Shadow at level 20

Training dummy

Wand and staff, about 25 spell power, a near pure Shadow Talent Path for Mind Flay at 20.

Action bar

• Shadow Word: Pain95 Mana
• Mind Blast80 Mana · 8 sec cooldown · 1.5 sec cast
• Devouring Plague215 Mana · 1 min cooldown
• Mind Flay45 Mana · 3 sec channel
• Shoot1.5 sec channel

Opener

Shadow Word: PainMind BlastDevouring PlagueMind Flay

Priority

1. 

   Shadow Word: Pain on the target, damage that runs on its own for 24 seconds with Improved Shadow Word: Pain.

2. 

   Mind Blast on cooldown, your hardest hit.

3. 

   Devouring Plague on cooldown: a DoT that heals you, baseline for every Priest in Forever.

4. 

   Mind Flay fills the gaps between cooldowns.

5. 

   Shoot: Wand between casts: free, and it does not stop your Spirit regeneration. Spell power does not raise its damage in the beta.

Tips

• Power Word: Shield before you pull, not after the enemy is already swinging.
• Mind Flay at 20 needs almost all your points in Shadow, the talent sits on row 2.
• Shadowform comes at 40 and Shadow Word: Death at 32, so damage stays modest until then.

Discipline at level 20

Training dummy

Wand and staff, about 25 spell power, your Talent Path talents at 20.

Action bar

• Holy Fire85 Mana · 3.5 sec cast
• Shadow Word: Pain95 Mana
• Mind Blast80 Mana · 8 sec cooldown · 1.5 sec cast
• Smite60 Mana · 2.5 sec cast
• Shoot1.5 sec channel

Opener

Holy FireShadow Word: PainMind BlastSmite

Priority

1. 

   Holy Fire to open: a big hit plus a burn, your strongest opener at 20.

2. 

   Shadow Word: Pain for free background damage.

3. 

   Mind Blast on cooldown, your hardest single hit.

4. 

   Smite as filler while your mana is healthy.

5. 

   Shoot: Wand between casts: free, and it does not stop your Spirit regeneration. Spell power does not raise its damage in the beta.

Tips

• Discipline solos almost anything at this level thanks to the shield and Renew. Not faster than Shadow, just safer.
• Renew lets you keep attacking instead of standing still to heal.
• Holy uses the same solo rotation while leveling. In a group it heals, and a dummy cannot show that job.

Shadow at level 60

Training dummy

Staff and wand, about 450 spell power, Shadowform, the Shadow PvE build.

Action bar

• Shadow Word: Pain212 Mana
• Mind Blast175 Mana · 5.5 sec cooldown · 1.5 sec cast
• Devouring Plague222 Mana · 1 min cooldown
• Mind Flay82 Mana · 3 sec channel
• Shadow Word: Death79 Mana · 15 sec cooldown

Opener

Shadow Word: PainMind BlastDevouring PlagueMind Flay

Priority

1. 

   Shadow Word: Pain up at all times, half price in Shadowform.

2. 

   Devouring Plague on cooldown: a big DoT that heals you.

3. 

   Target under 20%: Shadow Word: Death. If it does not kill, you take 10% of your health, so only at the end.

4. 

   Mind Blast on cooldown, never let it sit.

5. 

   Mind Flay fills everything in between.

Tips

• Vampiric Embrace heals your group for 20% of your Shadow damage. On a dummy you do not see that, in a group it matters.
• Shadowform halves the mana cost of your Shadow spells, so stay in it for the whole fight.
• Shadow Weaving only boosts your own Shadow damage in Forever, not the whole raid.

Discipline at level 60

Training dummy

Staff and wand, about 400 spell power, the Discipline PvE build with Penance.

Action bar

• Holy Fire230 Mana · 3 sec cast
• Penance100 Mana · 12 sec cooldown · 2 sec channel
• Mind Blast350 Mana · 8 sec cooldown · 1.5 sec cast
• Shadow Word: Pain423 Mana
• Smite252 Mana · 2 sec cast

Opener

Holy FirePenanceMind BlastShadow Word: Pain

Priority

1. 

   Penance on cooldown: three fast Holy pulses. It can also heal an ally if the fight goes wrong.

2. 

   Holy Fire when its burn is gone: a big hit plus damage over time.

3. 

   Mind Blast on cooldown.

4. 

   Shadow Word: Pain for background damage.

5. 

   Smite as your filler.

Tips

• Divine Aegis shields your target whenever one of your heals crits. On a dummy it does nothing, in a group it is huge.
• Discipline is the easiest and safest Priest to solo with.
• In a raid the Holy Priest heals with Heal, Flash Heal and the new Prayer of Mending. The dummy cannot show that job.