Belgarion.Guild Leader
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re: 3.1 Changes
by Belgarion. on 2009/11/06 8:46 am
Laanyan
Looks like mana regen is supposedly getting nerfed? There's something about regen while casting getting a buff, but I didn't see specifics. Laan can't run out of mana in shadow anyway.
Targetable Prayer of Healing will be nice.
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Belgarion.Guild Leader
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re: Laanyan
by Belgarion. on 2009/11/06 8:47 am
Holy:
Doesn't look like such huge changes for Holy. It looks like the changes to Meditation (50% mp5, up from 30%) will help, if not completely offset the changes to spirit. Crit spec takes a hit; one of the talents that was key to crit spec is replaced with a talent that gives renew gets a nice bump.
Shadow:
Shadow is getting a HUGE bump; unfortunately, it also comes with a change in priority of stats (crit is going to be our new bestest friend).
If my math is correct, Improved Devouring Plague will be a about a 150 DPS increase for me based on numbers from the latest 10-man Naxx full clear.
Mind Melt has been changed; it now includes "and increases the periodic critical strike chance of your Vampiric Touch, Devouring Plague and Shadow Word: Pain spells by 6%". I've just confirmed that our dots will now crit (meaning this 6% is in addition to your current crit). Using my current gear and latest full Naxx clear stats, that would tack on about 300-350.
So, that's a total of 450-500 increase in my DPS. Time to go stack the crap out of crit.
Disc:
Discipline looks to have gotten a decent tune up to help Priests not be Rogue magnets in PvP.
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Belgarion.Guild Leader
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re: Laanyan
by Belgarion. on 2009/11/06 8:47 am
P.S. To DPS that aren't Shadow Priests... haha suckers
Here's my rough draft on a Shadow spec.
http://ptr.wowhead.com/?talent=bVcbhZZGxfVRrzffqfzio
2/3 in Shadow Weaving and Pain and Suffering should be more than enough.
Some Shadow Priests are all about Inner Fire for some reason. I don't have mana issues and 25% crit for 1 spell every 3 minutes isn't worth it imnsho.
The only possible exception to this would be if it applies to Shadow Word: Pain. Shadow Word: Pain's damage is calculated on your stats when you cast it. When you use Mind Flay to refresh it, it continues to use those original stats. What I do is get up my 5 stack of Shadow Weaving, pop my +dmg trinket, then cast Shadow Word: Pain.
If that works... that's potentially around 100 more DPS. I used boss data for the math on this and got 114 more DPS; I'm not going to bother with it on yard trash. I'll be yanking a point out of Improved Vampiric Embrace and test it out.
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Belgarion.Guild Leader
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re: Laanyan
by Belgarion. on 2009/11/06 8:48 am
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Belgarion.Guild Leader
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re: Laanyan
by Belgarion. on 2009/11/06 8:49 am
I haven't tested the viability of it yet, but some research has me thinking of trying Disc for healing. The major advantage of Holy was the AE healing. Now that Prayer of Healing is group targetable, Circle of Healing is, well, lackluster.
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?priest=0503203130300512330323230251035050030000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000&glyph=000000000000&version=9767
Options: Move 3 points to Improved Healing (in the Holy tree) from Focused Will (in Disc).
Improved Healing is just an efficiency talent while Focused Will is a nice little crit boost. Laan's geared for crit; I'd be over 30% crit unbuffed with Focused Will. With Disc, you should be able to rely on your ridiculous mana pool.
I steer away from the "fun" talents, Power Infusion and Pain Suppression. If I'm doing my job well, I shouldn't need them.
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