Face Melting 101: Shadow Priest Primer (3.3)
Posted by Galt | Filed under Guides, Priest
So we have almost as many priests in the guild as warriors and its probably time I put some thoughts down on digital paper as to how to shred PVE pixels with shadow damage.
1. Spells
Useful Damaging spells for a shadow priest:
- Vampiric Touch (VT, dot)
- Devouring Plague (DP, dot)
- Shadow Word: Pain (SW:P, dot)
- Mind Blast (MB, direct damage)
- Mind Flay (MF, Channeled)
- Shadow Word: Death (SW:D, Instant Cast hurts self if it doesn’t kill target)
- Shadow Fiend (SF, dps CD and mana return)
- Mind Sear (MS, AOE, All your faces will melt)
Utility Spells for a shadow priest:
- Dispersion (DS, Damage Reduction and Mana return)
- Vampiric Embrace (VE, health returned as a % pain you dish out)
- Inner Fire (IF, boost to spell power and armor)
- Divine Spirit (DS, Boost to Spirit)
- Power Word: Fortitude (PW:F, boost to Stamina)
- Prayer of Shadow Protection (SP, shadow resistance)
- Shadow Form
(SF, the whole reason to play this class, we look frickin baddass and so do our mounts CAUTION: TOOLTIP MAY BLOCK OUT SUN) - Silence (For advanced players only)
- Psychic Horror (PH, for extremely advance players only and fun comes with a personal FU tag for opponents in PVP)
I’ll assume you’re at 80 for this discussion. If you’re not quite there yet, I can build a leveling guide as well, but it basically sounds like this: get spirit tap, get shadow form, attack everything on your screen and race someone to 80. You should win.
2. Builds:
Basic 80 Raiding Build
Maximizes dps with one extra point to place in desired spot. Most choose Focused mind for mana effeciency, some choose Inner Focus minor mana effeciency and crit boost, Few choose Psychic Horror entertainment
Pro Face Melter Build (4P tier 10 + comparable gear)
Thanks to the 4P t10 bonus MF produces roughly equal amounts of damage as MB, sometimes more, sometimes less depending on buffs and haste level. Its usually about the same. Regardless, with the value of them being roughly equal, you are free to pick up utility spells that may help you in raiding
I play with shitty tanks build:
Consider including this.
To be continued…