Rotation
Opening Sequence:
Depending on if you have to run in or not, things vary slightly, however, the typical opening sequence is something like this:

Vampiric Touch
Devouring Plague
3 Tick Mindflay
Then SW:P

Alternative opening sequences include:
Casting a SW: P to get misery up, then recasting it later on (this is very viable if you are running in and need 2 GCD to position yourself)

or

3 Tick Mindflay
2 Tick Mindflay
Then full dots - this is a very viable opening sequence if you have several 45 second ICD abilities and want to proc them with mindflay before dotting.

During the fight:

Single Target
Priority:
* Ensure that Misery is up.
* Recast Shadow Word: Pain at 5x Shadow Weaving.
* Vampiric Touch
* Devouring Plague
* Mind Blast
* Mind Flay

1. Mind Blast on cooldown.
2. Cast Mind Flay when everything else is up or on cooldown.
3. Use Shadow Word Death to deal damage while moving

AoE

3 mobs:
Dot everything and then assist or focus.

More than 3 mobs:
Vampiric Touch freely and then Mind Sear, rotating the target of Mind Sear.
Vampiric Touch is almost always worth casting over Mind Sear, unless you are AoE'ing a lot of very low hit point adds.


Talent Specs



Spec Talents Cookie Cutter13/0/58

This is how many spell power equivalent points each profession is worth. Keep in mind, engineering also gives you the very useful rocket boots, and the value of tailoring/engineering increases massively if the fight length lines up well with your 45 second ICD.

Enchants

Regular Enchants
Slot Enchant WeaponEnchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower Enchant Staff - Greater Spellpower Enchant Weapon - Black Magic*Helm[Arcanum of Burning Mysteries]Shoulders[Greater Inscription of the Storm ]ChestEnchant Chest - Powerful StatsCloakEnchant Cloak - Greater SpeedBracersEnchant Bracers - Superior SpellpowerGlovesEnchant Gloves - Exceptional SpellpowerLegs[Brilliant Spellthread]BootsEnchant Boots - Tuskarr's VitalityBelt[Eternal Belt Buckle]

Raid Buffs/Debuffs

Buff/Debuff Talent/Ability Spell Critical Strike Chance BuffMoonkin Aura, Elemental OathSpell Critical Strike Chance DebuffImproved Scorch, Winter's Chill, Improved Shadow BoltSpell Damage DebuffEbon Plaguebringer, Earth and Moon, Curse of ElementsSpell Hit DebuffImproved Faerie Fire, MiseryHaste Buff (All types)Improved Moonkin Aura, Swift RetributionDamage Buff (All types)Ferocious Inspiration, Sanctified RetributionCritical Strike Chance Debuff (All types)Heart of the Crusader, Totem of Wrath, Master PoisonerPercentage Stat BuffBlessing of KingsAdditive Stat BuffMark of the Wild

Hit Rating

The following values assume that you have 3/3 Shadow Focus, 3/3 Misery and that you are attacking a level 83 mob (i.e., boss level).

Buffs Total Percentage None288.5511%Heroic Presence (Draenei)262.3210%

Set Bonus Combat EP T8 2/5114.13T8 4/5149.56T9 2/5111.32T9 4/587.15T10 2/5194.0T10 4/5376.0

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