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#1 May 06 2007 at 5:29 PM Rating: Default
I was wondering how useful it would be having Shadow Power for raids.
For those not familiar, shadow power boosts crit percent for Mind Blast and Shadow Word Death (from now on referred to as just "Death") by 15%.

Previously, I was raiding spec shadow (20/0/41) with all PvE talents like threat reduction, mana conservation talents, and whatnot. Now I've switched to PvP shadow (14/0/47) without any aggro reducing talents or mana efficiency talents. I have noticed my DPS has increased substantially from spamming a MB/Death whenever the cooldowns are up. With Vampiric embrace, a good portion of the damage caused by Death is healed. With mind flay's in between, I'm nearly full health by the time Death is cooled down again.

The problem i'm running into is when creating a PvE shadow build with Shadow Power, there is nowhere to pull the talent points from without sacraficing another important talent. To remedy this, I thought about having only one shadow priest per raid spec shadow weaving, since multiple priests do not grant more than 5 stacks of shadow weaving. This would leave any other priests in the raid free to spend those points on Shadow Power increasing damage.

The only downfall of this setup is that it is EXTREMELY aggro sensetive. As a shadow priest, I notice I pull aggro quite easily, even spec'd PvE, so one would have to keep careful attention to their threat using MB. Does this sound like a good idea to anyone else? I'd appreciate some input, but please, level 70's only. Thanks in advance!
#2 May 06 2007 at 8:07 PM Rating: Good
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I personally didn't spend any points in Shadow Power and I don't go out of my way to grab +crit gear. I would rather be able to do consistent damage all the time, rather than risk having 2 crits in a row or something and either pulling aggro and getting killed or having to stand around twiddling my thumbs for a few seconds to let the tank get ahead of me again. I find it pretty hard to manage my aggro as it is :) Just my 2 cents, someone with the -threat meta gem or subtlety enchant to cloak might be able to go for it with less worry.
#3 May 06 2007 at 8:58 PM Rating: Decent
Raids can't get enough shadow priests at the moment.

Something like this?

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=bVMhzZZVrxtMxRhtEo

Yeah, you lose Divine Spirit and Meditation but you have to make sacrifices. :P

Edited, May 6th 2007 10:00pm by MercilessDeadlyRaven
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