The newest has three more limps cut from Voidform(Surrender, Hungering, and DA getting access to Ancient Madness). This leaves Voidform in a weird state, that really only gives you a 10% damage increase(since it replaces shadowform), while DA adds 25%(although only to non-periodic spells). It’s very obvious to me that this build is far from the final, but as a spec that is supposed to be fuelled by the void, there is very little representation of this currently, and to me, this feels like a complete regression back to before legion, lorewise. While bringing back cool talents and abilities from the past is great, regression is not the way forward. When the patch stated that it removed Surrender, I was hoping for either it’s effects being implemented into voidform, or us getting something in it’s place, but I suppose we have yet to see what that is.
Regarding the talent changes: I like that Spike no longer removes dots, and that Tithe Evasion is in the class tree, but honestly, I felt like the previous tree was closer to something finished(still needing work), than the current one, and just the bottom needing looked at. Instead, it’s the upper parts that was changed, and the bottom still not seeing any changes.
Right now, my cackling cultist is looking much less like a shadowpriest, and more like a second warlock, with access to healing…
Let’s wait to see what happens next changes, but honestly, I’m starting to worry a little for the time left. I’d like to see the idols being good, seeing as they’re almost the only flavourful left in our kit, at least from a void standpoint, but all of them are feeling mediocre at best. I don’t know if any of these suggestions are too strong, but, I’d like it Cthun procced a tentacle on flay cast 100% chance, but perhaps capped to 2 at once. For Nzoth, it feels like it needs a major dmg increase, but most of all, it’s stacks need to either explode on death, or jump to a nearby target. Yoggy is feeling fairly week, in terms of it’s feeling of having to build it up(50 apparitions), perhaps it could even have a cleave added into it’s cast as well. Lastly, Mindbender and Yshaarj choice node feels odd, it feels like they go together, not against each other. I’d love to Yshaarj improved, and moved to the capstone spot.
From purely a pvp standpoint, it’d be neat if flay: insanity was made to be uninteruptible(like warlock has so much of), and Mind Trauma was looked at.
Just my two cents on recent build.
Thanks for listening ! Hope to see more void representation coming
since right now, more and more of the reason I play Spriest is being removed