Recommended Talents
Recommended Raiding Build
Single Target:
- Tier 1 Drain Soul
- Tier 2 Siphon Life
- Tier 3 Burning Rush
- Tier 4 Phantom Singularity
- Tier 5 Mortal Coil
- Tier 6 Haunt
- Tier 7 Dark Soul: Misery
Cleave (Multi DoT):
- Tier 1 Drain Soul
- Tier 2 Absolute Corruption
- Tier 3 Burning Rush
- Tier 4 Vile Taint
- Tier 5 Mortal Coil
- Tier 6 Dark Caller
- Tier 7 Dark Soul: Misery
Recommended Mythic+ Build
- Tier 1 Drain Soul
- Tier 2 Absolute Corruption
- Tier 3 Burning Rush
- Tier 4 Vile Taint
- Tier 5 Mortal Coil
- Tier 6 Dark Caller
- Tier 7 Dark Soul: Misery
Boss specific recommendations and strategy:
Raid BossesTalents Discussion
Tier 1 (15)



Nightfall: Corruption damage has a chance to make the next Shadow Bolt instant and do 50% more damage.
Inevitable Demise: Damage with Agony increases the damage of your drain soul by 15% stacking up to 50%.
Drain Soul: Replace Shadow Bolt with a channel doing 100% more damage when the target is under 20% if a target dies while getting drained you gain a soulshard.
Raiding: Drain Soul Strong for shard sniping and the execute damage.
Mythic: Drain Soul Strong for shard sniping and the execute damage.
Tier 2 (25)



Writhe in Agony: Agony stack up to 18 stacks and start with 4 stacks.
Absolute Corruption: Corruption will become permanent and deal 15% more damage
Siphon Life: An additional DoT that will heal you for 30% of the damage it does.
Raiding: Siphon Life works well with the new Malefic Rapture increased damage.
Mythic+: Absolute Corruption Good for DoT management when there are multiple targets.
Tier 3 (30)



Demon Skin: Soul Leech passively recharge 0.5% maximum health every 1 sec up to 15% of maximum health.
Burning Rush: Increase movement speed by 50% dealing 4% of maximum health every 1 sec.
Dark Pact: Sacrifice 20% max HP gaining 250% shield of sacrificed HP.
Demon Skin is strong when there is consistent ticking damage to help the healers. Burning Rush is very good when there is a lot of movement when you can't pre-plan it with Circle. Dark Pact is very good if there is a short high burst mechanic that you need to stack extra health/shield to survive.
Raiding: Situational, all 3 are viable.
Mythic: Situational, all 3 are viable.
Tier 4 (35)



Sow the Seeds: Seed of corruption get 2 more seeds.
Phantom Singularity: A strong AoE DoT that damages everything in a 15-yard radius healing you for 25% of damage dealt.
Vile Taint: Strong burst AoE DoT costs 1 shard to cast and slowing targets by 30%.
Phantom Singularity is the strongest for a single target and you want to line it up with your shard dumping for most damage output.
Raiding: Phantom Singularity is a very strong tingle target to save up 5 shards to dump on Malefic Rapture.
Mythic+: Vile Taint is good for AoE burst.
Tier 5 (40)



Darkfury: Reduces the cooldown of Shadowfury by 15 sec increasing radius by 2 yards.
Mortal Coil: Horrifies target for 3 sec and healing you for 20% max HP 45 sec cooldown.
Howl of Terror: Instant fear all targets within 10 yards for 20-sec breaks on damage taken.
Darkfury can be good if there are a lot of adds you need to stun or use it often. Mortal Coil is very strong just as a 20% heal every 45 seconds. Howl of Terror can be hard to find the right time to use due to fears breaking very fast.
Raiding: Mortal Coil Very strong 45-sec heal to help out the healers.
Mythic+: Mortal Coil Very strong 45-sec heal to help out the healer.
Tier 6 (45)



Dark Caller: Reduce cooldown by Darkglare with 60 sec.
Haunt: Does small damage on impact and increased damage dealt to the target by 10%.
Grimoire of Sacrifice: Sacrifice your pet to gain a chance on hit to do splash damage.
Dark Caller can be good if you need to line all your cooldowns up with each other for the 2 min burst. Haunt is the best in most situations for the extra 10% damage to your priority target.
Raid: Haunt Strong increase to single/Prio targets.
Mythic+: Dark Caller In M+ it's hard to find a use for haunt so being able to line all your cooldowns up all the time will be strong.
Tier 7 (50)



Soul Conduit: 15% chance to refund a shard.
Creeping Death: Your DoTs tick 15% faster.
Dark Soul: Misery: Increase your haste by 30% for 20 sec.
Raiding: Dark Soul: Misery
Mythic+: Dark Soul: Misery