Hellos
I would like to hear other Shadow Priests opinion on this new buff to our AoE.
Will this make us more "viable" in BRF fx Kromog, train boss etc.
Discuss away!
Hellos
I would like to hear other Shadow Priests opinion on this new buff to our AoE.
Will this make us more "viable" in BRF fx Kromog, train boss etc.
Discuss away!
I actually like the new Shadow Priest AoE buffs a lot. Shadow is pretty much the worse spec in AoE atm. We have no form of burst AoE and our sustain AoE requires us to multidot everything. With the AS buff we'll be SOOOOOO much stronger on multi-target boss fights, and the searing insanity gives us some burst AoE for adds like on Darmac and Thogar.
Makes Insanity a staple... 24/7
We are already viable on Thogar. You shouldn't just look at the DPS meters, look on damage on priority targets instead.
Yes, we can burst down adds if we pool orbs (with cop or not, depending on how long they live), the problem is that our overall damage suffers even more. I remember consistently doing the most damage on spore shooter on brackenspore, but at a cost of mediocre damage on both the big add and boss itself. It's just disheartening, especially when you're in a raid with 3 warlocks, who are constantly competing for the top damage overall, while doing similar on demand burst and AoE that should be illegal. And on top of that they can switch specs to best suit current encounter.
Insanity will certainly help pad our DPS.
Overall DPS is just minor. Look at the AoE a warlock does on Thogar or Kromog: Immolation Aura, Hand of Gul'dan / Chaos Wave, Felstorm, and Cataclysm. Or look at Starfall or Ignite/Combustion spreading. There just isn't competition now, and there won't be much in 6.1. But, look at who does the most damage to the priority targets? We're high in that list.
On Brackenspore I was top DPS right below the flamethrowers. You either use Insanity with the Mind Fungus trick, or you use SoD. Our locks were Destruction which was annoying cause of even more execute snipes.