Is Shadow Word Death good?

Shadow Word: Death (SW:D) is a useful means of dealing instant damage, especially while on the move, although its health requirement limits its usefulness to that of an execute ability.

When did priests get Shadow Word Death?

Shadow Word: Death is a priest ability learned at level 46 for those with the Shadow specialization. It is a Shadow Word – a Shadow-based direct damage spell.

What level do you get Shadow Word Death TBC?

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How does Shadow Priest’s death Auspicious spirits work?

Shadow Word: Death Auspicious Spirits cause your Shadowy Apparitions to deal 100% increased damage and generate 2 Insanity when they deal damage. Shadow Word: Death deals damage to a single target and generates 15 Insanity, or 30 Insanity if the target dies within a second. This spell can only be used on targets that are below 20% health.

When to replace mind Flay for Shadow Priest?

Mind Blast on cooldown. *If you are using the Shadowflame Prism legendary and your mindbender is up, Shadow Word: Death is priority number 1. Maintain Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain on all targets that you expect to live longer than 7 seconds. Replace Mind Flay for Mind Sear if 3 or more targets are stacked up.

What does fortress of the mind do for Shadow Priest?

Fortress of the Mind makes Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 10% more damage in addition to generating 20% more Insanity. Death and Madness greatly empowers our Shadow Word: Death ability to reset if the target we use it on dies within a few seconds. On top of that you also get a VERY large chunk of Insanity for doing this successfully.

Can you use devouring plague on Shadow Priest?

Subsequent Devouring Plague will cause its damage over time effect to add into the existing DoT, so it is fine to overlap Devouring Plague DoT’s if you are about to over-cap insanity. Mind Blast on cooldown. *If you are using the Shadowflame Prism legendary and your mindbender is up, Shadow Word: Death is priority number 1.