Welcome to Skill-Capped’s Shadow Priest PvP Guide for Mists of Pandaria
All sections for Shadow Priest PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Shadow Priest in PvP for Mists of Pandaria, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will give a brief overview of Shadow Priest in PvP for Mists of Pandaria Season 12.
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Why Shadow Priest?
Shadow Priest in Mists of Pandaria fit rightfully in the category of a true hybrid specialization. You have a ton of responsibility outside of dealing damage, which includes off-healing, dispelling, life-gripping, and much more. Even being a good Shadow Priest requires you to pay attention to everything going on in arena.
Now on the topic of damage, Shadow Priest is more like a Subtlety Rogue than anything else. Rather than DoTs being your primary source of damage, your burst comes from pooling up a bunch of resources, most importantly: Shadow Orbs. This is the defining feature of Shadow Priest in Mists of Pandaria. Orbs can be spent in two ways: on Devouring Plague for damage or on Psychic Horror for control.
Typically the game is spent playing around your orbs and your instant Crowd Control, setting up kills with your team in a classic 3-2-1 fashion. As mentioned previously, you’re essentially a Subtlety Rogue in disguise with how you execute your opponents.

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