SP has been lacking in AOE for quite some time now and it’s simple facts. Every caster class is decent with aoe except SP. Not to mention every class has a self heal with no side effects…but here comes SP. To self heal you take damage. Revert SP back to the way it was where vamp embrace was castable with no cd. Also, power shield is pretty much useless. SP is such a fun class but its severely lacking. Just my IMO but I’m sure im not alone.
Shadow Mend is a confusing spell, so I don’t blame you for not quite understanding it, but this isn’t strictly true.
First: Shadow Mend is 320% base spell power, whilst other hybrid heals are in the mid to low 200s.
Second: The maximum damage shadow mend can deal back to you over 20 seconds is 160% spellpower, meaning heal is at minimum 160% spell power. This damage isn’t even applied out of combat.
Third: The damage you take from shadow mend is reduced by the damage you take from other sources. If you’re already taking damage shadow mend’s dot is removed almost immediately, making it a 300~% spellpower value heal.
Shadow’s baseline heal is the weakest if you take zero damage from any other sources, but in reality ends up being much much stronger as when you heal yourself you’re usually also taking damage. If blizzard removed the DoT component from shadow mend, they would also reduce the heal’s size, making the whole thing on average worse.