Shadow Feedback + Apex Talents
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As someone who got fired from shadow priest way back in Legion (because I was terrible at it) and who didn’t like the mind spike build, this version of shadow feels amazing.
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The Apex Talents from a fun perspective and gameplay style would urge me to keep using them because the tentacle slam is such a cool and fun button to press honestly, I can’t see myself having a build without it unless it’s vastly undertuned.
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The application of dots is easier with it and with the removal of mindspike and juggling that buff around, the spec is a lot more straight forward to play.
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From a novice perspective and someone just trying to get back into priest, this is actually making me reconsider my main, especially with the changes to Disc.
Disc Priest Feedback
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I played a resto shaman and comparing what I have to resto shamans live and what disc priests have compared to live, there’s no comparison. Disc priest still feels good and the game play loop is nice and defined.
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I think the Apex talents will be good for raiding and keeping the tank alive and having stronger shields but I’m more tempted to do builds that buff penance and smite even more and make ultimate penitence stronger.
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The smite talent (Alpha isn’t up so I can’t remember the name) feels amazing and really works well with the void talents which I’d like because currently oracle is overtaking the raiding scene in live. I do think the buff needs to last longer than two seconds because you can’t mind blast, penance or even really start movement to maintain it. Four seconds would be nice so that if you really punched the gas and worked at it, you could weave in a mindblast or a quick radiance and keep the buff stacked if you moved quick enough.
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All the healing buttons are nice and with the addition of Plea as an option, a quick tiny instant heal to give atonement, I’m not missing renew like I thought I would. It just means I need to do damage more often, which lets face it, is what Disc priests enjoy and want to do more of.
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In conclusion, I’m not an expert on either of these specs but I can say I have enjoyed them so much in their current iteration that I’m looking at dropping shaman which I’ve been playing for the majority of the time since legion over it.