[Shadow] Auspicious Spirits nerf, what to expect?

[ceall]

Hey there!

With the newly announced nerf to Auspicious Spirits, what are the consequences? Will Spiteful Apparitions now be useless? If yes, what else to pick?

What else is there to expect? How hard will this nerf cut into our damage?


Please do not send me over to discord, I hate that app (in general), that's why I'm asking here.

[Reaper0329]

According to this, it shouldn't be a big deal. Fairly small slap on the wrist nerf. I'm less concerned about this nerf than the fact that we're on their radar, so to speak.

I main a Spriest and a DK in BfA. I am not known for good decisions.

[Kaver]

According to this, it shouldn't be a big deal. Fairly small slap on the wrist nerf. I'm less concerned about this nerf than the fact that we're on their radar, so to speak.

I main a Spriest and a DK in BfA. I am not known for good decisions.

Limit are currently doing mythic progression with 8 Shadow Priests :P

[Reaper0329]

Limit are currently doing mythic progression with 8 Shadow Priests :P

lol That doesn't surprise me. Blizzard seems to have designed CoS for Spriests.

[rowaasr13]

Heh, same shit for who the hell remembers what time?

1. Maybe you're bad in some encounters, but there will be others where you'll shine!
2. You shine in those new encounters? Get a nerf, you dirty SPs!

Yes, I get it SP is OP here, but isn't that what was promised? That we WILL be OP in some to compensate for all the shit with low build up and single target we have?

[Kaver]

Heh, same shit for who the hell remembers what time?

1. Maybe you're bad in some encounters, but there will be others where you'll shine!
2. You shine in those new encounters? Get a nerf, you dirty SPs!

Yes, I get it SP is OP here, but isn't that what was promised? That we WILL be OP in some to compensate for all the shit with low build up and single target we have?

Let's be fair here. Shadow Priest is in top 4 in all fights in BOD and topping a lot of them by far. This is not about JUST being good for certain types of fights. Shadow Priests will still be very good after the "nerf" but currently they are overtuned.

[Yvaelle]

Let's be fair here. Shadow Priest is in top 4 in all fights in BOD and topping a lot of them by far. This is not about JUST being good for certain types of fights. Shadow Priests will still be very good after the "nerf" but currently they are overtuned.

The only BfDA fight that isn't a ranged DoT cleave is Mekkatorque, and we're middle of the pack on it. This is like 90% of a fight design issue and 10% a tuning issue, I think you're underestimating just how perfectly the fights in this tier have been built for Shadow, including in CoS.

[krl]

What to expect ? a big fat nerf, yet to come.

[Chillside]

The nerf itself is not a big deal whatsoever, but the fact that we have classes like SP that prioritizes secondary stats over primary one and titanforging is still in the game with no sign of reforging coming back is just disgusting, rng roulette at it's very finest

[Ange]

The nerf itself is not a big deal whatsoever, but the fact that we have classes like SP that prioritizes secondary stats over primary one and titanforging is still in the game with no sign of reforging coming back is just disgusting, rng roulette at it's very finest

Can you name 1 spec in game with primary stats over secondary stats? Crying about overtuned specs like SP with problematic HIGH secondary scalling is questionable at best. That's like a pre-nerf DemoWL crying about haste beeing to good - go figure!

[Chillside]

Can you name 1 spec in game with primary stats over secondary stats? Crying about overtuned specs like SP with problematic HIGH secondary scalling is questionable at best. That's like a pre-nerf DemoWL crying about haste beeing to good - go figure!

You either completely missed my point or felt like you had to say something just to oppose me, even if it sounded flat out dumb

[hzjf]

and we are back into shadow crash with 8.2

was fun while it lasted.

[Chillside]

and we are back into shadow crash with 8.2

was fun while it lasted.

I don't think it was fun for anybody other than people who just rerolled a SP for the BoD patch

[Yes but actually no]

Not having to use shadow crash was actually more fun for me personally, i dislike positional abilities in your normal rotation.

Wish they just remade crash to something like cascade that only targeted people you were in combat with via only targeting those with your dots on or something, we have enough unintentional aoe as it is and i really miss that aspect of legions voidform. If i agro another neutral mob who was a fraction too close to my eruption one more time i think i am gonna snap. Like the shrine of the storm bubble crash thing, maybe a 1 second cast time and crash lands on everything you have dots on


Hell i would love it more if it did 0 damage at all and was actually a mobility skill.

[Relapses]

Hell i would love it more if it did 0 damage at all and was actually a mobility skill.

SW: P is our mobility spell. DP was good, too. And the good ol days of Mind Spike procs... man, am I actually feeling nostalgic for MoP? Fuck me.

OT: This is hot garbage. SC is my least favorite talent of all time. I just feel like I'm recreating this scene from Austin Powers each time I cast it.

[Yes but actually no]

SW: P is our mobility spell. DP was good, too. And the good ol days of Mind Spike procs... man, am I actually feeling nostalgic for MoP? Fuck me.

OT: This is hot garbage. SC is my least favorite talent of all time. I just feel like I'm recreating this scene from Austin Powers each time I cast it.

Sorry when i say mobility skill i mean it is an actual mobility skill like blink, heroic leap etc, not what we cast to fill globals as we move.
I really miss WoD shadow, especially for pvp, most fun i have had in this game for probably a decade.

[Relapses]

Sorry when i say mobility skill i mean it is an actual mobility skill like blink, heroic leap etc, not what we cast to fill globals as we move.
I really miss WoD shadow, especially for pvp, most fun i have had in this game for probably a decade.

RIP reverse Life Grip.

[Yes but actually no]

RIP reverse Life Grip.

My personal favourite was mind blast glyph that would root people on crits, it has infuriated me every single time a destro warlock roots me ever since we lost that. Theirs has absolutely no requirements either, just an instant cast spell that has 2 charges and roots every time for 3 seconds, ours required crits and a cast time if for some reason you weren't playing cop. Nothing i wouldn't give for that glyph, cop, spectral guise and an actual heal back.

You could walk into any fight and attempt to win in WoD, even if you were outnumbered you had a chance. Times change

[Yvaelle]

Not having to use shadow crash was actually more fun for me personally, i dislike positional abilities in your normal rotation.

I highly recommend making a macro:

/cast [@cursor] Shadow Crash

It will make it so hitting your Shadow Crash button will throw it at your cursor point without the keyboard click -> mouse target -> mouse click, process we go through otherwise. Better to occasionally whiff a Shadow Crash because your cursor is off to the side than deal with that crap.

[Yes but actually no]

I highly recommend making a macro:

/cast @cursor] Shadow Crash

It will make it so hitting your Shadow Crash button will throw it at your cursor point without the keyboard click -> mouse target -> mouse click, process we go through otherwise. Better to occasionally whiff a Shadow Crash because your cursor is off to the side than deal with that crap.

I am well aware of @cursor i use it for multiple things, including crash but i dislike positional abilities in your normal rotation.

To be perfectly honest in pvp i mostly @Player it and be done with it, that's where the melee will be and who actually use it for its damage? we only pick it for the insanity gain let's be real.

I wonder how many times a day curso and player get notifications that someone has mentioned them in a post.