Talents
Strongest single-target option. Swap to Mindbender on Council and Primordius.
Snipe low-health adds with Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death to maintain high uptime.
Default at 20+ yards.
Cascade on Primordius and Dark Animus.
Divine Star on Council and Ra-den (Megaera if healers need help).
Rotation
Opener
- Stand 25 yards away, use Potion of the Jade Serpent at 2.5s and cast Halo
- Cast Mind Spike
- Cast Shadowfiend
- Cast Berserking and Synapse Springs
- Cast Shadow Word: Pain
- Cast Vampiric Touch
- Cast Devouring Plague
- Cast Mind Blast
- Cast Mind Flay: Insanity
Interrupt and recast Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch if Unerring Vision of Lei Shen procs.
Spell Priority (highest → lowest)
- Devouring Plague — 3 Shadow Orbs only.
- Mind Blast — Use on cooldown.
- Shadow Word: Death — Use both charges on cooldown.
- Mind Flay: Insanity — Recast just before Devouring Plague expires to snapshot the channel.
- Shadow Word: Pain / Vampiric Touch — Aim for 100% uptime.
- Mind Spike — Only with From Darkness, Comes Light.
- Halo — Use on cooldown with proper positioning (20+ yards).
- Mind Flay — Interrupt early for higher priorities.
Macros
CDs
#showtooltip
/cast Berserking
/cast Power Infusion
/use 10
/use 13
/use 14Pops all our major cooldowns at once.
/use 10 — Gloves (Synapse Springs)
/use 13 — Trinket 1
/use 14 — Trinket 2
Shadowfiend
#showtooltip
/cast Shadowfiend
/cleartarget [dead][noharm]
/targetenemy [noexists]
/petattackCasts Shadowfiend and forces it to attack your target.
SWD
#showtooltip Shadow Word: Death
/cleartarget [dead][noharm]
/targetenemy [noexists]
/cast [stance] Shadow Word: Death; [nostance] Shadowform
/cast Shadow Word: DeathEnsures you're in Shadowform before casting Shadow Word: Death. Automatically targets a new enemy if your current target is dead — useful for sniping low-health adds like Ball Lightning.
MOP
#showtooltip
/cast [talent:6/1]Cascade
/cast [talent:6/2]Divine Star
/cast [talent:6/3]HaloAutomatically uses whichever Level 90 talent you have selected — Cascade, Divine Star, or Halo — with the correct tooltip.
Dispersion
#showtooltip
/cast Dispersion
/cancelaura DispersionPress once to activate Dispersion, press again to cancel.
Feather
#showtooltip
/cast [@player] Angelic FeatherAutomatically places Angelic Feather at your feet.
If stacked in a group, step slightly away from others to make sure you still receive it.
Stats
T15 BiS
Stat Weights (EP)
T15 Tips
- Prepot Potion of the Jade Serpent at 15s and hold your cooldowns.
- With Bloodlust and Fluidity, use your CDs and 2nd Potion of the Jade Serpent. RNG Unerring Vision of Lei Shen procs.
- After you clear Ionization, get back into the Fluidity pool quickly and reapply DoTs.
- Use Vampiric Embrace during Lightning Storm.
- Apply Shadow Word: Pain to small adds. Keep Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch on marked elite adds.
- Double DoT the Direhorn Spirit to benefit from the Tier 15 Shadow Priest 2P bonus.
- Spend Devouring Plague and Mind Flay: Insanity on Horridon.
- Use Vampiric Embrace during high Bestial Cry stacks.
Horridon is removed from Damage All Star Points.
- Stack in melee so you can hit multiple targets with Divine Star on cooldown.
- Keep DoTs rolling on all bosses and fill with Mind Sear.
- Recast DoTs when Unerring Vision of Lei Shen procs.
Damage done to Living Sand is removed.
- Cast Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death on adds to trigger Twist of Fate and generate Shadow Orbs.
- Maintain Shadow Word: Pain on a Humming Crystal for the shield.
- Stay spread to reduce the chance of being knocked up by the Whirl Turtles.
Damage done to Humming Crystal is removed. Heroic: Damage done to Vampiric Cave Bat is removed. Only damage done to Whirl Turtles that cast Shell Concussion counts.
- Ignore the Venomous Head.
- Cast Shadow Word: Death on Nether Wyrms to generate Shadow Orbs.
- Swap to Divine Star if your raid needs extra healing throughput.
Damage done to heads that don't die is removed. 25m Heroic: Damage done to Nether Wyrm is removed.
- Use feather charges to intercept Feed Young and gain Primal Nutriment.
- Cast DoTs on the Nest Guardian. Use Mind Sear and Shadow Word: Death otherwise.
- Use Vampiric Embrace during Quills if raid is low.
Ji-Kun is removed from Damage All Star Points.
- Snipe Crimson Fog adds with Shadow Word: Death for Twist of Fate uptime and Shadow Orbs.
- Cast Halo and DoTs on the Ice Walls.
Damage done to Wandering Eye is removed.
- Keep DoTs on all Living Fluids (unless your Warlocks know how to play Affliction).
- Use Cascade on cooldown.
- Adjust your camera angle to help dodge puddles and avoid unwanted debuffs.
Primordius is removed from Damage and Healing All Star Points.
- DoT as many Anima Golems as possible to maintain Twist of Fate.
- Use Cascade on cooldown for efficient multi-target damage.
- Focus your Devouring Plague and Mind Flay: Insanity into the boss.
Heroic: Damage to Large Anima Golem and Massive Anima Golem is removed. Only count damage done to Anima Golems that die.
- Recast DoTs on Iron Qon during mount transitions (Ro'shak → Quet'zal → Dam'ren).
- Hold your 2nd cooldowns and Potion of the Jade Serpent for the final phase, when all four targets are active.
- Use Vampiric Embrace during Fist Smash if raid is low.
Damage done to Ice Tomb is removed.
- Precast Vampiric Touch on Suen then Shadow Word: Pain before she vanishes.
- Refresh DoTs on Suen during Tears of the Sun.
- During Nuclear Inferno (boss immune), focus on off-healing.
- Use Vampiric Embrace when Blazing Radiance stacks get high.
Damage done to Lurker in the Night is removed.
- Use Halo and Mind Sear to handle Ball Lightnings.
- Snipe low adds with Shadow Word: Death to generate Shadow Orbs.
- Save your CDs and 2nd Potion of the Jade Serpent for Bloodlust.
Damage done to Unharnessed Power, Lesser Diffused Lightning, Greater Diffused Lightning, and Diffused Lightning is removed.
- DoT the Crackling Stalker, then burst it with Divine Star and Shadow Word: Death.
- Snipe the first Essence of Anima with Shadow Word: Death. Burn the remaining ones with Devouring Plague and Mind Flay: Insanity.
- Sub 40%, use Divine Star on cooldown to help with the HPS check.
Damage done to Sanguine Horror, Corrupted Anima, Corrupted Vita, and Essence of Vita is removed.