How the Revamped Shadow Orb System Will Affect Shadow Priests - Mists of Pandaria Classic

Posted 2025/05/31 at 1:25 PM by Cyradys

Vampiric EmbraceDispersionGeneral ChangesTwist of FateSpiritual PrecisionShadow OrbMind BlastShadow Word: DeathDevouring PlaguePsychic HorrorAngelic FeatherRegalia of Dying LightSpell Changes

Shadowform has been changed to let you cast Renew, Prayer of Mending, and Leap of Faith while in Shadowform.

Vampiric Touch has been changed to only restore mana to the caster instead of the group.

Vampiric Embrace has been changed to be a short burst cooldown instead of a static buff like Inner Fire.

Shadow Word: Pain now deals damage upon initial application, allowing you to tag mobs and gives you a spammable spell during movement.

Silence is now baseline, serving as an interrupt as well with a 45-second cooldown.

New Spells of NoteVoid ShiftTalent ChangesNew Talents of Note - Main

Body and Soul: This ability modifies Power Word: Shield and Leap of Faith to give the target a 60% movement speed buff for 4 seconds, as well as the initial effects.

Angelic Feather: This new ability allows the Priest to place feathers at a targetable location on the ground. When someone walks through the feather, they gain an 80% increase in movement speed for a short period. This ability has 3 charges and refreshes a charge every 10 seconds.

Solace and Insanity: For Shadow Priest, this modifies your next Mind Flay after a Devouring Plague cast to deal 33% more damage per Shadow Orb consumed. This is a pretty substantial damage increase.

Halo: For Shadow Priest, this fires a ring of Shadow energy up to 30 yards surrounding the Priest. It deals damage to enemies and heals allies touched by it, with the damage and healing scaling based on the distance the ring has traveled. This has a significant drawback, however, as it attracts any mob within range of the ring.

New Talents of Note - Niche

Void Tendrils - A new ability that summons tendrils near you that root the nearest 5 targets within 8 yards for 20 seconds.

Cascade - This launches a damaging or healing projectile out from the Priest, depending on the target. It moves towards the target and increases in damage or healing as it travels towards the target. Upon landing, it will bounce to other allies/enemies depending on the initial target, and split each time it hits into two projectiles.

Divine Star - This fires a projectile in a line straight from the Priest 24 yards away, and then it will return. Any ally hit is healed, and any enemy hit is dealt damage within 4 yards of the path.

SymbiosisTranquilityRotation ChangesOpener

Cast Halo.

Pre-cast Mind Spike one time for some high up-front damage before you apply damage over time effects.

Cast Shadow Word: Pain.

Cast Shadowfiend.

Cast Vampiric Touch.

Cast Devouring Plague.

Cast Mind Blast.

Cast Mind Flay and proceed to standard rotation.

Single Target

Cast Halo.

Maintain uptime on Shadow Word: Pain, cast it when it is about to fall off, but not when it falls off. Do not apply it if the target will die faster than the spell can tick.

Maintain uptime on Vampiric Touch, cast it when it is about to fall off, but not when it falls off. Do not apply it if the target will die faster than the spell can tick.

Cast Shadowfiend.

Cast Devouring Plague when you have 3 Shadow Orbs.

Cast Mind Blast.

Cast Shadow Word: Death if it is available.

Cast Mind Flay, interrupt after 2 ticks if cooldowns come up or a DoT needs refreshing.

Multiple Targets

Cast Halo.

Maintain uptime on Shadow Word: Pain on all targets, cast it when it is about to fall off, but not when it falls off. Do not apply it if the target will die faster than the spell can tick.

Maintain uptime on Vampiric Touch, cast it when it is about to fall off, but not when it falls off. Do not apply it if the target will die faster than the spell can tick.

Cast Shadowfiend.

Cast Devouring Plague when you have 3 Shadow Orbs.

Cast Mind Blast.

Cast Shadow Word: Death if it is available. Keep an eye out in multiple target situations where you can take advantage of mobs being at different health intervals.

Cast Mind Sear, interrupt the cast following the second tick or later if needed for a cooldown refresh or DoT refresh.

Comment by AlbinoFreakenIs this Revamp different from how shadow priest was in original MoP or is it just the changes from cata to mop ?Comment by PlusTechIs this Revamp different from how shadow priest was in original MoP or is it just the changes from cata to mop ?Comment by stummyzits been perfect bliss logging into my priest everyday ! they are the MOST prettyiest class in Cata with the wings and little disco lights above their waist .. i love the little instant casts that make me wave my little off-hand "Sailor-moon" inspired weapon (also from a Cata dungeon!)
this armor here is the 'souped-up' version of what you see the Scarlet Abbots wear- it looks like the Scarlet Onslaught from Wrath went on a secret mission to infiltrate Ulduar , and empowered their Raven priests with Pyrite infused Ulduar technology !

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