Category Archives: Priest Guide for 4.0.x

Shadow Priest Guide Part 4: Buffs and Professions

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin

:: IX. Buffs :: Some changes, Divine Spirit is gone. Power Word: Fortitude and Shadow Protection are now the group/raid buffs, the Prayers are gone So our buffs are: Inner Fire – No longer has charges, let jubilation reign! Vampiric Embrace- Heals us for 6% and party members 3% of any single-target Shadow spell damage we deal Power Word: Fortitude ( note this is the same +584 Stamina buff as the Warlock’s Blood Pact and Warrior’s Commanding Shout and don’t stack ) Shadow form of course Shadow Protection where needed and Fear Ward which is unchanged. Shadowform brings with it … Continue reading →

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Shadow Priest Guide Part 3: Mastery, Hit Rating and Glyphs

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin

This guide covers the basics of playing a Shadow Priest in Cataclysm. The KG Priest Guide goes way in more depth and teaches you how to play your Priest to your full potential! We highly recommend it if you’re serious about mastering your Priest. :: VI. Mastery :: Shadow Orb Power Increases the damage done by your Shadow Orbs. Each point of Mastery increases damage by an additional 1.3%. Shadow Orbs You have a 10% chance for your Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Flay spells to grant you a Shadow Orb each time they deal damage.  Casting your Mind Blast … Continue reading →

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Shadow Priest Guide Part 2: Gear

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin

:: V. Gearing :: Here’s a quick and nasty upgrade list for those interested. With coefficients changing as much as they are this will put you on the right track, statweights for an average T11 raider will be something like : 1.0 Intellect 0.8 Spellpower 0.5 Haste 0.4 Crit 0.39 Mastery Don’t forget hit/spirit is best until you reach the hit cap, see the Hit Rating section below for more details. :: i. Enchants :: Helm * Arcanum of Hyjal – Guardians of Hyjal, 60 Int / 35 Crit Shoulders * Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone Therazane (Ex) 50 Spellpower … Continue reading →

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Shadow Priest Guide Part 1: Talents, Rotation, Spells, and Haste

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

WoW Cataclysm Shadow Priest Guide This is a great Shadow Priest Cataclysm guide I found on the battle net forums. Shadow Priests are insanely fun to play. So you’ve turned down the traditional healing roles of the Priest and decided to focus on the power of death instead. Awesome. It’s interesting that once people go over to the dark side, they don’t return back. Shadow Priests have a lot more DPS output. You wont feel as stressed out trying to heal all the time. This guide was written by Zulander and is an excellent guide on how to play your … Continue reading →

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