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Spectral Guise

Spectral Guise

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires Priest
Requires level 15

Your shadow blurs into the darkness, leaving your true form behind. As a shadow you are stealthed, but remain in combat. Lasts 6 sec or until your true form is hit by 3 direct attacks.

Buff

Spell Details

Duration

10 seconds

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

30 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect #1

Summon (Spectral Guise)
Value: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Dummy
Server-side script

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Healing Priest Guide (Disc/Holy)

Raid and Class
cooldown list.

Shadow Priest Guide

Warlords of Draenor
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Comments

Comment by PerfeCisolation

This is interesting sure - But what are the implications in PVE?

Comment by Mitchello

I made a video of the animation if anyone was interested:
youtube.com/watch?v=XDfFIxR1D6I

Comment by anubalabeloralon

The bishop moves diagonally!

Comment by Yevon

I’m assuming this is going to work much like the witch doctor’s ‘spirit walk’ used in diablo 3.

IMO if they’re going to implement ‘spirit walk’ in wow they should add a glyph (similar to the ‘rune’ system in D3) that restores an ‘x’ amount of (health or mana); or removes all (movement impairing effects or all DoT’s)...that’s just IMO

Comment by rodalpho

The devs told us exactly how the Spectral Guise break works at the link below.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5889309137?page=40#788

I'm pasting it here in case they retire the beta forums after release.

Q: What counts as the three direct attacks for Spectral Guise? Any attack that isn't a DoT, or is there more specific list of attacks?

A: Any damage event, including DoT ticks.

Comment by clavarnway

I tested it. Getting a speed buff from a feather form the talent Angelic Feather does break the stealth. However, getting a speed buff from a feather and then using Spectral Guise does not break the Guise, and you can cover a great deal of distance in that time!

I can imagine some PVE implications, if you need to cross a large area of mobs without aggroing them. Mostly though I think it will be used as a Feign Death type of ability - if you get aggro just pop Guise and run - the mobs will hit your old self while you run out.

Further testing:

-Can be used while feared. Does not break the fear, but does still stealth you, etc.
-Cannot be used while silenced or poly'd.
-Using this detargets you. This means that when an opponent is casting a spell with a cast time, using Guise while it's being casted breaks the cast. So even if they want to cast 3 spells on your shadow, they have to re-target it first.

Comment by calikid

For those who haven't mastered the PVP art of "Shadow Word: Deathing" a Polymorph...

This will do the same thing, but will not have any diminishing returns.
So if you do get sheeped afterward, it will be for the full duration.

Hope this saves someone a duel or match!

As for something fun to add, I like to use the Highborne Soul Mirror just before, and watch them try to target me.
:-)

Comment by Devianex

I've been testing this a bit today (just during normal questing) and it appears that the true form only takes ONE hit before disappearing rather than 3. Either that, or rams in Howling Fjord attack REALLY fast.

Comment by Chakra

Using Spectral Guise will cause you to drop the flag in Warsong Gulch. I assume it is the same with the flag in Eye of the Storm.

Comment by TheWheatOne

They changed the icon art and it can no longer be used while stunned or feared anymore.

Comment by lovechia

So basically you leave yourself free for attacks but you can walk for 6 sec in stealth in a duplicate form of yourself?
What the hell is the use of this?

Comment by Dudash

Nobody.. say.. a word..
>.>

Comment by HelloKitty

Surprised nobody noticed it (or commented on it, at least) yet, but...

If you use Spectral Guise against mobs, and then cancel the guise (via mounting, dispeling, shielding, clicking off the buff, using a macro, anything) BEFORE the mobs break you out of guise, the mobs will reset to evade (Even if they are right on top of you!)

I was ghetto'ing this for a while, but eventually just made this simple macro:

#showtooltip
/cancelaura Spectral Guise
/cast Spectral Guise

One click guises you -- next click takes you out. Spamming it twice works similar to a feign death (insta-aggro drop on all mobs, no matter how many there are).

If there are only 1-2 mobs, I recommend using it once, walking 10 yards away from them (ideally with a feather up), and then clicking out. If the situation is really bad and you just NEED to vanish, double-click will do that for you. Made questing/leveling way easier for me.

You can also use this macro as a "vanish" to avoid dying in a raid and saving repair bills. I almost never die in wipes as a disc priest -- heal self up, bubbles and such, vanish. win

Comment by Ordayc

This spell cannot be cast while under the effect of Faerie Fire.

Comment by herumor

This is like a second fade for PVE groups. Very handy and works a bit better than the regular fade, because it tends to drop aggro from all mobs, and fade sometimes doesn't fully drop aggro.

Comment by Yakeshi

Works wonders when used in conjunction with Shadowmeld. Be sure to use it AFTER spectral guise, otherwise it's far less effective. Maybe slap a speed boost on beforehand to increase distance traveled while stealthed.

Edit: Sometimes you might not even want to move, to psych out the enemy.

Comment by KeigaElspeth

Can be used on Thok the Bloodthirsty to drop his Fixate on you

Comment by maely

You can pop this while Goblin Glider'ing, which is pretty nifty for stealth caps in like Arathi Basin.

Comment by Rhacius

Hasn't been mentioned yet but in PvP you can actually use this right before capping a flag and if timed right you start capping without breaking stealth! can be very useful.

Comment by KeigaElspeth

Can be used to counter/cancel Hisek the Swarmkeeper's Aim and cancel Kaz'tik the Manipulator's Mesmerize in the Paragons of the Klaxxi encounter in Siege of Orgrimmar

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