Introduction to the Shadow Priest

 Shadow Priests are priests that use their ties to the void in order to cause pain and suffering to their enemies. Most of their spells are either related to hits directly into their foes minds, weakening them with every blow or tapping into the power of the void to strike their foes with ancient powers. Like other Priest specs, they have the option to heal their allies’ wounds, but at a much more expensive cost. Shadow Priests can also convert the pain of their enemies into salvation to their allies, using vampire rituals in order to do so. The main thing that makes Shadow Priests truly special is Voidform.

Below you will find a beginners guide to the Shadow Priest, you can click on highlighted abilities, for a more in depth description of them.

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Shadow Priest

Talents

Level	Choices
15	Fortress of the Mind	Shadowy Insight	Shadow Word: Void ✅
30	Body and Soul ✅	San’layn	Intangibility
45	Twist of Fate	Misery	Dark Void ✅
60	Last Word	Mind Bomb	Psychic Horror ✅
75	Auspicious Spirits ✅	Shadow Word: Death	Shadow Crash
90	Lingering Insanity ✅	Mindbender	Void Torrent
100	Legacy of the Void ✅	? Dark Ascension	Surrender to Madness

Rotation of the Shadow Priest

The basic rotation of the Shadow Priest:

• Use  Shadowfiend whenever available, preferably when you have as much Haste as possible

• Apply and maintain  Shadow Word: Pain and  Vampiric Touch on your target, only refreshing them when they are about to fall off

• Cast  Void Eruption whenever possible in order to enter  Voidform

• Cast  Void Bolt on cooldown when in Voidform

• Use   Shadow Word: Void  on cooldown, inside or outside of Voidform

• Cast  Dark Void only when you are outside of  Voidform

• Cast  Mind Flay as a filler when all of the above spells can not be cast or do not have to be cast

Cooldowns

• Shadowfiend has a 3-minute cooldown which summons a shadowy fiend that attacks your target for 15 seconds. It is an offensive cooldown that is not particularly strong

• Void Eruption has a 2.5-second cast time (reduced by Haste), at the end of which you enter Voidform. Void Eruption also deals a big burst of damage to all enemies within 10 yards of your target.

Stat Priority

The stat priority of the Shadow Priest is:

1. Haste = Critical Strike
2. Mastery = Versatility
3. Intellect

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