Welcome to the PVE Shadow Priest DPS Guide for World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King! This guide will teach you how to play an Shadow Priest in a raid. It covers talents, glyphs, gems, enchantments, rotation, and gameplay tips.
Table of ContentsTalents There are two talent build options for Shadow Priest, the first build will be a casual spec usable with every kind of gear. The second one will be for people with 4/5 T10 Set Bonus. The advantage of the second build is that we don’t take Improved Mind Blast which saves us 5 talent points. We take Improved Vampiric Embrace instead which will give our raid extra survivability and lowers threat generated by 16%. Glyphs Major Glyphs Minor Glyphs
Gems Gems are situational and depend on the build and equipment. They are used to reach the required stat caps.
- Meta – Chaotic Skyflare Diamond
- Red – Runed Cardinal Ruby
- Yellow – Reckless Ametrine
- Blue – Purified Dreadstone
Enchants
- Head – Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
- Shoulder – Greater Inscription of the Storm
- Cloak – Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed
- Chest – Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
- Bracers – Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower
- Gloves – Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower
- Waist – Eternal Belt Buckle
- Legs – Brilliant Spellthread
- Boots – Enchant Boots - Icewalker
- Weapon
- One Handed: Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower
- Staves: Enchant Staff - Greater Spellpower
Rotation & Gameplay Rotation
- Maintain Vampiric Touch
- Maintain Devouring Plague
- Cast Mind Blast
- Cast Mind Flay
- Cast Shadow Word: Pain
- Use Mind Flay to fill and refresh Shadow Word: Pain
- Cast Shadow Word: Death when moving
- Maintain Vampiric Touch
- Maintain Devouring Plague
- Maintain Shadow Word: Pain
- Cast Mind Sear
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