Shadow Priest Strategy

[zSwifty]

Can someone please post a good guide for building a shadow priest? Right now I am just saving up all my talent points until I get or see a decent guide, any help would be much appreciated!

- Thanks in advance -

[Zakel]

Experiment is all I can say.. if you feel you messed up reset em..

[Nubli]

Experiment is all I can say.. if you feel you messed up reset em..

That can get very costly after a while... I sure know that I'm up to a 30g respec, and the max is 50g per respec.

As for experimenting, go here:
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[zSwifty]

I was talking about a player written strategy, as I have no idea what to place my skills in, or what order to do so. If anyone has a high level shadow / discipline priest, please post here!

I will give a reputation point if someone helps me with this.

- Thanks in advance -

[Keitaro]

www.thottbot.com

[pureblud]

I think the best thing to do would be to just spec in shadow ( of course ) Um.. shadow priests are generally PvP so just raise the skills that you would need for Pvping.
Thats all I really know about Priests, wish I could help you a bit more.

[pureblud]

Alright, Im no master.. But right now I'm taking a look at all the talents, and heres what I can come up with...

Remember Im thinking PvP.


Shadow:

5/5 Blackout.
5/5 Shadow Focus.
2/2 shadow word Improvement: Pain.
1/1 Mind flay ( seems like a pretty good spell, slow attacker by 50% )
2/2 Improved phycic scream ( for the silence spell )
2/5 Improved Mindblast (Just so you can even it out to 20 skill points )
3/3 Shadow reach ( Seems like a must! )
1/1 Silence ( Casters cant cast spells for 5 sec?! Get it while you can! )
5/5 Shadow weaving
5/5 Darkness.
1/1 Shadow Form.

Alright by then you should be level 41... You have 19 Talent points left...

The rest is really up to you... You could put the other points into some more shadow skills, or one of the other two trees...
Personally I would put them into "Holy" because that way you could be able to heal yourself very well, as well as kick some ***..
Hope It helps!
Gl

[neurotiK]

this would be my ultimate solo/pvp shadow priest

Discipline Talents (18 points)

Unbreakable Will - 5/5 points
Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by 15%.

Improved Power Word: Shield - 3/3 points
Reduces the duration of your Power Word: Shield's Weakened Soul effect by 15 seconds.

Improved Power Word: Fortitude - 2/2 points
Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude spells by 30%.

Mental Agility - 5/5 points
Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%.

Mental Strength - 3/5 points
Increases your maximum Mana by 6%.



Holy Talents (0 points)

None


Shadow Talents (33 points)

Blackout - 5/5 points
Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.

Improved Shadow Word: Pain - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 seconds.

Shadow Focus - 3/5 points
Reduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 6%.

Mind Flay - 1/1 point
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 damage over 3 seconds and slowing the target to 50% of their movement speed.

Level 28: 126 damage over 3 seconds
Level 36: 186 damage over 3 seconds
Level 44: 261 damage over 3 seconds
Level 52: 330 damage over 3 seconds
Level 60: 426 damage over 3 seconds

Improved Mind Blast - 5/5 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by 2.5 seconds.

Improved Psychic Scream - 2/2 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream spell by 4 seconds.

Shadow Reach - 2/3 points
Increases the range of your Shadow damage spells by 13%.

Silence - 1/1 point
Silence the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 seconds.

Vampiric Embrace - 1/1 point
Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow damage you deal for 1 minute.

Shadow Weaving - 5/5 points
Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.

Darkness - 5/5 points
Increases your Shadow spell damage by 10%.

Shadowform - 1/1 point
Assume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.