Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. That way we can still benefit from our mastery, which is already quite useless, and shadowy. It also provides Shadow with a spell. In PVP - I will almost. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Hey guys! I had a comment from Ru L on a previous video asking if Mind Spike was a viable source of filler damage over mind flay now that it doesn't consume. 7 Fury Incarnate. 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. Hi guys, This is Ivan with his first macro post. A spell. I feel like there’s no room in the rotation to fit a full Mind Flay before using another Devouring Plague, especially with the increased duration. The best rotation depends a lot of factors like. It is the spell with the best damage/mana ratio for the priest, and it has the additional bonus to slow runners by 50% Glyph of Mind Flay Talents Insanity Power Infusion Shadow abilities Shadowform Vampiric Embrace Mastery: Mental Anguish Its debuff has no classification,. If you're looking to burn real fast, Mind Spike is helpful. Personally I really dislike. This also effectively nerfs those talents if we aren’t pressing Mind Flay as often. 1. I have a hard time believing that Surge of Insanity is not thought about in the rotation. Demography-tichondrius. 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. Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. The free Mind Sear procs from Mind Blast were actually amazing. You also play Mind Flay: Insanity so you still need to cast flay to use those after every plague cast. 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 change. [Mind Flay] to be casting as filler and when Archangel is up, so to get max of it, also to refresh 5x [Dark Evangelism]. . But we should always keep Mind Flay. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. 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. However, an interrupted Mind Spike is. Difference is 5 insanity vs. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. Buttons feel worthless. Major Spike Scallion is the final Merc which you can recruit in Jagged Alliance 3. 848% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Then, after building up to 4 shadow orbs, you hold down the ctrl key. 75 seconds for 3 seconds, consuming 25 Insanity per tick and will not be castable with less than 50 Insanity. Dragonflight Beta | Shadow Priest | Mind Spike vs Mind F…Generally speaking use Mind Spike in pvp only when flashing showing its instacast, before Mind Blast to buff Mind Blast. Would be great if mind spike was acctually an enjoyable button to press but it’s caca-doodoo. ago. Opener: Causes ticks of Mind Flay to extend Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch by 1 second or 2 seconds with Mind Spike. I might be wrong, but I think the intent is that you don't use Mind Flay unless you get an Insanity proc in a Mind Spike build. Before Mind Spike appeared to be the default AoE filler interacting with Psychic Link, which was fine by me. This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind. Unfortunately blizzard brought it back…but put it into the talent tree…so now to justify spending the talent points on that…it has to be stronger than flay…. The Talent Clarity of Power lets you play with a rotation without dots. Snozbeary-malganis 28 June 2019 10:20 #11. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). Mind Sear was the “fun button”, and now it’s gone. Assuming Mind Spike’s cast time will be affected by haste it generates the same amount of Insanity per second as. Ahh well tho, hopefully it gets better with higher ilvls soon. shadow_fiend. 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. Mind Flay with Mind Melt and Idol of C'Thun. Cast Shadow Word: Death while Mindbender is active and the target has equal to or less than 20% health. I hear that isn't optimal and adding one more button to put a clunky mind spike in is going to be my breaking point. Mind Spike and Mind Melt are roughly 3-5% better than Mind Flay builds depending on the setup. That’s really weird. It’s easily their most iconic ability. Surge of Darkness doesn't exist anymore in 10. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. Even when my instanity is 100 the icon remains greyed out. Difference is 5 insanity vs. 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. We’re working to reduce this by having Mind Spike replace Mind Flay and removing Mind Sear. Answered Prayers - After your Prayer of Mending heals 50 times, gain Apotheosis for 8 sec. Mind Melt - Mind Spike now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast. Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. There are situations where MS and MF. They spent how long “redesigning” the class just to remove cd’s so you can mash more buttons. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. It's like a destro lock getting kicked on chaos bolt and being unable to cast anything at all but as far as I know if they get kicked on shadow they can still cast chaos bolt. Mind Sear always goes with Mind Devourer, and speccing further into Yogg is pretty good for AoE. A spell. This article outlines the PvE and PvP balance changes to all classes in WoW Dragonflight, focusing on some rather severe buffs and nerfs across the board, so let's get started. If the target's Mind Trauma debuff is removed by any source (dispels, duration ending), the Priest loses that amount of stolen haste. Niche talent setup that does not rely on Void Eruption or Shadowy Apparitions. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. (Some people use reset=2 for this, but I have found 0. 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). I noticed we have another filler spell now called Mind Spike and that it buffs our next Mind Blast… But when do I use it? We also have Mind Flay which I love using, but I can’t help feeling that it’s a bit obsolete with us having Mind. Surge of Insanity generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16). Where are you getting this stuff from? Edit again: There are. And man is it kinda weird to play. Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. With the suggested build on this boss, Mind Flay will not be your default filler. Mind Spike and Mind Flay coexisting is something we’re going to try but are wary of. Building 3 shadow orbs and. Allow Class Ability Procs. It does more base damage, it is spamable, and it gives your next mind blast 90% chance. Definitely should’ve removed mind spike instead. Mind Flay (Talent in Shadow) Mind Flay is one of the most Mana Efficient Spells in the Shadow Priest toolkit. Only 10% haste can be stolen per target, up to 20% haste total. Felt really hectic and engaging. This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind spike at the time. Mind Spike: Holy Word: Chastise: Holy Nova: Purge the Wicked: Void Torrent: Devouring Plague: Inescapable Torment: Mindgames: Holy Fire: Mind Flay: Vampiric Touch. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. Mind Spike also now replaces Mind Flay when taken, reducing the number of filler spells Shadow has and greatly simplifying its Single Target rotation. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Whispering Shadows-Causes your Shadow Crash to apply Vampiric Touch (and Shadow Word: Pain if talented into Misery) to up to 8 targets. we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. It is shadow and frost. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. Dark Evangelism - Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent increase the damage of your non direct damage spells. WoW Classic Era and Hardcore Hotfixes -- Updated October 13. Avoid any discussion on mental health and choose options based on building a relationship with him. Cast Halo unless adds are coming within ~20 seconds. Generate Insanity with Mind Blast, Void Bolt, Mind Spike, Mind Flay; Spend Insanity with Devouring Plague for Single-Target or Mind Sear for more than 3 targets. This means that if you get interrupted casting a pure shadow spell (Mind Flay, Vampiric Touch etc), you are still able to cast Mind Spike. Mind flay is an objectively better filler spell for mobility / not turreting than mind spike. Balanced-boulderfist. Assume a Shadowform, increasing your spell damage dealt by 10%. Balanced-boulderfist. 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. WoWNoob Discord - Same community, different platform. Well my leveling/quest rotation doesn’t actually use it more. Like MB, mind flay insanity, devouring plague, swd, voidtorrent. Generally speaking use Mind Spike in pvp only when flashing showing its instacast, before Mind Blast to buff Mind Blast. It deals Shadowfrost damage, yet also clears any existing Shadow damage over time effects on the target. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is the talent immediately after Mind Spike, Mind Melt. Mind Flay: Insanity has been renamed to Surge of Insanity. Im getting a little concerned with the number of active abilities shadow priests are getting in dragonflight. 1. Try not to let evangelism fall off if these are low HP adds on a boss. Add back Cascade instead of halo and. Surge of insanity does. Mind flay vs Drain life. Dispel Magic enemy buffs. While Mind Spike is the stronger of the two options, it's only by a few percent. Mind Flay is a priest ability learned at level 10 for those with the Shadow specialization. Mind Flay damage increased by 20%. 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. ) 17Cast Mind Blast if capped on charges. Making you have 3 orbs for each Mind Spike and Mind Blast. 1 reworks the class, removing its clunky AoE spender in favor of focusing most of its AoE into (Spell #199484), among other changes. Mind Spike moved to 4-5 (was 4-3) Node removed at 5-2; Shadow Crash moved to new 5-2 (was choice at 6-4) Ancient Madness moved to 5-3 (was 9-7). Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. 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. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and. 05 Nov. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%. The unfortunate part here is that you need to have a 90 on Wisdom in order to recruit Flay properly. Void Bolt is also currently the only way to extend your DoTs, which is extremely useful in m+. When in voidform press void bolt whenever it’s off cooldown, espcecially if you’re running the void bolt talent. Rank 1: Your Mind Flay and Mind Spike critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 3 sec or Mindbender by 1 sec. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. active this was anywhere from 700-400 dps loss depending on reforging. We all have different ideas about how specific the knowledge of the target's location should be. Hotfix (2023-06-26): Damage increased by 10%. It feels so lack luster. It feels so lack luster. Macro to target last target only when focus doesn't exists. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. Mind Spike damage increased by 15 percent. 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. CryptoIf the argument is having both Mind Flay and Mind Spike available at the same time creates a situation where sometimes you use one and sometimes you use the other… then that alone is reason enough to not have Mind Spike replace Mind Flay because you would use both as they both have unique enough reasons to use one over. 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). I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. There's so many combinations available which never existed back then, which is exciting, and the spec. AOE is actually not that bad if you prioritize MB for the cleave. Buckle up it’s going to be a wild ride. Mind Spike also now replaces Mind Flay when taken, reducing the number of filler spells Shadow has and greatly simplifying its Single Target rotation. It provides a quick nuke to use in situations where time is of the essence, such as when the priest has to swap targets frequently. Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8) Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. 3 (2016-07-19. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. 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. Those 1% is more or less the frequency I see resists on other spells, I suppose, especially if attacking lower level mobs, but Mind Flay seems to miss a lot more. 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%. However, the side effect of these changes is that it now feels like Mind Spike is lacking purpose. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. With more than 20% mastery, Mind Flay therefore deals more damage than Mind Spike. I realize they don't want to add glyphs attached to brand new spells, which is why I specify "post 4. Otherwise if you're not capped on insanity its Mind Blast > proc'd Mind Spike > MF:I > regular Mind Spike up to 2 stacks > regular Mind Flay according to Twicks' twitch chat bot. Or maybe it’s the first talent in the tree and you can choose one or the other. Tortura mental and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. Hit: 58 (10d10 + 3) piercing damage. It got like 7 buffs and boom many liked how it played. WoW Hotfixes - Updated October 13Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. Now you may say hey numbers schumbers. Mind Spike replacing Mind Flay. Use any procs of Surge of Insanity with Mind Flay: Insanity. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. Also look at the talents which mean that mind flay increases your dot damage. This is useful if. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. But again like I said on Tuesday shadows priest changes completely, mind spike actually replaces mind flay and you are more of a caster class than a channeler cast. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get into keys because Shadow brings the same exact toolkit. 5th Edition. Mind Flay damage increased by 20%. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. 3) Change the IDs in the bot on Mind Flay to do Smite. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. Mind Flay: Insanity deals 120% more. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. Lasts 20 sec. Caithyra-bleeding-hollow. run @250 ms SHIFT: Mind sear ALT: Mind Spike for proc Ctrl: Shadow Crash @cursor. . This build is the default single target build for Shadow, with an option to use either Mind Spike or Mind Flay depending on your preference. The damage is quite weak and the forced concentration really nerfs it, but as I said- it gives me a spell slot back so its basically a level 1 spell that does 3d8* damage. It also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Mind Spike Mind Spike Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 5% more damage Shadow (Level 10)Cast Mind Blast on cooldown. (That can scale, and give me higher spell slots). That’s cool it’s still here. [Mind Spike] x3,4 8. 2. I noticed we have another filler spell now called Mind Spike and that it buffs our next Mind Blast… But when do I use it? We also have Mind Flay which I love using, but I can’t help feeling that it’s a bit. Mind Flay has a base channel time of 4. 0". Fixed opener to be easier to read. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. 21Fully deplete all Mind Blast charges unless Mind Devourer is active. 1. 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. Either option performs well. Dungeon Pool 3. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). And ofc the old mind flay talent was soo good back when we had shadow orbs. Pact Magic spells are always cast at the highest level possible, which increases up to level 5. New macro still uses damnation/Mind Flay: Insanity to keep dots up but uses Mind Spike/Mind Blast to build up Insanity/ also allow for crazy AOE crits via Mind Melt/Surge of Darkness talents with Psychic Link. You can't get a surge proc. Essentially there is no room for mind spike to be cast because there is always something better to press. 07 Nov. 23Cast Vampiric Touch to consume Unfurling Darkness. Click here for information and the new URL. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. i read the guide it mentioned to use it sometimes, but never said when. 1 patch you can reduce the cost of casting by 15% of it's already low cast, becoming extremely mana efficient as far as damage output goes. Allow Aura On Level Scale. Where did you get your build from? The Discord theorycrafters have all been saying VF is at least 2% stronger than DA in all content, so I’m 2 paragraphs in and your breakdown is already throwing up gigantic red flags for me. Learn how to use this in our class guide. we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. use mind flay as a filler Don't bother with mind spike to keep it simple. It was a mistake to ever think it should be apart of normal gameplay and used all the time. at leas in channelign you can castle part way and not really lose too much. Shadowpriest Dragonflight WeakAura [UI] Just created my first full weakaura, let me know if you find any weird interaction with it. It's also very useful on Deathwing. This could be a great patch for PvP if they thought carefully about what CC they are tuning. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. Plater: Nameplate Addon (A good nameplate addon is probably the most important addon you can have as a Shadow Priest, or any spec that have to handle. Mind SpikeMind SpikeMind Flay and Mind Blast deal 10% more damage Shadowand generate 20% more Insanity. In the world of patch 3. Think about it, mind flay was shadows character for literal expansions, and now that talent is completely obselete numbers wise. 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. There aren't many amazing Divination spells that are level 2 or above, and the only damaging one is- you guessed it- Mind Spike. 2 Class Set 2pc Developer note from the offical 10. IDGAF about balance, if Mind Spike is available and it isn’t optimal to channeling mind flay, I’d still use Mind Spike. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (285. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. Mind Spike damage increased by 9% and now replaces Mind Flay. But it does seem to have less casts of Mind Spike Isanity. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and. Your rough filler priority for this fight will be below, but check out the rotation guide for more details. 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. Row 7 Talents. Rank 1: Your Mind Flay, Mind Sear, and. 313% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 15 sec and slowing their movement speed by 30%. 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. Shield, Mind Blast, SW:P, Wand to death. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Balanced-boulderfist. Cast Mind Flay to generate Insanity as your filler spell. There’s so much other stuff to be doing. 1) Remove those skills from the creator. Felt really hectic and engaging. 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. 5k with proc. Crits from Mind Spike and Mind Flay reduce Shadow fiend , Mind blast and Mind Spike reduce mind games cooldown , Mind Blast can proc a free Devouring Plague , i find it really fun to play. . 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. Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8) Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Mind Blast only better for them if clip second tick away only do 3rd damage. you should never be pressing mind flay. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. Mind flay is still there. It’s still based on time-gated RPG mechanics. Cast Mind Blast on cooldown. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. Note that in AoE, when talented into Distorted Reality, you can try and maintain Devouring Plague on multiple targets to increase overall damage. . Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to the dependence on utility spells like Mass Dispel and Mind. Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. simc","path":"profiles/Tier29/T29_Death_Knight_Blood. Shadow has been FOTM since the MDI. mind flay and void torrent are counted as dots. Higher values of mastery lowered the dps gap, highest I went to was around 2k mastery which resulted inthe node Mind Spike should be a choice node: you pick Mind Spike or Mind flay if you pick mind spike the nodes below is the same if you pick mind flay the node Surge of darkness becomes 1 point screams of the voide withg the 2 point set and mind melt should just be mindspike or mind flay. Once I started doing that, aoe got a lot more fun and manageable. those DoTs are so strong on DPS that Priest can NOT afford to lose them. 5% dps increase is a real basket case mentality that heroic raiders seems to enforce upon themselves just because they see world first raiders doing it. Deathspeaker increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%). Useful for quick fights when you want quick burst. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. Mind Spike damage increased by 20%. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. SWD or a proc when moving. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. lol its on my action bar now. 46% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). How to Recruit Major Spike Scallion. These options are extremely close together. e. 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. However, with MoP, the Shadow Mastery Mastery: Madness acts to add extra ticks to Mind Flay, directly increasing its damage (but not. ) Check out the rotation page on wowhead or icyveins for more info. Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. Business, Economics, and Finance. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. A spell. I’ve been gearing up an alt shadow priest for raids and RBGs, and have a pretty decent idea for how the basics work. Mind Soothe feels better than ever. I personally hate spike. Developers’ note: The rotation has a lot going on and much of that is due to the frequency that Mind Flay: Insanity and Mind Spike: Insanity are available, so we’re adjusting the frequency of the effect. 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. 2. Is there a decent build for epic bg/wq that doesn't have so many buttons? I can't even look at the screen trying to track all these procs and cds. I definitely have fun with the Mind Flay style of play instead of Mind Spike but it's nice that there's two different paths you could take, since the tentacle spawns were. For single target, always use MF Insanity per DP. Cast Mind Spike with Surge of Darkness procs. $2. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Mind’s Eye vs Distortion Reality The purpose of Distortion Reality is to prolong the Devouring Plague debuff thus increases the damage via Mastery: Shadow Weaving, Insidious Ire and Phantasmal Pathogen. Surge of Insanity is a guaranteed proc after casting DP. This aura simply tells you which filler to press as a Shadow Priest. TLDR use it for every spec. Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike, Mind Melt, and one point of Mind Devourer. 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:. Maddening Touch - Vampiric Touch has the chance to generate Insanity whenever it deals damage and deals increased damage. I also think that the mind flay talents being recommended by sims are overrated in practice. Even better once you get 4 set Dragon Soul as your Shadow Fiend will grant you 3 orbs each time it hits. I would say somewhere between 5% to 10% of the casts. Icy Veins - News and detailed class guides. 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. The spec also has access to the brand new tier set for Season 3: 2-set bonus: Priest Shadow 10. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Shadow has been FOTM since the MDI. For fights such as the Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, Vampric Embrace helps relieve your party members of the healing debuff faster. Both of these spells are spammable filler spells, that require you to plant, existing at the bottom of your rotation priority and contribute little to your overall dps. 0 PTR. Would be great if mind spike was acctually an enjoyable button to press but it’s caca-doodoo. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Surge of insanity does. Hotfix (2016-09-26): Mind Spike damage increased by 28%. Heartshade-echo-isles September 29, 2022, 8:52pm #2. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. The problem with Dominant Mind is that it has a short 30s duration and if you kill the trash you have to wait for it to pop out and then stop and kill it.