06-09-2006, 01:10 AM
Shadowform is great and IMO any shadow priest should get it (though what the other discipline options are for priests these days I cannot say -- I dare say they are great too).
As others said, you can indeed cast PW:S as a shadow priest, but IMHO it's rarely worth the mana to use it while soloing (except if things have gone wrong and you're fleeing for your life). Mind blast, SW:P, vampiric embrace, mind flay, mind flay, maybe another mindblast if you get bored with the mind flays, and some wanding at the end is about all you need for almost anything. Mana burn (or later silence) is also nice against the odd caster.
Vampiric embrace pretty much removes the need for a shadow-form priest to heal against normal monsters, though against elites even a shadow priest can be better off dropping out of shadow-form to allow him/her to heal over an extended battle.
As others said, you can indeed cast PW:S as a shadow priest, but IMHO it's rarely worth the mana to use it while soloing (except if things have gone wrong and you're fleeing for your life). Mind blast, SW:P, vampiric embrace, mind flay, mind flay, maybe another mindblast if you get bored with the mind flays, and some wanding at the end is about all you need for almost anything. Mana burn (or later silence) is also nice against the odd caster.
Vampiric embrace pretty much removes the need for a shadow-form priest to heal against normal monsters, though against elites even a shadow priest can be better off dropping out of shadow-form to allow him/her to heal over an extended battle.