Blizz has more utility/support specs to create. It’s a need now more than a want. I’d like to treat this thread as a workshop to make a Night Warrior themed spec for Priest that I really would love to see in the game. Priest needs another non-healer option for when they re-work shadow every .5 patch so it’s a logical addition to me.
So let me know your thoughts, ideas, twists. Where there might be holes. I’m focused 100% on theme and functionality, the balancing can be done by the Devs if by some divine miracle this spec would make it anywhere. If not, I enjoy this stuff. If this is successful in any way I’ll likely repeat for more specs.
I’ll gladly make updates as folks add their own perspective.
Read Me: If your perspective is that you hate utility/support specs, great. I’m sure you’ll let us know, but know now that I don’t care. Yes I know DH only have 2 specs.
General:
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Class: Priest
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Spec: Black Moon
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Inspirations:
- Tyrande as Night Warrior
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https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Army_of_the_Black_Moon(For the spec) -
https://wowwiki-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Priest_of_Elune#:~:text=The%20priests%20of%20Elune%20are,goddess%20of%20the%20moon%2C%20Elune.(Opens all playable Races and erm, body types) -
https://www.wowhead.com/npc=64996/astral-cloud-serpent(For Ritual of the New Moon)
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Type: Melee/Mid-Range (Think Ret)
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Weapon: War Glaives, Staves, Daggers.
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Primary stat: Intellect
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Spender Resource: Elune’s Strength (works like Hunter focus)
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Mastery: Elune’s Wrath (Appearance Changes) : Phase between the different stages of Elune’s Wrath every 30 seconds:
- Full Moon: Your damaging spells and abilities grant Elune’s Wrath to 1 ally, preferring damage dealers, increasing spell and ability cooldown rate by (X%) for Y seconds.
- Half Moon: Your damaging spells and abilities grant Elune’s Wrath to 1 ally, preferring damage dealers, increasing spell and ability cooldown rate by (X%*1.5) for Y seconds.
- New Moon: Your damaging spells and abilities grant Elune’s Wrath to 1 ally, preferring damage dealers, increasing spell and ability cooldown rate by (X%*2) for Y seconds.
- Would require a stacking effect limit.
Passive Spell Ideas:
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Black Moon Soldier: Gain X% of Intellect as armor and your melee attacks now deal Lunar damage instead of physical damage. (Body markings and forehead Crescent appear)
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Priest of Elune: Power Infusion is baseline and adds an additional charge when talented. Power Infusion now grants X or X% of primary stat for 20 seconds instead of Haste. (Note: This is so it’s not just haste specs that benefit from this, and it seems Primary Stat can be accounted for in logs where Haste can’t.)
Talent/Spell Ideas:
Crescent Strike: Slice your target twice for X damage. Generates 20 of Elune’s Strength.
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Avatar of Elune: Become empowered by Elune and become a Night Warrior and entering New Moon for 30 seconds. Your spells and abilities cause an explosion for X amount of damage to all nearby enemies damage split between all nearby enemies. Damage is increased for each enemy struck, up to 5 enemies. 2 min CD (Yes I’m giving it Beacon, sort of)
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Army of the Black Moon: Up to 4 nearby allies are empowered by your presence and are granted X% increased critical strike rating for 30 seconds. 2 min CD
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Choice Node:
- Strength in Numbers: Army of the Moon also increases the affected players primary stat by X% for it’s duration.
- One Soldier Army: Amy of the Moon increases the caster’s primary stat by (X%*3) for it’s duration.
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Choice Node:
- Ritual of the New Moon: Turn into an Astral Wolf, teleporting 15 yds forward and increasing your movement speed by 50%. You may reactivate Ritual of the New Moon every few sec to teleport again. Lasts 12 sec, or indefinitely while in a rest area. 45 sec CD (Yes, it’s Soulshape)
b. Astral Grace: - Elune’s Wrath: Unleash an explosion of Lunar damage at the destination, dealing X amount of damage. Enemies hit by Elune’s Wrath take X% increased damage for 10 seconds and have an X% chance to be knocked down. Instant Cast. 30 sec CD
- Ritual of the New Moon: Turn into an Astral Wolf, teleporting 15 yds forward and increasing your movement speed by 50%. You may reactivate Ritual of the New Moon every few sec to teleport again. Lasts 12 sec, or indefinitely while in a rest area. 45 sec CD (Yes, it’s Soulshape)
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Reverse Gravity: Remove the mass the target, causing them to lift in the air and become stunned for 3 seconds. Instant Cast. 45 sec CD
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Moon Guard: Elune shields the target, granting immunity to all damage, harmful effects, knockbacks and forced movement effects for 5 seconds. 2 min CD
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Dark Comet: Charge up and leap through the air at a target location dealing X damage to all enemies within 10 yards, stunning them for 2 seconds, and increasing damage taken by 5% for 30 seconds. 1 second cast. 30 second CD, 10 yard range. (Meant to be a debuff to increase group dps with the added utility of a stun, not a heroic leap carbon copy)
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Choice Node:
- Dark side of the Moon: Silences cooldown is reduced by 30 seconds.
- Pillar of Moonlight: The Lunar version of Solar Beam. Summons a beam of lunar light over an enemy target’s location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies within the beam. Lasts 8 sec.
“Borrowed Power” aka exact other priest talents/abilities:
- Empyreal Blaze
- Burning Vehemence
- Mindbender
- Inescapable Torment - Rename? (Holy Fire/Shadow Word: Death)
- Void (Astral) Summoner
- Holy Fire
Flavor:
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Spells that now do Lunar damage/effects/appearances/naming:
- Nova (Becomes Instant Cast)
- Mind Games (Becomes Instant Cast)
- Divine Star
- Shadow Word: Death (Now a Lunar binding with Elune)
- Power Infusion (Grants Primary Stat)
- Holy Fire (Becomes Instant Cast)
- Mindbender (Astral)
- Void Shield
- Void Shift
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The Black Moon Priest glows at various degrees based on their Moon Stages. (Think 10.1.5 shadow glyph for Full Moon, pre-10.1.5 Shadowform glyph for Half Moon, and Shadowform for New Moon as far as intensities.)