Alright, much appreciated!
Making an off spec shadow set, can't reach more than the 8000ish haste milestone due to sharing some disc gear(crit+mastery).
Would it be better to just prioritize crit instead? I'll be using FDCL anyway so mastery won't be as effective.
At any and every gear level for level 90 characters Haste is your best secondary stat until you reach 18,215 Haste Rating.
At 450 ilvl? Haste > Mastery or Crit
At 496 ilvl? Haste > Mastery or Crit
At 522 ilvl? Haste > Mastery or Crit
It does not matter how far 'behind the curve' you are. Whether you just dinged 90 or you're pushing Heroic Siege of Orgrimmar you will stack Haste up until the 18,215 Haste Rating cap. If that means the highest you can get is only 3k Haste rating... GET 3K HASTE RATING.
tl;dnr - You're still a Shadow Priest and you want ALL the Haste!
So im hit capped with 9.8k haste and 526ilvl, but i cant decide which boots should i use, actually i have this one http://www.wowhead.com/item=95965, and today i got this one from megaera http://www.wowhead.com/item=96078 also i got this yesterday http://www.wowhead.com/item=105050.
While the first one doesnt have a gem slot, the megaera boots have critical and the soo lfr mastery and spirit.
This is my armory http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ldmas/advanced
When is it worth it to drop UVLS and the T15 4 set?
I recently got Purified Bindings of Immerseus and I just want to double check before I pair it with the old valour trinket instead of UVLS.
Also got Hood of Swirling Senses and Shoulderpads of Dou Dou Chong to switch to in lieu of T15 and Timeless shoulders if the stat gain is better than the set bonus.
Is your UVLS 502? 522 UVLS was heavily nerfed, but it might still be better than the Shadopan trinket. Purified Bindings though are definitely worth swapping in, I'm just not quite sure which is the secondary because I haven't seen the new math on just how bad UVLS is now.
You should swap both of those 553's in and break your 4p bonus, the item level alone is worth it
Generally speaking, anything from Normal or Heroic SoO is going to be worth swapping in over anything from ToT just because of how crazy the item level jumps are at this point.
It's only LFR 2/2 UVLS, valour trinket it is then.
Thanks for taking the time to answer
Hey awesome guide! I have a couple questions:
Since I rolled troll, would it be best if I got 3 orbs then used berserking with DP+Shadowfiend, but only two or 3 procs, or used berserking with only DP but used shadowfiend with all my procs.
Second, if I go into DI for a fight, is it worth it interrupting MF:I after the second tick for the instant MB or SW: D
Third, when should I not use the second SW: D that gives no orb. Currently I use SW: D twice in most cases, the only time I hold it back is if i have a DP. So it would like something like:
Have 1 orb - MB+SW: D - DP- MF:I
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Thanks
It really depends on the fight, if popping Shadowfiend on cooldown will get you more Shadowfiends into a fight - it's better to get more with fewer procs than to hold onto it hoping the stars will align. Similarly for DP, the risk of having another Orb Generator come off cooldown when you already have 3 is a huge risk that makes it not really feasible to retain Orbs to optimize procs during DP application. If Mind Blast, Death, or DI procs are ready - and you are already sitting on 3 orbs - you are delaying all future casts of those Orb Generators by waiting even just a single GCD: not worth it. Therefore, whenever possible - absolutely align DP and Shadowfiend with as many procs (and Berserking) as possible - but delaying either of them significantly is generally a DPS loss versus using them essentially on cooldown.Since I rolled troll, would it be best if I got 3 orbs then used berserking with DP+Shadowfiend, but only two or 3 procs, or used berserking with only DP but used shadowfiend with all my procs.
It's a problem with the 3-orb maximum capacity we currently face - in my proposed model for 6.0 - I'm suggesting the devs give us a 5-orb maximum so that we can delay finishers (only DP currently) for optimization of movement/procs/fight mechanics.
Yes, always - Orb Generators are by far the highest priority for casts - Insanity functions comparably to Mind Flay in terms of priority, despite that it deals double Mind Flays damage (it's still the lowest priority).Second, if I go into DI for a fight, is it worth it interrupting MF:I after the second tick for the instant MB or SW: D
Always double-tap Shadow Word: Death now - prior to 5.4 it was worthwhile to game the 6 second Orb generation cooldown on Death by only pressing it once, but they nerfed this behaviour in 5.4 to force us to double-tap. It's not an elegant solution, but it's what we have been given.Third, when should I not use the second SW: D that gives no orb. Currently I use SW: D twice in most cases, the only time I hold it back is if i have a DP. So it would like something like:
Have 1 orb - MB+SW: D - DP- MF:I
Hope that helps!
How is tier 16? What are we going for? the BiS list didn't seem to show using tier.
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Tactical Disaster - Stormrage-US
16/16 Heroic T14
10/13 Heroic T15
So Question regarding Trinkets.
Got Black Blood of Y'Shaarj yesterday and well...its shit when used together with UVLS.
It takes 10 Seconds to stack to maximum, i would refresh dots at 10 seconds to get most spellpower out of it, but UVLS has only a 4 second timeframe.
So i guess its time to switch out UVLS.
Which Trinket would you guys choose? i have megaera trinket HC+TF, and Animus Trinket HC.
So then Garros trinket + megaera? thanks.
Are we only going for 2pc t16?
It's hard to say no to Yoo-Hoo chocolate drinks...the name literally beckons.
Tactical Disaster - Stormrage-US
16/16 Heroic T14
10/13 Heroic T15
at what itemlevel do i gem only 320 haste? i get very unlucky and have a lot of spirit+crit items so i barely got to 8085
edit: reckless and energized gems depending on socket bonuses of course, duh
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