do shadowpriests have snares/roots ?

[Fagnut]

mindflay also CCs you so its not that reliable when you got a dk pounding on you. other casters have some form of snare or root, but not like mindflay. psy horror is nice but a long cd even glyphed.

any pro priests care to share their ways of fighting melee ?

[Penances]

do shadowpriests have snares/roots ?

Paralysis is a 99.99% snare

[Haph]

We have a fearbomb on a super low cooldown. Psychic horror is nice to get some distance from melee and it disarms them. You can also dispersion to survive then fear again right after.

[blaqkmagick]

Don't forget about Mind Control. That spell has won arena games for me more times than i can tell.
In general though I think priests are one of the worst classes CC wise. I don't play one but from my experiences I think that's a fair statement.

[Raugnaut]

Priests get a 4 sec root whenever Mind Blast crits, which can be done if you go MSx3->MB. In addition, Spriests can cause fear effects on healers that dispel Vampiric Touch, which will result in either you winning the game from a dumb healer chain dispelling, or being able to keep 100% uptime on dots due to healers not dispelling in fear of the fear. I do not know if the root/fear has a DR.

In addition, you have a disarm/horrify on a 2 minutes CD, a 90% damage reduction on a 2 min CD, a fear on a 20ish sec CD, and the ability to remove roots every ~15(?) seconds. You also have minor healing abilities, as well as a mage-ish strength bubble, extending survivability. A good shadow priest is an asset to have, and is a very good support class for 5s, but there are plenty classes better in 2s/3s.

[blaqkmagick]

Priests get a 4 sec root whenever Mind Blast crits, which can be done if you go MSx3->MB. In addition, Spriests can cause fear effects on healers that dispel Vampiric Touch, which will result in either you winning the game from a dumb healer chain dispelling, or being able to keep 100% uptime on dots due to healers not dispelling in fear of the fear. I do not know if the root/fear has a DR.

In addition, you have a disarm/horrify on a 2 minutes CD, a 90% damage reduction on a 2 min CD, a fear on a 20ish sec CD, and the ability to remove roots every ~15(?) seconds. You also have minor healing abilities, as well as a mage-ish strength bubble, extending survivability. A good shadow priest is an asset to have, and is a very good support class for 5s, but there are plenty classes better in 2s/3s.

Wow. I obviously know nothing about spriests. Didn't know they had half those abilities.

[Prostyle]

Mind Control is extremely underrated in my opinion.

[Flaks]

Glyphed psychic horror is very powerful. The low cd on psychic scream means your second fear on the warrior will last 6 seconds before his zerker rage comes off cd. And you WILL survive to the second fear if you have the resilience and even without dispersion.

[Gandrake]

Mind Control is extremely underrated in my opinion.

i think it's funny when a tank gets nuked in an RBG, gets dotted up and then they get mind controlled

but shadow priests dont really get a lot of CC because they practically wear plate with shadowform's armor contribution + shields and have PS on like a 20 second cooldown

put dots on kids, juke casts, profit

[Daedius]

Priests can select "Void tendrils" come 5.0 - a proper roots, if targetable, effect! :P

[Penances]

Priests get a 4 sec root whenever Mind Blast crits

As I said, Paralysis which is triggered by a critical Mind Blast isn't a root, it's a 99,99% snare. Target is likely unable to move but a warrior can charge or heroic leap while being under the effect of Paralysis.

[mikidamus]

i think it's funny when a tank gets nuked in an RBG, gets dotted up and then they get mind controlled

but shadow priests dont really get a lot of CC because they practically wear plate with shadowform's armor contribution + shields and have PS on like a 20 second cooldown

put dots on kids, juke casts, profit

Aren´t their dots actually weak? I remember priests complaining in random BGs that theiry full doted rogue target outheals the damage with recuperate

[Penances]

Sp's dots aren't as efficient as they were before 4.2 nerf, they're not as efficient as those of an affliction warlock but they're not weak.

[DiscoGhost]

Priests can select "Void tendrils" come 5.0 - a proper roots, if targetable, effect! :P

pretty sure any priest is going to take psychic scream over that any day. i know i will.