When DF was announced, Blizzard said that they will not look for PvP talents for a while, but I think “a while” is over, and it’s about time. So I wanted to give my feedback regarding disc PvP talents, as I think they are lacking.
Archangel
This talent is becoming more popular, and that’s only because shadowmend is gone. Sounds strange right? But that is because between power world shield, renew, radiance and penance, there is nothing to cast. Flash heal does almost nothing and it’s not worth to risk getting locked on holy school. Mind blast - no absorb anymore, so won’t help us. So it actually gives us some time to use extra global for Archanel. Doeasn’t change the fact that it’s still pretty bad. I’d rather see it 15%, but taking no global. 20% no global would not be too OP as well actually.
Cardinal Mending
Ok, the idea of “disc has now access to PoM, so let’s give you holy talents” is silly. PoM during the game heals for 2-3% of total healing. With the talent it makes it what, 3-5%? And that if you actually have time to press it. It’s cool to have PoM for disc, but make the talent useful, buff it to 100%, or skipping MS effects like it used to be.
Catharsis
If you are being trained as a disc, you have many more problems to think about than lack of damage. If you are not, talent is useless. Poor design. It would be better to store 20% of PW:S absorbed on any target, up to 20% of our HP.
Dark Archangel
Not the most popular talent, and for solo shuffle it’s quite bad, so I think it would use 2 seconds duration buff.
Delivered from Evil
I guess it’s only RBG talent - fine. Is it used in RBGs tho? Not sure.
However, definitely it’s not fun. If we want to make it fun, let’s make it shadowlands legendary, and let us jump to allies instead with 2 stacks of it.
Dome of Light
Super strong versus some comps (melee vs melee) and not so much in the games where everyone runs around. I would make it maybe 10% increase to damage reduction, but barrier now follows your target.
Eternal Rest
I tried to use it a bit to break CC more often, but it’s not so useful tbh. What would make it cool, is if it would cast MD on us - letting us break, e.g. cyclone.
Inner Light and Shadow
I never liked this talent, because both effects should be just regular buff to disc in PvP, without taking a talent slot. We got mana regen buff recently, so just follow it up with atonement and damage bugg and remove the talent completly.
Precognition
Actually, it’s not so bad, even tho no one takes it. Probably because it’s a lotery if enemies will jump on you or not. But it’s common talent for all casters, so fine.
Purification
This one for me has the best potential to give disc some identity yet again, and that would be by adding an effect where our purge takes 2 magical effects from the enemy target instead of one. It may sound OP, but games right now has such high damage profile, that we don’t haeve much time for purging. Wouldn’t that be cool? Evokers can take down 4 buffs…
Purified Resolve
5% is not enough. Make it either 10%, or 5% target, 5% us to make it “anti UA” weapon. (like 5% would matter lol)
Strength of Soul
I actually use it a lot in solo shuffle when I see warriors, WWs and ferals, and that’s because that’s the only talent that just buffs our throughput without taking extra global. But the truth is it sux. Make it reduce all MELEE damage while the shield persists and then it will be worth it (and that’s only because PW:S is much stronger in DF).
Thoughtsteal
Super fun talent BUT please update the list of spells. It’s really only worth casting on disc, shadow priest and maaaaybe lock. Especially change it for evokers, this game needs more ways to counter them.
Trinity
Here I would say it almost requires a hotfix level of treatment. PW:S has now cool down, it MUST be cast on focused target, and we still have this talent unchanged? It’s totally useless! And tbh it was never fun, I would just remove it and add something else which would promote offensive play style.
Ultimate Radiance
Mandatory in PvP, takes 1 slot, and we cannot remove it because PvE would be broken. Bad design? Definitely not fun to have only 2 talents…
Changing PvP talents would be my way of buffing disc priest, and just adding atonement buff in PvP on top. I don’t think we need anything else, and I also don’t think it will make us OP - probably we will be just a bit worse than druid and prevoker, which is a good spot.
Looking forward for some talents changes in the next big patch!