trying to figure out a better rotation to get my dps up a bit on single target boss fights. i know theres a lot that goes into the equation as far as gear, talents, azerite traits. but i think if i learn a better rotation ill move up in ranks, i usually end up being towards the bottom of the charts on boss fights. ive read the sites and followed their advice on gear, traits, talents…the problem is me and not doing rotation right during fights.
btw 411gs, and ive had like 400gs spriests kill me on charts.
and not looking to top the charts but at least be in the middle. I usually open with dark void, then vampiric touch, then shadow word void to make void eruption active then spam it and shadow word void till it expires then repeat.
is there a way keep voidform active longer? or how do I get it to where voidform expires but i get it right back up while dots are still active so they really do some damage from being up so long?
also when is optimal time to pot? not the prepot but during fight pot when hero is popped. do you pot then dot or let the dots sit for a sec and build up then pot?
tried finding articles or videos that explain it like im 5 but to no avail. hope someone either has a link or doesnt mind holding the hand of a fellow spriest and getting me a little better. TIA
Well, you should probably post on your main so wr can assess your gear. In general through, you want either 3 chorus / 2 spiteful apparitions / 1 whispers traits or 2 chorus / 3 spiteful apparitions / whispers. After that you want haste and crit that are roughly equal in power.
For ST bosses you want Twist of Fate not Dark Void. IDK, you are better off getting some logs ans getting help from the shadow priest discord.
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I wouldn’t worry so much about your dots. They continuously update each tick to account for dynamic buffs you have. Just make sure you refresh them during the pandemic window (less than 30% of total duration remaining) as the remaining will be added to your refreshed dot.
If you have shadowfiend off cooldown you should wait to use it around 10 voidform stacks (10sec into voidform) as this will prevent you from capping on insanity and allow the shadowfiend to keep you in voidform longer.
A few thing to try. Before pull try to build up 25+ insanity by casting power word shield on group members. you can go above 25 but it’ll reset to 25 on pull and that helps you get into void form much faster. For most current boss fights you probably want to get used to using twist of fate since it is by far the best single target talent, and its on par or best for regular multi target(exceptions in dazar are opulance for adds and potentially conclave if your group is slow enough on raptors).
I’ll assume you are doing the basic rotation right, but just in case i’ll throw a reminder to be using void bolt on cooldown all day every day, and to make sure to never have two shadow word voids up at once.
Unlike other casters shadow priest do not have much in the way of movement crutches, so to do good damage you want to have good control of your movement. Your best tool is to get used to stutter stepping which is moving during the gcd enacted by your instant cast spells ie. shadow word pain, and void bolt. If that isn’t enough movement get used to casting shadow word pain while moving, its a small dps gain but it generates insanity.
Shadow is also very quick in its rotation so a big thing to keep in mind is that you are punished greatly if you are not always casting.
Dot uptime is one of the bigger damage contributers to shadow, if you are doing low damage your dot uptime might not be where it should be.
And as for the question of nonprepot I’d recommend aiming for these conditions.
- you have shadowfiend up-shadowfiend gives you a slightly longer void form if used correctly so you get slightly more bang for your buck on your potion.
- You are in voidform for most of the potion.
- If the boss has timed adds try to time the potion with them so that you get more bang for your buck in terms of potion damage.
- If hero wasn’t used at the start you best be using that potion with that late hero.
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