I noticed we have another filler spell now called Mind Spike and that it buffs our next Mind Blast… But when do I use it? We also have Mind Flay which I love using, but I can’t help feeling that it’s a bit. Shadow had mind blast and mind spike procs throughout MoP and WoD, also the “proc” you get after casting devouring plague isn’t a proc. "Deals Shadowfrost damage and puts a debuff on the target that improves subsequent Mind Spike damage. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. It feels so lack luster. The math was kindly provided by Linelo. i read the guide it mentioned to use it sometimes, but never said when. you should never be pressing mind flay. the animation is underwhelming and the sound it makes is irritating. Casting Devouring Plague increases the duration of Voidform by 2. Some things I don’t so much like:So far it seems that blizzard doesn't want Mind Spike to be used in PvE. You can't get a surge proc. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. Mind spike feels very awkward to use right now, even considering the bug. I searched around and found this macro and then changed a little. Was dreading the idea of mind spike deleting any reason to use flay. Coalescing Shadows is interesting, but it could also synergize with Mind flay if that is picked. I'm really wondering what good mind spike is for, to be honest, other then the few times we get school-locked in pvp. 87% [ 314. Currently for mandatory spells we have 4 dots (sw:p, VT, DP, mindgames). It deals Shadowfrost damage, yet also clears any existing Shadow damage over time effects on the target. Also a travel time for spells is kind of a disadvantage. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. But thats not a bad thing. [Mind Spike] x3,4 8. New Talent: Mind Flay: Insanity – Casting Devouring Plague transforms your Mind Flay spell into Mind Flay: Insanity for 5 seconds. Like MB, mind flay insanity, devouring plague, swd, voidtorrent. Creator wont even notice what you just did there :P. Dark Evangelism - Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent increase the damage of your non direct damage spells. Generate Insanity with Mind Blast, Void Bolt, Mind Spike, Mind Flay; Spend Insanity with Devouring Plague for Single-Target or Mind Sear for more than 3 targets. 2022: Cleaned up Devouring Plague lines to be more clear. Row 7 Talents. Both cooldowns devalue the use of periodic damage spells, and when you have talent choices like Mind Sear, Mind Flay: Insanity, and Screams of the Void, all of these talents feel bad to use when both. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. Problem with mind spike. (Maybe I’m wrong?) Now, it is possible that, with perfect gear, the spec plays very differently and you naturally do not overcap because all the other spells go on. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for. Mind Flay: Insanity deals 80% more damage than Mind Flay. Only 10% haste can be stolen per target, up to 20% haste total. 3) Change the IDs in the bot on Mind Flay to do Smite. Your direct damage spells inflict 15% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch within 40 yards. Increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Where did you get your build from? The Discord theorycrafters have all been saying VF is at least 2% stronger than DA in all content, so I’m 2 paragraphs in and your breakdown is already throwing up gigantic red flags for me. 0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 9% and now replaces [Mind Flay. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. Mind Spike and Mind Flay coexisting is something we’re going to try but are wary of. Making you have 3 orbs for each Mind Spike and Mind Blast. This means that if you get interrupted casting a pure shadow spell (Mind Flay, Vampiric Touch etc), you are still able to cast Mind Spike. Like MB, mind flay insanity, devouring plague, swd, voidtorrent. So I’ve recently decided to main all 3 priest specs. As mentioned above it can be used when locked out of shadow 3. However, with MoP, the Shadow Mastery Mastery: Madness acts to add extra ticks to Mind Flay, directly increasing its damage (but not. If not, don't forget to show support by upvoting! As far as pvp, you almost have to take it, as being mobile and casting instant cast mindspikes are essential to survival in pvp vs channeling mindflay where you are a sitting duck even more than the wheelchair you already are. That’s cool it’s still here. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). I started playing SP with Dragonflight and never had more fun with a spec in my carrer since I started playing WoW back in 2005. Dark Evangelism - Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent increase the damage of your non direct damage spells. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Mind Flay is somewhere between a 1%-3% dps loss over Mind Spike, according to people who do that type of math. We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. Mind Spike should also replace Mind Flay per your suggestion for sure. 2. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. Dark Archangel: The Wings Spec. Does not apply to PvP Combat. 18Cast Void Torrent. . first priority is keeping all dots out. Mind Flay: Insanity Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. The other talent this is. It also provides Shadow with a spell. Dark Accession should increase damage of everything except dot. Can be used while sitting. You hard cast mind spike as your filler if you have it selected in prepatch, and you will probably do the same at level 70 as well if nothing changes. Mind flay is still there. ) Get shadow focus, imp. Cool, thank you. Balanced-boulderfist. Does not require shapeshift. -Original intent was to provide something to cast during shadow lockout, idea has since been scrapped. It provides a quick nuke to use in situations where time is of the essence, such as when the priest has to swap targets frequently. Triple Idol Build with Dark Ascension for Shadow Priest 5. Mind Flay, including. It’s usually Blast - Pain - Mind Flay (then finish with wand). This is useful if. In the Priest Specialization Abilities category. Lasts 6 sec. Those 1% is more or less the frequency I see resists on other spells, I suppose, especially if attacking lower level mobs, but Mind Flay seems to miss a lot more. So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. 1) Remove those skills from the creator. Shadow Priest Needs Another Rework Background Regardless of what you want to call it, rework or not, Shadow Priest has design issues that are causing friction with playing the spec and keeps going through waves of harmful balancing changes. Hotfix (2016-09-26): Mind Spike damage increased by 28%. There's so many combinations available which never existed back then, which is exciting, and the spec. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. Mind spike pushed to a branch on the tree instead of being in the core is a great choice. As you may be able to tell, the duration of Mind Flay is triple that of the global cooldown. Or maybe it’s the first talent in the tree and you can choose one or the other. I just recently came back to the game after barely touching bfa and even less so shadowlands but shadow priest has been my main class since 2015 and was excited to level until I saw the changes. Would be great if mind spike was acctually an enjoyable button to press but it’s caca-doodoo. For fights such as the Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, Vampric Embrace helps relieve your party members of the healing debuff faster. Gedankenschinden and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, , Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. then Coalescing Shadows needs to interact with Mind flay or its basically a half-dead talentYea, they should really have at least buffed mind flay or shadow word void to help with single target… they were already pretty middle of the pack for that and this nerf just made it a little worse. run @250 ms SHIFT: Mind sear ALT: Mind Spike for proc Ctrl: Shadow Crash @cursor. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is the talent immediately after Mind Spike, Mind Melt. This is actually unnecessary button bloat. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. Long explaination: I used mind_spike,if=pet. Allow Class Ability Procs. They were super overpowered earlier this season but they are definitely much more in line now, and I’m saying this because I feel like Shadow is generally one of the more fun specs to play vs when its good But they are nerfing PI, MD, Mind Flay: Insanity(and also Mind Spike: Insanity) and they nerfed their defensives this current patch All of these. Before Mind Spike appeared to be the default AoE filler interacting with Psychic Link, which was fine by me. But you better get used to using Mind Spike properly. Upcoming 10. However it's always good to use these instant cast mind spike while moving. But again like I said on Tuesday shadows priest changes completely, mind spike actually replaces mind flay and you are more of a caster class than a channeler cast. This article outlines the PvE and PvP balance changes to all classes in WoW Dragonflight, focusing on some rather severe buffs and nerfs across the board, so let's get started. Lasts 6 sec. In dungeons, you don’t take mind spike at all so don’t need to worry. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. Shadow has many spells to press rotationally, and this isn’t helping that. For the time being, this seems to spell the demise of Mind Spike for burst damage. Vampiric Touch and Mind Blast do a little purple spark, mind flay does a purple string. A Spike build has a lot of short and instant casts, a Flay build has a slow and generally slower gamemplay. I don’t want to build and slow burn, it doesn’t work. It deals Shadowfrost damage, yet also clears any existing Shadow damage over time effects on the target. LIVE STREAM: COMMUNITY: 2 full channels of Mind Flay vs Mind Sear {with chaining} (4 GCDs), if your Mastery% is 50. Add back Cascade instead of halo and. Mind Flay: Insanity has been slightly redesigned – Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay into Mind Flay: Insanity. It feels so lack luster. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. SW:I does 2x mind flay damage ticking for 15k SW:I benifits from mastery. 1. It is shadow and frost. Bro, the best range with the most damage and survivability in game right now is the Mage. The dot consumption just feels very dated as a mechanic and it works directly against our mastery. Deathspeaker increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death by 10% in PvP combat (was 25%). if enemies will die too quickly for. They spent how long “redesigning” the class just to remove cd’s so you can mash more buttons. • • Edited. Rather than focusing on loaded definitions, let’s just talk about what Mind Flayers are and what they do. You can read all changes to 10. Currently for mandatory spells we have 4 dots (sw:p, VT, DP, mindgames). Cast Mind Blast; Cast Void Torrent if you have all DoTs on your target (make sure to use all Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death charges before Void Torrent to. Dispel Magic enemy buffs. At the end of the day when the difference is only a couple percent with optimal play, as in the case of flay Vs spike, most people can get away with playing what’s more comfortable to them. Hey everyone! 🙂 I have just picked up Shadow Priest and I’m absolutely loving it. Glyph of Mind Spike makes your Mind Blast casts instant after casting two Mind Spikes. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. (Some people use reset=2 for this, but I have found 0. Chillproof-moon-guard February 3, 2023, 5:44pm 8 1 2 Our Shadow Priest Class Guide is updated for the latest rework. Or vice versa. Mind blast always was just a face-fart and. If Mind Spike stays better it will mean Mind Flay is only used to refresh DoTs or with other talents buffing its interactions like Mind Flay: Insanity. Interrupt this whenever another spell becomes available. If Mind Flay is interrupted early, it will not generate the full 18. WOTLK-WEAKAURA. Bluffwatcher. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. The change. After. Try not to let evangelism fall off if these are low HP adds on a boss. Again, you’re limiting options by just having one set of talents that work with mind flay and another set of talents which work with mind spike. Mind Flay is an old iconic SP spell. Mind blast and mind spike were always small animations on the target. If there is a movement where the above-explained stutter stepping does not cover it entirely, the second most ideal way to deal with movement is to use some ability while moving. Surge of insanity does. 1 Like. Cast Mind Spike or Mind Flay; Cast Divine Star, Shadow Word: Death or Shadow Word: Pain if you are moving. Blizzard, it is not the 1st of April yet! Please tell us that this is another of your out of seasons Aprils fools jokes! I still find it hard to believe what Blizzard is planning to do to SP. TalentMind spike x2, insta mindblast with 60% crit, paralysed for 4s, flay, death, death. This is very. We don't like to glyph new high level. Cast Halo. 2. Make Mindbender a permanent pet that cleaves like BM hunters pets. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11% and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Add this to the fact that spike is objectively better in every way. . use mind flay as a filler Don't bother with mind spike to keep it simple. Spike is just a random cast with basically 0 aesthetics. In terms of base damage, Mind Spike deals around 20% more than Mind Flay. Addons used: Weakauras: The entire center group is Weakauras and includes all the Spells, the Insanity bar and the Castbar and everything else you can think of. Here is a sumary of what made the. I think that changes depending on build though. It does more base damage, it is spamable, and it gives your next mind blast 90% chance. 557%. AOE is actually not that bad if you prioritize MB for the cleave. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and. it's seems quite strong because of. I don’t like this current iteration of the spec and I’m not asking for it to change for those of you that like it, I’m just asking for an alternative to it. Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. Playing the burst style entails pumping as much damage into your Vampiric Embrace as possible. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). Endless micro CC (eg. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. It can be a hindrance more than anything if you’re trying to time keys. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). dark ascension is great for a mindspike build. In PVP - I will almost. If you cancel flay half way through, you get half its damage. But it does seem to have less casts of Mind Spike Isanity. I think it should be a great idea to let mind flay to be cast when running , since shadow priests are very weak when a meele is hunting them , Devouring plague is the only spell we have then , And it sux , atleast i think mind flay would be great if it could be cast when running What do you think?If you have that mindset, it feels pretty damn smooth to just hit mind spike when you get a proc and mind flay when it doesn’t. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. Spam mindspike if I get shadow locked, or trick people into kicking mindspike instead of shadow. Use Shadow Crash if you are using this talent and the target is stunned or cannot move. Mind spike replaces it if you look at mind spike in the shadow tree, it says it replaces mind flay. Shadow is wonderful, easy damage. Allow Aura On Level Scale. But here's a compromise: make a glyph that allows Shadow Word: Pain to stay on the target when we use Mind Spike. Priest. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get into keys because Shadow brings the same exact toolkit. I’m fairly certain you don’t just overcap and ignore it over and over for other spells, letting stacks rot. Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike, Mind Melt, and one point of Mind Devourer. There are situations where MS and MF. Mind Melt - Mind Spike now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast. Making you have 3 orbs for each Mind Spike and Mind Blast. Before the change it wasn’t really a caster and now after the change is a “true” caster a real caster class. 0. 9. 7 Fury Incarnate. Love that build. Please report the post above if it breaks one of our >rules<. Improved Flash Heal - Increases healing done by Flash Heal by 15%. Cool, thank you. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. I have a hard time believing that Surge of Insanity is not thought about in the rotation. It’s fairly common for me to go Void bolt -> mind blast -> mind flay or something similar, which is usually just enough to. Mind SpikeSince our dev is having trouble putting identity into either, and they don’t want to put more power into filler spells(and we don’t want to spend talent points on fillers), I suggest baking them into their current powers, the talents we do have; – Dark Ascension - Mind Spike already adds crit into the mix, and with some of our new talents, Mind Blast. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. 1. Mind flay build actually seems kinda ok, wish the tentacles spawned more though. It provides a quick nuke to use in situations where time is of the essence, such as when the priest has to swap targets frequently. 1 Like Hpellipsis-whisperwind (Hpellipsis) February 3, 2023, 5:29pm 7 This is very true, if you;re playing the standard yogg saron + ysharrj build for single target you. then mind spike/mind blast it down. Mind Spike build probably handles movement better. Use MB first, then channel MF Insanity. This prefers targets without. 1 Class Set 4pc: Devouring Plague damage increased by 15%. Mind sear was removed. Does not apply to damage from Shadowy Apparitions, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch. I really don't. No longer replaces Mind Flay or deals additional damage with [Mind Blast]. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. Tortura mental and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. 1 patch you can reduce the cost of casting by 15% of it's already low cast, becoming extremely mana efficient as far as damage output goes. Coz ppl wanted spike back. 20Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. As a Shadow Priest, Mind Flay will become your most oft used offensive ability. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. World of Warcraft ForumsI’ve read them and don’t feel like its a good direction for the class. It also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. But all of the builds I tested did quite similar damage, which is great as well. A blue post stated they don't want Spriests using Mind Spike as a part of their normal DPS rotation, so if that starts to happen it'll probably get nerfed. Void Torrent damage increased by 15%. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Cast Mind Flay to generate Insanity as your filler spell. Also use mind flay to fake kicks, you can often get some value off of that, where faking kicks with mind blast gets you no value. That’s really weird. Cast Mind Flay and Mind Spike as filler spells; Shadow Priest PvP Burst Rotation Shadow's burst rotation is almost entirely instant except for Mindgames. The dot consumption just feels very dated as a mechanic and it works directly against our mastery. SHAMAN In a future build, Mind Sear will tick every 0. It feels good to have insanity. That way we can still benefit from our mastery, which is already quite useless, and shadowy. It probably belongs at the bottom of. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Generally speaking use Mind Spike in pvp only when flashing showing its instacast, before Mind Blast to buff Mind Blast. Lasts 10 sec. Mind Flay: Insanity has been renamed to Surge of Insanity. this fact leave Mind. 5k and mind spike hits for 23. Cast Mind Spike with Surge of Darkness procs. Hi guys, This is Ivan with his first macro post. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. Mind FlayAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (295. those DoTs are so strong on DPS that Priest can NOT afford to lose them. Reply With Quote 2010-12-10, 12:34 AM #8Mind Flay: Insanity We’ve made a change to Mind Flay: Insanity targeted at shortening the amount of time spent channeling Mind Flay: Insanity while increasing the value of casting it. 1. If you’re doing trash packs, and have searing nightmare specced, then Voidform’s value becomes purely the damage amp + mastery damage. There's no luck involved in proccing it It doesn't have anything to do. Patch 7. You know its going to happenIn some quick testing, I found my best damage on single target came from a build which was juggling both Mind Flay and Mind Spike casts, which is perfect, in my opinion. 1 Like. A blue post stated they don't want Spriests using Mind Spike as a part of their normal DPS rotation, so if that starts to happen it'll probably get nerfed. One thing that I’m trying to figure out involves optimizing casts during high haste void form phases. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to the dependence on utility spells like Mass Dispel and Mind. This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind spike at the time. Mind Flay has a base channel time of 4. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. Yep, I’m still not able to use Mind Sear at all, even with the talent selected and a full bar of insanity. Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree. Ascended Blast, Ascended Nova, Devouring Plague, Holy Fire, Holy Nova, Holy Word: Chastise, Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mindgames, Mindgames, Purge the Wicked, Smite, Unholy Nova, Unholy Transfusion, Void Torrent Modifies Damage/Healing Done +10%: Inescapable Torment Modifies Damage/Healing Done +46%: Flash Heal Modifies. Avoid any discussion on mental health and choose options based on building a relationship with him. So yeah mind spike is bad, as in it's literally the worst thing conceived by a human. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. Mind Spike also increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%. 0. WoWNoob Discord - Same community, different platform. Balanced-boulderfist. . Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 352. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. Always instant / Short cooldown Mind Blast & Mind Spike. Revert mind sear back to a builder. The second major point is around mind spike. Filler priority with this build: Mind Spike with Surge of Darkness procs; Mind Flay: Insanity when available. It's also very useful on Deathwing. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). Surge of Insanity is a guaranteed proc after casting DP. We all have different ideas about how specific the knowledge of the target's location should be. Or maybe it’s the first talent in the tree and you can choose one or the other. One of the most glaring issues that I am experiencing when using these two talents is that they both favor similar build paths/playstyles. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 285. Buckle up it’s going to be a wild ride. 90 sec cooldown. Having mind flay and mind spike at the same time is gerbage. Major Spike Scallion is the final Merc which you can recruit in Jagged Alliance 3. Mind Spike damage is now increased by 25% in PvP combat (was reduced by 25%). Related. CryptoIf the argument is having both Mind Flay and Mind Spike available at the same time creates a situation where sometimes you use one and sometimes you use the other… then that alone is reason enough to not have Mind Spike replace Mind Flay because you would use both as they both have unique enough reasons to use one over. also remove mind sear and focus around. General Information On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Shadow Priest in both single-target and multiple-target situations. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 352. It always feels like I’m doing something wrong, mostly because with all the procs I feel like i just have too much to press. This will tell the creator that they have to use "Smite" to get Mind Flay to work. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. They worked out and sent out a hotfix yesterday, which means that snare reduction talents/gems no longer affect the duration of the final tick of Mind Flay. We have moved to Warcraft Wiki. 1 reworks the class, removing its clunky AoE spender in favor of focusing most of its AoE into (Spell #199484), among other changes. I realize they don't want to add glyphs attached to brand new spells, which is why I specify "post 4. For any spell that requires ground targeting, I will almost always use a cursor macro. 2022: Made some parts of the rotation around Mind Blast easier to read. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. Mind Spike is a shorter cast and is easier to fit into windows where the rotation is busy and less punishing if you have to. 20Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. Psychic Link We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. If mind blast is instant cast from Mind melt then mind blast will glow, so you. While. Rank 1: Your Mind Flay, Mind Sear, and. This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind. Mind Flay and Mind Flay: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat. 75 seconds for 3 seconds, consuming 25 Insanity per tick and will not be castable with less than 50 Insanity. Mind Flay would be broke as heck if you could move, but it’d give some sort of perk vs Mind Spike. Instantly restores 5% of your total mana and increases the damage done by your Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death by 4% for each stack. What was a bad spell in Cata is now somehow ever worse in MoP. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site!Because of this, Inner Sanctum and Mind Flay provide the most survivability and indirect dps increases, while Vampiric Embrace provides the most survivability and support. Cast Mind Flay instead of Mind Spike while DP is on the enemy target so that MS does not remove it. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. Having Mind Spike pseudo-replace our filler by just being mathematically better is not fun. Mind Flay also generates 18 Insanity over its duration, 3 Insanity per tick. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. use void form with if you want to play mindflay. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Mind Sear is in the first section of our talents, which realistically means you taking it is not costing you anything (albeit maybe some utility if you are also running Mind Spike). So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. We don’t have plans to make major changes to either spell for Dragonflight launch, but they will be on our radar for the future. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%. It seems like a very simple change of making mind spike do increased damage to targets without dots, and just not. It is not clear when to cast Mind Spike vs. DP makes Mind Flay deal 80% more damage for 5 seconds, which means the "mind flay feels forced" thing is still going to be prevalent. Crypto If the argument is having both Mind Flay and Mind Spike available at the same time creates a situation where sometimes you use one and sometimes you use the other… then that alone is reason enough to not have Mind Spike replace Mind Flay because you would use both as they both have unique enough reasons to use one over the other. Every time last that, you can essentially cast Mind Spike + your 1st level spell of choice for the same 2nd level slot. They were super overpowered earlier this season but they are definitely much more in line now, and I’m saying this because I feel like Shadow is generally one of the more fun specs to play vs when its good But they are nerfing PI, MD, Mind Flay: Insanity(and also Mind Spike: Insanity) and they nerfed their defensives this current patch All of these. Mind Spike (IF you have a Surge of Darkness proc, if you have chosen this talent) Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain should be applied and maintained. It also provides the priest with a. This build doesn't use mind flay or mind sear. A Month. Shadow's cooldowns have also received some additions and changes, with Void Eruption both changing to a two minute cooldown and becoming an optional spell thanks to the. 19% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Snozbeary-malganis 28 June 2019 10:20 #11. At the same time, being able to build your own Shadow Priest was a goal with this iteration and we believe the tree allows for that. Mind Spike is a priest ability learned at level 44 for those with the Shadow specialization. Is there a decent build for epic bg/wq that doesn't have so many buttons? I can't even look at the screen trying to track all these procs and cds. . . When interrupted while casting a single-school spell such as Mind Flay or Frostbolt, players will now be able to cast dual-school spells such as Mind Spike (Frost and Shadow schools) or Frostfire Bolt (Frost and Fire schools).