Horror
Psychic Scream
Psyfiend (horror every 1.5 secs)
Silence
vs
Blood Fear (takes up 10% HP per cast)
Shadowfury or Mortal Coil
Spell lock
Unfair!
Horror
Psychic Scream
Psyfiend (horror every 1.5 secs)
Silence
vs
Blood Fear (takes up 10% HP per cast)
Shadowfury or Mortal Coil
Spell lock
Unfair!
Taking the bait.
They have 1 more , thats hardly "So much" compared to Warlocks.
I dunno maybe because blood fear is spammable?
The real question is why do either, or any class, have so much instant CC?
Probably because they don't have pets. Play a SPriest and see how much you miss having your silence/knockback/dispel/heal provided by your pet, rather than having to squeeze it between your own abilities.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...iction-Warlock
This OP is trolling. Quoted from the above link, you will find his warlock vs. shadow priest QQ thread (saying we are "overpowered") - he has edited it several times so don't be surprised if he ghosts this quote out:
Last edited by Inactivity; 2012-05-14 at 09:22 AM.
It's psychic scream or psyfiend.
They share a cooldown, so hardly that much more cc.
None of those are CCs. If a pug tank says "CC the healer" and you reply "Okay, I'll silence it for 5sec, then horror it for 3sec, then psychic scream it for 8sec. Is that long enough?" they'll tell you to just let the Warlock cast one fear every 30sec.Why do Shadow Priests get so much Instant CCs compared to Warlocks?
But since you're obviously coming at this from a PvP slant, the other reason is they're all on long-ass cooldowns, and Horror requires accumulating resources in advance of casting it, so it's not even on-demand in the way most instant spells are.
Because they're not Warlocks and Blizzard don't balance the game around every class being the same
I have both, but the reason why SP are better than locks aren't CC. It "was" dispersion, their bubble and their higher dmg reduction (independant from pet / passive). Now lock get their "oh crap" key too come MoP. I only heavily tested duels against good rogues and frost mage (it's the only classes i care about) pre-nerfs in Dark Apotheosis. Conclusion is that it was awesome. Not sure now :s DR + leap + spam demonic slash / HoG was win. I love those little imps too. I did miss some CC as I didn't spec in Blood Fear and prefer the other 2 alternatives..
trash buffs for dispelling, CSing a Warrior into combat so he can't charge... have you not played WoW since 2007?
Pretty sure a spammable fear (even though it takes 10% of our health) is enough lol. Locks having a spammable fear with 0 negatives behind it all these years has kinda been OP. Be happy all it is is a 10% health cost.
Even if the difference in the number of CCs for each class was more distinct (which it isn't, has been stated by many people above), why are you seeking class homogeneity anyway?
Warlocks can do tonnes of crap that Priests can't. Why can't Priests have an edge on Warlocks too?
(Obviously this is rhetorical, what with you being banned and all..)