Shadow Priest Rotation Guide - Midnight

От EllipsisPriest Обновлено: 13.10.2026

Shadow Priest Rotation in Мощный удар щупальцемДушевная связь

Maximise Shadow Word: Madness Uptime Безумие is Shadow's only resource which it uses to cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие. Prioritize using Shadow Word: Madness to keep your insanity from capping at 100. Keeping Shadow Word: Madness up for as long as possible will increase your damage through Искусность: подчинение Тьмы.

Keep Cooldowns on Cooldown: Alongside a resource system, Shadow has a variety of short, medium, and long duration cooldowns to manage. The rule of thumb is to prioritize shorter cooldown spells over longer cooldown spells to avoid situations where you lose an overall use of an ability throughout an encounter.

React to Procs: Shadow has several procs like Темное прозрение, and Пожиратель разума which need to be reacted to and spent as and when they occur to avoid wasting potential spell casts.

Best Shadow Priest RotationHero Talent Master Switchesentire page's Best Shadow Priest Single Target Rotation Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityUse the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsСтраданияПризванный кошмарОблик БездныPriority

Maintain Прикосновение вампира, either with Мощный удар щупальцем or hard cast Прикосновение вампира

Cast Сияние.

Cast Придание сил.

Spend Безумие on Слово Тьмы: Безумие if it is not active, is about to fall off, or you are about to cap.

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Пытка разума: безумие if Слово Тьмы: Безумие is active.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие if Облик Бездны is active.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем if there will be no additional targets to DoT or upcoming movement.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if the target is below 20% Hp.

Cast Пытка разума, interrupting as soon as anything of higher priority becomes available.

When moving, cast Мощный удар щупальцем, Слово Тьмы: Смерть, or Слово Тьмы: Боль to generate some Безумие and deal some damage.

Use the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsСтраданияПризванный кошмарОблик БездныPriority

Maintain Прикосновение вампира, either with Мощный удар щупальцем or hard cast Прикосновение вампира

Cast Придание сил.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if the target has an absorb shield.

Cast Вспышка Бездны if Слово Тьмы: Безумие is active or if Энтропический разлом is about to expire.

Spend Безумие on Слово Тьмы: Безумие if it is not active, is about to fall off, you are about to cap, or Энтропический разлом is active.

Cast Поток Бездны to activate Энтропический разлом.

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем if there will be no additional targets to DoT or upcoming movement.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if the target is below 20% Hp.

Cast Пытка разума, interrupting as soon as anything of higher priority becomes available.

When moving, cast Мощный удар щупальцем, Слово Тьмы: Смерть, or Слово Тьмы: Боль to generate some Безумие and deal some damage.

Best Shadow Priest AoE RotationБезумие Please select a Hero Talent option to generate a Single Target priorityUse the ✖ markers to switch to common alternate talent picks based on your loadout.The builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes. OptionsСтраданияПризванный кошмарОблик БездныPriority

Maintain Прикосновение вампира, either with Мощный удар щупальцем or hard cast Прикосновение вампира

Cast Сияние.

Cast Придание сил.

Spend Безумие on Слово Тьмы: Безумие if it is not active, is about to fall off, or you are about to cap.

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Пытка разума: безумие if Слово Тьмы: Безумие is active.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие if Облик Бездны is active.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем if there will be no additional targets to DoT or upcoming movement.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if there is a target is below 20% Hp.

Cast Пытка разума, interrupting as soon as anything of higher priority becomes available.

When moving, cast Мощный удар щупальцем, Слово Тьмы: Смерть, or Слово Тьмы: Боль to generate some Безумие and deal some damage.

Maintain Прикосновение вампира, either with Мощный удар щупальцем or hard cast Прикосновение вампира

Cast Придание сил.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if the target has an absorb shield.

Cast Вспышка Бездны if Слово Тьмы: Безумие is active or if Энтропический разлом is about to expire.

Spend Безумие on Слово Тьмы: Безумие if it is not active, is about to fall off, you are about to cap, or Энтропический разлом is active.

Cast Поток Бездны to activate Энтропический разлом.

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем if there will be no additional targets to DoT or upcoming movement.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Смерть if there is a target is below 20% Hp.

Cast Пытка разума, interrupting as soon as anything of higher priority becomes available.

When moving, cast Мощный удар щупальцем, Слово Тьмы: Смерть, or Слово Тьмы: Боль to generate some Безумие and deal some damage.

Best Shadow Priest OpenerБезумиеСлово Тьмы: БезумиеHero Talent Please select a Hero Talent option to generate an Opener sequenceThe builds used below are covered in the Talents page. Anywhere you see the icon, you can hover over it for additional notes.Sample Timeline OptionsСтраданияПризванный кошмарОблик БездныSequence

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем.

Cast Сияние.

Cast Придание сил + Use Зелье безрассудства + Any on use trinkets

OptionsСтраданияПризванный кошмарОблик БездныSequence

Cast Взрыв разума.

Cast Мощный удар щупальцем.

Cast Придание сил + Use Зелье безрассудства + Any on use trinkets.

Cast Слово Тьмы: Безумие.

Cast Поток Бездны.

Cast Вспышка Бездны.

Pre-Combat Check Shadow Priest Major Cooldowns Power Infusion Близнецы жрицы СолнцаПридание сил Voidform

Облик Бездны is an unusual cooldown compared to most as very little of its value comes from the damage bonuses associated with having the Voidform buff, and instead it comes from having access to the new spell, Залп Бездны. Void Volley is a spell that Shadow Priests aim to prioritize during Voidform so as not to potentially lose a cast throughout its duration.

Voidform can also be extended as Archon through the Неиссякаемая мощь talent, as well as the Древнее безумие talent.

Shadow Priests should use Voidform on cooldown as consistently as possible, as this will result in it lining up perfectly with Придание сил, Сияние, and Поток Бездны.

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Has anyone figured out a good rotation with all the new available cds? I've been messing around with the talent ring, sephuz, shadow word:void, dark void, spirits, bender, and dark ascension . Right now my opener is sw void, bender, vt, dark void, sw void, void erruption. When that void form is about to end around 20 seconds, I try to have a charge of shadow word void or two up to cast before using Dark Acension so my insanity bar is full enough for another 20 second void form. By the time that void form is done, bender is about to come off cd and I can start the process again. Does that make sense? Thoughts?

Комментарий от Smackmytotem

In the "special usage of dark ascension" part of the guide, step 2, the linked spell/action is Talk, when I believe it should be something else (probably shadow crash).

Комментарий от Domdonadon

Hi there, Holy priest Cambria here from Cael, doing some research into a good shadow rotation, which appears quite complex.

I am just wondering...is it not a bit of a waste casting both Void Eruption and then Dark Ascension putting one's self into void form, as per the Special Usage of Dark Ascension' section?

Also looking forward to this site getting some updated love, it refers to the NH Mythic Chronomatic Anomaly strat....
Cheers.

Комментарий от Keilis

When using Misery, when do you recast Vampiric Touch - when Vampiric Touch is about to end or when Shadow Word: Pain is about to end? Somewhere in the middle?

Комментарий от daadaadaaren

Are there any tips or comments on how to use the unfurling darkness talent on single target? Does it rank above or below a normal mind blast?

Комментарий от Laxxboy

Why do we Arcane Torrent 7 seconds before pull as Blood Elf?

Комментарий от Parnass

The Night Fae ability can be used during voidform I don't get why misinformation is spread about it. It DOES reduce the cd of Void Eruption even during voidform simply because the CD starts refreshing as soon as void eruption is cast. It means you get out of voidform with a remaining cooldown of about 45 seconds or less depending on your haste and rotation.

It's actually quite nice to synergize them when possible because of the added insanity making the rotation even deadlier (and Niya/Dreamweaver adding free mastery/haste when casting fae guardians too).

Комментарий от Fulfinsen

Why am I getting to this page when I click on Prot Warrior Rotation guide?

Комментарий от Aisenfaire

Looks like a mistake in the code is even if Inescapable Torment is unchecked (talent not taken), the guide still says to use SW Death while Mindbender is active.

Комментарий от XjohnnyXbravo

Great rotation helps me get good dps i mostly come in first 2nd dps ty.

Комментарий от Icezombie

Am i correct in assuming that no mention of on-use trinket means that it's all a bit too variable to pick a dedicated spot for these trinkets in the opener and priority order breakdowns?
Got myself a transmitter and i'm still learning more about the "rotation", so it's not quite obvious to me just yet.

Комментарий от Kilrathi3

This guide for rotation, needs fixin, it has not been updated to current.
There is no Mind Flay for Voidweaver yet it is everywhere in rotation suggestions with this selection.
the author has been mia for over 5 months.

Комментарий от Anise

As a total noob who never played priest this is about as useful as teats on a male boar. Thanks for writing this but i dont have most of those spells as a fresh level 10 lightforged and this "guide" teaches me very little.

I will continue using the one button rotation. That opens with Vampiric and not shadow word death as this guid says. I will watch what the OBR chooses and replicate those spells in that order on another bar higher up the screen. That will give me a start.

Комментарий от Kyuubey32

Ah yes the typical use of Void Volley before even bieng in Voidform...

Shadow Priest Rotation Guide - Midnight

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