Patch 10.1.7, Fury Incarnate, goes live on September 5th, and there are so many updates to look forward to. 

So, let’s go through everything coming in patch 10.1.7, Fury Incarnate.

New Quest Lines - Dragonflight Story Continues

The Dragonflight story continues in 10.1.7. 

With Iridikron gone in pursuit of his own goals, Fyrakk is free to torment the Dragon Isles. As the Shadowflame’s influence grows, the Primal Incarnate of Fire is becoming increasingly more aggressive and has set his sights on the new World Tree, rallying his forces to claim its power for himself. 

But not everyone on the Primalist side seems to agree with Fyrakk’s lust for power, which may create the perfect opportunity for us to thwart his plans and keep the new World Tree safe. 

The future of the Dragon Isles is on our shoulders. We will also further explore the relationship between the bronze dragons and the Infinites, as well as between the dracthyr and the now leaderless Sundered Flame.

New Heritage Armor - Night Elves & Forsaken

Patch 10.1.7 also introduces new Heritage armor sets and quest lines for the Night Elves and the Forsaken. So, get your WoW Dragonflight Gold ready!

The Night Elves are reaching back to their Warcraft III roots with feather-adorned pauldrons, silver filigree, and a tri-tipped glaive reminiscent of the Night Elf Huntress’s. 

The Forsaken set pulls from the Undercity theme with some very cool apothecary details. This Heritage armor definitely screams Forsaken. 

Dreamsurge - New Public Event

We also have more outdoor world content to look forward to with the zone-wide Dreamsurge event. 

While the event is active, you will be able to vote on powerful buffs that affect everyone in the zone. These range from big damage increases to extra survivability, and even experience gains. 

New weekly quests offer you powerful rewards in the Dreamsurge Chrysalis. These tokens can be traded in for Item Level 415 gear and Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crests, which can be used to quickly gear up your characters. 

There are also Waking Dream portals that start every 30 minutes. Work as a group to push back the invading forces and fend off the event boss for a chance at extra rewards, and you can earn a new currency, Dreamsurge Coalescence. 

The Dreamsurge is also going to empower most Rare monsters in the same zone, giving them special new abilities and improved rewards, including Item Level 402 account-wide gear tokens and that Dreamsurge Coalescence currency. Most world quests in these zones will also reward you with Dreamsurge Coalescence when completed, so we have a lot of options to gain this new currency. 

You can spend Dreamsurge Coalescence at another vendor to purchase Bind-on-Account Item Level 402 gear tokens and various other goodies, like pets, and even a mount. 

Dreamsurge events will affect one of the four original Dragon Isles zones at a time, rotating on a weekly basis, so every week we’ll be plundering a different zone for all of those shiny new rewards. 

Dawn of the Infinite - Heroic Mode Available

The Dawn of the Infinite mega-dungeon that was just introduced in patch 10.1.5 will also become more accessible with the addition of a Heroic difficulty option. 

The eight-boss dungeon will be split into two halves, each with four bosses to make them more bite-sized adventures, and it will be available on Heroic mode so you can queue up with your friends, or by yourself, and find a group quickly. 

This is the soonest a mega-dungeon has been available on Heroic mode, so everyone will be able to hop in, face off against the Infinite dragonflight, collect some wonderful time-themed loot, see how the story progresses and get ready for the next chapter of the Dragonflight story.

New Customization - Draenei Stroy & Appearances

We’re also going to see some very interesting customization options in the new patch. 

Prophet Velen has seen a vision of Argus, and something strange is happening in the old Legion world. 

Through this quest line we’ll learn about the fate of the man’ari, following the fall of Kil’jaeden and Archimonde, and the imprisonment of Sargeras. Completing this new quest will unlock red and dark grey skin color options for your draenei characters, so if you’ve ever wanted to look more like a man’ari, be sure to talk to Velen when the patch goes live.

Eastern Kingdoms Cup - New Dragonriding Event 

Another continent is joining in the dragonriding fun with the Eastern Kingdoms Cup. 

Zoom through some of your favorite old world zones in the Standard, Advanced or Reverse tracks, and each race you complete will earn you more Riders of Azeroth Badges, which you can use to buy up any of the previous events' goodies, like the Drake Racer's transmog set, if you didn't complete that during the Kalimdor Cup event. And then, there are also new drake customizations to purchase with your hard-earned Riders Badges.

Ping System - New Interface Feature

Have you ever wanted to be able to specifically and quickly mark a location in game to bring attention to your battleground team, or arena mates, or raid group? 

The new ping system coming in this patch is exactly what you've been waiting for. You can ping to point out a location on the floor, or a group member, or an enemy, and the ping will actually follow whomever you place it on, making it even easier for everyone to track exactly why you're pinging. 

There's a quick "look here" ping for general purposes, but you can also send a "warning", "on my way", "assist", or "attack" ping to really emphasize your point. 

So, whether you're wanting to ping incoming attackers in a battleground, highlight the next add to kill in your raid encounter, or even just mark a quest item on the ground that your party members are struggling to find, the new ping system is a huge accessibility update, and I can't wait to use it in our guild raids. 

Holiday Refresh - New Quests & Rewards

Some of Azeroth's favorite holiday events are also getting a refresh in 10.1.7. 

In September, we'll have 14 new quests across the Dragon Isles and Valdrakken for Brewfest, with new rewards to look out for. 

In October, there are new quest lines for Hallow's End that go into the backstory of the Headless Horseman. And the Headless Horseman encounter has been updated with variable difficulty. 

In November, we'll have more turkeys to hunt for Pilgrim's Bounty over in the Ohn'ahran Plains. And then there are various holiday-themed dragonriding customizations to collect, so you can really get into the holiday spirit in the new patch. 

And then, we also have balance tuning, with class and talent changes. The Turbulent Timeways event will be active once again, giving us several weeks of timewalking adventures. 

Then there are also new dragonriding race challenge modes, various quality-of-life and user interface updates, and plenty of new transmogs and mounts to collect. 

With so much new content coming our way, it's a perfect time to get all caught up and ready for the next big World of Warcraft adventure.

Here, I’m going to show you how to play a Shadow Priest in five minutes or fewer. This means stats, talents, rotation, and enchants that you’re going to need in order to play Shadow confidently for raiding or Mythic Plus.

If you’re someone who’s new to the spec or a returning player just looking for a quick refresher, this guide is perfect for you. After reading this guide, I highly recommend checking out the Wowhead or Icy Veins guides on the spec in order to see the big picture.

Overview

Shadow Priests are a ranged DPS spec, which focuses on a mixture of dealing direct damage and damage over time.

They excel at single target fights and have a ton of utility with things, like Mass Dispel, Vampiric Embrace and, of course, they bring Power Infusion, which is one of the most heavily sought after buffs in the game. So, you’ll have no problems getting invites for groups. Shadow Priest is also a good option if you want to farm a lot of WoW Dragonflight Gold.

The one big downside to playing Shadow is that they’re not very mobile.

Stats

When it comes to your stats as a Shadow Priest, these are just some generic stat weights that you guys can look at for reference.

General Stats:

1. Intellect
2. Haste
3. Mastery
4. Critical Strike
5. Versatility

However, these are just some generic stat weights for shadow. I would not blindly follow these. In fact, it’s not recommended. You need to actually sim your characters if you want to figure out what is an upgrade for you or not.

So, whenever you get a new piece of gear, head over to Raidbots and sim your character.

Talents

When it comes to your talents, this is the build that I would use for rating and or single target.

The big takeaway here on the Priest side is we’re going to be picking up Power Infusion and then also making sure that we pick up the Twins of the Sun Priestess. That way, when we actually cast Power Infusion on an ally, we get the same benefit, too.

So, always make sure that you’re casting it on another player instead of yourself. Otherwise, it’s just a waste of talent.

Then, on the Shadow side, we’re going to be hugging the right side of the talent tree and picking up Idol of Yogg-Saron and Idol of C’Thun because they’re just both incredibly powerful. And on top of that, make sure that you’re picking up Mind Spike because this is a Mind Spike oriented build.

Then, for Mythic Plus, this is the talent build to use. On the Priest side, nothing changes. The only difference here is that we’re swapping a few talents out in order to make room for Shadow Crash, which is our huge AOE ability that we’re going to use for middle class.

Rotation

Now, let’s actually look at how we play Shadow with the rotation.

First, make sure that you have both Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch active on the target.

Cast Shadowfiend.

Cast Void Eruption on cooldown and make sure that before you cast it, you have used up all of your Mind Blast charges.

Cast Power Infusion on a DPS player.

Use your offensive trinkets and potions.

Cast Void Bolt.

Spend Insanity on Devouring Plague. And this is an important one. Make sure that you’re not capping out on Insanity and you’re always dumping it into Devouring Plague.

You want to cast Shadow Word: Death if the target is below 20% HP.

Cast Mind Blast to not cap out on charges.

Cast Void Torrent.

Cast Mind Spike: Insanity.

Cast Mind Flay: Insanity spam mind blast charges unless you have the Mind Devourer Talent active.

Cast Mindgames.

Cast Mind Spike: Insanity.

Cast Mind Flay: Insanity.

Cast Halo.

And while in Voidform, make sure to dump all of your Devouring Plague charges.

Cast Mind Spike.

Cast Mind Flay.

If you ever have to move out of something to avoid taking damage, always try to prioritize casting your instant cast spells while you move.

When it comes to AOE as a Shadow Priest, it's actually pretty simple. You're literally just going to be doing your single target rotation. The only difference here is that you're going to be using Shadow Crash to spread your DoTs. And when Shadow Crash is not available, you're just going to be tab targeting to spread the DoTs and then pick a target and just focus it.

Enchants

For consumables and your enchants, here's a list of all of the things that you guys should be using for Shadow Priest.

Enchants:

• Weapon: Sophic Devition (Best Enchant) & Sophic Writ (Cheaper Version)
• Cloak: Graceful Avoidance (Best Enchant) & Graceful Avoidance (Cheaper Version)
• Chest: Waking Stats (Best Enchant) & Waking Stats (Cheaper Version)
• Belt: Shadowed Belt Clasp (Best Enchant) & N/A (Cheaper Version)
• Bracers: Devotion of Avoidance (Best Enchant) & Devotion of Avoidance (Cheaper Version)
• Legs: Frozen Spellthread (Best Enchant) & Vibrant Spellthread (Cheaper Version)
• Boots: Plainsrunner's Breeze (Best Enchant) & Plainsrunner's Breeze (Cheaper Version)
• Ring: Devotion of Haste (Best Enchant) & Devotion of Haste (Cheaper Version)

Comsumables:

• Raiding: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
• Raiding: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power (Cheaper)
• Mythic+: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
• Phial of Tepid Versatility
• Feast: Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak
• Personal Food: Deviously Deviled Eggs
• For their weapons, Shadow Priest will always use Howling Rune.

Gems:

• You'll want to use Fierce Illimited Diamond as your Diamond Gem and Keen Ysemerald in all other sockets.

Always remember to prioritize the higher quality items because those are more powerful.

When it comes to the Potions of Ultimate Power, if you're broke, I would say when it comes to just rating in general, you can use the second tier quality ones. Because they'll be a lot cheaper.

Recent Nerfs

One last thing I want to say is that we just got a nerf to Shadow Priests.

I was looking at the Class Discord. Overall, for a single target, it's only about a 2 to 3% loss in damage. And Mythic +, it's about 3 to 4% loss.

So, overall, it's not that big of a deal. Shadow is still incredibly strong, and it's not going anywhere.