SHADOW PRIEST

Rotation(PRIORITY LIST):
1.vapiric touch

2. devouring plague

3.shadow word:pain

4.mind blast(In earlier patches this is superior to MF)

5.mind flay

(6.shadow word:death - DP stronger but more mana required(not worth mostly in earlier patches))

But u have a buff which stacks till 5 and once u get 5 ur shadow dmg increases by 10%(2% each) if im
right ->

SO when opening a fight u start with vampiric touch, DP, 3 ticks of MF(mind flay), after that u apply
shadow word:pain since u will get more damage like this way.

WHEN TO USE MIND SEAR – never use when there’re less than 4 enemies – mind sear wont damage the
target u use it on – if u dmg 3 targets its a dmg increase

WHEN TO USE DOT IN AOE – since u scale with haste this will become stronger overtime – When a mob
would take around 75% of the dot time, its usually worth to do VP on multiple targets and spam MS

Stat prio:
-HIT HIT HIT – 11% - 289 rating, with draenei its 263

-SP best overall

-haste comes second

-crit and spirit( little bit behind, but this shifts with ur gear level ) – Spirit is pretty useful due to the fact
that a lot of sp comes from it through talents, id still recommend using rawr or some addon or program
to track the optimal stat weights

Gems:
Meta: Chaotic – 3%more crit dmg and crit rating
Red: Runed

Yellow: Reckless

Blue: purified

Activate the meta first and then usually u go for all runed at beginning, since the gem bonuses are really
low ( worth mostly if its like a 5sp bonus or something, again Rawr is useful here).

To sum up, use runed everywhere, use 2 purples for meta at the best bonus, use the least yellows ( only
if bonus worth it)

Professions:
-engineering: enchant and bombs

-tailoring: enchant ( SHITLOAD OF DOLLAS FROM THIS 😊)

Enchant:
Pretty trivial, the special ones are:

- HANDS: Hyperspeed from engineer – 340 haste is HUGE for shadow priest – Haste is
sometimes has the same worth as SP
- Back: Lightweave Emboidery - usually u want to use hands when this pops
- Boots: Nitro – u can go icewalker if have problems with hit(only scenario is in prepatch)

Consumables:
- Saronite bombs
- Pot of Speed and Wild Magic ( u can bottleneck this aswell with using wild magic as prepot
for the increased crit rating thorough the whole fight for SW:P (same mechanism as for
warlocks with the Nevermelting Ice trinket)) – Not sure if this is worth it early on
 Watchout for burst phases, can go over the haste cap easily with Hero/BL, hands, pot of
speed, then its usually better to use wild magic (usually result of bad / unlucky timing or ur
haste is overall high and should use WM during Heros)

WATCH OUT FOR:

- Keep track of all the possible procs, use hands with them if possible – As you play a lot and
get used to the class, the timings will become sort of automatic ( more or less the procs will
happen around the same time during bossfights, therefore u will know when to use ur
hands, pot etc.)
- When ur haste proc is about to drop, try to squeeze out a last dot, which should usually be a
VP and spam DP(haste decreases the time till dot expires(less time, same dmg))
- Always wait for the last tick of dots( ignore if the previous is true), and try to time applying it
back the second it drops (easy early, but as gear grows this will become a lot harder and a
lot more of or dps will depend on such “small” things)
ADDONS U REALLY NEED:
- WEAKAURAS
- IDK the name (when u push a button it activates instantly, not after u release it)
- RAWR
- Addon which shows when the channelling will dmg – in case u have to break MF or MS better to
do it right after the tick

MACROS:
1st – MF which wont cancel it while u r channelling it

-Same with MS(wont cancel itself)

-VT(wont cancel MF)

2nd – Cancel dispersion – Useful in lot of fights to downtime

3rd – Levitate cast self,cancel

GLYPHS:
MAJOR:

-MF : must

-SHADOW : must

-DISPERSION or SW:P early because of the mana issues, but id rather go with Disp it gives back mana
aswell and but increases the survivability

MINOR:

-Shadowfiend – must

-Fortitude – recommended for during fight deaths rebuff

-Levitate – recommended - knockup fights

Talents:
This is what I’d go for surely, and the remaining 3 talents are up to you.
What I’m recommending is either Focused Mind – for mana cost decrease – or Shadow Affinity- because
of the threat decrease. There isn’t anything else that’s worth more for plain PVE

Boss: Takii Top 5% Difference:

Patchwerk 5150 (81) 6-6.5k 1-1.5k
Grobulus 4550 (65) 6.5-7k 2k
Gluth 4700 (84) 6-6.5k 2k
Thadius 6940 (73) 8.5-9k 1.5k
Anub’rekan 5000 (78) 7.5-8k 2k
Fearlina 4970 (85) 6.5-7k 1.5k
Maexna 4230 (74) 6-6.5k 2k
 Noth the plaguebringer 2840 (69) 6-6.5k 4k
Heigan 4050 (82) 6-6.5k 2k
Loatheb 6110 (83) 7.5-8k 1.5
Instructor Razuvious - -
Gothik the Harvester 1900 (80) 5-6k 4k
4Horseman 4000 (75) 6-6.5k 2k
Saphiron 3920 (57) 6.5-7k 2k
KT 4250 (87) 6.5-7k 2k

Malygos 2220 (57) 4.5-5k 2.5k

Satharion 4590 (81) 5.5-6k 1k

Pre-raid BiS
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/guides/
shadow-priest-dps-best-in-slot-gear-pre-raid
Phase 1 – BiS list – T7

HEAD Hood of Rationality Malygos 25

Nema HIT-a Gothik’s Cowl Gothik/Gluth

NECK Wyrmrest neckless of power Satharion quest - EoE
SHOULDER Valorous Mantle of Faith Emblemi 60 / Gluth Naxx 25

Mantle of the Corrupted 4horse/Gluth

BACK Pennant Cloak Satharion 25
Nema HIT-a
CHEST Heigan's Putrid Vestments Heigan
WRIST Unsullied Cuffs Satharion 25

Nema HIT-a
Bindings of the Expansive Mind Instructor Razuvious
HANDS Valorous Handwraps of Faith Satharion 25

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BELT Leash of Heedless Magic Malygos 25

LEGS Leggings of the Wanton Spellcaster Malygos 25 (sa hitom)

BOOTS Arcanic Tramplers Malygos 25 (nema hit-a)

FINGER 1 Signet of Manifested Pain KT (nema hit-a)

 FINGER 2 Band of Channeled Magic Emblems
TRINKET 1 Illustration of the Dragon Soul Satharion 25
TRINKET 2 Dying Curse Maexna/Grobulus/Gothic/Heigan
WEAPON Torch of Holy Fire KT (nema hit-a)
OFF HAND Surplus Limb Patchwerk
WAND Gemmed Wand of the Nerubians Anub 25

Phase 2 - ULDUAR

Head Conqueror’s Circlet of Sanctif Tier Head – THORIM 25

Neck Pendant of Fiery Havoc FL 25 HM
Shoulders Conqueror’s Mantle of Sanctification Tier – YOGG 25m
Back Sunglimmer Cloak Algalon quest 25m
Chest Conqueror’s Raiments of Sanctification Tier – HODIR 25m
Wrists Grasps of Reason XT 25m
Hands Pharos Gloves Algalon 25m
Weist Starwather’s Binding Algalon 25m
Legs COnquror’s Pants of Sanctification Tier – Freya 25m
Boots Boots of Fiery Resolution FL 25m
Finger Conductive Seal Mimiron 25m
Finger Nebula band Agalon 10m
Trinket Flare of the Heavens Vezzax 25m
Trinket Scale of Fates Thorim 25m
Weapon Starshard Edge Algalon 25m
Offhand Cosmos Algalon 25m
Wand Petrified Icy Spring Freya 10m