Spriests can rock Rogues too. Especially UD SPriests. Touch of Darkness proccing Blackout will completely hose your opener 10% of the time and it reduces damage dealt by a not-trivial amount. Getting SWP + Plague up puts a hard timer on the fight as those 2 DoTs can and will kill someone from full HP. PWS, IF and SForm physical reductions blunt incoming physical damage REAL hard.
SPriest is probably Rogue’s second hardest matchup next to SL Warlock. Both for the same reason. Their damage keeps going while theyre stunned and cascading CDs at them doesnt stop it.
I used frost reflector for trap vs one of the only hunters in that video
Other things like target dummy & peasant caller eat traps too, I can see it being hard vs someone that knows how to prevent CC. You dont have disengage yet so its a lot easier to get in your deadzone
Dagger rogue opening ambush is like half your hp lol or backstab. Add a tea or Zg trinket is dead mage
Imp sprint x2 or vanish x2 to break all the novas and stay on you. Gotta blink block or die.
Like in that first fight i ambushed and gouged the blink immediately. Forcing the blink with damage because I can avoid all the snares.
Also gcd almost doesnt matter
I can cheap with the intention of gouging right away and because of batching it goes off as you blink and you end up gouged when you land from blink. Its something i do consistently the gcd doesnt really matter when you have to react from my stealth opener + batch window.
My UD war runs the BSing trinket.
30 Secs fear immunity from Zerker rage, more from Deathwish, more from recklessness, 30 secs fear immunity from the trinket, and I can break charm/sleep/fear.
That’s two fear breaks(WoTF+Zerker Rage), and around 2m of fear immunity.
