse of Faetransfusion's damage effect reduces the cooldown of Wild Spirit by 7 seconds and increases your critical strike chance by 3% for 15 seconds.
• Venthyr - Elemental Ally: Up to 5 ally targets that are healed with "Chain Harvest" are afflicted with "Riptide". Up to 5 enemy targets that are damaged with “Chain Harvest” are inflicted with “Flame Shock”.

Nekrolords best use the primeval tide core from the soul forges from level 3 in Torghast for raids. This grants “Riptide” to nearby targets when used four times. Night Fae and Nekrolords should use the Spirit Walker's tide totem for Mythic +.

The best legendarys for villains

Rogues had some nerfs in the old Legendarys and both the new effects and some pacts are now stronger.

lawlessness

• Name: speed
• Effect: "Adrenaline Rush" increases your damage by 8% and while "Chop up" is active you have a chance to get the "Adrenaline Rush" effect for 3 seconds.
• Equipment Place: Shoulder, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: Ventunax (peaks of the ascent)
• Alternative: Master Assassin's Mark, when you are supposed to do a lot of damage in a short time

Assassination

• Name: Obedience (Venthyr)
• Effect: “Flagellation” also increases your versatility by 1%. Each combo point consumed while Scourging is active reduces the ability's cooldown by one second.
• Equipment space: head, back (recommended)
• Location: Fame level 48
• Alternatives: Single Target Doomblade, Zoldyck Insignia for Mythic +

illusion

• Name: Obedience (Venthyr)
• Effect: “Flagellation” also increases your versatility by 1%. Each combo point consumed while Scourging is active reduces the ability's cooldown by one second.
• Equipment space: head, back (recommended)
• Location: Fame level 48
• Alternatives: finality, resounding callousness as a Kyrian

The best legendarys for death knights

The death knight legendary items are pretty straight forward. Only Frost Death Knights will have to calculate a little which build they want to play and in which situation which Legendary is most worthwhile.

blood

• Name: Supervirus
• Effect: Frost fever, blood epidemic and virulent epidemic also trigger the other two diseases with reduced effectiveness.
• Equipment space: chest, neck (recommended)
• Location: Generals of the Stone Legion (Nathria Castle)
• Alternative: Crimson rune weapon

frost

• Name: Koltira's favor
• Effect: "Obliterate" deals 10% more damage and has a 12% chance to refund 2 runes.
• Equipment Place: Shoulder, Finger (Recommended)
• Location: Schlickfaust (Castle Nathria)
• Alternative: Anger of the icy champion, if you play with the talent "Sindragosa's Breath", where both Legendarys are quite close to each other

Unholy

• Name: Coat of Certain Death
• Effect: Reduces the runic power cost of "Death Coil" by 10 and "Death Coil" increases the duration of "Dark Transformation" by one second.
• Equipment space: chest, back (recommended)
• Site: Count Denathrius (Nathria Castle)
• Alternative: Furious monster for Mythic +

Making Legendarys - Short Guide

How to make Legendarys: We already have a detailed guide on how to make Legendarys for you. We have summarized the short version for you here. If you want to make Legendarys, you will need some materials:

• a legendary basic armor from the manufacturing professions
• Soul ash from Torghast or from adventures on the mission table
• There are embers of the soul in Torghast from level 9 (new with patch 9.1)
• Fonts for secondary values
• the corresponding reminder for the runic mason

Where can I get the effects? You will receive the memories during certain activities. We have added the respective source directly to the individual Legendarys. You must take the memory to the runecutter in Torghast. From then on you have it permanently.

Some memories, such as those from Torghast, are harder or simply not always to be preserved. Others, such as those from dungeons, are easier to find, especially since there is no longer a daily ban on heroic dungeons .