. 557%. and it doesn't even have instant cast now when it. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. Being essentially forced into taking, as you say, the higher damage Mind Spike probably does not sit right with many old school SP. [Mind Flay]x1 - This will help you to enter in normal rotation right after pet disappear. If none of these things are true, hit mind flay. But in The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3, the term got an entirely new definition. Update on 6 September 2023: We've updated this article with the latest PvP and PvE class balance changes for WoW Dragonflight patch 10. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. 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. There’s so much other stuff to be doing. 2, the glyph was a pretty harsh trade -- it extended the reach of Mind Flay by 10 yards at the. Lasts for 18 sec. The unfortunate part here is that you need to have a 90 on Wisdom in order to recruit Flay properly. Mind Spike build probably handles movement better. This as a whole declutters the filler rotation which is good in that sense. Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. Shadow is wonderful, easy damage. The buff lasts for 10 seconds, so don't use it right away if you're capped on MB. 05 Nov. shadow_fiend. Invest on one or the other gameplay, not both. Void Torrent damage increased by 15%. 02:35 AM. Fixed opener to be easier to read. 25Cast Mind Flay: Insanity if available. And Shadow changes like Mind Flay/Mind Spike damage and Insanity tuning, Deathspeaker bug fixes and Surge of Insanity tuning. It feels so lack luster. But Mind blast is way better than the rest, Holy Fire is typically like +50% of Mind Flay damage per mana (that including 25% mana regen rate while casting) and Smite is often 20. 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. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Is this the case for mind spike? *Or is the threat augmentation meant to make it a "shadow spec only" ability due to shadow's innate threat dampening (unless that's gone now too. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. I played it a bit in BFA, but I can see it has changed since then. Maddening Touch - Vampiric Touch has the chance to generate Insanity whenever it deals damage and deals increased damage. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. Using Shadowform a second time will cause Mind Spike to transform into "Mind Shatter", which deals an extra point of damage. they don't run mind spike and they enjoy playing w/o it. I only use it on instant for burst to build into instant mindblast. Buttons feel worthless. It got like 7 buffs and boom many liked how it played. Mind sear was removed. Mind Spike also increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%. If mind blast is instant cast from Mind melt then mind blast will glow, so you. With enough Spell Damage, a Rank 1 Mind Flay can actually out perform the best Wand in the game, even with Wand Specialization, and with enough MP5, is essentially a free Cast. Click here for information and the new URL. In dungeons, you don’t take mind spike at all so don’t need to worry. Scrambling for every 0. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. That means you can skip it if you'd like to, and there won't be a super noticeable difference. 1. You also play Mind Flay: Insanity so you still need to cast flay to use those after every plague cast. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay For every Shadow Priest build you have the option between Mind Spike being your primary filler spell, or keeping it as Mind Flay . I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. 0 PTR. A Month. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%. Aside the low damage mind spike has another problem. Cast Mind Flay as your main filler. I played it a bit in BFA, but I can see it has changed since then. SW:I does 2x mind flay damage ticking for 15k SW:I benifits from mastery. And what i mean by wasting is you arent able to use every ability on cooldown when it comes up or. 848% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. IDGAF about balance, if Mind Spike is available and it isn’t optimal to channeling mind flay, I’d still use Mind Spike. Mind Flay and Mind Spike Mind Spike currently feels like it has no place in the shadow rotation and is in direct conflict with Mind Flay. Mind Spike as a filler vs Mind Flay (with instant procs) Mind Games Mindbender Shadow Word Death Vampiric Touch + Shadow Word Pain Shadow Crash Void Eruption that gives another filler spell on top of the CD and changes your priorities yet again Mind Sear vs Devouring Plague (with free casts that change priority depending on targets and. Mind Melt - Mind Spike reduces cast time of your next Mind Blast by 50%, stacking up to 2 times. New Talents. Twistinfate offered the general consensus of the priest discord right now, which is that the mind sear bonus damage for ST is outweighed by the insanity loss. I really don't know how good it is right now. Surge of Insanity is a guaranteed proc after casting DP. Point is to make it clear that Mind Spike is simply a tool for a specific type of situation that belongs outside the normal gameplay loop. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. 86% or higher, Mind Flay is better than Mind Sear for 3 or fewer targets; if it is below 50. 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. first priority is keeping all dots out. Unfortunately blizzard brought it back…but put it into the talent tree…so now to justify spending the talent points on that…it has to be stronger than flay…. That starts the dot weaving sequence. Personally I really dislike. Before Mind Spike appeared to be the default AoE filler interacting with Psychic Link, which was fine by me. IN PVE - Trash is pointless, and now that our dots scale with crit and haste, casting a few dots on adds during a fight like Death Whisper, and then mind blasting, flaying, and deathing them is often enough. 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. 2022: Cleaned up Devouring Plague lines to be more clear. How can you say mind flay is a parodical damage. 1 Class Set 4pc: Devouring Plague damage increased by 15%. If you're not a fan of playing with Mind. However, the side effect of these changes is that it now feels like Mind Spike is lacking purpose. I would say somewhere between 5% to 10% of the casts. and use glyphs of death and spirit tap. Aquagosa. Casting flay and cutting it short on the gcd whenever a more important spell becomes available is more flexible than spamming mind spike. Generates 16 Insanity over the. Mind Spike damage increased by 15 percent. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. 09 Nov. Yes, it absolutely is. Mind Spike moved to 4-5 (was 4-3) Node removed at 5-2; Shadow Crash moved to new 5-2 (was choice at 6-4) Ancient Madness moved to 5-3 (was 9-7). Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. 2. Mental Decay - Spell - 10. Mind Spike and Mind Melt are roughly 3-5% better than Mind Flay builds depending on the setup. Can be used while sitting. BrilliantMachine2726. Then letting your mana regen while your. 4 Piece Priest Shadow 10. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. Only 10% haste can be stolen per target, up to 20% haste total. Yep, I’m still not able to use Mind Sear at all, even with the talent selected and a full bar of insanity. Dragonflight Beta | Shadow Priest | Mind Spike vs Mind F…Generally speaking use Mind Spike in pvp only when flashing showing its instacast, before Mind Blast to buff Mind Blast. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Multiple Target Priority List. Rather than focusing on loaded definitions, let’s just talk about what Mind Flayers are and what they do. blizz. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. 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. Patch changes [] Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 12%. I feel like there’s no room in the rotation to fit a full Mind Flay before using another Devouring Plague, especially with the increased duration. Priest Dragonflight Shadow. 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. Mind Spike's damage only. SWD or a proc when moving. Point is to make it clear that Mind Spike is simply a tool for a specific type of situation that belongs outside the normal gameplay loop. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and. 虚空形态 物理 185916 - - 瞬发 - 施放虚空爆发时激活。用虚空之力扭曲你的暗影形态，使你造成. Hex is a staple Warlock spell that deals extra damage on successful attacks. You can insert any available ability here, the point being you are pressing something. That X being either DP, or a tick of flay if you can’t cast DP yet. World of Warcraft Lore Trivia Game - Stump Sean Episode 2Ascended 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. 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. 0 shadow was fun, there were too many players crying for a full redesign though when it was undertuned when all they needed to address was mind flay vs mind spike and shadow crash. as Blizzard mentioned that Mind spike and Mind flay should no co-exist. It’s always been part of our core toolkit and I think it serves a great purpose as it frees up those “moments” during its use for us to look around for opportunities to use our other toolkit utility abilities like Mind Control, Shackle, Psychic Scream, Vampiric. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). • 6 mo. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for the tier set and the changes to insanity procs meant we don’t clip the flays as much. Generates 6 Insanity. Next best are Holy Fire and Smite (spell damage depending), finally Mind Flay for both dps and DPM (This changes with talents and rotation. Cast Mind Flay (or mind spike if talented) as filler AoE: Dot everything with Shadow Crash Cast Mind Sear with enough insanity Cast Mind Blast on cooldown Cast Mind Flay (or mind spike if talented) as filler Then you have cooldowns like PI / Shadowfiend, but every class has a burst rotation. Shield, Mind Blast, SW:P, Wand to death. Same story on AoE. Spike is just a random cast with basically 0 aesthetics. It’s easily their most iconic ability. 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. I’ve been using lots of Macro on this website and I think is time to give back something. Rip Mind Sear. Just fish for the free mind sear procs and use mind sear above 75 insanity. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. While. Im getting a little concerned with the number of active abilities shadow priests are getting in dragonflight. Cast Mind Flay instead of Mind Spike while DP is on the enemy target so that MS does not remove it. 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. Patch 7. 5 (2017-01-10): Removed. 557%. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Was dreading the idea of mind spike deleting any reason to use flay. Pact Magic spells are always cast at the highest level possible, which increases up to level 5. 1. 5k and mind spike hits for 23. Hey everyone! 🙂 I have just picked up Shadow Priest and I’m absolutely loving it. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. The main thing about Mind Spike is that it's a dual school spell. Cool, thank you. You should fully channel this. For the time being, this seems to spell the demise of Mind Spike for burst damage. first priority is keeping all dots out. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. Snozbeary-malganis 28 June 2019 10:20 #11. You are always rolling dots. You also play Mind Flay: Insanity so you still need to cast flay to use those after every plague cast. 2022: Added extra note about Mind Spike vs. Stay up to date with all the latest news with Wowhead News Notifications! Get Wowhead. This will tell the creator that they have to use "Smite" to get Mind Flay to work. Make Mindbender a permanent pet that cleaves like BM hunters pets. 5k with proc. Coalescing Shadows is interesting, but it could also synergize with Mind flay if that is picked. Shadow Priest UI. 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. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. I definitely have fun with the Mind Flay style of play instead of Mind Spike but it's nice that there's two different paths you could take, since the tentacle spawns were. Allow Entering Arena. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Every 4 casts of Devouring. 5 sec. Mind Flay deals four ticks of damage over its duration, each tick occuring every 0. 5 seconds, which Haste reduces. . 75 seconds for 3 seconds, consuming 25 Insanity per tick and will not be castable with less than 50 Insanity. Twistinfate offered the general consensus of the priest discord right now, which is that the mind sear bonus damage for ST is outweighed by the insanity loss. . Dragonflight Mythic+ Talent Builds for Shadow Priest 4. those DoTs are so strong on DPS that Priest can NOT afford to lose them. In terms of base damage, Mind Spike deals around 20% more than Mind Flay. And ofc the old mind flay talent was soo good back when we had shadow orbs. For fights such as the Spine of Deathwing in Dragon Soul, Vampric Embrace helps relieve your party members of the healing debuff faster. cause critical Mind Blast to trigger Glyph of Mind Blast on the target, root the target for 4 sec. Back at full mana, repeat. 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. Thus it has always been. . Dark Archangel: The Wings Spec. Avoid mind flay until 28+ at a minimum, since rank 1 is weak, and rank 2 is weaker than a good wand. Crits from Mind Spike and Mind Flay reduce Shadow fiend , Mind blast and Mind Spike reduce mind games cooldown , Mind Blast can proc a free Devouring Plague , i find it really fun to play. Mind flay is still there. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Also, it will always go after the Priest so the tank has to immediately taunt it. Mind Spike replaces it now. However, an interrupted Mind Spike is going to lock all your shadow spells. It feels so lack luster. Think about it, mind flay was shadows character for literal expansions, and now that talent is completely obselete numbers wise. 3) Change the IDs in the bot on Mind Flay to do Smite. When in voidform press void bolt whenever it’s off cooldown, espcecially if you’re running the void bolt talent. Mind spike needs its own branch, in fact it needs its own trunk, the old mind spike single target rotation needs either proper support or it's not worth bringing it back. 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. Mind Flay (Talent in Shadow) Mind Flay is one of the most Mana Efficient Spells in the Shadow Priest toolkit. If you really hate spike that much, you can drop these two points for Voidtouched and another flex point, all sims and data shows. I have a tough time believing it, though. 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. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. Mind sear was honestly better with searing nightmare. If you have 5 stacks of evangelism and are reasonably certain you can primarily mind flay/mind blast for the duration, use archangel. A spell. Hearthstone: Mind BlastGlyph of Mind Spike. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. Mind Spike should also replace Mind Flay per your suggestion for sure. If you cast Mage Armor at the beginning of the day, once you cast Mind Spike once, you'll have negated the spell slot loss to Mage Armor by dealing damage. Mindblades forgo the ability to blast the minds of their enemies, focusing instead on a martial technique known as the mind swipe. Learn how to use this in our class guide. 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. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for the tier set and the changes to insanity procs meant we don’t clip the flays as much. 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. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. All processes are up, no cooldowns which to care of--Mind Flay damage increased by 15% (this includes Mind Flay: Insanity, but not the proc from Idol of C’Thun). 1. It seems like a very simple change of making mind spike do increased damage to targets without dots, and just not. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, Surge of Darkness, Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. Mind Spike does not make any attacks, and does not trigger Hex. This as a whole declutters the filler rotation which is good in that sense. dead. For any spell that requires ground targeting, I will almost always use a cursor macro. 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. Mind Flay now that Mind Spike has no downside to hard casting it and the tuning between the two likely leads to Mind Flay only being our filler when you take the talents that buff it. Tortura mental and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Shadow: Casting Mind Flay while your target is affected by your Devouring Plague causes your Mind Flay to deal 33% additional damage per orb consumed by Devouring Plague. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. I must have misunderstood the patch notes and was feeling pretty bummed since I thought they’d removed one of the spec’s most iconic spells lol. Dungeon Pool 3. WoW Classic Era and Hardcore Hotfixes -- Updated October 13. 19% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. The second major point is around mind spike. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. 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. Niche talent setup that does not rely on Void Eruption or Shadowy Apparitions. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). I. Generic build, can be used for any key/affix. These adjustments will be applied to the live game with scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, June 27 in this region. Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree. Creator wont even notice what you just did there :P. Hotfix (2023-06-26): Damage increased by 10%. Your rough filler priority for this fight will be below, but check out the rotation guide for more details. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. If you choose to use Yogg-Saron instead of C'Thun, Mind Spike will serve as your default filler spell instead of Mind Flay. 3411 views 4 stars 433 installs 8 comments. Try not to let evangelism fall off if these are low HP adds on a boss. we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. Spending insanity is higher prio than using your insanity flay procs i believe. 21Fully deplete all Mind Blast charges. Difference is 5 insanity vs. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. There a lot of additional changes to both Priest and Shadow, with things like talent changes in the class tree, Power Word: Life rework, improved Mass Dispel removed etc. Dark Accession should increase damage of everything except dot. If enemies are dying quicker, you should prioritize direct damage spells like Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Mind Blast. Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8) Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Making you have 3 orbs for each Mind Spike and Mind Blast. 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. Even when my instanity is 100 the icon remains greyed out. Shadow has many spells to press rotationally, and this isn’t helping that. 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. Glyph of Mind Spike makes your Mind Blast casts instant after casting two Mind Spikes. Allow Aura On Level Scale. And man is it kinda weird to play. At 28% I should do on average 28% more or 19. It also provides the priest with a. Mind Spike will likely sim with a higher number, however, if you consider the following scenarios, Mind Flay is actually a more practical spell and will most likely outperform Mind Spike in many scenarios:. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. It also provides the priest with a. They’ve gone way overboard. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. It's also very useful on Deathwing. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit. Ilyon-silvermoon October 31, 2022, 9:14pm #1. It's like a destro lock getting kicked on chaos bolt and being unable to cast anything at all but as far as I know if they get kicked on shadow they can still cast chaos bolt. There aren't many amazing Divination spells that are level 2 or above, and the only damaging one is- you guessed it- Mind Spike. In the Priest Talents category. Your Mind Flay has a X% chance to refresh the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain on the target, and reduces the damage you take from your own. The two biggest differences are the addition of Mind Spike as an optional Single Target filler spell to replace Mind Flay, as well as the removal of as an AoE spender. Related. I personally en…Psychic Link - Mind Blast, Mind Flay, and Mind Spike deal 15% of its their damage to all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch within 40 yards. There are situations where MS and MF. When one of these tadpoles has sufficiently. Here is a shadow priest guide for the actual game version with more informations. Otherwise if you're not capped on insanity its Mind Blast > proc'd Mind Spike > MF:I > regular Mind Spike up to 2 stacks > regular Mind Flay according to Twicks' twitch chat bot. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. . Mind flay build actually seems kinda ok, wish the tentacles spawned more though. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. 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. It can be a hindrance more than anything if you’re trying to time keys. " Adding a secondary effect to Heroic Leap, like a Thunder Clap or letting you get out of roots might be a good role for a glyph. psychic scream, range increase etc. Think about it, mind flay was shadows character for literal expansions, and now that talent is completely obselete numbers wise. The duration of your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch is increased by 1 sec when enemies suffer damage from Mind Flay and 2. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. 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 obsolete with us having Mind. Improved pathing in the general tree. this fact leave Mind Flay as the only choice as a filler in normal DPS rotation when every other spell is on CD. Bro, the best range with the most damage and survivability in game right now is the Mage. " It could potentially be that the first hit of mind spike is equal to a MF, but after that it starts hitting for more and more. Hotfix (2016-09-26): Mind Spike damage increased by 28%. next is spamming mind blast and DPs. Isuckatdots-kurinnaxx 6 August 2020 16:25 #19. Cast Mind Flay to generate Insanity as your filler spell. Mind Flay: Insanity has been slightly redesigned – Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay into Mind Flay: Insanity. Essentially there is no room for mind spike to be cast because there is always something better to press. I recommend dotting up your target, then using Mind Flay for maximum damage. 20Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. Or maybe it’s the first talent in the tree and you can choose one or the other. I’m truly baffled and curious how “vampiric touch spam simulator 2023” will ever go down as a rework worth mentioning I will reroll for this next raid tier for sure, and I can’t wait to see you “rework” shadow again 2 tiers from now when you realize you killed the spec and. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). Note that in AoE, when talented into Distorted Reality, you can try and maintain Devouring Plague on multiple targets to increase overall damage. It is not clear when to cast Mind Spike vs. 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. Either option performs well. In the Priest Talents category. Allow Class Ability Procs. It does not specifically tell you when you should be casting a filler, but if you have nothing else to press it will tell you how to prioritize Mind Spike vs. Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike, Mind Melt, and one point of Mind Devourer. 0. 9. In the Priest Specialization Abilities category. Mind Spike have slightly higher DPS, but will consume Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch, Devouring Plague on the target. 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 addition. 3 hours ago. For the time being, this seems to spell the demise of Mind Spike for burst damage. Mind Sear was the “fun button”, and now it’s gone. Allow While Banished Aura State. No longer replaces Mind Flay or deals additional damage with [Mind Blast]. Shadow has been FOTM since the MDI. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. We’re working to reduce this by having Mind Spike replace Mind Flay and removing Mind Sear. READ MORE. World of Warcraft ForumsI’ve read them and don’t feel like its a good direction for the class. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Wanting to keep the player involved and mindful of what is happening can lead to bloat and proc proc proc based reaction/priority based buttons vs spamming the same thing all over again. Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. Can confirm as a lock main. Generates 15. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). Really cool talents, and now compare them to the current ones… Just makes me. Would be great if mind spike was acctually an enjoyable button to press but it’s caca-doodoo. Lasts 6 sec. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. 2-3 Enemies (that will live a reasonable length of time) Devouring Plague (with 3 OR MORE orbs) Mind Blast (with LESS THAN 5 orbs)Use Mind Blast on cooldown (very important), spam Mind Spike (not so important) in between and cast Devouring Plage when you have between 3 and 5 orb and it seems like a good idea to do so.