Shadow Priests
No Changes
As of today, Sunday, May 4, 2025, according to Archon(dot)gg…
- SP has the lowest high key cleared at +17 tied with Aug and Surv.
- Avg DPS is above Aug at 2.8M, Aug is at 2.7M.
- Bottom 4 in Avg M+ Score, with Aug, BM, Surv.
- The number of parses match the “unpopular” or “weak” DPS specs from classes who are playing the stronger DPS spec, Feral, FDK, Surv, Aff, Sub, and Aug.
Yet you buff Havoc DH, Feral, Aug… Fury/Arms… AND Ret??? Some of these are near the top performers, some mid, some low, but all are above SP, except Aug ofc by design.
I know Blizz, you have your own data that paints the whole picture and use Mythic Raid as your only gauge… but what gives? Look, I’m never going to do a +17 on my SP. I’ve been pushing on my Lock and about to start pushing on Mage/Ele, but I still have love for the SP.
Feels bad we can’t get damage out right away. VT 5-6x then Shadowcrash, especially for big pulls. Forbid the packs have low health mobs - cough 1st pack in DFC.
Feels bad when we just do +10s for Vault slots and we’re actually weaker then 650s at 670ilvl. I do more dmg than SPs on every alt I have, I invite them into my groups bc I pity
them. When my friends ask me for SP advice, I tell them, honestly, just play any other caster or learn the heal specs at this point into the season.
I know how to play the spec, my M+ avg dmg throughput is 96th%tile avg but I haven’t been trying on this toon anymore, I just do Vault as Holy or Disc now as a 2nd or 3rd alt because it’s literally the same paint points since the beginning of S1…
If you’re not going to quick fix the QoL with the far-too-many posts about Shadow Crash… AND you’re not going to unveil the SP rework (assumption), then please tune something higher that can affect both VW and Archon for the remainder of the season.
- More Shadowy Apparitions dmg (Archon) or do more in a 5man.
- More Entropic Rift dmg (VF) or do more in a 5man.
- More VoiT dmg (both)
- More Collapsing Void dmg (VF) or does more dmg the more mobs there are.
- N’Zoth dmg buff? (both)
- Another Aura buff or something… something?
I think you guys are too caught up being happy about SPs using both Hero Trees fairly equally, or it’s Mythic Raid Performance by the 1%ers that you forgot about it’s pain points as a spec.