Need some help becoming a better Spriest

[bdevin17]

Hello,
My fellow Spriest. I just wanted some help with my spriest and wanted your insight to help me with rotation/reforging.
Right now my rotation is SW:P >Mind Flay until Shadow Orb Then MB>Archangel>Mind Flay until x5>VP>Sw:P>DP and then i just make sure i keep Shadow Orbs up. Also, i was trying in heroics where i would use Archangel at 25% and Mind Spike x3 then SW: D on each cd seemed to be doing some good dps. Anyone else try the Mind Spike Spam at 25%?
Anyone find any addons that will help me with keeping my shadow orb buff up.
Here is a link to my Spriest, if anyone see some problems please give me some constructive criticism.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...urnmana/simple
Thank You, And if you wanna be an asshole dont commit..Thanks Again

[Verjil]

Hey there!
I'd say you've got a good grip on how the mechanics work. I would encourage you to run full dots while trying to gain that first shadow orb. Depending on your haste you can sometimes have a long period without an orb and you'll lose a lot of DPS by not having those dots up. My current rotation looks like this:
VT > SWP (GCD) DP > MF till orb > MB > VT > DP > AA > MFMFMFMFMFMF
After you put that first orb up re-cast your dots before popping AA. Allow the time of the dots ticking and the AA buffed flays to gather up the 5 stacks of the AA buff. From there it's a vicious cycle of using MB before re-casting dots to make sure you keep empowered shadows running.

As for the MS spam, I use it every now and then. I haven't seen enough data to tell which method is better.
Hope this helps!

As for add-ons, I use a weird combo. I like X-perl's big buffs on the enemy frame and that's how I track my DoT timers. I use "tellmewhen" to track shadow orb procs, empowered shadows, trinkets, etc to let me know when to use certain abilities.

[jagerftw]

Something like this post above, but someone is typing faster than me
Also, I saw many spriests still reapplying SW:P after empowered shadow and evangelism, like it was with shadow weaving. Since the cata patch, MF seems to refresh SW:P properly, with all the buffs in given moment, same as if you'd cast it again.

[New]

The above posts are correct. If you're curious in really tuning your Shadow Priest DPS; Check my guide link below:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...uide-version-1

It touches on a lot of good information, and perhaps, you may read something which may help you.