Season 3 PTR Information
This guide is a temporary one-stop-shop for all current PTR info for testing Shadow Priest. This is all preliminary info, subject to change often. We encourage trying things out during testing as much as possible but feel free to use this as starting points.
This page will be updated throughout the PTR cycle and will be taken down once the patch goes live in favor of the normal guide sites.
Reminder to please post your thoughts and feedback on playing Shadow Priest on the forums. Be respectful.
Important Links
- Testing Schedule
- Current Bug List
- PTR Sim Charts (Work in Progress) (Big thanks to Shot for getting this wired up!)
Talents
With the change to Shadow Crash it is now quite a stable talent for all builds, so we do not have as much build variety across raid encounters or even Mythic+. For now these seem to be the best starting points for each Hero Talent.
TUNING IS NOT FINAL: Most things are still very much a work-in-progress.
Voidweaver
Currently Deathspeaker is bugged, as such I have listed Mindbender builds until this is fixed.
Deathspeaker
- Single Target
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- 3T
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- AoE/Mythic+
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Mindbender
- Single Target
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- 3T
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- AoE/Mythic+
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Archon
- Single Target
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- Single Target + Shadow Crash
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Currently Deathspeaker is bugged, as such I have listed Mindbender builds until this is fixed.
Deathspeaker
- 3T
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- AoE/Mythic+
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Mindbender
- 3T
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- AoE/Mythic+
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Rotation
This season will be identical to the rotation of previous seasons, just with the loss of a few spells/procs that we did not always take.
Additions to the rotation:
- Shadow Crash: used to mainly refresh DoTs. Can use above a normal Mind Flay filler action if you are capped on charges with Descending Darkness. Great global to use for movement similar to how we used Unfurling Darkness (assuming you have Descending Darkness).
- Void Volley: Do not rush to press this, you have plenty of time and Void Torrent is cooling down as soon as you cast Void Torrent. Ideally this is a movement global when needed. If you do not have Void Blast or Mind Flay: Insanity to use you can send it.
Opener
Voidweaver
Pre-Cast Halo before combat to get 10 Insanity.
- Open with Shadow Crash if it will hit, otherwise Vampiric Touch
- Shadowfiend, Mindbender, or Voidwraith
- Mind Blast x1
- Dark Ascension
- Power Infusion + Tempered Potion + On Use Trinket
- Devouring Plague
- Void Torrent
- Void Blast x2
Archon
This patch with the relative tuning to Mind Blast and other spells we opt to adjust the opener.
- Open with Shadow Crash if it will hit, otherwise Vampiric Touch
- Void Torrent
- Halo
- Shadowfiend or Mindbender
- Void Eruption
- Power Infusion + Tempered Potion + On Use Trinket
- Void Bolt
Gear
D.I.S.C Belt
Drop this when you get a normal belt around 710-714 item level
Stats
We are still fine-tuning but early looks at stats appear to follow these priorities:
- Voidweaver: Mastery >> Haste > Crit > Vers (Only wants ~20% haste)
- Archon: Mastery > Haste > Crit > Vers (Only wants ~30% haste)
Tier Set Pieces
Ideally we use Head, Chest, Gloves, and Legs from our tier set.
Trinkets
Early sims are here
Consumables
- Weapon Enchant: Stonebound Artistry or Oathsworn's Tenacity
Macros
You can use this macro to prevent double hitting Void Torrent cancelling itself with Void Volley.
#showtooltip
/stopmacro [channeling:Void Torrent]
/cast [known:Void Torrent] Void Torrent