Mind Spike, it’s purpose…

[Weeven-illidan]

@Aneurysm-nerzhul

Going into WoD, Mind Spike got enhanced again with the addition of Clarity of Power talent. This caused Mind Spike to deal 40% more damage to targets without dots on them. This also allowed Mind Blast to be a short cooldown like 4 sec and be instant cast all the time. This caused some interesting gameplay loops like dotless play and dot weaving. But the point was that it worked on the idea that you deal more damage to targets without dots on them.

Honestly, if the right side of the Shadow tree was rebuilt as the dotless style, with Idol of N’zoth being changed into the Clarity of Power mechanics, it would fix 99% of the clunk. I believe that the two Shadow identities present in WoD were some of the best time I had playing Shadow in 17 years of WoW. Blizzard should simply steer the tree towards

Left Side: Classic Shadow (WoD’s Auspicious Spirits + Shadowfiend)
Center: Legion Shadow (reliance on Dark Ascension or Void Eruption burst windows)
Right Side: Clarity of Power Shadow (dotless gameplay built around Mind Spike + Mind Flay: Insanity for Shadow Weaving phase)

There. I fixed Shadow, made almost every choice relevant, and gave it three radically different gameplays.