Nether Ward working with Nether Protection

[sonfire]

•Nether Protection slightly revamped - After being hit with a spell while using Nether Ward, you gain Nether Protection, reducing all damage by that spell school by 15/30% for 8 sec. Nether Protection can only occur once per Nether Ward.

Doing this is nerfing nether protection more then what they already have. warlock have no way of protecting there buff or debuffs, affliction use to have someting to protect there debuffs, but i dont see it on the cata build. so when i pop Nether Ward mage will spell steal it or it will get dispel. im just saying give us a way to protect are buffand debuffs if your going to make us work that way.

[Ofmanv]

Even if this was undispellable, it's still ridiculously weak. Nether protection, soul leach, siphon life and the empowered imp proc rate are all jokes in their current implementation.

[mei]

If nether ward can be stolen by spells-teal then it will really suck on top of the fact that it has a 30 sec cd.

[Saverem]

It can prob be spell stolen, but the 8s proc will still be there.

But yeah, Mages were, are, and will always be OP in PvP... If they weren't so boring I'd play mine.

[mei]

I was wondering what happens if you just put a point into the nether ward talent and don't get the nether protection talent? Does that mean that nether ward will absorb any spell school for the same amount that shadow ward would absorb shadow spells?

[ScorchHellfire]

I was wondering what happens if you just put a point into the nether ward talent and don't get the nether protection talent? Does that mean that nether ward will absorb any spell school for the same amount that shadow ward would absorb shadow spells?

Yes and it scales with spell power...

[mei]

That combined with nether protection is really nice for pve, more control. If only they would reduce the cd to 15 sec now.

[Saverem]

Didn't Mages get something like this too? Didn't they get their fire/frost wards consolidated into a "Mage ward" or something that also absorbs all forms of magic? I'm too lazy to check, but pretty sure they did.

[Pantelija]

Didn't Mages get something like this too? Didn't they get their fire/frost wards consolidated into a "Mage ward" or something that also absorbs all forms of magic? I'm too lazy to check, but pretty sure they did.

Yes and they even have a talent to proc 50% speed boost for 8 seconds when it absorbs damage in Fire tree

Change to Nether Protection is a big + for PvE and a huge - for PvP (we all know what enemy class benefits most from this change >.> )

[Secht]

If the PTR client is to be believed, Nether Ward is a baseline ability.

[Pantelija]

If the PTR client is to be believed, Nether Ward is a baseline ability.

Actually when u spec into Nether Ward your Shadow Ward morphs into Nether Ward , thats why u have it in your spellbook as greyed out spell (not yet learned)

[Difuid]

Didn't Mages get something like this too? Didn't they get their fire/frost wards consolidated into a "Mage ward" or something that also absorbs all forms of magic? I'm too lazy to check, but pretty sure they did.

Yes and they even have a talent to proc 50% speed boost for 8 seconds when it absorbs damage in Fire tree

Change to Nether Protection is a big + for PvE and a huge - for PvP (we all know what enemy class benefits most from this change >.> )

Just the clear things up:

Mage:

(base)Mage Ward:
30 sec cd
Absorbs : Arcane, Fire, Frost
Synergy:
(Molten Shields) If removed by damage it procs blazing speed.

Warlock:

(talent)Nether Ward:
30sec cd
Absorbs: Arcane, Holy!, Fire, Frost, Nature, Shadow
Synergy:
(Nether Protection) On hit 15/30% reduction to damage from that school of magic for 8 secs. Once per ward.

So yeah a mage can run away from a caster, while you gain damage reduction which also prolongs your ward's life(we all know which enemy classes will suck against you >.>)

[Secht]

Actually when u spec into Nether Ward your Shadow Ward morphs into Nether Ward , thats why u have it in your spellbook as greyed out spell (not yet learned)

Guessing that it's presence in the spellbook over shadow ward is just a bug then?

Well... I hope not ;P

[v2prwsmb45yhuq3wj23vpjk]

Guessing that it's presence in the spellbook over shadow ward is just a bug then?

Well... I hope not ;P

It says trainable because you aren't specced into it. It's not baseline. It's a bug.