I'm about to make Unholy DK as my alt, but I'm sorta worried of this talent choice and stat priorities that come with it.
I like Castigator, in combination with Pestilent Pustules it allows more fluent gameplay, which also lowers the priority of haste.
But from what I've expirienced on my DH(we've finished 7/7 N and 1/7 H), currently, in Emerald Nightmare, only Ursoc and Nythendra favor ST damage, while others require lots of movement and add killing and Epidemic+Clawing Shadows seem to be more handy in that matter.
Icy Veins suggest Crit >= Haste in castigator build and Haste > Mastery with Clawing Shadows, from what I understand: I should prioritise my stats for ST, thus going with Castigator stat priority, because AoE is good as it is? Will I get *punished* for having Crit as main secondary stat in this situation?
Also minorquestions:
1) Clawing Shadows dealing 130% shadow damage, while Scourge Strike 125% physical + 65% Shadow. Is Scourge Strike actually more powerful or boss armor values make it less powerful than CS?
2) Huge aspect of CS is 30 yrd range. As I mentioned 5 out of 7 fights in Emerald Nightmare favor movement and cleave damage: is it worthy to use Clawing Shadows from afar on targets that don't have any Festring Wounds on? Is that *actually* the main point of CS in that matter?
3) CS is equally good for ST aswell as Castigator?