Shadow DPS buff that went by unnoticed

[Aureact]

Mage
Fire

• Improved Scorch now increases spell critical strike chance against the target by 5% but no longer stacks. (Up from 1%, Stacks up to 5)

Rejoice, my fellow shadows!
No more waiting for slack mages before the intial SW: P ^^

[Haxxer]

I came into the thread thinking "Now someone have dug through the PTR and found something interesting"

[Shandas]

you are still waiting for 5xweaving anyway, and all mages are arcane now ;( none to give the scorch buff

[Thragh]

Yeah mages are arcane now, you should hav ea demo lock for pet buff that does the scorch buff with a talented and glyphed SB

[Sarcasm]

Ele shamans give it too.

[Juicebox]

Ele shamans give it too.

And here I've been playing this game thinking they give the 5% crit aura buff that doesn't stack with a moonkin, how foolish of me :/

[harky]

And here I've been playing this game thinking they give the 5% crit aura buff that doesn't stack with a moonkin, how foolish of me :/

Yeah, you were right. The 5% crit debuff is supplied by Fire/Frost Mages (Scorch/Winter's Chill) and Affliction Warlocks (Improved Shadow Bolt). It's not supplied by Shaman, they provide the crit buff, not the crit debuff.

[Destriel]

And here I've been playing this game thinking they give the 5% crit aura buff that doesn't stack with a moonkin, how foolish of me :/

I lol'd.

[boneschaman]

Yeah, you were right. The 5% crit debuff is supplied by Fire/Frost Mages (Scorch/Winter's Chill) and Affliction Warlocks (Improved Shadow Bolt). It's not supplied by Shaman, they provide the crit buff, not the crit debuff.

elementals provide a crit debuff...
3% for all

[harky]

My bad, that means they're providing the minor crit debuf, meaning they still don't provide the same buff Mages and Warlocks can provide. :

[Relina]

elementals provide a crit debuff...
3% for all

And you can get another 5% spell crit from a properly specced mage/warlock.

[Kelesti]

elementals provide a crit debuff...
3% for all

Which shares the same debuff slot that Ret Paladins use for the same 3% crit. Oh wow, you see what I did there?

[Deleted]

My bad, that means they're providing the minor crit debuf, meaning they still don't provide the same buff Mages and Warlocks can provide. :

your bad again the debuffs are not exclusive, one is 3% on all and other is 5% on spell

[syanid]

If raid is properly set up, every caster should receive +13% more on crit. Mages are exception because of damn FM trade.

[harky]

your bad again the debuffs are not exclusive, one is 3% on all and other is 5% on spell

So, because they're not exclusive somehow that means that they're the same buff? I think you completely missed my point. Thanks for playing, though.

[MushroomBomb]

If raid is properly set up, every caster should receive +13% more on crit. Mages are exception because of damn FM trade.

I used to get FM back in the Ulduar day from one of our Mages because "you always crit like every 3 seconds or something", but now that they're all Arcane and casting stuff every half second, I won't get any

[ralphie]

If it all goes well, locks will respecc from faceroll destro to affliction and provide the debuff.