Season of Discovery Shadow Priest

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This thread is for comments about our Season of Discovery Shadow Priest guide.

[Guest Moorsprig]

Given that you recommend using Void Plague over Twisted Faith, that Mind Spike will be our filler spell, and that you don't really seem to recommend using Mind Flay in any particular situation, wouldn't it be better to save that talent point, either for range or Mind Blast cooldown?

[Sellinz 14]

55 minutes ago, Guest Moorsprig said:

Given that you recommend using Void Plague over Twisted Faith, that Mind Spike will be our filler spell, and that you don't really seem to recommend using Mind Flay in any particular situation, wouldn't it be better to save that talent point, either for range or Mind Blast cooldown?

Hey! This is a great question and something I have kind of asked myself, I really like the utility of having Mindflay specifically for the slowing aspect of it as there are times where a mob will be getting ready to run, or heading to someone it shouldn't and the slow has helped defuse the situation a bit, I would say put that point in the additional range however as opposed to the quicker Mind Blast CD as the way the rotation shapes up you won't often be able to fully stack your Spikes between Mind Blast uses as you likely are now.

[Guest Tsuness]

If the bosses in Gnomer are level 42 wouldn't it be better to take 2 or 3 talent points out of shadow focus and put them into other places since we are hit capped at 5%?

[Sellinz 14]

On 3/15/2024 at 3:21 PM, Guest Tsuness said:

If the bosses in Gnomer are level 42 wouldn't it be better to take 2 or 3 talent points out of shadow focus and put them into other places since we are hit capped at 5%?

Hey! This depends entirely on your gear set up, if you're full bis and have the hit rating from all of the pieces available in Gnomer, I think it's safe to drop down to 3 points there and you can easily place them somewhere else, like the extra range found in Shadow Reach or if you find yourself with threat issues even Shadow Affinity.

[Guest Macbenz]

Is there any room for Devouring Plague for Undead Priests? Is it worth using at all?

[Sellinz 14]

6 hours ago, Guest Macbenz said:

Is there any room for Devouring Plague for Undead Priests? Is it worth using at all?

Hey Macbenz, thanks for checking out my guide! So, in a situation where you are moving and the other two dots are already active, it is worth casting but otherwise your globals are better spent either maintaining one of the other dots, spiking or blasting. 

[Rix1382 0]

Why is a frost enchant recommended for a weapon when shadow priests don't have any frost spells?

[Sellinz 14]

3 hours ago, Rix1382 said:

Why is a frost enchant recommended for a weapon when shadow priests don't have any frost spells?

Hey Rix1382! Great question, so Mindspike deals 'shadow frost' damage which benefits from both increases to Shadow and Frost damage, it's a weird one because Mind Spike will only take damage from whichever of the two is higher, which if you have any specifically +Shadow damage gear, will be Shadow damage but in a situation where all your gear is +spell power, then you will benefit from the bonus Frost damage..

[Guest Choobz]

Since Claw of Cromag's proc is a random school of magic, wouldnt the hammer off nef be better for BiS. every other website has the hammer as actually bis. My sims show the same result