Something that was really nice about war within affliction is that it has nightfall procs which allows shadowbolt to be cast instantly meaning you can save it for when you’re moving.
In midnight, malefic grasp is coming back, but with a catch, this time it transforms your shadowbolt into malefic grasp every time nightfall procs
malefic grasp is a channeled ability, while it has other issues like being cancelled when you’re spamming the shadowbolt button, it’s also actually forcing us to stand still instead of the freedom of movement with shadowbolt nightfall procs, I hope this gets looked at before the expansion launch.
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there are two possible solutions: make the malefic grasp channeling on the move, or (even better for me) make it so that if you have the drain soul the nightfall transforms it into malefic rapture and the shadowbolt becomes deathbolt (obviously without the oneshot of the old deathbolt)
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You realise you aren’t forced to take the malefic grasp talent if you want to keep the shadow bolt movement right?
One issue I find is that it’s interruptible and locks you in place as well.
The damage it gives, even with no dots present on the target, should be much higher than standard Nightfall SB proc due to the above.
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Of course, but since it’s a spell transformation due to the Nightfall proc, on a purely logical level, having a talent choice node between Shadowbolt and Drain Soul, it would be great to have a differentiation based on the transformed spell as well. The Shadowbolt > Deathbolt solution is great for me, and to compensate for the loss of mobility, Drain Soul > Malefic Grasp can be done while moving
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I like your idea. I never really understood why Nightfall wouldn’t allow us to channel Drain Soul on the move. That makes more sense.
This is my personal opinion, Drain Soul feels more thematic for me as an Aff lock and would be my filler of choice, but we’re planted to the ground.
An easy fix is to bring KJC back for filler spells. I really, really don’t understand why they are resistant to this!
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legion locks lost mobility, being able to save a free shadowbolt for movement isn’t really losing “a great deal of mobility” just set down your portals and teleport, or try refresh your instant cast dots while moving.