MOP PVE Guide | skimmynz

Talents

Void Tendrils

Useful for dealing with Blessed Loa Spirit and Diffused Lightning.

Angelic Feather

No longer a wheelchair class. Far stronger than the Retail version.

Solace and Insanity

Strongest single-target option. Swap to Mindbender on Council and Primordius.

Angelic Bulwark

Passive shield that procs at low health — set and forget.

Twist of Fate

Snipe low-health adds with Shadow Word: Pain and Shadow Word: Death to maintain high uptime.

Halo

Default at 20+ yards.
Cascade on Primordius and Dark Animus.
Divine Star on Council and Ra-den (Megaera if healers need help).

Rotation

Opener

Pre Pull

Stand 25 yards away, use Potion of the Jade Serpent at 2.5s and cast Halo
Cast Mind Spike

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.
Recast just before they fall off, or if Unerring Vision of Lei Shen procs.
Mind Spike — Only with From Darkness, Comes Light.
Halo — Use on cooldown with proper positioning (20+ yards).
Mind Flay — Interrupt early for higher priorities.

Before casting Devouring Plague, make sure Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch both have at least 8 seconds remaining — so you won't need to interrupt Mind Flay: Insanity to refresh them.

Macros

CDs

#showtooltip
/cast Berserking
/cast Power Infusion
/use 10
/use 13
/use 14

Pops 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]
/petattack

Casts 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: Death

Ensures 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]Halo

Automatically uses whichever Level 90 talent you have selected — Cascade, Divine Star, or Halo — with the correct tooltip.

Dispersion

#showtooltip
/cast Dispersion
/cancelaura Dispersion

Press once to activate Dispersion, press again to cancel.

Feather

#showtooltip
/cast [@player] Angelic Feather

Automatically places Angelic Feather at your feet.
If stacked in a group, step slightly away from others to make sure you still receive it.

Stats

Priority Hit cap → Haste → Mastery → Crit

WowSims

T15 BiS

Haste Haste Breakpoints

42.79% 15,294

Mastery

43.09% 9,564

Hit

15.07% 5,123

Crit

21.62% 3,545

Unerring Vision of Lei Shen grants 100% crit on proc.

Stat Weights (EP)

Intellect

1.00

Spell Power

0.98

Spirit

0.90

Hit

0.85

Haste

0.75

Mastery

0.51

Crit

0.49

T15 Tips

Last Stand of the Zandalari

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.

No rules.

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.

Forgotten Depths

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.

Halls of Flesh-Shaping

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.

Pinnacle of Storms

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.

Shadow Priest Guide — Mists of Pandaria Classic