please elaborate how you think psyfiend is the same thing as chim sting
Does it not have a snare and a healing reduction attached ?
with a LOS component, a npc that can be killed, and the healing reduction while strong, doesnāt stack with other heal cuts
Los component ā¦ youāre doing your go with stun silence so Iām assuming someoneās in the open otherwise nothing is happening regardless. Attacking it requires people to take time away from their attacks on you to kill it. Oh and it does damage as well.
this is semantics at this point sir and we are both aware of it, you are comparing 2 different skills against one, in different circumstances, which all started with my response to you claiming silence was the only silence.
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No what youāre trying to do is deter away from the fact spriest is brokenā¦ plain and simple all because you play one. Chim sting allows you to react still until the silencing affect kicks in. Stun silence does not give any reaction time and is up much sooner. Just be honest with yourself
If silence is what makes shadow broken, youāre mistaken. Its tanky due to 0 mobility and melee having 2-3+ gap closers, its damage last patch was nerfed consecutively to the point it was very far behind other casters. It was behind because it has to cast ( looking at last season ele hereā¦) and the casts did less damage than instants or casted spells of others classes.
Does shadow likely need adjustments, yes, but itās not broken as you claim. itās not completely dominating the ladder, in 2s, 3s or solo.
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Itās one of things, not the only thing. Quick Look at the top of the 3s ladder is which comp?
Shadow priest is in a good place that rewards skill expression and allows it to succeed when being focused. Any changes would likely make it uncompetitive due to the lack of mobility. Sham, lock, and mage all have tools to control positioning. Shadow priest doesnāt have these tools.
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You may find this useful, however, looking at the first 10 days of play and having 2 more spās above 2200 than other classes doesnāt look game breaking to me. Look at solo 2400+
https://check-pvp.fr/stats?bracket=3v3&rating=2200®ion=us
Iām talking about 3s as thatās the representation of whatās the best comps being played. Please review the top of 3s ladder currently.
you can look at the number of people above thresholds in 3s, Iām not seeing what you claim
I donāt care about thresholds. Look at the top comps. Most are spriest comps.
provide the evidence that most of the top comps are sp comps
You can use drustvar to search it yourself.
What exactly do you want to be different about spriest? Warlock has three specs to play. Priest players have one spec, so why isnāt it allowed to be good?
Other people have already explained why Spriest plays the way it does. No mobility means no ability to chase and a reliance on juking to get any damage off. It has to be tanky, and it has to have effective burst/CC to secure kills.
Tell me what needs to change about spriest that still allows it to be A or S tier and be more āfairā in your mind.
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No one said it canāt be good. the problem is itās broken. Stop over doing it.
What is broken about it? I think Warlocks are broken. See, anyone can make statements with no evidence.
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https://drustvar.com/leaderboard/stats/us/3v3?top=500
Iām not seeing what youāre seeing, I think youāre just hating to hate
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Do warlocks have void swap, disperse, phase shift, purge, mass dispel, roots, teammate grip to avoid dmg in stun or trap and instant cc other than coil? Looking at the top casters on the ladder are spriests and then arcane mageā¦ clearly they have no issues with āchasingā or āending kills
Even merce who mains a warlock is on spriest 