I am looking for some advice to help our shadow priest improve his dmg output.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/kYBQZ7vTCRFaVfPW#fight=2&type=damage-done&source=2&start=259348&end=511682
Thanks!
It looks like he took two Laser Matrix between his head and his shoulders, which isnt ideal. Also i noticed hes running Auspicious Spirits and he has the crit to make it work, but his spirits are only 4% of his damage. They should account for a much larger portion of his damage otherwise he needs to just be running shadow word death.
Doom's Hatred is a really bad trinket for us too
Ah ok i think i see what the problem is. His void bolt casts are insanely low, probably half of what they should be. I put up a 95 parse last night on H Taloc with void bolt being my #1 attack for the fight with 46 casts, he only cast it 22 times. It looks like he isnt using it on cooldown which is rule number 1 for shadow priests. His Shadow Word Void casts are also pretty low, as are his mind flay channels.
EDIT: if i had to guess, he is probably waiting for his mind flay channels to fully finish before using void bolt, which is a no-no. He needs to interrupt whatever he is doing (mind flay channel or shadow word void are the only two abilities that should be competing for that global) and get that bolt off even if it means clipping the channel early
Doom's Hatred is a really bad trinket for us too
Ah ok i think i see what the problem is. His void bolt casts are insanely low, probably half of what they should be. I put up a 95 parse last night on H Taloc with void bolt being my #1 attack for the fight with 46 casts, he only cast it 22 times. It looks like he isnt using it on cooldown which is rule number 1 for shadow priests. His Shadow Word Void casts are also pretty low, as are his mind flay channels.
EDIT: if i had to guess, he is probably waiting for his mind flay channels to fully finish before using void bolt, which is a no-no. He needs to interrupt whatever he is doing (mind flay channel or shadow word void are the only two abilities that should be competing for that global) and get that bolt off even if it means clipping the channel early
10/25/2018 10:25 AMPosted by SlimeseasonAh ok i think i see what the problem is. His void bolt casts are insanely low, probably half of what they should be. I put up a 95 parse last night on H Taloc with void bolt being my #1 attack for the fight with 46 casts, he only cast it 22 times. It looks like he isnt using it on cooldown which is rule number 1 for shadow priests. His Shadow Word Void casts are also pretty low, as are his mind flay channels.
This basically comes down to "he doesn't know the extreme basics of shadow", which can be a pretty easy fix. If you intend to give him some actionable advice, he should follow these rules:
1) Always be casting. If you have to move, void bolt MUST be done on cooldown. Empty globals are filled with PW:S to get you there faster, or SW:P to generate a small bit of insanity.
2) Every third global is void bolt. Shadow can't really get to haste levels now where you need to break from a "VB-->X -->Y" cycle (where X and Y are usually MB/Flay).
3) Mindbender VF extension with DA is what makes the spec function. If you miss a single bender, or drop a VF early, you're going to desync the 1M cycle and drop damage.
Thanks! I’ll pass it along.
10/25/2018 10:33 AMPosted by Fiftyrip3) Mindbender VF extension with DA is what makes the spec function. If you miss a single bender, or drop a VF early, you're going to desync the 1M cycle and drop damage.
Glaring omission on my part, this is very crucial. If he isn't lining up his mindbender with his Dark Ascension since they are both 1 minute cooldowns then it throws the whole spec out of whack.
He should be starting pulls by prepotting and shadow word void, followed by dotting up the target and using Dark Ascension after dots are applied. As soon as that global finishes he should be bolting and popping mindbender at roughly 5 stacks of voidform
10/25/2018 10:43 AMPosted by Slimeseason10/25/2018 10:33 AMPosted by Fiftyrip3) Mindbender VF extension with DA is what makes the spec function. If you miss a single bender, or drop a VF early, you're going to desync the 1M cycle and drop damage.
Glaring omission on my part, this is very crucial. If he isn't lining up his mindbender with his Dark Ascension since they are both 1 minute cooldowns then it throws the whole spec out of whack.
He should be starting pulls by prepotting and shadow word void, followed by dotting up the target and using Dark Ascension after dots are applied. As soon as that global finishes he should be bolting and popping mindbender at roughly 5 stacks of voidform
Dang I DIDNT KNOW THIS! Thanks!
Even if you know all this, the honest truth is that shadow is still clunky because of VoidForm.