Shadowpriest Shadowcrash REWORK!

Classes Priest
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When is Blizzard gonna fix Shadowcrash ?

ShadowCrash needs to apply VT to all targets it hits.

Otherwise you have to spam cash Vampiric Touch on any enemies above an 8 mob pull. when doing pulls with 15-20 ppl,. its insane and frustrating experience to attempt to do.

Shadow Crash needs 2 charges and affect all mobs with VT.
Then we might be able to parse some top dps compared to other classes. that just 1 button top dps all targets in the are. zzzz Balance the class blizzard!

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I’ve had it happen too. It’s clear when you cast it on a mob and it dies before the spell reaches the target and then it has no effect on anything around where the target was but sometimes it just doesn’t seem to hit anything even though your target is right in front of you.

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The band-aid:
Make “minor” enemies not count to the AoE cap of 8. That could do for any class, really.

The band-aid plus wound sanitizer:
On top of that, add a second charge to Shadow Crash.

The best case, wishful thinking, scenario for me:

  • Shadow Crash remains as it is, but as a baseline spell* and an animation update to make it more modern and with a way faster travel time;
  • Instead of Shadow Crash’s spot in the talent tree, we have a node choice to buff it either with 2 charges or with no cooldown but a cast time;
  • Psychic Link now triggers either with SW:P or VT, and is now a node choice with Mind Sear returning, that works like it used to, but with Mental Decay working with it.

*/ The feature of target/destination AoE, that is usually a node choice, becomes a keybind toggle for everyone that needs it. A QoL that allows you to change the way it works on demand.

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I say this every Alpha/Beta/Ptr cycle :joy:.

“Honestly Shadow Crash is horrible for the spec, it should have been Dark Void but they randomly removed it over Shadow Crash (Use to be a choice node).

  • Dark Void - Unleashes an explosion of dark energy around your target, dealing (74.8% of Spell power) Shadow damage and applying Shadow Word: Pain to your target and 15 nearby enemies.

Now imagine if Dark Void was changed to be like Shadow Crash and Spread SW:Pain and Vampiric Touch, it be perfect.

15 targets is great, no misfire due to travel time or weird axis blockage. Just tank pulls you Dark Void and ready to unleash Hell.

I’ve argued this for a long time.

What we should of gotten (when talented with whispering shadows),

  • Dark Void, 20 sec cd, 2 charges - Unleashes an explosion of dark energy around your target, dealing (74.8% of Spell power) Shadow damage and applying Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch to your target and 15 nearby enemies.

On the Talent Tree, Dark Void replaces Shadow Crash, Whispering Shadows allows it to apply VT and give a second charge.

It has a 2 sec cast time, but they could change it to be instant or personally I’d take a 2 sec cast time for a cast once and done and save time over multiple casts of VT and the chance for Shadow Crash to whiff over movement and mechanics.”

Boom, Shadow Priest is fixed. Thank you.

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Yeah, that would work great too!

AoE is literally the only flaw that keeps me from getting really comfy with Shadow as my main DPS spec. I could even forgive the very boring capstone spec talents if we had a better AoE.

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Seriously I don’t know why Shadow Crash became the “go to way” for AoE over Dark Void.

Dark Void was superior in every way just the difference was it never applied VT which it should have. Hence my change to make Whispering Shadows allow it.

It would have solved all the issues using Shadow Crash and our AoE.

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I like all the comments, Think of Super Buffed Shadowpriest , with No hit cap Shadowcrash PLUS - Mindsear! S Tier AOE BABY

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