Shadow priest 4.1 pve spec

So i was thinking.... There are so little shadow priests around and i can understand that. They are hard to level up, the rotation can be a pain. I think i know why so many people gives up their shadow priest. The rotation is to simple. If you come from a char like druid, mage or pally its not as complicatedas them. Your looking for a complicated rotation that isnt there

. This is how i play my character. Probably isnt the best rotation but it took me 5 min on youtube to find this rotation and understand it.


Rotation for running forward at start: Shadow word: Pain -> Devouring plague -> Vampiric Touch -> Shadow word: Death (use it as often as its off cool down since you will self heal the little you loose) -> Mind Flay
Rotation when standing still at the start: Vampiric Touch -> Shadow word: Pain ->Devouring plague -> Shadow word: Death (use it as often as its off cool down since you will self heal the little you loose) -> Mind Flay.

Mind blast is only used when its activated by you mastery (3 orbs)

Make sure you always have your dots up. If you need to cancel you spells for any reason (like omnitron) make sure to use your Mind spike One time (since it stacks and do dmg)

How to not go oom: Since your spirit you pick up will be hit you mana regeneration its very hard for a shadow priest when recently dinged 85 to get you mana up. So i have made up a little rotation for the spells you get you mana back at. Your hymn has a 6 min cool down. If your in a raid and it takes some time in there make sure you use your Hymn of hope early in the fight. But also make sure you wont use it in vain so that the healers have used up enough mana for you to use this spell. You might even be able to use this one 2 times during the fight if you use it at the start.I tend to try and activate my Archangel (evagelism) as much as i can so it turns into Dark archangel (Dark evangelism) But sometimes it is better to use Archangel since your healing is better then restoring your own mana. Keep a nice balance and keep track of your healers and if they are struggling to keep the groups health up. Shadowfiend is nice to pop since it dosent only restore your mana, it does damage to. Sometimes it can be useful to know the fight you will be doing since you need tons of damage at some phases in raids. And if your like me being a blood elf you also have Arcane torrent that restores some mana. But since it has a stun make sure thats not needed (i have been on this job when we havent had enough classes with interrupts) Make sure you use your spells for mana regents depending on your group and what time they have on cool down!

What stats im looking for: Hit cap is what you need to focus on first. For raids you need 17% (like all casters) It can be hard to nail exactly 17%. Better to be a little over the cap then under the cap! Second you need to try and work on is your haste. I dont have a magic number for that. Crit works but nothing im looking for. And master is at its best for a shadow priest at 12. But its not a huge deal if your a little bit under, specially if your trying to get your hit up! Intellect is on all the items you need so, you have what your gear says you have. ;)

Gems: Try to gem after your gear so you dont have to reforge as much (its a bit to expensive to reforge for my taste but... Something thats just a have to) Make sure you use the gems with the hit, haste and intellect (this is good if your mana pool is a bit to low, you can also tell when your if you need more intellect going oom faster then you can keep up with cool downs is the biggest sign)

Glyphs: 
Minor glyphs: Glyph of Levitate
                        Glyph of Fading (this is for mana cost reduction)
                        Glyph of Fortitude
Major glyphs: Glyph of Inner Fire
                        Glyph of Fade (This is for the cooldown to be shorter)
                        Glyph of Spirit Tap
Prime glyphs: Glyph of Shadow word: Pain
                       Glyph of Shadow word: Death
                       Glyph of Mind Flay

 Here is my PVE talent tree



Last thoughts: Your Fade! Use it! If you put down some spells when the tank pulls you can always fade when you hit 40-60% to give the tank back his aggro but get some extra damage in. Dont do it to be at the top of recount. Thats normally when focus disappears. Alot of bosses are about survival. But thanks to fade im normally one of the last people to die. And very nice if your close on getting the boss but people are dropping like flies! And the repair bill isnt as high as the rest of the others. Not as good as a hunters Feign Death but.... We cant all fake it ;)