Patch 7. Priest Dragonflight Shadow. I also hear there is heavy pvp happening in the Beta as well. I also think that the mind flay talents being recommended by sims are overrated in practice. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Mind Flay now that Mind Spike has no downside to hard casting it and the tuning between the two likely leads to Mind Flay only being our filler when you take the talents that buff it. +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. Ahh well tho, hopefully it gets better with higher ilvls soon. That’s really weird. But you better get used to using Mind Spike properly. Just have mind blast on a different button and make a macro for each each ability in your rotation: Code: #showtooltip /use [nochanneling:Mind Flay]Ability Name. 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). This means you should cast it always when the talent procs. 18Cast Void Torrent. Instantly restores 5% of your total mana and increases the damage done by your Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death by 4% for each stack. 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. Rank 1: Your Mind Flay, Mind Sear, and. Allow Class Ability Procs. As you may be able to tell, the duration of Mind Flay is triple that of the global cooldown. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. Casting Devouring Plague increases the duration of Voidform by 2. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Cast Mind Flay instead of Mind Spike while DP is on the enemy target so that MS does not remove it. DP makes Mind Flay deal 80% more damage for 5 seconds, which means the "mind flay feels forced" thing is still going to be prevalent. 19Cast Mind Spike: Insanity. Siphon haste from enemies, stealing 2% haste per stack of Mind Trauma, stacking up to 9 times. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and. Mind Spike also increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%. I might be wrong, but I think the intent is that you don't use Mind Flay unless you get an Insanity proc in a Mind Spike build. The other choice node is Void Eruption which comes with Voidform and Void Bolt. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing [ 285. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). Caithyra-bleeding-hollow. Mind Flay damage increased by 20%. How can you say mind flay is a parodical damage. I personally enjoy heavy buttons with big impact. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. In PVP - I will almost. Dragonflight Beta | Shadow Priest | Mind Spike vs Mind F…Generally speaking use Mind Spike in pvp only when flashing showing its instacast, before Mind Blast to buff Mind Blast. Patch 10. 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. Improved Flash Heal - Increases healing done by Flash Heal by 15%. 1. 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. If you're not a fan of playing with Mind. use void form with if you want to play mindflay. The change to Mind Sear* (edit) making it purely a spender instead of a filler spell can feel clunky at times, but they did massively buff the damage it does to compensate. save your mana on all those expensive dots spells. Click here for information and the new URL. 0". Mind spike for example used to have an animation but currently it's kind of not doing anything. Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 30%. Shadow's cooldowns have also received some additions and changes, with Void Eruption both changing to a two minute cooldown and becoming an optional spell thanks to the. Related. Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8) Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. Cool, thank you. Dark Archangel: The Wings Spec. Making you have 3 orbs for each Mind Spike and Mind Blast. When doing the rotation normally, Mind Flay or Mind Spike is your filler spell. And man is it kinda weird to play. Buttons feel worthless. Use MB first, then channel MF Insanity. Put these points into Dark Evangelism and Voidtouched. i read the guide it mentioned to use it sometimes, but never said when. 1. Im getting a little concerned with the number of active abilities shadow priests are getting in dragonflight. Just how the class feels losing mind spike procs and damnation. Mind sear was removed. You can't get a surge proc. There is no using voidform. General Information On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Shadow Priest in both single-target and multiple-target situations. Please report the post above if it breaks one of our >rules<. Is this the case for mind spike? *Or is the threat augmentation meant to make it a "shadow spec only" ability due to shadow's innate threat dampening (unless that's gone now too. It probably belongs at the bottom of. Rayneon-illidan May 3, 2023, 4:19pm #4. 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. Mind Spike is a priest ability learned at level 44 for those with the Shadow specialization. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. Mists of Pandaria spriest was top tier to me. 2022: Added extra note about Mind Spike vs. That cannot change till they remowe it from the tree. Mind Flay would be broke as heck if you could move, but it’d give some sort of perk vs Mind Spike. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%. and use glyphs of death and spirit tap. 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 spells lol. It seems like a very simple change of making mind spike do increased damage to targets without dots, and just not. Ilyon-silvermoon October 31, 2022, 9:14pm #1. They went from being a rare occurrence to being in almost 70% of the groups for high keys. Mind Flay would be broke as heck if you could move, but it’d give some sort of perk vs Mind Spike. With T2, 50% pvp power and 65% res targets my mind flay ticks for 7. Mind flay vs Drain life. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay. This means that if you get interrupted casting a pure shadow spell (Mind Flay, Vampiric Touch etc), you are still able to cast Mind Spike. My friend is the same. Playing SP and DH in TW Arygos. Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 30%. Back at full mana, repeat. The changes to Mind Spike working with all Mind Flay related talents and outright replacing the spell make it fit more cleanly into our kit. Void Bolt is also currently the only way to extend your DoTs, which is extremely useful in m+. All processes are up, no cooldowns which to care of--Mind Flay damage increased by 15% (this includes Mind Flay: Insanity, but not the proc from Idol of C’Thun). Dark Accession should increase damage of everything except dot. I searched around and found this macro and then changed a little. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. If you cancel spike half way through, you get no damage. Cast Shadow Word: Death while Mindbender is active and the target has equal to or less than 20% health. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is. Use Shadow Crash if you are using this talent and the target is stunned or cannot move. 07 Nov. . Possibly as a new talent down the road. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. I definitely have fun with the Mind Flay style of play instead of Mind Spike but it's nice that there's two different paths you could take, since the tentacle spawns were. Activated by casting Void Eruption. Rank 2: Your Mind Flay and Mind Spike critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 6 sec or Mindbender by 2 sec. You can insert any available ability here, the point being you are pressing something. You can read all changes to 10. . 3411 views 4 stars 433 installs 8 comments. so you are supposed to use this in place of mind flay, which is your spammable/filler, but only in certain situations. Dark Evangelism - Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent increase the damage of your non direct damage spells. The best rotation depends a lot of factors like. Mind Melt - Mind Spike reduces cast time of your next Mind Blast by 50%, stacking up to 2 times. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. I. dead. 19Cast Mind Spike: Insanity. From Darkness Comes Light is good for it tho, especially in terms of pvp and mobility (which. 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. This is actually unnecessary button bloat. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. There's surely a mathematically correct way that might be unintuitive, but I don't see a Mind Flay + Mind Spike build feeling all that great. With the new talent tree introduced in 2. Auspicious Spirits: The Dot Spec style. But ive noticed during void eruption that without instant mind spike procs you are wasting void bolts, mind blasts, and empowered mind spikes. 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. Cast Mind Flay and Mind Spike as filler spells; Shadow Priest PvP Burst Rotation Shadow's burst rotation is almost entirely instant except for Mindgames. Useful for quick fights when you want quick burst. Cast Halo unless adds are coming within ~20 seconds. We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. Spike is just a random cast with basically 0 aesthetics. Channel Void Torrent on your target to deal a large amount of damage and generate Insanity. 1 patch you can reduce the cost of casting by 15% of it's already low cast, becoming extremely mana efficient as far as damage output goes. Point is to make it clear that Mind Spike is simply a tool for a specific type of situation that belongs outside the normal gameplay loop. Rather than focusing on loaded definitions, let’s just talk about what Mind Flayers are and what they do. Hey everyone! 🙂 I have just picked up Shadow Priest and I’m absolutely loving it. There is no using voidform. 2 Priest Patch Notes + Tier Sets. After. The Glyph of Mind Flay underwent a major change at the end of last year. Demography-tichondrius. 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. Like MB, mind flay insanity, devouring plague, swd, voidtorrent. Mind blast and mind spike were always small animations on the target. shadow_fiend. 0. 86% or higher, Mind Flay is better than Mind Sear for 3 or fewer targets; if it is below 50. This could be a great patch for PvP if they thought carefully about what CC they are tuning. BrilliantMachine2726. Lasts 20 sec. 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. Row 7 Talents. Dark Evangelism can now also be triggered by Mind Spike. I noticed we have another filler spell now called Mind Spike and that it buffs our next Mind Blast… But when do I use it? We also have Mind Flay which I love using, but I can’t help feeling that it’s a bit obsolete with us having Mind. cause non-instant Mind Spike to trigger Glyph of Mind Spike on the Priest, reduce cast time of next Mind Blast within 9 sec by 50%, stack for 2 times. It sucks that mindblast proc resets the spike counter though. 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. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. 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. As for mind flay, the talent choice mind flay: insanity means you can use it after Devouring Plague as it’s quicker, does more damage, and builds more insanity than regular mind flay. TalentMind spike x2, insta mindblast with 60% crit, paralysed for 4s, flay, death, death. you should never be pressing mind flay. That’s cool it’s still here. Mind Spike: Holy Word: Chastise: Holy Nova: Purge the Wicked: Void Torrent: Devouring Plague: Inescapable Torment: Mindgames: Holy Fire: Mind Flay: Vampiric Touch. 0 shadow was fun, there were too many players crying for a full redesign though when it was undertuned when all they needed to address was mind flay vs mind spike and shadow crash. Mind Flay and Mind Flay: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat. Isuckatdots-kurinnaxx 6 August 2020 16:25 #19. WoWHead - The largest database, this should be your go-to (don't forget to read the comment section!). Rank 1: Your Mind Flay and Mind Spike critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 3 sec or Mindbender by 1 sec. This as a whole declutters the filler rotation which is good in that sense. It is shadow and frost. I agree to bring back Mind Spike as a burst tool. Devouring Plague damage increased by 15%. A blue post stated they don't want Spriests using Mind Spike as a part of their normal DPS rotation, so if that starts to happen it'll probably get nerfed. Is there a decent build for epic bg/wq that doesn't have so many buttons? I can't even look at the screen trying to track all these procs and cds. Mind Sear always goes with Mind Devourer, and speccing further into Yogg is pretty good for AoE. But all of the builds I tested did quite similar damage, which is great as well. Cool, thank you. Allow Aura On Level Scale. Here is a sumary of what made the. 9. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. Mind Spike also now replaces Mind Flay when taken, reducing the number of filler spells Shadow has and greatly simplifying its Single Target rotation. Mind flay build actually seems kinda ok, wish the tentacles spawned more though. The unfortunate part here is that you need to have a 90 on Wisdom in order to recruit Flay properly. This is honestly convoluted as hell. Currently for mandatory spells we have 4 dots (sw:p, VT, DP, mindgames). It also provides the priest with a. Mind Flay: Insanity deals 80% more damage than Mind Flay. I have a hard time believing that Surge of Insanity is not thought about in the rotation. I think that changes depending on build though. If you want to do endgame content at a decent level, you HAVE to play the meta unless you. 1. Only 10% haste can be stolen per target, up to 20% haste total. Does not require shapeshift. Hotfix (2016-09-26): Mind Spike damage increased by 28%. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. 5k with proc. mind flay and void torrent are counted as dots. Mind Flay, including. " It could potentially be that the first hit of mind spike is equal to a MF, but after that it starts hitting for more and more. Hey guys! I had a comment from Ru L on a previous video asking if Mind Spike was a viable source of filler damage over mind flay now that it doesn't consume. 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. Patch changes [] Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 12%. I really don't. 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). You can read all changes to 10. This build is the default single target build for Shadow, with an option to use either Mind Spike or Mind Flay depending on your preference. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11% and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. 12 insanity between sear and mind flay, and you only get the TH. Cast Mind Blast on cooldown. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay For every Shadow Priest build you have the option between Mind Spike being your primary filler spell, or keeping it as Mind Flay . 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. Pact Magic spells are always cast at the highest level possible, which increases up to level 5. Mind Flay: Insanity Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay or Mind Spike into a more powerful spell. 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Gedankenschinden and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. Building 3 shadow orbs and. 848% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Surge of Insanity generates 12 Insanity over its duration (was 16). I don’t want to build and slow burn, it doesn’t work. There’s a case of too many and too little. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. Options with this build: Mind Flay version: Drop Mind Spike and Mind Melt . 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. . It’s fairly common for me to go Void bolt -> mind blast -> mind flay or something similar, which is usually just enough to. But thats not a bad thing. Then letting your mana regen while your. Mind Spike build probably handles movement better. World of Warcraft Forums I’ve read them and don’t feel like its a good direction for the class. But here's a compromise: make a glyph that allows Shadow Word: Pain to stay on the target when we use Mind Spike. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. Generate Insanity with Mind Blast, Void Bolt, Mind Spike, Mind Flay; Spend Insanity with Devouring Plague for Single-Target or Mind Sear for more than 3 targets. The damage is quite weak and the forced concentration really nerfs it, but as I said- it gives me a spell slot back so its basically a level 1 spell that does 3d8* damage. The Mind Blade. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Buttons feel worthless. Mind flay is still there. Baseline we have mind flay, mind blast, SW:P, vampiric touch, devouring plague, mind sear, mind spike, shadowfiend, shadow word:death which is 9 abilities already! In the class tree we add in divine halo/star, power infusion and mind games (because they are throughput choices they are no choice at all) which is another 3 that are pretty much. next is spamming mind blast and DPs. 09 Nov. Reply With Quote 2010-12-10, 12:34 AM #8Mind Flay: Insanity We’ve made a change to Mind Flay: Insanity targeted at shortening the amount of time spent channeling Mind Flay: Insanity while increasing the value of casting it. 1. It will affect ALL periodic damaging spells, including Mind Sear, Mind Flay, etc. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Scrambling for every 0. We have moved to Warcraft Wiki. Then feedback was taken. Post 4. (Some people use reset=2 for this, but I have found 0. Shadow has many spells to press rotationally, and this isn’t helping that. We all have different ideas about how specific the knowledge of the target's location should be. $2. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. . . Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). 12 insanity between sear and mind flay, and you only get the TH. Mind Flay 300 more DPS if clip right on tick second and same if tick all three. Mind Flay damage increased by 20%. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and. Mind Flay's power comes from the fact that it is channeled, cheap, and "spamable". Priest. triple DR stun, knockbacks on casts) is a problem and needs to be targeted. Mind Flay (Spammable) - Allows you to spam the keybind without the spell overlapping. 0 PTR. (Get gravestone scepter ASAP, 24'ish is good for a BFD run as priest. WoW Classic Era and Hardcore Hotfixes -- Updated October 13. 24Cast Mind Spike: Insanity if available. Long explaination: I used mind_spike,if=pet. 2. 0 shadow was fun, there were too many players crying for a full redesign though when it was undertuned when all they needed to address was mind flay vs mind spike and shadow crash. However, with MoP, the Shadow Mastery Mastery: Madness acts to add extra ticks to Mind Flay, directly increasing its damage (but not. Cast Halo. Heartshade-echo-isles September 29, 2022, 8:52pm #2. {"payload":{"allShortcutsEnabled":false,"fileTree":{"profiles/Tier29":{"items":[{"name":"T29_Death_Knight_Blood. This is very. 87% [ 314. Lasts 20 sec. Make Mind blast spread VT Make Shadowword death spread SW:P. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (457. But you better get used to using Mind Spike properly. 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. Mind Melt - Mind Spike now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. In single target mind spike is your filler unless you get an empowered mind flay, in aoe, you. If none of these things are true, hit mind flay. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. Avoid any discussion on mental health and choose options based on building a relationship with him. Dark Evangelism - Mind Flay, Mind Spike, and Void Torrent increase the damage of your non direct damage spells. Mind Flay is somewhere between a 1%-3% dps loss over Mind Spike, according to people who do that type of math. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). Most Warlocks will want to use Hex because of its good synergy with Eldritch Blast. In single target mind spike is your filler unless you get an empowered mind flay, in aoe, you. Allow Aura On Level Scale. Felt really hectic and engaging. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Addons used: Weakauras: The entire center group is Weakauras and includes all the Spells, the Insanity bar and the Castbar and everything else you can think of. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. The dot consumption just feels very dated as a mechanic and it works directly against our mastery. All of these nerfs on top of being one of the only casters that has to cast(and basically 1 school, while sure you have mind spike its being made worse with the surge of insanity nerfs) this makes me feel like. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. Note that periodic damage means not only DoTs, but also channeled spells like Void Torrent and Mind Flay, as noted by their absence from Effect #1 in the Spell Details chart. This also effectively nerfs those talents if we aren’t pressing Mind Flay as often. Dispel Magic enemy buffs. first priority is keeping all dots out. This will tell the creator that they have to use "Smite" to get Mind Flay to work. run @250 ms SHIFT: Mind sear ALT: Mind Spike for proc Ctrl: Shadow Crash @cursor. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. Hello Priestfwen. Mind Spike and Mind Spike: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat (was 25%). 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. Mind Flay (Talent in Shadow) Mind Flay is one of the most Mana Efficient Spells in the Shadow Priest toolkit. 1) Remove those skills from the creator. Generate Insanity with Mind Blast, Void Bolt, Mind Spike, Mind Flay; Spend Insanity with Devouring Plague for Single-Target or Mind Sear for more than 3 targets. And what i mean by wasting is you arent able to use every. 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. if enemies will die too quickly for. Not sure what its role will be though as it looks like it would simply replace mind flay entirely. Dark Evangelism - Your Mind Flay and Mind Sear damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by. Some things I don’t so much like:So far it seems that blizzard doesn't want Mind Spike to be used in PvE. You can also weave Silence, Psychic Horror, and Psychic Scream in where necessary to keep the enemy team controlled. So yeah mind spike is bad, as in it's literally the worst thing conceived by a human. The second major point is around mind spike. Mind Spike is primarily for enemies which will die soon so that dots will not tick longer. I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. Better mind flay focused talents. 17Cast Mind Blast if capped on charges. Keep in mind, the idea behind it is that if you will Mind Spiking, you will be Mind Spiking a lot - the spell will only reach its optimal damage if it's spammed; you won't be able to fit it in your normal rotation. use mind flay as a filler Don't bother with mind spike to keep it simple. Once I started doing that, aoe got a lot more fun and manageable. Cast Mind Spike or Mind Flay if you have a Surge of Insanity buff up. 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,. 2022: Cleaned up Devouring Plague lines to be more clear. Just hover over the spot, press your keybind and the spell will land where your cursor was pointed at. Mind Spike: Insanity damage increased by 20%. 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. Stacks up to 3 times. 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. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for the tier set and the changes to insanity procs meant we don’t clip the flays as much. I recommend dotting up your target, then using Mind Flay for maximum damage. Does not apply to damage from Shadowy Apparitions, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch. as Blizzard mentioned that Mind spike and Mind flay should no co-exist. Also a travel time for spells is kind of a disadvantage. Mind spike 2x for instant MB with 100% Crit chance (it goes even above 100% but its w. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. Generate by applying Vampiric Touch and casting filler spells like Mind Flay and Mind Blast, then spend it on powerful Devouring Plagues. Fillers are mind spike procs (if talented), mind flay insanity, mind flay/mind spike (depending on build). This build doesn't use mind flay or mind sear. That X being either DP, or a tick of flay if you can’t cast DP yet. Snozbeary-malganis 28 June 2019 10:20 #11. When in voidform press void bolt whenever it’s off cooldown, espcecially if you’re running the void bolt talent. A Month. Add back Cascade instead of halo and. It can be a hindrance more than anything if you’re trying to time keys. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. Business, Economics, and Finance. dark ascension is great for a mindspike build. Nameplate Personal Buffs/Debuffs. ) Check out the rotation page on wowhead or icyveins for more info. I'm really wondering what good mind spike is for, to be honest, other then the few times we get school-locked in pvp. I don’t think anyone has actually tested that. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get into keys because Shadow brings the same exact toolkit. patch notes: Button bloat: Shadow has more rotational abilities than most other specializations. Also, it will always go after the Priest so the tank has to immediately taunt it. 1. Cast Mind Flay to generate Insanity as your filler spell. Cast Mind Flay as your main filler. Mind flay build actually seems kinda ok, wish the tentacles spawned more though. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. Or vice versa. Now you may say hey numbers schumbers. Is this a common. Alternatively, use it when shadow locked (however there are likely better things to cast when shadow locked like dispel, shield, flash heal etc.