To lost Shadow Priests

[Alkhara Majere]

I know the rotation, my DOT uptime is over 90%. Yet, I'm getting out DPSed by players by a lot more than some 5% tax. If I'm doing 5k DPS, top players are doing 7k-7.5k DPS.

Shadow Priest defiantly have the short end of the stick right now, as do other hybrid DPS classes. This thread is not here for people to argue that.

I've been playing a Shadow Priest since Molten Core. I just wanted to toss down a little guideline for raiding shadow priests.

1. Hug your Elemental Shaman, yell at him if ToW / WoA are not down.
   
2. Make sure no Boomkin is putting up Imp FF.
   
3. Get Quartz + Quartz MF2.
   
4. If you have high latency make /cast nochanneling mind flay macros for VT / MB / DP.
   
5. Get some kind of dot timer mod.
   
6. Get your Shadowfiend out right before Heroism. If your shaman is not predictable or does not call it out or you do not run with run, use Shadowfiend whenever it's off CD.
   
7. Screw VE. Sure, put it up at the very start of the fight as the boss is being repositioned, otherwise focus on your initial rotation, get 5 stacks up fast and put up pain. Never let pain drop.
   
8. Hug that Shaman.
   
9. SWD when you are running.
   
10. Stand on things that buff damage like the blue runes during Iron Council. Hug the person with Storm Cloud and always be in a Moon Beam during Hodir. Use a Potion of Wild magic during Hero. Blah blah blah.

Wall of text: Spriest requires you to max your gear as much as possible (Hello Exalted Hodir rep). Be extremely aware of your cds/timers, know incoming dmg, know what helps you (black shadow crashes) or hurts your (death rune). Being 2-3k dps behind other hybrids that are not Feral Druids on melee happy fights is not okay. Spriest just takes a lot of work if you want to be on the same level or above other hybrids. You should be above an elemental shaman on dps, around a good boomkin, just below mages / warlocks. It takes a lot of dedication when compared to other classes.

[Saedusii]

I love being a Shadow Priest.. although I always get discriminated against. :O

[gezus]

Heya.. I play a shadow preist as well, and would like to add one of my own pointers.

if there is more than 1 Target .. DOT IT.

-Target #1-MB/VT/DP/SW: D/SW:P
*Tab*
-Target #2. MB/VT/SW:P

and so forth with the Priority system (You should ALL know it by now) .. MAKE SURE you dot timer watches dots on ALL tagets, and as soon as that SW:P is about to drop off of Target #1 a quick Tab-VT/MF.. back to Target #2

Once you get good at this you will see HUGE improvements, An example is Iron Council I put out between 6 and 7k DPS on that fight as shadow, and the key to that is A.) All of Alkhara's points (Stay IN the Rune) .. and B.) I keep VT/SW:P ticking on ALL 3 of those jerks the WHOLE time.

Takes practice, and sometimes RNG wont let it happen for you .. but trust me .. You can be top 5 easily.

Also if your new or your having trouble with priority or rotation .. check out this post I found about a rotation macro. If you are good it will lower your DPS (surprisingly not by much), but If you are learning it will easily bump you up (by alot) ..

FYI I know that it looks and sounds stupid but trust me guys .. just give it a try .. maybe your lazy one day .. it will keep up.

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-gu...ete-moron.html

Also .. just remembered another thing .. I use the Third Macro in this post, the "Bloodlust" Macro .. However .. I also added a "/use Potion of Wild Magic" line Just before the rotation .. and doods.. ONLY use during Bloodlust.

Crap just thought of one more thing (sorry in a hurry) .. the #1thing I do that puts me into the 7k DPS bracket is ..... KNOW THE FIGHTS .. inside, outside, upside down, and sideways .. Make GOD DAMN sure .. you are that 1 guy that anticipates EVERYTHING, and is ALWAYS ready to do things like .. Hop in a portal on Yogg cause someone got constricted, NEVER EVER get caught in a death rune, spend your mana on General like your on Welfare and the price of KD just went up a buck... BE SMART .. learn strats. And ALWAYS be efficient.

Another example of something I do .. is on Yogg, I NEVER DPS the crushers... sounds dumb right .. no .. if everyone else in the group is not a moron .. you shouldn't need to .. as a Shadow Priest .. I go on Constrictor Duty .. I Dot up the crusher, and every constrictor I can see, and just keep the dots fresh with SW: P .. (Trust me .. [One light in the darkness] I was doing 7.2k DPS) ..