Yea the rng Blackout proc is the only time we are able to get a cast off. Fear is currently very bad on all classes who have it because it breaks most of the time instantly or gets remove by paladin rune or tremor. Also, all classes can trinket it now. Don’t get me wrong, Shadow Priests are good but not overpowered.
All absorbing effects like Power Word: Shield are currently extremely bad because of the high damage increase of all the runes and gear we currently have. There was no buff for Shields and they get down in an instant. My shield currently absorbs 391 damage and that’s nothing. Usually, that was meant to be used as a pushback protection to get at least one cast out. No, not anymore. 1 hit and it’s down.
If you lower the dot damage of a shadow priest you have to give him pushback protection, a better shield, cc like roots to be able to cast and stronger casting spells to compensate. Shadow Priests are not topping the meters currently.
Exactly, we have to eat a lot of damage and our “defense” is a lot of armor, Shadowform, health, and healing from VE hoping for a blackout proc to get one spell out. That doesn’t mean a shadow priest is bad, he is just unable to do much most of the time (when he is attacked/focused).
And if you dispel/purge a Shadow Priest he is free food.
Blizz forced ppl to argue on this forum. And ofc there will be players arguing with other preventing their class to be nerfed. It always been like that.
The only wise thing is to leave this horrible community.
Today I ambushed a SH priest, he cast his dots on me + shadow fiend… he continued to protect the flag, I rather got back because did not want to get charged by 5 people… well I died anyway. 2.800 dmg by 4 instant cast spells! without fighting!
So he killed me, he had full mana, full hp, zero effort taken into casting dots, no skill required. For me to do 2.800 dmg my energy runs out 5 times, struggling to survive, using 3 5 minute cooldowns…
I think it’s safe to say most people’s arguments and frustrations on here are not coming from a PvP battleground setting but the infamous broken PvP event in STV.
Full caster groups vastly outmatch anything melee can do in this event, unless you have stealth and that’s where it becomes frustrating.
Being Dot’d with SP and Boomy Dot’s without even knowing where they are and dying before you even blink probably causes a large misconception here that classes are broken etc etc
As people have argued already, a SP can easily die 1v1 but in a group they shine very well.
please dont take it as offense but you shouldnt play rogue because:
your playstyle doesnt reflect needs of rogue class. You play more like a tank. Rogue is sneaky, mostly about setup, being prepared, outplaying players. Thats why he has stealth, stuns…
You are wasting too much time on clicking and prioritizing consumables. You are rogue see 1)
Devs cant balance game around you. I think you can undestand.
Rogue always had high skill ceiling. If you wanna play occasionaly and not invest too much time in learning your class, pick another class.
You can try SP if you think its so ridiculously OP but I believe you would quickly realize the grass in not greener behind fence.
Just common rogue whining, literally that’s all what rogues do while being the most broken outside of casters in PvP.
aslong you know how to CS>Muti>BtE>Muti>Gauge/Blind for the trinket > Stealth > repeat CS, you win literally against ANYONE, there’s no skill and brain involved.
Fear every 30 sec and having dispersion is more than enough to make escapes. Every bg I join SPs always on top in kills and almost to never die. Its obvious the spec is busted
