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Comment by Muratsuki

The set bonuses for Shadow make me want to give up healing on my Priest. The 2-set should make Shadow Word: Death viable before 25% due to the damage boost and the mana regen from Masochism (thank you, Tsukuyomi45 for that clarification :D).

I can honestly see the 4-set bonus getting nerfed eventually though. Shadowfiend lasts 15 seconds and, for me, attacks approximately 10 times before despawning (provided it doesn't get killed). That means every 1.5 seconds I have 3 Shadow Orbs to use. Now, technically, this isn't going to provide too huge of an advantage, considering Mind Blast is on a 6.5 second CD. However, I'm wondering if it would be viable to start the fight by Mind Flaying to 5 stacks of Dark Evangelism, popping Dark Archangel and Shadowfiend, then just Mind Spiking until the Shadowfiend despawns?

Unfortunately, I'm unable to test that theory at this time; my guess though is that it wouldn't provide a significant DPS increase (and might actually end up being a loss because you have to get DoTs up afterward, which takes a bit of time). Still, being able to control when you're getting those Shadow Orbs for at least part of the fight will be a huge benefit over, "Omg I hope I have Shadow Orbs when the rest of my CDs are available! D:"

Comment by Epicskillz

Bad news guys, the priest tier lookalike (not class restricted) "set" doesn't include shoulders..

There goes my dream of looking like priest T13.

On a paladin.

Transmog or not, I was planning to wear this in Org feeling awesome!

Comment by NightmareMJ

since mind spike hits for 27K+ with 3 orbs, and obviously crits for a little over double that...using shadow fiend while under archangel will result in massive dps gain vs single target. We usually get 1 shadowy apparition per 1-2 ticks of shadow word pain(with these set bonuses you will definitely not want to talent mindflay to refresh it to maximize dps and considering the amount of movement in dragon soul this seems logical), obviously potentially quite a few more if moving about(which will be often for most fights, and is a part of the VT, then move while casting DP and SW:P, except now you may want to cast SW:P while approaching the target before you have a chance to stand still long enough for VT set up method). Seems like Blizzard wants to completely negate the HORRIBLE RNG associated with shadow orbs(I've gone over 1 minute without them on rag and baelroc before -_- that is WHILE spaming mindflay as well). All things considered with movement/distance consideration(obviously being closer to the boss may be a bit better) we will have 3 orbs for every mind blast we will cast ever with this four piece.

Also assuming full 397 gear your mindspikes should be hitting around 35-70K with 100~147K(depending on meta gem, raid debuffs, raid buffs, trinkets, etc) crits :) (obviously timing intellect or large mastery procs will prove significantly more useful than haste procs in this situation) during the duration of Dark Archangel. Having enough haste or properly casting shadow fiend for lustwrapism should reach you a nice 3 orbs per mind spike with a 1 sec gcd/1 sec cast with a minmum of 35K dps during the duration, and much more likely to be closer to 70K assuming at least 20% crit raid buffed making crit somewhat even more desirable (30% crit would be ideal to dip the +5% crit against a target fire mage debuff)... All in all we should aproach being one of the highest in raid especially on short fights(under 5 mins) or long fights(minimum 9 minutes). Crit could theoretically become much better as well as more crit = shorter shadowfiend cooldown, but given the more "mobile" nature of fighting in dragon soul this is a bit more unlikely.

Also completely broken for pvp probably!

Comment by SimplyTom

Although I'm loving the Gems that it gives us (really who doesn't like that many Brilliant Queen's Garnet/Brilliant Inferno Ruby depending on how easy they drop!) and a somewhat alright set bonus (I think we could have got something a little bit more fun) I still wish there was more haste on this gear.

We just seem to get the choice of haste VS Spirit(hit) and that is something I very much dislike.

Lets hope we finally see some times were haste is not the be all and end all!

Comment by Tyro

Set piece drops in Dragon Soul:

Morchok - Normal / Heroic: No tokens. LFR: Small chance of random token.
Warlord Zon'ozz - Gloves
Yor'sahj the Unsleeping - Legs
Hagara the Stormbinder - Shoulders
Ultraxion - Chest
Warmaster Blackhorn - Helm
Spine of Deathwing - No tokens on any difficulty. Trinkets and non-set armor.
Madness of Deathwing - No tokens on any difficulty. Weapons.

In Normal and Heroic difficulty, only the one listed boss will drop the corresponding tokens.

In LFR difficulty, the one listed boss is the main source of tokens, but all of the first six (Morchok through Warmaster Blackhorn) bosses have a smaller chance of dropping a different token. For example, LFR Yor'sahj mostly drops leg tokens, but has a chance to drop shoulder, chest, leg, and helm tokens.

Comment by Truelove

The Torch of Holy Fire Looks perfect with this set.

Edit: found another great mace War Mace of Unrequited Love that matches great also!

Comment by 933283

2P bonus
Pros

You may safely spam Shadow Word: Death anytime including fights where backlash damage is lethal, e.g. Baleroc.
SimulationCraft shows that the DPET of Shadow Word: Death is increased even beyond that of Mind Blast w/ 3-orbs.

Cons

Almost nothing, except that 4P bonus fades it out a bit.

4P bonus
Pros

Typically it is harder to get enough orb (and thus empowerment) while moving. This option reverses the situation - even in heavy movement, Shadowy Apparition would provide even more orbs than usual.
Pretty unique functionality: gives insane burst damage option. While shadowfiend is active, you would prefer to use MS/MB rotation, using all the orbs shadowfiend generates. This makes SPs viable for some special fights: for example, it is A MUST for any SP who tries Heroic Spine of Deathwing where it is important to nuke tendons.

Cons

In terms of overall DPS increment, it is fairly weak one compared to other 4P bonuses. It's a kind of trade-off between burst vs average damage.
It does not favor situations like boss fight under 25%, or multi-target fights, as SW:D and dots get lower priority than MS/MB while shadowfiend is active. This even fades 2P bonus out.
CD for shadowfiend varies by RNG () which makes it harder to synchronize it with and trinket options.

Comment by stpaul

As of 5.0.4 patch the 4P set bonus was changed essentially eliminating burst capabilities of shadow priests. It was good while it lasted :(

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Regalia of Dying Light

Regalia of Dying Light is the Tier 13 Raid Set. It contains 5 pieces. Has set bonuses at 2 and 4 pieces.

	Gloves of Dying Light (1)
	Hood of Dying Light (1)
	Leggings of Dying Light (1)
	Robes of Dying Light (1)
	Mantle of Dying Light (1)

Regalia of Dying Light

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