spirit

[Yerbury]

Hello guys

I am beginning to devote some attention to my long-neglected priest, who is (and shall remain) shadow.

One issue that continues to confuse me is spirit. Twisted Faith increases spellpower by up to 20% of total spirit, suggesting that spirit should be maximised where possible.

However, when looking at preferred gear selection and choices such as Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers vs Royal Moonshroud Bracers, the non-spirit piece is usually deemed a better dps choice, due to the greater weight afforded to alternate stats like haste.

Is it always the case that spirit takes a back seat to haste or hit (assuming that the hit cap hasn't been met)? When gearing this character, is there anything - beyond what is already in the sticky - that I should be aware of?

Thanks.

[eErike]

Hello guys

I am beginning to devote some attention to my long-neglected priest, who is (and shall remain) shadow.

One issue that continues to confuse me is spirit. Twisted Faith increases spellpower by up to 20% of total spirit, suggesting that spirit should be maximised where possible.

However, when looking at preferred gear selection and choices such as Bejeweled Wizard's Bracers vs Royal Moonshroud Bracers, the non-spirit piece is usually deemed a better dps choice, due to the greater weight afforded to alternate stats like haste.

Is it always the case that spirit takes a back seat to haste or hit (assuming that the hit cap hasn't been met)? When gearing this character, is there anything - beyond what is already in the sticky - that I should be aware of?

Thanks.

Don't look for spirit, spirit us just a thing that comes along and gives us a little mana reg and even less sp. Chosing spirit will have you dropping other stats like haste, crit and hit that are more essencial (grammer? :P).

The normal PP value can be found on shadowpriest.com and will give you the answer to "what's better than what":

Hit = 1.88
SP = 1
Haste = 0.98
Crit = 0.76
Spirit = 0.59
Int = 0.22

(ty Worshaka)

This gives you that what you're looking for on gear is this: Hit (untill capped)>SP>Haste>Crit>spirit>int and as you see, it is never worth dropping either hit (unless capped), crit or haste to gain spirit.

[Yerbury]

Thanks for that. I saw the PP values but was confused to see such an upwardly mobile talent relying so heavily on spirit to impact a spellpower bonus.

I will look out for gear that accumulates the proper stats moving forward. Again, I appreciate your post.