Spriest double dots = kill you from full HP while eating lvl 45 food with Dampen Magic on

[Amideus-dunemaul]

@Graou-terokkar

Yeha they nerfed SW:D and buffed VP by 10% if I remember correctly. At that time I didn’t understant why they would buff VP of all things. I still don’t.

It helps if you read patch notes. They usually contain some details on their reasoning.

@Kaivax

Developers’ notes: Overall, this should result in a 33-40% damage reduction on Shadow Word: Death, depending on the amount of spellpower the priest has. Shadow Word: Death has been doing a larger percentage of overall priest damage than intended, and we feel like this could begin to put additional pressure on healers in PvE, as spellpower gear improves and the damage that priests inflict on themselves continues to scale upwards. It could also prove to be increasingly oppressive in PvP, as it’s an instant attack that can be used on the move, from range, with very little counterplay.