Shadowlands Pre-Patch Class and Spec Tuning Hotfixes (Oct 21) - Shadow Priest and Arcane Mage Nerfs

Live Publié 21/10/2020 à 18:20 par Squishei

Comments on the Nerfs

Arcane Mage (Malon):
Briefly, it looks like Blizzard is trying to kill off the possibility of a Projectiles des Arcanes-only rotation, which has been competitive with standard Arcane. Which is weird, because it'll come back in Shadowlands once we reach a certain rank of the Prodige des Arcanes Conduit

Shadow Priest (Anshlun)

Actually it took Blizzard a long time to push these nerfs. Apparitions malveillantes was already a strong trait in BFA, being used x3 with high crit at the end of the tier. With Shadowlands, the number of apparitions we put out is substantially increased, but their damage was reduced to compensate. However, the Apparitions malveillantes trait is an additive bonus, so these nerfs don't impact its increased power with mode Apparitions going out.

For Murmures des Damnés, it is basically bringing the bonus Insanity more in-line with the insanity generation model of Shadowlands. For BFA, Murmures des Damnés increased Insanity generated by Shadow Word: Void by 20, while baseline generated 15; in Shadowlands, Attaque mentale generates only 8 insanity, so having Murmures des Damnés only generate 10 insanity makes its increase more in-line with their BFA balance.

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Correction arcanique Clearcasting procs 10% more often, and each wave of a Clearcast Arcane Missiles deals 3120 more damage than the previous.

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Apparitions malveillantes Shadowy Apparitions deal an additional 14091 damage to enemies suffering from your Vampiric Touch.

Murmures des Damnés Shadow Word: Void
Shadow Word: Void
Mind Blast deals 148 additional damage and generates (20001000 / 100) additional Insanity on critical strikes.

Sombre entaille Slashes the target with darkness, dealing damage equal to half the target's current health.
Effect #1 REMOVED Effect #1 School Damage
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