Shadow Priest DPS Guide (TBC Classic)

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This thread is for comments about our Shadow Priest DPS Guide.

[Guest shooketh]

mp5 is missing from the stat priority.

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On 6/3/2021 at 1:02 AM, Guest shooketh said:

mp5 is missing from the stat priority.

Hey thanks, I forgot about it since there's very limited caster gear with it on.  Added now!

[Guest Ocronn]

You didn’t mention Dwarf Priests at all in the introduction section

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12 hours ago, Guest Ocronn said:

You didn’t mention Dwarf Priests at all in the introduction section

Dwarf has no PvE benefit.

[Guest Improved Vampiric]

Improved Vampiric Embrace does not give it an additional 10% healing, instead it increasing the healing by 10% meaning 16.5% total instead of the 25% mentioned in the guide. This makes it a basically useless talent choice and those two points should be spent elsewhere.

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50 minutes ago, Guest Improved Vampiric said:

Improved Vampiric Embrace does not give it an additional 10% healing, instead it increasing the healing by 10% meaning 16.5% total instead of the 25% mentioned in the guide. This makes it a basically useless talent choice and those two points should be spent elsewhere.

That's not the case at all.  It is a flat additional 10% healing from shadow damage dealt.  Just also tested live and it indeed works this way.  https://tbc.wowhead.com/spell=27840/improved-vampiric-embrace

Apply Aura: Modifies Spell Effectiveness (8) Value: 10

The Value:10 means it's an additive value of 10, meaning the total becomes 25%.  If it was a multiplicative value of 10%, it would show the same way that Paladins T6 2 set shows, for example:

https://tbc.wowhead.com/spell=38421/improved-spiritual-attunement
 

Apply Aura: Modifies Spell Effectiveness (8) Value: 10%

Having the % show after the number means it's a multiplier of the base value.  No % means it's simply added.

 

[Guest Agu]

Why is healing enchant recommended for ring? 

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On 7/2/2021 at 5:32 AM, Guest Agu said:

Why is healing enchant recommended for ring? 

Thanks for the catch on the typo.  Should be Spellpower instead, fixed!

[Guest AlFara]

The stat priority is suboptimal, spellcrit needs to be far lower (below spirit). reason:

with death on rota, ~6 crit == 1 SP and without death on rota, ~10 crit == 1 SP. On difficult raid encounters, where it really matters, you can't use death in the rota without risking a useless death in the process. you're a support dd after all, so 10 crit == 1 SP is the main point here.

also, 10 spirit == 1 SP (priest buffs - improved divine spirit), which leaves crit at the same spellpower value like spirit with the addition that spirit additionally generates mana. because of that, spellcrit should be below spirit.

[Guest spellfire replaced?]

Any support for replacing spellfire set when you get Cowl of the Grand engineer & Trousers of the Astromancer? Is the latter objectively better? Currently have spellfire set and sitting on the cowl but debating if its worth using once I get the Astromancer pants. 

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On 10/11/2021 at 1:38 PM, Guest spellfire replaced? said:

Any support for replacing spellfire set when you get Cowl of the Grand engineer & Trousers of the Astromancer? Is the latter objectively better? Currently have spellfire set and sitting on the cowl but debating if its worth using once I get the Astromancer pants. 

Yeah wait will you have both to replace them and it's worth.

[Guest Meta Gem]

The Meta Gem won't activate (+12 SP) with this set up.

It's better to go with Mystical Skyfire Diamond for spell haste(1 blue gem activation from Glowing >purple< Gem on helm)

It's a whole lot better than not having a meta gem at all.

[Guest Bergz]

Hey! Any sunwell bislist in the making? When do u reckon it will be posted?

 

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On 4/16/2022 at 5:25 PM, Guest Bergz said:

Hey! Any sunwell bislist in the making? When do u reckon it will be posted?

 

They're a work in process and should be up within the next couple of weeks at the latest

[Dome 0]

Hi all, sunwell is coming next week, do you have an update? Cheers & Thanks

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On 5/5/2022 at 11:12 AM, Dome said:

Hi all, sunwell is coming next week, do you have an update? Cheers & Thanks

Pre-raid bis and phase 5 bis should be live any day now.