Thanks for clearly explaining decision-making process! I feel these videos are super helpful to assist average players. Hope you make more of these in the future!
You are doing such a good job by helping the community with all your guides, I really appreciate all your efforts! I love this spec so much, the whole shadowy vibe and fantasy are perfect, but my god I am terrible playing it. I struggle even with easier specs and I really feel bad that I am having a hard time learning it for months without success. But still coming to watch all your videos and read guides :)
Im watching this loosely in the background while at work but definitely going to have to watch this while at home to pay attention. Im a BM hunter main, so used to being able to move without stopping my attacks. My shadow priest is currently my main alt, but especially in mythic+ I am struggling on DPS. Just all the movement kills me. Having to continuously stop casting is so annoying. But outside of dmg I do like shadow a lot. I love how its proc heavy with your action bar always glowing, I also love the visuals of shadow, and the audio, like the whispers when you're casting is just so sick to me. When those shadow wings pop from dark acsension...chef's kiss.
Could you make a video about the rotation for aboslute newbies? I have been trying to follow your guides for season 3 and 4 and try to understand the rotation. Read the icy veins guide and been practicing at dummies, but i cant help but feel like im missing something. What is my "generate insanity" rotation? Like i press DA or Void eruption, then what? Mind blast over mind flay always? Or let mind flay channel and do something else? When do i void torrent? When do i use Mind Games, only on single target? That kind of stuff. I will probably figure it out, but i cant be the only one that feels like i dont understand anything about shadow haha!
Hi, sorry for stupid question i think you said it already in video but my english is not very good. With Mind's eye talent i dont spread Devouring Plague to more targets but instead i am using it just for one target? And should i wait to first DP end or just spam it when its ready to use?
Good questions, with Mind's Eye you should just pick a priority target to cast it on yes. And for refreshing you cast it when you are about to cap on insanity or it is about to expire as a general rule of thumb. During cooldowns you can more or less full send it.
what about dungeons like eb where u have way more than 12 targets do you still stick to only doting 12 when playing void erruption or are you trying to dot all kinda like while in voidform weaving a touch here and there ? another question i have is with the new 4p on vf with bender up in a 12t+ pull is my prio still to not cap insanity then swd > voidbolt> mindblast > insanity stacks bcs its getting quite button bloated with so many targets and all the insanity income i often see myself sitting at a deathspeaker procc shadow insight mindblast proc and voidbold rdy with having almost full insanity is my prio still to dump insanity then or do i want to get rid of the deathspeaker and insight to get more mindbender uptime. thanks in advance kind regards ~ Corrupted
I was wondering why void eruption build didn't feel very good on the keys I been doing. Been just sitting with dark ascension for everything so far but the highest I've pushed is 21++ as of yesterday
If you talent into Distorted Reality you should spread Devouring Plague for more overall damage. If you are talented into Mind's Eye you tunnel Devouring Plague on the priority mob for more priority target damage.
In the top right of each video there are icons indicating the build used. Stats are roughly following the guide on icy veins depending on how much vers i needed for that key
just coming back from Shadowlands do u suggest going dark ascension over VE for lower keys? by lower i mean like 15-25? and then over 25 play VE? Or is it more like, if mobs dont stay alive too long play DA and if theyre alive longer go VE?
General suggestion is to play Dark Ascension for everything until you get to 28+ range or are consistently pulling large packs (on to boss if Tyran weeks). Rule of thumb to know if it was right is if you took void eruption but the pack you used it on died before your cooldowns finished you should have been playing Dark Ascension.
@@Publikwow I'm glad someone else asked because I was always confused seeing N'Zoth/Yogg builds with VE in people's videos or streams. My spriest is only doing 15-20's. Do you still recommend N'Zoth/C'thun Mind Spike builds on lower keys? Tried both and the former build feels better for mobility and more forgiving for when you to interrupt Void Torrent early.
My weak aura set glows when they are active, but that's after I have pressed it, it doesnt tell me when to press them if that makes sense. wago.io/HkQsadDaf
I just started up on spriest again a couple days ago and hit 2400 and finally am 460 w 4 set. Why are we hard casting vp with shadow crash available? Just curious. I end up usually waiting for the group to ball and toss the crash then. Is it just to min max while we wait for the death ball or am I missing a mechanic of our kit entirely? Thanks publik!
Also, I’ve watched a few times but may have missed. Is void eruption usually taken during fort/if you have a lot of single target kings? You basically want it for large groups that will be alive for a long duration, correct? Thanks again if anyone sees this and responds haha
Regarding your plater profile, I want something that changes colour when VT is applied, I currently have a plater profile already which colours mobs based on priority, i want to keep my existing profile colours but only want to change them to when VT is applied, what setting do I need to amend to just simply change all colours to say yellow when VT is applied ?
Is that shadow unit frame you’re using for your UI, if so do you think you could share profile please. Also great content man I’m new to WOW and your guides have been very helpful
as nice as it is seeing an army of ghosts with the void eruption build i find pure st to feel kind of sluggish especially without lust. the biggest issue void eruption will have in pug situations is not knowing how your tank will pull, if they are not chaining sometimes you will still have voidform rolling still when a pack is dead.
Hi publik, thanks for the videos, they are always super helpful! May I suggest you add the details rotation plugin so we can have a visual on what you actually press? anyway thanks again :)
Yeah it was actually enabled for this video i just recorded my webcam over it on accident and didnt want to redo the whole thing. All future videos have it!
Since Shadow Crash will only hit 8 mobs you want to pre-DoT as many mobs as possible so you can get DoTs out on more targets. In these cases I'm not always sure how many mobs are in the pull so I will almost always DoT a few unless I know exactly how many mobs are included.
As the tank is grouping it’s important to get a few vampiric touch casts out before hand. Just a habit I always do even if crash will hit all of them as it’s grouping
Do you know if there any addons/name-plate configurations that can mark mobs who’re dotted w/ Vampiric touch and shadow word pain a different color than the mobs who’re engaged but not dotted? I always have trouble keeping up the dots for all of them in a pack & a visual difference would help a bunch
Yes that functionality can be added within Plater. My profile is in the description otherwise you can also make your own profile and add this script to it: wago.io/DFokSvoSj
Amazing video Publik, thanks for share.. btw, should be good if u can use a addon show skill rotation on scream, i dont know exactly name (Stream rotation), something like that.
Yeah i actually ran it but unfortunately my webcam record covered it and I didnt notice until after I finished recording. Sorry about that, will be fixed for future videos
I feel like the AoE Dps in the Da build is so bad thats why i dont wanna play it in 24/25 keys even it its better iono if its actually waay better than VF
If played correctly Dark Ascension can get very close to Void Eruption damage on a pull with full cooldowns. The trick to remember is that it wins in the aggregate. You massively win in single target and have way more damage on the off minute where you still get Dark Ascension and Mindbender.
Ah yeah it's hard to understand when it's all acronyms and taking for granted people are already comfortable with doing +27. Overall, a boring commentary from the elite to the elite.
Rotation Guide: www.icy-veins.com/wow/shadow-priest-pve-dps-rotation-cooldowns-abilities
Mythic+ Guide: www.icy-veins.com/wow/shadow-priest-pve-dps-mythic-plus-tips
Plater Profile: wago.io/mO6BO5dHG
AoE CC WeakAura: wago.io/CC-Rotation
Thanks for clearly explaining decision-making process! I feel these videos are super helpful to assist average players. Hope you make more of these in the future!
You are doing such a good job by helping the community with all your guides, I really appreciate all your efforts! I love this spec so much, the whole shadowy vibe and fantasy are perfect, but my god I am terrible playing it. I struggle even with easier specs and I really feel bad that I am having a hard time learning it for months without success. But still coming to watch all your videos and read guides :)
Thank you so much! It's definitely my favorite thematic spec in the game, and certainly has a lot going on but thats what makes it fun IMO :)
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Im watching this loosely in the background while at work but definitely going to have to watch this while at home to pay attention. Im a BM hunter main, so used to being able to move without stopping my attacks. My shadow priest is currently my main alt, but especially in mythic+ I am struggling on DPS. Just all the movement kills me. Having to continuously stop casting is so annoying. But outside of dmg I do like shadow a lot. I love how its proc heavy with your action bar always glowing, I also love the visuals of shadow, and the audio, like the whispers when you're casting is just so sick to me. When those shadow wings pop from dark acsension...chef's kiss.
Hunt bm main 😂 its normal for you to struggle 😂😂😂
Could you make a video about the rotation for aboslute newbies? I have been trying to follow your guides for season 3 and 4 and try to understand the rotation. Read the icy veins guide and been practicing at dummies, but i cant help but feel like im missing something.
What is my "generate insanity" rotation? Like i press DA or Void eruption, then what? Mind blast over mind flay always? Or let mind flay channel and do something else? When do i void torrent? When do i use Mind Games, only on single target?
That kind of stuff. I will probably figure it out, but i cant be the only one that feels like i dont understand anything about shadow haha!
Hi, sorry for stupid question i think you said it already in video but my english is not very good. With Mind's eye talent i dont spread Devouring Plague to more targets but instead i am using it just for one target? And should i wait to first DP end or just spam it when its ready to use?
Good questions, with Mind's Eye you should just pick a priority target to cast it on yes. And for refreshing you cast it when you are about to cap on insanity or it is about to expire as a general rule of thumb. During cooldowns you can more or less full send it.
what about dungeons like eb where u have way more than 12 targets do you still stick to only doting 12 when playing void erruption or are you trying to dot all kinda like while in voidform weaving a touch here and there ? another question i have is with the new 4p on vf with bender up in a 12t+ pull is my prio still to not cap insanity then swd > voidbolt> mindblast > insanity stacks bcs its getting quite button bloated with so many targets and all the insanity income i often see myself sitting at a deathspeaker procc shadow insight mindblast proc and voidbold rdy with having almost full insanity is my prio still to dump insanity then or do i want to get rid of the deathspeaker and insight to get more mindbender uptime. thanks in advance kind regards ~ Corrupted
This is what I needed though, I’ve been struggling with DPS on large pulls
Was looking to take my shadow priest to 70 this week and this guide will definitely make me do it now ❤
I was wondering why void eruption build didn't feel very good on the keys I been doing. Been just sitting with dark ascension for everything so far but the highest I've pushed is 21++ as of yesterday
What i want to know, are you spreading DP to multiple target or are you casting DP to same target?
If you talent into Distorted Reality you should spread Devouring Plague for more overall damage. If you are talented into Mind's Eye you tunnel Devouring Plague on the priority mob for more priority target damage.
Can you show your stats % and build?? I don't understand what build you are using from the website
In the top right of each video there are icons indicating the build used. Stats are roughly following the guide on icy veins depending on how much vers i needed for that key
just coming back from Shadowlands do u suggest going dark ascension over VE for lower keys? by lower i mean like 15-25? and then over 25 play VE? Or is it more like, if mobs dont stay alive too long play DA and if theyre alive longer go VE?
General suggestion is to play Dark Ascension for everything until you get to 28+ range or are consistently pulling large packs (on to boss if Tyran weeks).
Rule of thumb to know if it was right is if you took void eruption but the pack you used it on died before your cooldowns finished you should have been playing Dark Ascension.
@@Publikwow I'm glad someone else asked because I was always confused seeing N'Zoth/Yogg builds with VE in people's videos or streams. My spriest is only doing 15-20's. Do you still recommend N'Zoth/C'thun Mind Spike builds on lower keys? Tried both and the former build feels better for mobility and more forgiving for when you to interrupt Void Torrent early.
Spriest dmg looks pretty spicy 🔥
Thank you for your effort and helping me become a better shadow priest :)
hi man love ur videos ! i just wonder what is that addon/wa that make ur cooldowns glow?
My weak aura set glows when they are active, but that's after I have pressed it, it doesnt tell me when to press them if that makes sense. wago.io/HkQsadDaf
yeah but i mean on ur action bars :D@@Publikwow
I just started up on spriest again a couple days ago and hit 2400 and finally am 460 w 4 set. Why are we hard casting vp with shadow crash available? Just curious. I end up usually waiting for the group to ball and toss the crash then. Is it just to min max while we wait for the death ball or am I missing a mechanic of our kit entirely?
Thanks publik!
Also, I’ve watched a few times but may have missed. Is void eruption usually taken during fort/if you have a lot of single target kings? You basically want it for large groups that will be alive for a long duration, correct?
Thanks again if anyone sees this and responds haha
How much crit and you recommend for this build?
what does your divine star macro do? thanks
I see youre not using Elvui but may I ask what addons do you use for those HP and Insanity bar of yours and your target? Beside your Shadow priest WA?
My player and target frames are all Shadowed Unit Frames. My profile is here if you are interested: wago.io/aGKs05Fpf
@@Publikwow ty so much bro, keep up the passion for Shadow :)
Awesome guide as always! What's the addon you're using for enemy name/health plates?
That is Plater! Link for my profile is in the description if you are interested, its mostly default
Regarding your plater profile, I want something that changes colour when VT is applied, I currently have a plater profile already which colours mobs based on priority, i want to keep my existing profile colours but only want to change them to when VT is applied, what setting do I need to amend to just simply change all colours to say yellow when VT is applied ?
AFAIK that specifically isnt possible, or at least I havent found a way to do that. Might need to ask the plater discord.
Is that shadow unit frame you’re using for your UI, if so do you think you could share profile please. Also great content man I’m new to WOW and your guides have been very helpful
Yes that is Shadowed Unit Frames. Here is my profile: wago.io/aGKs05Fpf
what plater profile makes so your dotted mobs are green?
Here is the plater script: wago.io/DFokSvoSj
Here is my profile that uses a version of that: wago.io/mO6BO5dHG
as nice as it is seeing an army of ghosts with the void eruption build i find pure st to feel kind of sluggish especially without lust. the biggest issue void eruption will have in pug situations is not knowing how your tank will pull, if they are not chaining sometimes you will still have voidform rolling still when a pack is dead.
Totally agree, I play Dark Ascension most of the time still for this reason.
Still better then playing around combustion and skb stacks with fire mage :D
Hi publik, thanks for the videos, they are always super helpful! May I suggest you add the details rotation plugin so we can have a visual on what you actually press? anyway thanks again :)
Yeah it was actually enabled for this video i just recorded my webcam over it on accident and didnt want to redo the whole thing. All future videos have it!
Why do you vt mobs before shadow crash if shadow crash will apply the dots anyways?
Since Shadow Crash will only hit 8 mobs you want to pre-DoT as many mobs as possible so you can get DoTs out on more targets. In these cases I'm not always sure how many mobs are in the pull so I will almost always DoT a few unless I know exactly how many mobs are included.
hey, do you think that there is any chance for the old void form (bfa/legion) return in the hero talents?
While it is certainly possible I wouldn't expect old things returning as much as new things coming into the game personally.
This is very helpful. Thanks!
You're welcome!
In the initial pull you showed. Why did you cast VT 2x before going all in?
As the tank is grouping it’s important to get a few vampiric touch casts out before hand. Just a habit I always do even if crash will hit all of them as it’s grouping
Do you know if there any addons/name-plate configurations that can mark mobs who’re dotted w/ Vampiric touch and shadow word pain a different color than the mobs who’re engaged but not dotted? I always have trouble keeping up the dots for all of them in a pack & a visual difference would help a bunch
Yes that functionality can be added within Plater. My profile is in the description otherwise you can also make your own profile and add this script to it: wago.io/DFokSvoSj
Thank you!@@Publikwow
I hate void eruption so much. I really don’t want to be forced into it
How do you get so absolutely many apparitions? I'm a noob but I never see anything close to that.
Tormented Spirits with a lot of targets and a lot of luck!
@@Publikwow thanks!
I did not know shadow crash was capped at 8 targets, that explains my frustration on targets being "missed".
Look at the Whispering Shadows talent. Sais there
To be clear, Whispering Shadows caps DoTs to 8 targets and the actual damage of Shadow Crash is sqrt scaled starting at 5 targets
@@Neruz_85 haha it does! Healer main trying out shadow btw.
What spec was this??
Amazing video Publik, thanks for share..
btw, should be good if u can use a addon show skill rotation on scream, i dont know exactly name (Stream rotation), something like that.
Yeah i actually ran it but unfortunately my webcam record covered it and I didnt notice until after I finished recording. Sorry about that, will be fixed for future videos
What macros are best to use on shadow priest?
I've compiled the list that I use here if that's helpful: www.icy-veins.com/wow/shadow-priest-pve-dps-macros-addons
@@Publikwow thank you 🙂
the legend
Almost makes me want to go back to shadow :)
It's back on the menu, until S4 when the tier set will make it too OP and get nerfed again
I might pick up my shadow again it’s looking strong
Good time to try it! Gets better the higher key you are in too as long as you can live.
Imam publik
Man IDC what I do on Spriest i feel so incompetent in keys. Watching you blast is ridiculous
I feel like the AoE Dps in the Da build is so bad thats why i dont wanna play it in 24/25 keys even it its better iono if its actually waay better than VF
If played correctly Dark Ascension can get very close to Void Eruption damage on a pull with full cooldowns. The trick to remember is that it wins in the aggregate. You massively win in single target and have way more damage on the off minute where you still get Dark Ascension and Mindbender.
Ah yeah it's hard to understand when it's all acronyms and taking for granted people are already comfortable with doing +27. Overall, a boring commentary from the elite to the elite.