tweetanna.blogg.se - Wow glyphs for shield priest in proving grounds

The glyph is useful only in raiding situations.

(Don't confuse base mana with max mana - you're not seeing ~250 mana per tick!) In the end, this glyph is worth just over 64 MP5, regardless of your gear.

For a level 80 priest, that's always going to be 38-39 mana per tick, since your base mana will always be exactly 3863. Notice that its tool tip says the mana regen per tick is 1% of your base mana.

The glyph doesn't scale in the end game.

And you probably shouldn't even consider this glyph unless you're having mana management issues in raids. It should be obvious from the outset, but it's important enough to note - don't take this glyph over one of the damage increasing ones.

The Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain doesn't increase your damage.

Before you go making any long-term decisions about whether or not to keep this glyph, consider the facts:

Just because it's popular, though, doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other options out there - many of which will likely fit your play style even better. It's because we couldn't think of anything we'd rather have take it's place. But that's not because it's an exciting or needed glyph. A lot of shadow priests still have it in their builds - even yours truly. It also provides decent mana regen, especially when combined with a three-point investment in the Pain and Suffering talent. A solid chunk of shadow priests still hold on to this as a relic of that time. Given the state of shadow priest damage back then, it was all but required for raiding. In the old 3.2 days, the glyph was a damage-increasing necessity that made our ticks of Mind Flay more powerful. Its popularity can probably be pinned to two factors.įirst, it used to be a much better glyph. Hopefully, in the process, we can get rid of your cookie cutter build and find you a great new set of glyphs that matches your play style.Īccording to wowpopular, more shadow priests take the Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain than any other. I can help.Īfter the break, we're going to run down the list of the top ten most popular shadow priest glyphs and pick them apart, one by one. You chose what you thought was a good glyph, and it's been letting you down. Madness! And my god, are you really casting Flash Heal that often that you want to glyph for it? It's telling me that the Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain is the most popular for shadow priests. I've been hearing rumors on about your top major glyph choices, and frankly, I'm concerned. I dunno, I think she's one of the Hollywood Squares this week. Dawn Moore isn't buried alive underneath there, I promise. Don't mind any distracting grunting you hear coming from under the floor boards.

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Spiritual Guidance, hosted by Fox Van Allen, consort to the shadows.