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Priest & Destruction Warlock Class Changes in Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38312 - Guide Writer Analysis and Feedback
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17.04.2021 um 09:52
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Jaydaa
With the first
9.1 PTR build 38312
that that arrived on April 13th, we asked our class writers to provide additional context on how these changes are likely to affect their specializations in Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination.
Jak gives his opinion on the adjustments to
Geisthülle
and
Symbol der Hoffnung
for Holy and Discipline, Ellipsis provides insight into the nerf to
Leerenblitz
via the tuning to
Dissonante Echos
, and Loozy describes the impact of the buff to
Chaosblitz
.
Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38312 Spell ChangesPatch 9.1 PTR Official Patch Notes
Our Guide Writers have given their thoughts on the Patch 9.1 PTR Class Changes for Build 38312. Check out their opinions below!
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Fire Mage - Guide Writer ThoughtsPriest and Destruction Warlock - Guide Writer Thoughts
Discipline Priest
Talents (1)
Geisthülle
For 10 sec, Penance, Power Word: Radiance, and Atonement create absorb shields for 80% of their value, instead of healing.
Cooldown changed from 1 min cooldown to 1.5 min cooldown
Discipline Priest Guide Writer Perspective
History repeats itself, this is especially true for Discipline who another nerf to
Geisthülle
reminiscent of the nerf
Prediger
received in 8.1 increasing its cooldown. Now
Geisthülle
goes from a 60 sec cooldown to 90 seconds and there is a lot of panic about what this will mean for the spec. It is well known how dominant
Geisthülle
is for Castle Nathria and this is nerf follows the previous nerf of lower
Abbitte
to shielding rate in
Geisthülle
from 100% to 80%. Despite that nerf,
Geisthülle
continues to see heavy representation in raiding and I believe that this cooldown change will still see
Geisthülle
on top as mass absorbs are extremely hard to balance "fairly".
As a result, I believe its likely that Disc will bounce between two ramps, one shielding and one healing thanks to the low cooldown of
Gedankenspiele
which can be present for each of these. Instead of one
Machtwort: Glanz
charge to be used in between each
Geisthülle
you could now use two and still have two available for
Geisthülle
. Fight timers and mechanics of course can have an impact on this theory and will be something to look for as Sanctum raid testing progresses.
Discipline Priest Guide
Holy Priest
Specialization (1)
Symbol der Hoffnung
Bolster the morale of all healers in your party or raid within 40 yards, restoring 2%raid members within 40 yds. They each recover 60 sec of cooldown of a major defensive ability, and regain 12% of their missing mana, immediately and every 1 sec for 5 sec.over 5 sec.
Holy Priest Guide Writer Perspective
Symbol der Hoffnung
will now reduce personal defensive cooldowns in addition to granting mana return to all healers. The abilities from testing thusfar do not include immunities but rather defensives like
Freudentaumel
or
Spiegelbild
. This is a solid buff to the spell but one that is very similar to the recent
Gotteshymne
healing bonus. It increases Holy's utility but it has a much more significant effect in a 5 man environment rather than a raiding environment. While the utility is much needed, it is still too conservative of a move I fear to allow Holy to breakout into that upper-echelon of utility rich healers like Paladin/Shaman/Disc.
The cooldown reduction for tanks in particular is very powerful, especially in a dungeon environment where multiple uses of
Symbol der Hoffnung
will be possible. I would like to see some damage reduction get rolled into the channel in lieu of the mana gains, so that the interests of both functions of the ability are more in line. While players are using their own personals, or have them on cooldown, symbol could reduce their damage taken for a given mechanic and swiftly bring their defensives back for the next wave.
Holy Priest Guide
Shadow Priest
Soulbind Conduits (1)
Dissonante Echos
(Potency Conduit) Void Bolt deals 35% more damage.20% more damage.
While not in Void Form, dealing damage with Mind Flay has a 3.1% chance to allow you to cast Void Bolt.
While in Void Form, Void Bolt has a 3.1% chance to reset the cooldown on Void Bolt.
Shadow Priest Guide Writer Perspective
Changes which impact Shadow Priest PvE in 9.1:
Dissonante Echos
now increases the damage of
Leerenblitz
by 20%, down from 35%
The changes announced for Shadow only have a minor impact on PvE in 9.1. The nerf to
Dissonante Echos
is, while substantial to the conduit itself, only a very small hit to Shadow's overall damage and won't impact our performance in Mythic+ or the upcoming raid. As for why this change has been made I'm personally unsure, perhaps Blizzard are aiming to curb the strength of Shadow's damage during Voidform, or just considered the conduit's ouput above the range for a standard potency conduit.
Shadow's PvE strength, though it's only early days, seems to still be sustained single target and priority target damage. On live Shadow is currently one of the top specs for these encounters, as well as a strong choice for Mythic
Graf Denathrius
due to the importance of his final phase. With nothing substantial in 9.1 so far, I've no reason to expect that to change.
The negative of Shadow receiving very little so far in 9.1 is that the areas Shadow struggles in will continue to be poor. Weak dots and an awkward, mostly talent driven AoE rotation have been issues for players in dungeons this expansion, despite ample damage potential, and representation within the MDI. Hopefully some of the new toys in 9.1, as well as potential changes further down the line, can alleviate this.
Shadow Priest Guide
Destruction Warlock
Specialization (1)
Chaosblitz
Unleashes a devastating blast of chaos, dealing a critical strike for 146%160% of Spell power)] Chaos damage. Damage is further increased by your critical strike chance.
Effect #1 Effect #1 School Damage
Value: 0 (SP mod: 1.461.6)
(Pvp Multiplier: 1.151.4)
Destruction Warlock Guide Writer Perspective
Destruction received a minor 10% buff to
Chaosblitz
. Buffing the damage of this ability is very powerful for Destruction, as this is the hard hitting ability we play around in order to deal major damage. Further, this is empowered through clever
Verwüstung
usage.
In patch 9.0.5 Destruction is, in general, lacking a few % of damage output to compete with a lot of the other ranged dps specs. The niche we have always had is very large on-demand priority target burst dps, and this buff further enforces this.
These buffs alongside the nerfs to Affliction means, currently Destruction looks like a very strong contender for both raiding, and mythic+ going into patch 9.1.
Destruction Warlock Guide
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