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Shadow Priest, viable for raids?
scythe99
Member Posts: 326
I am thinking of making a priest but, I wonder if I'd get in as a DD as a shadow priest or if I shouldn't bother, and just make a diff class.
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SP's are fine as long as you dont suck
It depends on what you want. Our SPriest and Hunter are always the top two DPS in every raid encounter and then figure in all the buffs and utility they bring to the raid. I would say they are very viable.
Well beyond 2 or 3 for a 25 raid, or more then 1 in a 10man. No.
The dots, shadow dmg healing, and DPS for 1 to be there is fine.
Also if im correct theres 2 bosses that have a shadow priest tank, 1 being classic, 1 being in lich.
Take all of this as opinion and not based on the current state of the game. So much has changed that I only have a slight clue about the ins and outs of the classes.
My vote would be for something more interesting. I'm not sure how all the builds play at this moment, but shadow priest was pretty boring for me. In my opinion, they are a lot simpler to play overall than, say, a warlock. This goes for PvP as well.
Up to you though. If you prefer the Shadow Priest for other reasons like... being a shadow - or because you can alt up as a healer and be pretty successful in PvE/PvP in both healing and damage. Warlocks are shadowy in nature if that appeals to you and are overall a bit more successful DPS-wise - if a bit harder to play well.
Edit: If the question is viability - yes they have always been viable.
ive been playing catecylsm for quite some time, and all i have to say is. FINALLY. Warriors got the buff they been needing. also everyone wasn't expecting that and now warriors are auctually feared once again, and warlocks are now the biggest dmg dealers of all. (seriously, level 85 locks own a 100k health warrior in seconds, and don't loose much health.)
Spriest is a fun class to play, you have HEAPS more mobility than other casters who stand to cast, alot of your casts are instant, or very short cast duration, keeping your dots up is pretty much how you beat most classes in DPS, you will want to run an addon to keep track of your dots so that you know when to refresh. Losing utility from TBC and being delegated to a DPS role I was dissapointed with, however when I did play in wrath, being able to melt face with dps and put most classes to shame with their 6kgs and my paltry 5.5 was fun.
I dont know how the Cata patch changed things, but have a poke at Shadowpriest.com for info.
Spriest is also a rewarding pvp class, fear, silence, disarm with Horror, makes for fun in a clusterfunk BG with fearbomb, and if people bitch you out to heal, tell them to pay your sub for a month and you will heal. I rolled Shadow PvP with PvE offspec, reminded me of my days in TBC, when you get random tells asking to heal something, my reply 'lol Shadow' but LFDung removed most server interaction.
Its a fun class, you may need a bit of a thick skin, arrogant shitwads will expect you to heal, just tell them to pay your sub and you will heal, otherwise tell them to STFU and FOAD.