With the new talent tree introduced in 2. Higher values of mastery lowered the dps gap, highest I went to was around 2k mastery which resulted inSo in theory if you get kicked on it you also can't cast any frost spells (which you probably none of). If you want to do endgame content at a decent level, you HAVE to play the meta unless you. Generates 6 Insanity. 1 PTR Class Tuning Hotfixes – Mage Changes! Live Posted 2023/04/21 at 1:42 PM by Squishei. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. A blue post stated they don't want Spriests using Mind Spike as a part of their normal DPS rotation, so if that starts to happen it'll probably get nerfed. Mind Spike build probably handles movement better. Use misery talent, keep dots up, fill in with mind blast/mind flay/ dispel magic. New Talent: Mind Flay: Insanity – Casting Devouring Plague transforms your Mind Flay spell into Mind Flay: Insanity for 5 seconds. It was a mistake to ever think it should be apart of normal gameplay and used all the time. The Talent Surge of Darkness lets you cast Mind Spike withour removing dots from the target when it procs. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. dark ascension is great for a mindspike build. 87% [ 314. I just recently came back to the game after barely touching bfa and even less so shadowlands but shadow priest has been my main class since 2015 and was excited to level until I saw the changes. Two tick 11430 and take 1. My group has been debating about the description of Mind Spike for a couple of sessions now. Row 7 Talents. Glyph of Mind Spike Glyph of Mind Spike no longer synergizes with From Darkness, Comes Light - to provide free Mind Blast casts much of the time. Both cooldowns devalue the use of periodic damage spells, and when you have talent choices like Mind Sear, Mind Flay: Insanity, and Screams of the Void, all of these talents feel bad to use when both. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. In the Priest Talents category. Mind Flay and Mind Flay: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat. We prepared dedicated. Spike is just a random cast with basically 0 aesthetics. Spending insanity is higher prio than using your insanity flay procs i believe. A few thoughts on mind spike vs SW:I Keep in mind these numbers are estimates. ) Check out the rotation page on wowhead or icyveins for more info. Mind Spike is a priest ability learned at level 44 for those with the Shadow specialization. Shadow had mind blast and mind spike procs throughout MoP and WoD, also the “proc” you get after casting devouring plague isn’t a proc. Mind Sear should be further down the left part of the tree for a dot-oriented playstyle. This means you should cast it always when the talent procs. You know its going to happenIn some quick testing, I found my best damage on single target came from a build which was juggling both Mind Flay and Mind Spike casts, which is perfect, in my opinion. The WeakAura only loads while level 80 inside a 10/25 normal. Now you may say hey numbers schumbers. Put these points into Dark Evangelism and Voidtouched. There's no luck involved in proccing it It doesn't have anything to do. I’ve been gearing up an alt shadow priest for raids and RBGs, and have a pretty decent idea for how the basics work. Ahh well tho, hopefully it gets better with higher ilvls soon. Blizzard, it is not the 1st of April yet! Please tell us that this is another of your out of seasons Aprils fools jokes! I still find it hard to believe what Blizzard is planning to do to SP. I also think that the mind flay talents being recommended by sims are overrated in practice. Love that build. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. The other talent this is. Shadow has been FOTM since the MDI. No longer replaces Mind Flay or deals additional damage with [Mind Blast]. The change to Mind Sear* (edit) making it purely a spender instead of a filler spell can feel clunky at times, but they did massively buff the damage it does to compensate. They were super overpowered earlier this season but they are definitely much more in line now, and I’m saying this because I feel like Shadow is generally one of the more fun specs to play vs when its good But they are nerfing PI, MD, Mind Flay: Insanity(and also Mind Spike: Insanity) and they nerfed their defensives this current patch All of these. Once I started doing that, aoe got a lot more fun and manageable. Learn how to use this in our class guide. Mind Melt - Mind Spike now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast. 0 shadow was fun, there were too many players crying for a full redesign though when it was undertuned when all they needed to address was mind flay vs mind spike and shadow crash. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. It seems like a very simple change of making mind spike do increased damage to targets without dots, and just not. Cast Halo unless adds are coming within ~20 seconds. Again, you’re limiting options by just having one set of talents that work with mind flay and another set of talents which work with mind spike. However, an interrupted Mind Spike is going to lock all your shadow spells. Surge of Darkness doesn't exist anymore in 10. 精通：疯狂 物理 77486 1. Creator wont even notice what you just did there :P. However, an interrupted Mind Spike is. Row 7 Talents. [Mind Blast] - (Macro)--Starting normal rotation. The unfortunate part here is that you need to have a 90 on Wisdom in order to recruit Flay properly. I’m fairly certain you don’t just overcap and ignore it over and over for other spells, letting stacks rot. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and. 2-3 Enemies (that will live a reasonable length of time) Devouring Plague (with 3 OR MORE orbs) Mind Blast (with LESS THAN 5 orbs)Use Mind Blast on cooldown (very important), spam Mind Spike (not so important) in between and cast Devouring Plage when you have between 3 and 5 orb and it seems like a good idea to do so. Casting Devouring Plague increases the duration of Voidform by 2. Cast Mind Flay as your main filler. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is. Cast Mind Spike or Mind Flay; Cast Divine Star, Shadow Word: Death or Shadow Word: Pain if you are moving. Mind Flay: Insanity deals 80% more damage than Mind Flay. 2) Write out the primary spell together with the wanted spell. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Mind Spike damage increased by 20%. 848% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. 2. Aside the low damage mind spike has another problem. Cast Mind Flay to generate Insanity as your filler spell. It feels so lack luster. Hearthstone: Mind BlastGlyph of Mind Spike. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Premium. You hard cast mind spike as your filler if you have it selected in prepatch, and you will probably do the same at level 70 as well if nothing changes. I’ve been using lots of Macro on this website and I think is time to give back something. A Month. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. This is actually unnecessary button bloat. Mind Spike replaces it now. All of these nerfs on top of being one of the only casters that has to cast(and basically 1 school, while sure you have mind spike its being made worse with the surge of insanity nerfs) this makes me feel like. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 285. Cast Mind Spike with Surge of Darkness procs. Business, Economics, and Finance. Some things I don’t so much like:So far it seems that blizzard doesn't want Mind Spike to be used in PvE. World of Warcraft Forums I’ve read them and don’t feel like its a good direction for the class. Generates 15. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. Anyway, I was in BH yesterday and after the fight one of the other members was trashing my rotation even though I had done more dps than him and the other spriestMind Spike damage reduced by 6%. The math was kindly provided by Linelo. 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. /use [nochanneling:Mind Flay] Mind Flay Wand (Spammable) - Allows you to spam the wand button without it cancelling. With Mind Spike replacing Mind Flay, we don’t have that. 22Cast Mindgames. For Teir 1 you can pick whatever is suited with your play style. Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent have a chance to spawn a Void Tendril that channels Mind Flay or Void Lasher that channels Mind Sear at your target. This is very. Rezt-stormscale May 3, 2023, 4:08pm #3. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. Does not apply to PvP Combat. Wanting to keep the player involved and mindful of what is happening can lead to bloat and proc proc proc based reaction/priority based buttons vs spamming the same thing all over again. . +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. Allow While Banished Aura State. Make Mindbender a permanent pet that cleaves like BM hunters pets. You can swap points between Mind Devourer and Dark Evangelism. You can also weave Silence, Psychic Horror, and Psychic Scream in where necessary to keep the enemy team controlled. Felt really hectic and engaging. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). Shadow's cooldowns have also received some additions and changes, with Void Eruption both changing to a two minute cooldown and becoming an optional spell thanks to the. Drain life looks much better; Mind blast vs Shadow bolt. It sucks that mindblast proc resets the spike counter though. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. Lasts 6 sec. Mind spike feels very awkward to use right now, even considering the bug. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. 2, the glyph was a pretty harsh trade -- it extended the reach of Mind Flay by 10 yards at the. Hey everyone! 🙂 I have just picked up Shadow Priest and I’m absolutely loving it. Then feedback was taken. Mind flay is still there. Does not require shapeshift. As you may be able to tell, the duration of Mind Flay is triple that of the global cooldown. You should fully channel this. The Mind Flay bug—for those who know what it is and thus care about this post—was a deep-woven bug in the game programming that took the devs some time to fix. It feels so lack luster. Pretty sure they'll still use Mind Flay at least to refresh their SWP dot. Do not mind spike the boss (except for extreme. Alternatively, use it when shadow locked (however there are likely better things to cast when shadow locked like dispel, shield, flash heal etc. Cast Mind Flay (or mind spike if talented) as filler AoE: Dot everything with Shadow Crash Cast Mind Sear with enough insanity Cast Mind Blast on cooldown Cast Mind Flay (or mind spike if talented) as filler Then you have cooldowns like PI / Shadowfiend, but every class has a burst rotation. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Upcoming 10. LIVE STREAM: COMMUNITY: 2 full channels of Mind Flay vs Mind Sear {with chaining} (4 GCDs), if your Mastery% is 50. They spent how long “redesigning” the class just to remove cd’s so you can mash more buttons. Click here for information and the new URL. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay. Even when my instanity is 100 the icon remains greyed out. Mind Spike also now replaces Mind Flay when taken, reducing the number of filler spells Shadow has and greatly simplifying its Single Target rotation. Assume a Shadowform, increasing your spell damage dealt by 10%. I. In the Priest Specialization Abilities category. 10. Spam Sear + SN as you would without voidform, just do way way more damage. 2022: Added extra note about Mind Spike vs. Not sure what its role will be though as it looks like it would simply replace mind flay entirely. Currently for mandatory spells we have 4 dots (sw:p, VT, DP, mindgames). then mind spike/mind blast it down. If you have 5 stacks of evangelism and are reasonably certain you can primarily mind flay/mind blast for the duration, use archangel. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. 19Cast Mind Spike: Insanity. (That can scale, and give me higher spell slots). So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. Answered Prayers - After your Prayer of Mending heals 50 times, gain Apotheosis for 8 sec. We don’t have plans to make major changes to either spell for Dragonflight launch, but they will be on our radar for the future. I played it a bit in BFA, but I can see it has changed since then. Mind Spike increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast by 20%, stacking up to 4 times. The two biggest differences are the addition of Mind Spike as an optional Single Target filler spell to replace Mind Flay, as well as the removal of as an AoE spender. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. There a lot of additional changes to both Priest and Shadow, with things like talent changes in the class tree, Power Word: Life rework, improved Mass Dispel removed etc. I don’t like this current iteration of the spec and I’m not asking for it to change for those of you that like it, I’m just asking for an alternative to it. Dejaro December 12, 2022, 2:19pm 1. That cannot change till they remowe it from the tree. next is spamming mind blast and DPs. 1) Remove those skills from the creator. I have a tough time believing it, though. Working from player feedback and internal data, we’ve developed the following class tuning changes to address several over- and under-performing classes. Balanced-boulderfist. There aren't many amazing Divination spells that are level 2 or above, and the only damaging one is- you guessed it- Mind Spike. 86%, Mind Flay is better than Mind Sear for 2 or fewer targets. Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. Please report the post above if it breaks one of our >rules<. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (285. Mind Flay and Mind Spike Mind Spike currently feels like it has no place in the shadow rotation and is in direct conflict with Mind Flay. Can be used while sitting. Psychic Link We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. • 6 mo. SW:I does 2x mind flay damage ticking for 15k SW:I benifits from mastery. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). Rank 1: Your Mind Flay, Mind Sear, and. Hex is a staple Warlock spell that deals extra damage on successful attacks. Personally I really dislike. Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8) Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Cast Shadow Word: Death while Mindbender is active and the target has equal to or less than 20% health. 094 sec and Mind Blast take 1 sec and do 10126. Being essentially forced into taking, as you say, the higher damage Mind Spike probably does not sit right with many old school SP. Requires Priest. Mind Flay has a base channel time of 4. That X being either DP, or a tick of flay if you can’t cast DP yet. 25Cast Mind Flay: Insanity if available. This also effectively nerfs those talents if we aren’t pressing Mind Flay as often. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). Mind Spike and fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stacks of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. For the time being, this seems to spell the demise of Mind Spike for burst damage. Mind spike needs its own branch, in fact it needs its own trunk, the old mind spike single target rotation needs either proper support or it's not worth bringing it back. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay For every Shadow Priest build you have the option between Mind Spike being your primary filler spell, or keeping it as Mind Flay . i think both could be awesome - one slower apm melting faces with void lazors and another frantically dropping spikes while maliciously giggling. Vasharaah-moon-guard. The Mind Blade. (Maybe I’m wrong?) Now, it is possible that, with perfect gear, the spec plays very differently and you naturally do not overcap because all the other spells go on. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). This as a whole declutters the filler rotation which is good in that sense. This could be a great patch for PvP if they thought carefully about what CC they are tuning. Crazy. Nobody that’s actually good excluding a few likes the mind spike playstyle. triple DR stun, knockbacks on casts) is a problem and needs to be targeted. Point is to make it clear that Mind Spike is simply a tool for a specific type of situation that belongs outside the normal gameplay loop. How can you say mind flay is a parodical damage. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and. I realize they don't want to add glyphs attached to brand new spells, which is why I specify "post 4. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). Also use mind flay to fake kicks, you can often get some value off of that, where faking kicks with mind blast gets you no value. Priest Dragonflight Shadow. Developers’ notes: These changes are aimed at improving Shadow’s single target DPS. Instantly restores 5% of your total mana and increases the damage done by your Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death by 4% for each stack. Shadow Priest in Mythic+ 2. I think they should add new ending talents make mind spike deal 25% aoe spread so you don’t have to spam mind flay on aoe. Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site!Because of this, Inner Sanctum and Mind Flay provide the most survivability and indirect dps increases, while Vampiric Embrace provides the most survivability and support. Mind Spike should also replace Mind Flay per your suggestion for sure. If Mind Flay is interrupted early, it will not generate the full 18. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). Mind Flay 300 more DPS if clip right on tick second and same if tick all three. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. Mind Spike have slightly higher DPS, but will consume Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch, Devouring Plague on the target. Targeting virtually all CC takes so much depth out of the game. Before Mind Spike appeared to be the default AoE filler interacting with Psychic Link, which was fine by me. Surge of Insanity generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16). If you choose to use Yogg-Saron instead of C'Thun, Mind Spike will serve as your default filler spell instead of Mind Flay. Mind blast always was just a face-fart and. Mind SpikeMind SpikeMind Flay and Mind Blast deal 10% more damage Shadowand generate 20% more Insanity. Learn how to use this in our class guide. Deathspeaker increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%). 02:35 AM. e. the animation is underwhelming and the sound it makes is irritating. Fillers are mind spike procs (if talented), mind flay insanity, mind flay/mind spike (depending on build). Balanced-boulderfist. Cool, thank you. Heartshade-echo-isles September 29, 2022, 8:52pm #2. Ilyon-silvermoon October 31, 2022, 9:14pm #1. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. They were super overpowered earlier this season but they are definitely much more in line now, and I’m saying this because I feel like Shadow is generally one of the more fun specs to play vs when its good But they are nerfing PI, MD, Mind Flay: Insanity(and also Mind Spike: Insanity) and they nerfed their defensives this current patch All of these. Pact Magic spells are always cast at the highest level possible, which increases up to level 5. AOE is actually not that bad if you prioritize MB for the cleave. Mind flay is an objectively better filler spell for mobility / not turreting than mind spike. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for. mind flay and void torrent are counted as dots. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, Surge of Darkness, Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. In the Priest Specialization Abilities category. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Hi guys, This is Ivan with his first macro post. Spam mindspike if I get shadow locked, or trick people into kicking mindspike instead of shadow. Developer note from the offical 10. In combination with Mind Flay. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. If the target's Mind Trauma debuff is removed by any source (dispels, duration ending), the Priest loses that amount of stolen haste. Note that in AoE, when talented into Distorted Reality, you can try and maintain Devouring Plague on multiple targets to increase overall damage. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for the tier set and the changes to insanity procs meant we don’t clip the flays as much. then Coalescing Shadows needs to interact with Mind flay or its basically a half-dead talentYea, they should really have at least buffed mind flay or shadow word void to help with single target… they were already pretty middle of the pack for that and this nerf just made it a little worse. Twistinfate offered the general consensus of the priest discord right now, which is that the mind sear bonus damage for ST is outweighed by the insanity loss. Note that periodic damage means not only DoTs, but also channeled spells like Void Torrent and Mind Flay, as noted by their absence from Effect #1 in the Spell Details chart. That way we can still benefit from our mastery, which is already quite useless, and shadowy. The dot consumption just feels very dated as a mechanic and it works directly against our mastery. lol its on my action bar now. As a Shadow Priest, Mind Flay will become your most oft used offensive ability. Shield, Mind Blast, SW:P, Wand to death. Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. Lasts 10 sec. Currently for mandatory spells we have 4 dots (sw:p, VT, DP, mindgames). It's also very useful on Deathwing. In terms of base damage, Mind Spike deals around 20% more than Mind Flay. Really cool talents, and now compare them to the current ones… Just makes me. There a lot of additional changes to both Priest and Shadow, with things like talent changes in the class tree, Power Word: Life rework, improved Mass Dispel removed etc. If there is a movement where the above-explained stutter stepping does not cover it entirely, the second most ideal way to deal with movement is to use some ability while moving. Then, after DP is cast, you hold down the shift key (while still holding ctrl). Major Spike Scallion is the final Merc which you can recruit in Jagged Alliance 3. dead. I started playing SP with Dragonflight and never had more fun with a spec in my carrer since I started playing WoW back in 2005. Was dreading the idea of mind spike deleting any reason to use flay. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike, Mind Melt, and one point of Mind Devourer. I personally en…The cast speed of Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun no longer scales with Haste. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. Mind spike feels very awkward to use right now, even considering the bug. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. Possibly as a new talent down the road. Mind FlayAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (295. 8. The Mind Flay bug—for those who know what it is and thus care about this post—was a deep-woven bug in the game programming that took the devs some time to fix. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. I personally enjoy heavy buttons with big impact. For fights such as the Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, Vampric Embrace helps relieve your party members of the healing debuff faster. So it not matter if clip unless clip first tick before second tick, then lose lot of DPS. Mind Flay as a filler spell. I main shadow. The best rotation depends a lot of factors like. Just hover over the spot, press your keybind and the spell will land where your cursor was pointed at. 0. Demography-tichondrius. Getting rid of mind flay is an absolutely wild change. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. And ofc the old mind flay talent was soo good back when we had shadow orbs. This is honestly convoluted as hell. Demography-tichondrius. Shadow had mind blast and mind spike procs throughout MoP and WoD, also the “proc” you get after casting devouring plague isn’t a proc. Business, Economics, and Finance. If not, don't forget to show support by upvoting! As far as pvp, you almost have to take it, as being mobile and casting instant cast mindspikes are essential to survival in pvp vs channeling mindflay where you are a sitting duck even more than the wheelchair you already are. World of Warcraft ForumsThis means that if you get interrupted casting a pure shadow spell (Mind Flay, Vampiric Touch etc), you are still able to cast Mind Spike. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. [Mind Spike] x3,4 8. Addons used: Weakauras: The entire center group is Weakauras and includes all the Spells, the Insanity bar and the Castbar and everything else you can think of. Generic build, can be used for any key/affix. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. 5 seconds, which Haste reduces. And what i mean by wasting is you arent able to use every ability on cooldown when it comes up or procs because of having to cast mind spike. 19% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Mind Spike will likely sim with a higher number, however, if you consider the following scenarios, Mind Flay is actually a more practical spell and will most likely outperform Mind Spike in many scenarios:. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). But you better get used to using Mind Spike properly. WoW Classic Era and Hardcore Hotfixes -- Updated October 13. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. Options with this build: Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike and Mind Melt . It does not specifically tell you when you should be casting a filler, but if you have nothing else to press it will tell you how to prioritize Mind Spike vs. Dr_Fish_99 • 13 days ago Surge of Insanity is a guaranteed proc after casting DP. But in The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3, the term got an entirely new definition. . Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. It feels so lack luster. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. Shadow Priest Talent Trees in Dragonflight Season 3 Dragonflight brought with it huge changes to talents, bringing new talent trees to life and allowing vast customization with them. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. It deals Shadowfrost damage, yet also clears any existing Shadow damage over time effects on the target. The duration of your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch is increased by 1 sec when enemies suffer damage from Mind Flay and 2. Macro to target last target only when focus doesn't exists. Mind Sear was the “fun button”, and now it’s gone. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Nobody that’s actually good excluding a few likes the mind spike playstyle. they don't run mind spike and they enjoy playing w/o it. Shadow Priest Needs Another Rework Background Regardless of what you want to call it, rework or not, Shadow Priest has design issues that are causing friction with playing the spec and keeps going through waves of harmful balancing changes. We prepared dedicated. Valdivion-malganis. Buckle up it’s going to be a wild ride. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. this fact leave Mind Flay as the only choice as a filler in normal DPS rotation when every other spell is on CD. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. Additionally it blurs the lines of when to use Mind Flay and when to use Mind Spike. Lasts 20 sec. The buff lasts for 10 seconds, so don't use it right away if you're capped on MB. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. And Shadow changes like Mind Flay/Mind Spike damage and Insanity tuning, Deathspeaker bug fixes and Surge of Insanity tuning. Mind Spike's damage only. Mind SpikeMind SpikeMind Flay and Mind Blast deal 10% more damage Shadowand generate 20% more Insanity. 21Fully deplete all Mind Blast charges unless Mind Devourer is active. The problem with this change, is unlike before when we had the option of when to use the instant Mind Spike proc, with the changes made to Shadowy Insight not giving another charge and reduction in procs and Insanity generation, we’re forced to cast our fillers MUCH more often. Haste reduces the duration and time between ticks, but does not add additional ticks. Cool, thank you. Dispel Magic enemy buffs. 2022: Cleaned up Devouring Plague lines to be more clear. With more than 20% mastery, Mind Flay therefore deals more damage than Mind Spike. 557%. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. It’s easily their most iconic ability.