Just started playing a Shadow Priest? No idea what stats to go for,
when to use Shadow Word: Death or if you have any viable AOE damage?
Then this is the guide for you!  This guide will attempt to
help the starting Shadow Priest answer some of the most basic questions
helping them on their adventure to becoming a raw DPS machine.

Shadow Priests, like
any other cloth DPS currently in game, are bound
to the role of ranged DPS (sorry to kill your dreams of being a melee
Priest). However it is very rare to see a Shadow Priest make the top of
any damage meter. While Shadow Priests have come a long way since
vanilla WoW, they are still in need of some tweaks to improve their
DPS.

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