[Feedback] Nightborne Racial - Arcane Pulse

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This topic post is for suggestions/ideas to improve Arcane Pulse the Nightborne’s racial ability. Currently this racial is not worth even having on your bar. I don’t want this to be the best racial in the game at all. I would just like for it to be something people use.

https://www.wowhead.com/spell=260364/arcane-pulse

-It does minimal damage so you’re not going to press it in a raid or mythic+ to help your DPS wasting a whole GCD.
-Some will argue it has a use in PvP, but it really does NOT! A 50% slow when one or multiple players are already on top of you is not going to help you. Not to mention it will also break CC because it does a tiny amount of damage.
-All classes have a 50% or stronger slow that is spammable or on a very short cooldown.
-This would actually be more useful if it did no damage at all.
(If you have found a use for this please describe in detail how you would use it and I will tell you how it is bad and what you should be pressing instead of wasting a GCD on this.)

So now that we know how bad it is. How can we make this better?

How about a self shield that slows?

Instant 3 min cooldown
Shields you with an arcane force, absorbing [20 / 100 * Total health * (1 + Versatility)] damage and slows the movement speed of enemies within 8 yards by 50% while the shield persists. Lasts 15 sec.

Or how about about a self shield castable while CC’d?

Instant 3 min cooldown
Shields you with an arcane force, absorbing [20 / 100 * Total health * (1 + Versatility)] damage. Lasts 15 sec.
Castable while stunned, feared, or silenced.

Or let’s just make it a slow worthy of a 3min cooldown?

40 yd range
Instant 3 min cooldown
Summons an arcane sphere with (2 * Total health / 100) health at the target location for 15 sec that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards by 50%.

Or a DPS cooldown?

Instant 3 min cooldown
Lets out an arcane pulse, stealing 3% haste from up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 15 sec.

Or something different?

Instant 3 min cooldown
Steal 1 beneficial effect from up to 5 enemies within 8 yards.

If you guys have other suggestions/ideas on how to improve Arcane Pulse please share. Thank you! (Do you think I am posting this is the right place?)

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Ehh, I’d have to give up my one and only stun/pseudo-interrupt to get a knock-back slow, and even then it’s not on any sort of short CD.

So, not every class is gifted with an AoE slow, no.

I mean, it’s not amazing, but then none of the racials are anymore.

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I did not say all classes had an aoe slow. I said they have a 50% slow or better on low cooldown… but that is besides the point. The racial is bad. How do you think it could be made into a 3min useful ability?

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Arcane Pulse: Instant 3 min cooldown
Instantly purge all harmful magic and curse effects from yourself.
Deals (Attack power * 0.5) Arcane damage to nearby enemies. Damage is multiplied by the amount of removed effects.

A self-dispel is always useful in all content for all roles. Lets the healer save their dispel cd. The damage doesn’t matter and is just there for flavor.

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This is perfect! Thank you Bignfat!