Crit as shadow?

[gaymer77]

Does anyone else find it odd wanting crit over haste now since WOD hit? To me it just feels strange. We've always been a haste heavy class even reaching back to BC days.

[zimboombafoo]

i thought mastery was the best stat at the moment..so, i've been trying to use pieces with mastery..but my casting times are telling me differently

[Aviditas]

Doesnt really feel weird, times change, so I adjusted to the new requirements for shadow. Fuckin way she goes :P

[Dinoboy]

I can't and won't speak for raiding - I'm more about PVP with shadow, but there is a lot more obvious synergy with crit in PVP. Apparitions proc off crits, there's that Auspicious Spirits talent. Glyph of Mind Blast with Clarity of Power seems much better the higher crit chance.. I'm actually inclined to guess that that glyph actually increases the crit chance of Mind Blast without any visible wordage.

[heinz0r]

Yeah mastery > crit > haste should be your main focus in gearing for pvp shadow.

The change in mastery from focusing on dots to now focus on your direct damage and the fact that dots are not running faster through haste means that youre not building alot of pressure. This might change again with higher secondary stats in 1-2 seasons or with a couple of class tweaks, but right now youre best suited to live with a bit more casttime but make your hits count and do more spike damage. This is always better in pvp than sustained because it can take ppl off guard, especially when its healer heavy and everyone is almost falling into a coma on long fights.

The more crit you got, the more interesting the root glyph for mindblast becomes aswell.
Right now youre using mindblast every 5.5 seconds on average and probably around 25-26 % crit change if youre running mastery+crit focused, so you will have ppl rooted for free rather often, which helps you tremendously in creating a bit of breathing room too, without actually having to use an action to do so.

[davie]

http://howtopriest.com/viewtopic.php...6291#iStatPrio

[kaamila]

http://howtopriest.com/viewtopic.php...6291#iStatPrio

am i reading it right that it says for CoP, its haste > multi > crit > mast > vers ?

[Kulle]

am i reading it right that it says for CoP, its haste > multi > crit > mast > vers ?

That's the Overall best stat weights for CoP, which includes various situation such as single target, 2/3 targets, adds, etc. However, if you are looking to progress in Highmaul, you'll be gearing for single target (mastery).

[Akx]

Lots of contradicting information everywhere. I was told that multistrike and crit was best for CoP DoTweaving. While Mastery and Crit was best for CoP non-dotweaving. At least that is what Icy Veins claims.

From H2P:

Averaged BIS

Int = 1.0000
Spell Power = 0.8826
Crit = 0.7039
Haste = 0.6252
Mastery = 0.4215
Multistrike = 0.5639
Versatility = 0.4833
DPS (Pure Damage) = 0.1535

Clarity of Power

Int = 1.0000
Spell Power = 0.8820
Crit = 0.5522
Haste = 0.5796
Mastery = 0.5210
Multistrike = 0.5749
Versatility = 0.4863
DPS (Pure Damage) = 0.1572

Void Entropy

Int = 1.0000
Spell Power = 0.8821
Crit = 0.5593
Haste = 0.5842
Mastery = 0.3806
Multistrike = 0.5777
Versatility = 0.4853
DPS (Pure Damage) = 0.1786

Auspicious Spirits

Int = 1.0000
Spell Power = 0.8813
Crit = 0.8038
Haste = 0.6471
Mastery = 0.3719
Multistrike = 0.5566
Versatility = 0.4797
DPS (Pure Damage) = 0.1601