What does shadow priest brings on the table?

They have poor burst, no mobility, no utility, no meta dps, poor aoe (pheraps the worst of the entire game)

Why a team should pick a shadow priest over other ranged dps classes? What is the value?

Balance druids: brings battle ress, mobility, good AOE
Mages: Brings lust, food, burst, godly AOE, sheep control
Warlocks: Brings health stones, summons, demonic gate, battle ress, off-tank
Hunters: Brings lust, mobility, traps, godly burst, off-tank pet

Not to mention that all those classes do more dps than shadow priest atm. I am not sure why a team should pick a shadow priest over those I mentioned

Fort, vamp, mass, grip, high self sustain

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I feel like the average Hunter player can’t be relied on to even know which of their pets has bloodlust, and you mention off-tank pet but not misdirection?

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I have been hearing this since legion.

No one really cares about the ally grab mechanic,healing,purge,disease cleanse.

I adore spriest and it feels bad when people think of it so poorly.

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I just made my own thread on this as im feeling at a dead end. I came back to this game expecting a semblance of what SP used to be, but it’s been gutted. Im going to try and roll and alt but will probably just give up and find a new game. Too much time invested

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Well it is a reality. When I use shadow priest I feel on disadvantage compared to other ranged dps

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Priests can occasionally help with skips…

One of my good friends is a spriest and he’s done high keys with us before. We generally use him as a single target nuke and to MD–which is useful on bursting weeks.

Not saying it’s all sunshine and roses. Just pointing out a few things they can do that are helpful.

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Pain and suffering.

So others can profit from our Power Infusion? Yeah, over my dead body…

Beyond that? We have zero utility. On the other hand, we require zero utility from others. We’re essentially self sustaining and often the last ones standing on a wipe.

I keep saying it would be nice to get some kind of Black Hole style mass grip. And/or extra healing power (like in MoP).

There’s more SPriests above 2.2K in 3’s than any of those other specs or classes so they can’t be doing too poorly.

Maybe, but 3s aren’t raids and dungeons.

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People dont seem to care about that, they only imagine scenarios of everyone performing perfectly with no one barely taking any dmg and who has the most dps.

What is the veredict? Shadow priest is useless? Should I level one?

Mass dispel.
Power Infusion.
My presence in your group.

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No thanks. Give me burst!

I think the appropriate response to this is “Tell me more.” :grin:
I have a lot or fun with my Spriest and working at the rotation.

More than your mage? I cant believe it. Any reason to play SP over mage?

In keys I absolutely adore the shadow priest I run with for mass and disease dispell since it means everything is covered and I have a back up for bursting week.

She’s also really self sufficient and frees up certain packs for me to focus on damage when she pairs vampiric embrace with her cooldowns since it’ll put out alot of healing, they’re also useful for certain skips like in mist.

I think bringing back the mana regen portion of vampiric would be nice since resto shamans got mana tide totem and druids have innervate to give them some more special utility but they’re already super nice to have as a healer.

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Silly rabbit priests are for healing.
Shadow is not designed to be good.
I am a doctor not a miracle worker!

Well, at the last picnic, the SP brought a lovely macaroni salad.

I didn’t eat it as I am averse to salads but it was a nice gesture nonetheless.

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