Shadow Priest

Rotation:

Single Target

Shadow Priest's single target rotation is extremely easy as you don't have any short CD's to manage.

1. Void bolt on CD ALWAYS
2. Shadow word: void / Mind Blast
3. Mind Flay

If you spec into Shadow Word: Death:

1. Void bolt
2. Shadow word: Death IF 2 charges
3. Shadow word: Void IF 2 charges
4. Shadow word: Death
5. Shadow word: Void
6. Mind flay

Basically, don't waste charges.

Do you run shadow crash or dark void? Keep them on CD while not wasting charges of shadow word: Void / Voidbolt CD.

Cleave

1. Void Bolt on CD
2. Shadow word: Void IF 2 charges
3. Shadow word: Pain
4. Vampiric Touch
5. Shadow word: Void
6. Mind Flay / Mind Sear

More info about this below in playstyle!

Playstyle:

Mind searing

• 3 Targets - replace Mind Flay
• 5 Targets - replace Mind Blast
• 6 Targets replace - Shadow Word: Void

Voidform timing + CD's

Voidform uptime is the most important thing, for this reason you want to make sure you time on-use things correctly.

For example when running Fuse + Shadowfiend + berserking:

• You want shadowfiend to last till the last second of voidform
• You want to pop fuse 5 seconds before you shadowfiend
• You want to berserking 3 seconds after you shadowfiend

This way you have them all at the same time at 12 seconds, giving you the best haste at the latest points of voidform.

Grong Encounter Example

I use Fuse at 13 > Shadowfiend at 18 > Berserking at 21. The adds will spawn around this time. I will have all my burst haste running for the first set of adds, dotting them without issues of dropping voidform and lasting about a 35 voidform.

Multidotting

Although dotting targets is important, its also important to keep in mind to not waste void bolts + Shadow word: Void.

As standard you want to use void bolt on CD and keep Shadow Word: Void at least rolling on CD.

I personally use a boss target macro and boss frames to maintain dots.

When to re-apply your dots

• Shadow word: Pain 5 seconds
• Vampiric Touch 7 seconds

General Discussion

• Spirits that spawn from Shadow word: pain can still get the damage effect from Auspicious spirits if Vampiric touch is applied before the spirit hits the target.
• Shadow word: Pain has some instant cast damage to the spell making it worth quicker.
• Of course if you run the misery talent you skip Shadow word: Pain unless there is movement required.
• When adds on Stormwall Blockade spawn, you want to still keep using Void bolt / Shadow word: Void instead of instantly dotting them.
• The one second of missing out on a Shadow word: Pain tick will not out perform the Insanity regeneration / damage of a void bolt.
• Often people drop voidforms while multi dotting, instead of maintaining the voidform.
• While at high voidform stacks you can apply dots in-between shadow word: void / Voidbolts and dot instead of using mind flay.