Both of these spells are spammable filler spells, that require you to plant, existing at the bottom of your rotation priority and contribute little to your overall dps. This also effectively nerfs those talents if we aren’t pressing Mind Flay as often. It does not specifically tell you when you should be casting a filler, but if you have nothing else to press it will tell you how to prioritize Mind Spike vs. The problem with Dominant Mind is that it has a short 30s duration and if you kill the trash you have to wait for it to pop out and then stop and kill it. Maybe all rng with procs of other things like Mind. we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. Definitely should’ve removed mind spike instead. LIVE STREAM: COMMUNITY: 2 full channels of Mind Flay vs Mind Sear {with chaining} (4 GCDs), if your Mastery% is 50. Hello Priestfwen. Mind Flay with Mind Melt and Idol of C'Thun. 12 insanity between sear and mind flay, and you only get the TH. There are situations where MS and MF. 5 seconds, which Haste reduces. TalentMind spike x2, insta mindblast with 60% crit, paralysed for 4s, flay, death, death. Mind spike needs its own branch, in fact it needs its own trunk, the old mind spike single target rotation needs either proper support or it's not worth bringing it back. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. they don't run mind spike and they enjoy playing w/o it. +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. 2 Class Set 2pc Developer note from the offical 10. Balanced-boulderfist. Wanting to keep the player involved and mindful of what is happening can lead to bloat and proc proc proc based reaction/priority based buttons vs spamming the same thing all over again. Meanwhile, refresh dots within pandemic range and use insanity generating spells on cd (shadow crash, mind games, halo/star, shadow fiend, etc. Dragonflight Mythic+ Talent Builds for Shadow Priest 4. Use MB first, then channel MF Insanity. Also look at the talents which mean that mind flay increases your dot damage. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. In single target mind spike is your filler unless you get an empowered mind flay, in aoe, you. 3 (2016-07-19. After. This is actually unnecessary button bloat. Mind sear was honestly better with searing nightmare. Mind spike 2x for instant MB with 100% Crit chance (it goes even above 100% but its w. Auspicious Spirits: The Dot Spec style. If not, don't forget to show support by upvoting! As far as pvp, you almost have to take it, as being mobile and casting instant cast mindspikes are essential to survival in pvp vs channeling mindflay where you are a sitting duck even more than the wheelchair you already are. They spent how long “redesigning” the class just to remove cd’s so you can mash more buttons. Hotfix (2023-06-26): Damage increased by 10%. Cast Mindgames. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). Update on 6 September 2023: We've updated this article with the latest PvP and PvE class balance changes for WoW Dragonflight patch 10. Playing SP and DH in TW Arygos. I only use it on instant for burst to build into instant mindblast. Mind Spike provides a quick nuke to use in situations where the priest doesn't have time to set up the normal rotation, such as when adds are dying too fast or you have to swap targets a lot. Most Warlocks will want to use Hex because of its good synergy with Eldritch Blast. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). ago. this fact leave Mind Flay as the only choice as a filler in normal DPS rotation when every other spell is on CD. You should fully channel this. Mind Spike and Mind Flay coexisting is something we’re going to try but are wary of. • • Edited. Click here for information and the new URL. It provides a quick nuke to use in situations where time is of the essence, such as when the priest has to swap targets frequently. Opener: Causes ticks of Mind Flay to extend Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch by 1 second or 2 seconds with Mind Spike. Then, after building up to 4 shadow orbs, you hold down the ctrl key. For Teir 1 you can pick whatever is suited with your play style. Shadow Priest Talent Trees in Dragonflight Season 3 Dragonflight brought with it huge changes to talents, bringing new talent trees to life and allowing vast customization with them. Mind Flay's power comes from the fact that it is channeled, cheap, and "spamable". Mind spike replaces it if you look at mind spike in the shadow tree, it says it replaces mind flay. And ofc the old mind flay talent was soo good back when we had shadow orbs. 02:35 AM. Balanced-boulderfist. Dark Accession should increase damage of everything except dot. Scorching Ray makes three attacks, for up to 3 chances to trigger additional damage from Hex. Shadow is wonderful, easy damage. Allow Entering Arena. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. dead. Mind Spike have slightly higher DPS, but will consume Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch, Devouring Plague on the target. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. Both are lame but still Shadow bolt at least has a projectile. they could make a choice - mind flay vs spike, could allow forking tree with 2 different playstyles one fast with spikes, another slower with flay. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11% and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). For the time being, this seems to spell the demise of Mind Spike for burst damage. Priest. Every time last that, you can essentially cast Mind Spike + your 1st level spell of choice for the same 2nd level slot. One huge drawback is the style of play. You know its going to happenIn some quick testing, I found my best damage on single target came from a build which was juggling both Mind Flay and Mind Spike casts, which is perfect, in my opinion. Mind Flay: Insanity has been slightly redesigned – Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay into Mind Flay: Insanity. Patch 7. After all, if the DoT doesn't have time to get off a couple ticks, it's a. We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. Row 7 Talents. Alternatively, use it when shadow locked (however there are likely better things to cast when shadow locked like dispel, shield, flash heal etc. • 6 mo. Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. 1) Remove those skills from the creator. I. Now you may say hey numbers schumbers. SWD or a proc when moving. WoWNoob Discord - Same community, different platform. But here's a compromise: make a glyph that allows Shadow Word: Pain to stay on the target when we use Mind Spike. Mind Spike is a priest ability learned at level 44 for those with the Shadow specialization. In terms of base damage, Mind Spike deals around 20% more than Mind Flay. If you’re doing trash packs, and have searing nightmare specced, then Voidform’s value becomes purely the damage amp + mastery damage. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Cast Shadow Word: Death while Mindbender is active and the target has equal to or less than 20% health. They worked out and sent out a hotfix yesterday, which means that snare reduction talents/gems no longer affect the duration of the final tick of Mind Flay. Thus it has always been. That cannot change till they remowe it from the tree. (4) Set Bonus: Smite has a 100% chance to cast an additional time during Shadow Covenant, dealing Shadow. CryptoIf the argument is having both Mind Flay and Mind Spike available at the same time creates a situation where sometimes you use one and sometimes you use the other… then that alone is reason enough to not have Mind Spike replace Mind Flay because you would use both as they both have unique enough reasons to use one over. Old: Mind Flay and Mind Spike has a 100% chance and Mind Sear has a 25% chance to apply Shadow Word: Pain to the target. Mind Spike damage increased by 9% and now replaces Mind Flay. Generates 16 Insanity over the. Mind blast always was just a face-fart and. then mind spike/mind blast it down. Lasts 20 sec. However it's always good to use these instant cast mind spike while moving. IDGAF about balance, if Mind Spike is available and it isn’t optimal to channeling mind flay, I’d still use Mind Spike. Deathspeaker increases the damage of Shadow Word: Death by 10% in. Nobody that’s actually good excluding a few likes the mind spike playstyle. Mind Blast only better for them if clip second tick away only do 3rd damage. I. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. Assuming Mind Spike’s cast time will be affected by haste it generates the same amount of Insanity per second as. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 352. Mind Flay: Insanity has been renamed to Surge of Insanity. Mind Spike damage increased by 20%. Mind spike feels very awkward to use right now, even considering the bug. At the end of the day when the difference is only a couple percent with optimal play, as in the case of flay Vs spike, most people can get away with playing what’s more comfortable to them. Higher values of mastery lowered the dps gap, highest I went to was around 2k mastery which resulted inSo in theory if you get kicked on it you also can't cast any frost spells (which you probably none of). Shield, Mind Blast, SW:P, Wand to death. At quick glance, besides being less appealing aesthetically, Mind Spike is a slightly more empowered filler spell. Was dreading the idea of mind spike deleting any reason to use flay. Felt really hectic and engaging. There aren't many amazing Divination spells that are level 2 or above, and the only damaging one is- you guessed it- Mind Spike. WoWNoob Discord - Same community, different platform. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. Shadow Priest Needs Another Rework Background Regardless of what you want to call it, rework or not, Shadow Priest has design issues that are causing friction with playing the spec and keeps going through waves of harmful balancing changes. (Maybe I’m wrong?) Now, it is possible that, with perfect gear, the spec plays very differently and you naturally do not overcap because all the other spells go on. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Mental Decay - Spell - 10. However, being interrupted while casting a dual-school spell will still interrupt all respective schools as intended. Your filler in PvP is dispell magic while using instant proc mind spikes and mind blasts with spread rot damage. Mind Flay is regarded as a filler spell, which means it is only used when nothing else more important can be cast. If there is a movement where the above-explained stutter stepping does not cover it entirely, the second most ideal way to deal with movement is to use some ability while moving. those DoTs are so strong on DPS that Priest can NOT afford to lose them. Essentially there is no room for mind spike to be cast because there is always something better to press. Activated by casting Void Eruption. 2. The unfortunate part here is that you need to have a 90 on Wisdom in order to recruit Flay properly. 0. Hearthstone: Mind BlastGlyph of Mind Spike. Hotfix (2016-09-26): Mind Spike damage increased by 28%. Or maybe it’s the first talent in the tree and you can choose one or the other. Developers’ notes: These changes are aimed at improving Shadow’s single target DPS. the animation is underwhelming and the sound it makes is irritating. It's also very useful on Deathwing. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. It always feels like I’m doing something wrong, mostly because with all the procs I feel like i just have too much to press. Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. first priority is keeping all dots out. It also provides the priest with a. -Original intent was to provide something to cast during shadow lockout, idea has since been scrapped. Personally I really dislike. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). Plater: Nameplate Addon (A good nameplate addon is probably the most important addon you can have as a Shadow Priest, or any spec that have to handle. I searched around and found this macro and then changed a little. Would be great if mind spike was acctually an enjoyable button to press but it’s caca-doodoo. The two biggest differences are the addition of Mind Spike as an optional Single Target filler spell to replace Mind Flay, as well as the removal of as an AoE spender. As mentioned above it can be used when locked out of shadow 3. But all of the builds I tested did quite similar damage, which is great as well. If you're looking to burn real fast, Mind Spike is helpful. Rank 2: Your Mind Flay and Mind Spike critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 6 sec or Mindbender by 2 sec. Mind Spike and fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stacks of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. Valdivion-malganis. It is the spell with the best damage/mana ratio for the priest, and it has the additional bonus to slow runners by 50% Glyph of Mind Flay Talents Insanity Power Infusion Shadow abilities Shadowform Vampiric Embrace Mastery: Mental Anguish Its debuff has no classification,. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and. I don’t like this current iteration of the spec and I’m not asking for it to change for those of you that like it, I’m just asking for an alternative to it. Mine Talent spec is 2/1/1/2/2/1/1. Pain of death for SW Death in rotation (only in escapeable torment or when target below 20% hp) Most buffs/CD's will glow while active. Playing the burst style entails pumping as much damage into your Vampiric Embrace as possible. While Mind Spike is the stronger of the two options, it's only by a few percent. 1 Like Hpellipsis-whisperwind (Hpellipsis) February 3, 2023, 5:29pm 7 This is very true, if you;re playing the standard yogg saron + ysharrj build for single target you. Mind FlayAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (295. Higher values of mastery lowered the dps gap, highest I went to was around 2k mastery which resulted inthe node Mind Spike should be a choice node: you pick Mind Spike or Mind flay if you pick mind spike the nodes below is the same if you pick mind flay the node Surge of darkness becomes 1 point screams of the voide withg the 2 point set and mind melt should just be mindspike or mind flay. Cast Mind Flay instead of Mind Spike while DP is on the enemy target so that MS does not remove it. The problem with this change, is unlike before when we had the option of when to use the instant Mind Spike proc, with the changes made to Shadowy Insight not giving another charge and reduction in procs and Insanity generation, we’re forced to cast our fillers MUCH more often. Use Shadow Crash if you are using this talent and the target is stunned or cannot move. It also provides the priest with a. 1. Major Spike Scallion is the final Merc which you can recruit in Jagged Alliance 3. Current SIMC is holding 1 charge of mind blast and using the Mind Spike Insanity and then using Mind Blast to stop it from capping. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. ) Get shadow focus, imp. In dungeons, you don’t take mind spike at all so don’t need to worry. We’re working to reduce this by having Mind Spike replace Mind Flay and removing Mind Sear. Where you play the way before Shadow Orbs or Voidform was a thing. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. psychic scream, range increase etc. These adjustments will be applied to the live game with scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, June 27 in this region. Tortura mental and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. Mind Spike damage increased by 9% and now replaces Mind Flay. (Get gravestone scepter ASAP, 24'ish is good for a BFD run as priest. Dungeon Pool 3. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11% and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). 75 seconds for 3 seconds, consuming 25 Insanity per tick and will not be castable with less than 50 Insanity. It’s still based on time-gated RPG mechanics. Invest on one or the other gameplay, not both. Allow While Banished Aura State. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. Cast Mindgames if you have all DoTs on your target, you can delay for a few seconds if Dark Ascension is about to come off cooldown. I personally en…The cast speed of Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun no longer scales with Haste. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get. Hi, this WeakAura tracks if it is worth casting Shadow Word: Death over Mind Flay in raid encounters, based on the current spellpower and haste%. If you want to do endgame content at a decent level, you HAVE to play the meta unless you. if enemies will die too quickly for. active this was anywhere from 700-400 dps loss depending on reforging. Add back Cascade instead of halo and. Many talents that saw little play or had very low gameplay impact, such as and Coalescing Shadows have also been removed, with new options such as Voidtouched and Mind's Eye taking their place. Psychic Link We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. But in The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3, the term got an entirely new definition. Business, Economics, and Finance. Every 2 casts of Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. The duration of your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch is increased by 1 sec when enemies suffer damage from Mind Flay and 2. It’s fairly common for me to go Void bolt -> mind blast -> mind flay or something similar, which is usually just enough to. The Talent Surge of Darkness lets you cast Mind Spike withour removing dots from the target when it procs. 17Cast Mind Blast if capped on charges. However, an interrupted Mind Spike is going to lock all your shadow spells. Please report the post above if it breaks one of our >rules<. 07 Nov. Difference is 5 insanity vs. I must have misunderstood the patch notes and was feeling pretty bummed since I thought they’d removed one of the spec’s most iconic. You hard cast mind spike as your filler if you have it selected in prepatch, and you will probably do the same at level 70 as well if nothing changes. With enough Spell Damage, a Rank 1 Mind Flay can actually out perform the best Wand in the game, even with Wand Specialization, and with enough MP5, is essentially a free Cast. you should never be pressing mind flay. Demography-tichondrius. Shadow had mind blast and mind spike procs throughout MoP and WoD, also the “proc” you get after casting devouring plague isn’t a proc. Glyph of Mind Spike Glyph of Mind Spike no longer synergizes with From Darkness, Comes Light - to provide free Mind Blast casts much of the time. If not, don't forget to show support by upvoting!I love the lore of the class and love the feel of a mind flay build. Right now it feels thoughtless. Just fish for the free mind sear procs and use mind sear above 75 insanity. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, Surge of Darkness, Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. /cast [@cursor] Shadow CrashBro, the best range with the most damage and survivability in game right now is the Mage. Even better once you get 4 set Dragon Soul as your Shadow Fiend will grant you 3 orbs each time it hits. World of Warcraft Lore Trivia Game - Stump Sean Episode 2Ascended Blast, Ascended Nova, Devouring Plague, Holy Fire, Holy Nova, Holy Word: Chastise, Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mindgames, Mindgames, Purge the Wicked, Smite, Unholy Nova, Unholy Transfusion, Void Torrent Modifies Damage/Healing Done +10%: Inescapable Torment Modifies Damage/Healing Done +46%: Flash Heal Modifies. 19Cast Mind Spike: Insanity. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. I main shadow. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. I really don't. 20Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. Think about it, mind flay was shadows character for literal expansions, and now that talent is completely obselete numbers wise. This as a whole declutters the filler rotation which is good in that sense. Even when my instanity is 100 the icon remains greyed out. If you cancel spike half way through, you get no damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit. You can't get a surge proc. /use [nochanneling:Mind Flay] Mind Flay Wand (Spammable) - Allows you to spam the wand button without it cancelling. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. Mind Spike have slightly higher DPS, but will consume Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch, Devouring Plague on the target. Lasts 6 sec. So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. When one of these tadpoles has sufficiently. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Fillers are mind spike procs (if talented), mind flay insanity, mind flay/mind spike (depending on build). If you choose to use Yogg-Saron instead of C'Thun, Mind Spike will serve as your default filler spell instead of Mind Flay. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. Mind spike replaces it if you look at mind spike in the shadow tree, it says it replaces mind flay. I’ve been gearing up an alt shadow priest for raids and RBGs, and have a pretty decent idea for how the basics work. It’s really unhealthy. Mind flay build actually seems kinda ok, wish the tentacles spawned more though. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Stay up to date with all the latest news with Wowhead News Notifications! Get Wowhead. use void form with if you want to play mindflay. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). And most of the time you had several abilities you could press. Haven't had the chance to experience the practical application of. There's so many combinations available which never existed back then, which is exciting, and. Mind Spike Mind Spike Mind Flay and Mind Blast deal 5% more damage Shadow (Level 10)Cast Mind Blast on cooldown. However, the side effect of these changes is that it now feels like Mind Spike is lacking purpose. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. There’s so much other stuff to be doing. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. Surge of Insanity generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16). Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site!Because of this, Inner Sanctum and Mind Flay provide the most survivability and indirect dps increases, while Vampiric Embrace provides the most survivability and support. . Cast Shadow Word: Death while Mindbender is active and the target has equal to or less than 20% health. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. I also think that the mind flay talents being recommended by sims are overrated in practice. LIVE STREAM: COMMUNITY: That’s cool it’s still here. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. It's spamming Mind Blast too much. They were super overpowered earlier this season but they are definitely much more in line now, and I’m saying this because I feel like Shadow is generally one of the more fun specs to play vs when its good But they are nerfing PI, MD, Mind Flay: Insanity(and also Mind Spike: Insanity) and they nerfed their defensives this current patch All of these. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. World of Warcraft ForumsI’ve read them and don’t feel like its a good direction for the class. Make Mind blast spread VT Make Shadowword death spread SW:P. casting in general regardless of the form is not optimal in pvp. 5k with proc. Mind Blast deals 30% more damage and generates 4 additional insanity. 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Spamming Mind Spike will do about as much damage as casting Mind Flay on a target afflicted with Shadow Word: Pain. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, Surge of Darkness, Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. Also use mind flay to fake kicks, you can often get some value off of that, where faking kicks with mind blast gets you no value. Dispel Magic enemy buffs. Possibly as a new talent down the road. I don’t know. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. Ahh well tho, hopefully it gets better with higher ilvls soon. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. [Mind Blast] - (Macro)--Starting normal rotation. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is the talent immediately after Mind Spike, Mind Melt. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. • • Edited. Your direct damage spells inflict 15% of their damage on all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch within 40 yards. Back at full mana, repeat. It actually adds a LOT of situational complexity that people are going to get wrong, and fillers are the first thing to suffer in high movement. Flay is iconic and has a fairly intense visual for being filler. Before the change it wasn’t really a caster and now after the change is a “true” caster a real caster class. Assume a Shadowform, increasing your spell damage dealt by 10%. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree. Business, Economics, and Finance. mind flay and void torrent are counted as dots. Upcoming 10. Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent have a chance to spawn a Void Tendril that channels Mind Flay or Void Lasher that channels Mind Sear at your target. You can read all changes to 10. Try not to let evangelism fall off if these are low HP adds on a boss. For each additional spell slot level, Scorching Ray fires an additional beam for an additional 2d6 damage and another chance to trigger Hex. 1. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. Thus it has always been. If its damage is equal to mind flay, it could very. Shadow Priest UI. 2, the glyph was a pretty harsh trade -- it extended the reach of Mind Flay by 10 yards at the. Or vice versa. Avoid mind flay until 28+ at a minimum, since rank 1 is weak, and rank 2 is weaker than a good wand. As a Shadow Priest, Mind Flay will become your most oft used offensive ability. I don’t want to build and slow burn, it doesn’t work. 0". This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind spike at the time. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). I started playing SP with Dragonflight and never had more fun with a spec in my carrer since I started playing WoW back in 2005. It does more base damage, it is spamable, and it gives your next mind blast 90% chance. Just hover over the spot, press your keybind and the spell will land where your cursor was pointed at. Related. EDIT: Actually don't think that what I said above is the case. From Darkness Comes Light is good for it tho, especially in terms of pvp and mobility (which. Mind Flay and Mind Flay: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat. ReplyMind Melt - Mind Spike reduces cast time of your next Mind Blast by 50%, stacking up to 2 times. A spell. Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike, Mind Melt, and one point of Mind Devourer. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. 1 reworks the class, removing its clunky AoE spender in favor of focusing most of its AoE into (Spell #199484), among other changes. Cast Mind Flay as your main filler. Lasts 20 sec. BrilliantMachine2726. Pretty sure they'll still use Mind Flay at least to refresh their SWP dot. Mind Spike and Mind Melt are roughly 3-5% better than Mind Flay builds depending on the setup. first priority is keeping all dots out. Single Target Build for Shadow Priest.