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Commento di L33tsauce

Not content with simply melting faces, shadow priests can now make exploding clones of themselves to melt face for them.

Commento di 80933

This has now been nerfed.

This spell is insanely overpowered. I am testing a priest on the beta at the moment and i found that you can make an unlimited army of suicidal clones. I made around a hundred clones (just a guess) and said hello to a gnome mage who was killing guards outside of Orgrimmar. While she was busy rubbing her eyes at the sight of my army i flagged myself for pvp right next to her and BOOM! No more mage...

EDIT : Posting a screenie of a massive army when i get one built.

Second EDIT: Screenshot was uploaded but nothing happens, so here you go.

http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z61/cl_wow/?action=view&current=shadow.jpg

Commento di Abomb

Do they stay forever from the time u sommon them until they explode? And what happens when the enemy targets them? Can they be killed or cc'ed? Inquiring minds and to know

Commento di 657162

This looks like its ment for high movement battles. But for shadow priest used to casting and moving would this be a huge dps increase or moderate one based on how beta is going. How hard can these guys hit for?

Commento di qaccy

Some more info on the shadows:

By "slowly", they move at roughly walking speed.
They spawn at the priest's current location.
The shadows will move towards the target that procced the talent, which may or may not be your current target. So no putting SW:P on say, boss adds in order to get more DPS on the boss itself.
These do scale with your spellpower. With ~3.4k spellpower, they were hitting for about 2000 damage each.
They can crit, for 50% extra damage. Crit chance unknown, I don't think it's equal to yours though because I didn't see very many at 27% crit chance.
No benefit from haste as far as I can tell, other than more chances to spawn them due to faster spell ticks.
Perhaps most importantly, currently these guys come packing 0 hit rating (they don't benefit from yours). This will hopefully change before release, but right now expect a lot of misses especially on boss-level mobs.

Commento di 105972

They look like warlock shadow bolts now. Great spell for PVP.

Commento di 667699

This is a simply amazing looking talent, it appears as if it's meant to be our "casting on the move" ability, like Spiritwalker's Grace for shamans, Firestarter for mages, Aspect of the Fox for hunters, etc.

Spriest here, looking forward to this talent, and going to love every minute of it once the talent patch is out.

Commento di Zesha

IMO its pretty viable for aoe, unless u got like 20+ mobs combared to what seems to be a nerfed mind sear now. just apply pain on all mobs and refresh the dot as needed

Commento di 476166

I don't like how so many Apparitions show up. This is awesome and useful, yes, but I'd really like it if they combined into a single unit whenever they could, or if they were beams of shadow rather than duplicates of the Priest. It gets really messy when you have a few Shadowpriests producing a huge chain of these during a raid.

Commento di 485166

Use on the Gunship Batlle in ICC and watch your shadow army build up as they can't reach across to the other ship.

Commento di Abomb

in arena all melee dps must run AWAY from the spriest unless they want to eat a 5k+ crit, so in away this talent in a way acts as a slow by keeping enemy dps from running after us, unless there stupid and like taking extra damage

Commento di 93403

if you want to feel the full power of this spell, go to the test dumies and put SW:P on all of em and run around a bit, you can get to having about 20-30 all walking to the dummies

Commento di 514782

this thing is hysterical...instead of doing my old sequence of stuff and standing there getting hit...i just cast a couple of dot's then run around backwards while these bad boys slam the target one after the other...suddenly my shadow priest is VERY entertaining

Commento di mortis2600

Since they nerfed Mind Sear for AoE DPS, I find it much more fun and entertaining dotting up all the trash in ICC and running around like an idiot (even out of LoS of the casters) sending an army of clones.

Some nice things about this spell;

When polymorphed into a spider in the Blood Wing, Shadowy Apparitions were also spiders. Trey Cool.
When fighting Sindragosa, slightly moving back and forth behind ice blocks in P3 meant free DPS on the boss.
When doing PP and targeted with the Gas Cloud, being able to SW:P without looking at the mob and sending clones to the mob was amazing.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!

Commento di killerdinoblood

Once I began kicking out Apparitions, I went to normal walk-speed (turned off running), and walked towards my target as if I were an Apparition myself. Then I Psychic-Screamed in their face and unloaded all over them :))

Commento di Devantejah

Sees you through stealth if you used Cloak of Shadows and Vanish. : (

Commento di 373395

Funny little bug I noticed while playing with this in Silvermoon. Whenever I spawned an app next to a guard, the guard went "Ha!" like he saw a hostile and was about to attack it. Apparently there is a nanosecond when the apps spawn that NPCs will not recognize them.

Or it could be that they are just FREAKED OUT by all the smoky see-through dudes walking around.

Commento di 697939

Did some testing in BGs over a three day period tracking specifically this talent.

Of 274 shadowy apparitions spawned only 68 reached the target before the target was killed.
The movement speed of the apparitions is ridiculously slow and resulted in an @ 25% effectiveness ratio. The 40 yard range of spells is a great addition to casters it only hinders this talent.

This talent is marginal at best unless Blizzard does something to increase the movement speed of the apparitions.

Commento di 370864

Kage bunshin no jutsu!

Some may disagree but I believe Naruto inspired the creator of this ability.

Commento di paddymew

Summon Tonberry!

Commento di 366196

Very fun ability to have. A raidmember got CCd into a monkey during the Lady Deathwhisper fight on heroic, and we all had a good laugh as he wandered around in confusion and spawned small dark monkeys.

Commento di 695338

If you're poly'd and you're summoning these, your Shadowy Apparitions come out as sheep/turtles/whatever you got polymorphed into. Kewlsauce. :o

Commento di Cyberium

Last I tested it (Late October), the clones also wears your cloth. When I take it off, the clones would also become naked. Apparently, you can do Harem Jutsu with this talent :)

P.S.: My priest is a male dwarf :P

Commento di CircleofHealing

For 70 levels I was flat footed....now I move around!

I used to think this was next to useless and the apparition seemed to materialize when the target was at about 5% health. Add to that the target was quite a distance away.

Now......I've found with my shadow spec that this talent is extremely useful when questing. You can actually "spell-melee" for want of a better term. Hit about three mobs with pain spells and then the shield as they head towards you. Then run around a circle whilst the mobs try to attack, keeping them very close at melee range. Pop a couple of devouring plague spells whilst your on the run. The apparitions pop out very quickly and are doing about 2000+ damage per hit (at level 75). I don't see them, just hear the sound they make.

It's all over very quickly, most times the shields are still up.

Oh, and it's also good when you are running away!

Commento di Toldry

Is it practical in single target boss fights to move a tiny bit before a SW:P tick to get a more apparitions?

Commento di Zaric

During long PvE fights you'll be using to restore mana two, perhaps three times... at which time you can not attack. By moving around while in Dispersion, you are a lot more likely to put out shadowy apparitions thereby helping combat the DPS loss caused by being unable to attack during that time.

This of course applies in PvP as well, move around wile in dispersion means a better use of Shadowy Apparitions when you are otherwise unable to attack.

Commento di Maeby

I was looking for the most updated version of Recount, and read a little tidbit in the forum section of their addon page. It seems that recount isn't tracking the damage done by our Shadowy Apparitions at all.

http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=6613&page=363

The author seems to have acknowledged this, and hasn't figured out how to fix it as of last week:

The combat log misses any SPELL_SUMMON for shadow apparitions. Because flags only say if they are self or not, but do not link to owner, it is not currently feasible to track these reliably.
This is very likely not intended and hence a blizzard bug, as other auto-summon guardians do show SPELL_SUMMON events.

Since there doesn't seem to be an update on the thread, we might want to assume that this is still the case.

How important is this? Maybe not too much, but if you are playing with stats and watching your numbers carefully using recount, it's safe to say you might be missing a piece of the puzzle. Not to mention, while running with others who use recount to judge your performance (which is most players you'll run into), you're getting short changed.

Also, since our four set bonus is directly related to Shadowy Apparition damage, Recount probably wont tell you what your four set bonus is really worth.

Commento di 127740

I was playing around with this talent earlier tonight on my 65 Priest.

Recount definitely keeps track of the damage being done, it just doesn't break it down or reveal Shadowy Apparition's numbers. The damage SA does is put into Shadow Word: Pain's total damage. The ticks of damage don't show up in the min/max numbers, but the total damage is there.

I was experimenting with a more efficient aoe build using this talent. SWPing all the mobs and running around and through them as close as possible to proc as many SAs as possible. I used SWP almost exclusively and managed top DPS and Total Damage. If Recount wasn't keeping track of ALL the damage being done, including SA procs, this would not have been possible. Take it for what it's worth.

The actual AoE tactic I was using was actually a ton of fun and WAY more mana efficient than the typical DoT and Mindflaying. I really think every Shadow Priest should try this at least once.

You start by SWP and Devouring Plague your initial target then tab targetting (while you're moving) all the other mobs in the pull as your run in with the tank. Keep tab targetting, making sure that your SWPs stay up on each mob as your run around/through all of the mobs, staying as close as possible to the group and throwing random Shadow Word Deaths for mana regen/finishing low mobs and reapplying Devouring plague on the highest hp mob every 10ish seconds. The key is to keep moving ALWAYS, using your instant cast spells exclusively and keeping your character as close as possible to the mobs for the Apparitions to (hopefully) instantly blow up. In a perfect situation you'll never see them appear, only the damage numbers they leave.

I've no idea if this is a really viable longterm solution to the Priest AoE dilemma, as I've only tried it in a couple of random BC dungeons, but it's hella fun and was seriously effective. Like I said, try it. ;) I'd love to hear some comments by higher level priests.

Commento di 803297

This is a great way to gather embersilk cloth. I (Horde) port to Twilight Highlands and go to the beach right outside where the Horde and Alliance are fighting. Just run around the beach casting Pain on the alliance. The Horde NPCs will even help you kill them! My Shadow Apps hit for almost 5k. And very often there are 4 out. Some tips:

1. Create a macro:

/targetenemy
/cast Shadow Word: Pain

Start running and just hit the macro button as you approach the target. You won't even have to aim!

2. Try to run in a circle so you can refresh Pain without any backtracking :-)

3. If/when a group of targets take after you:
a. cast shadow fiend
b. cast Dispersion

Remember, in Dispersion you can't cause damage... but your Shadow Apps will still be getting generated by all your Pain debuffs! So keep running!

c. As the group of targets are chasing you, feel free to refresh Pain. You don't have to face them to refresh.

Great way to farm cloth!

Commento di Aleiuss

I find this talent extremely good for taking down several enemies quickly.
PW:Shield yourself(Improved PW:S talent works well with this) cast SW:Pain on 3-6 enemies, run towards them(makes the proc chance increase by a whoopin 60%) and run in circles.

Normally 5-6 enemies die pretty much simultaneously within 15-20 sec.

Not a waste for grinding or other tasks where you are required to dispatch trash mobs fast.
If you find yourself losing mana fast, get the Dispersion glyph and you should be fine.

Commento di Atvaark

as a holy paladin, i really, REALLY love when the enemy has those things in arena. just shock or judge one, and my crusade procs :D. i get a nice juicy 50k holy light for a mere 2.3k mana. i love you guys. so much.

Commento di cephadex

Am I the only one who appreciates how seriously creepy this talent is?

Commento di 747425

Question: If you are affected by a +movement speed buff such as Inner Will or Body & Soul, do you have an increased chance to proc a Shadowy Apparition while moving because you are covering more ground in less time? Thank-you in advance.

Commento di Aezephyr

Okay. After reading a handful of other comments here It's clear that you guys think that this is a decent talent, and it probably is. As a lv 59 SP with one point in Shadowy Apparition this is my experience during the last hour of running the outland quests (I've only had this talent for an hour now). The shadow apparitions pop up just as the mob dies, wander over to me and then crumple - so far pretty lame.

I'll have to try the AOE running in circles thing.

Commento di 881250

Not the greatest of damage-dealing talents, from what I've seen. However, it does have a couple things going for it:

1. Mostly passive damage. All you have to do to proc it is keep SW:P active, which I'm quite sure you're supposed to be doing anyway.
2. Gives you a source of damage during moving phases. From what I've noticed so far, Shadow Priests can't much while on the move outside of reapplying SW:P and DP, or throwing out a SW:D if the target is low enough that it'll be worth doing. The higher proc rate while moving is obviously meant so that it'll more likely to go off during times when you have to be moving, and thus can't deal damage more actively.

Commento di Zaalbeth

A few things not mentioned elsewhere:

* SA potentially increases SW:P's damage by ~32% if stationary, or by ~160% if constantly moving. Of course, this is modified by the percentage of SAs that actually reach their targets. After about 100 random BGs and 2s games, Recount tells me that SA has improved my SW:P damage by ~25%. This adds up to around an additional 5% to my total damage output, making it well worth the points.

* SA damage is NOT increased by Improved Shadow Word: Pain or Glyph of Shadow Word: Pain. Nor is it increased by DoT buffs like Evangelism or Empowered Shadows.

* SA damage IS increased by Intellect/Spell Power and overall damage boosts such as Shadowform.

* SA damage is calculated when the SA spawns; subsequent changes will not affect it.

* SAs benefit from the priest's other stats like crit and spell pen.

* SAs can crit... but only for an additional 50% damage.

* SAs can be spawned regardless of distance, and while mounted, swimming or even flying.

* SA's cloning effect is not limited to Penguins and Monkeys. Try setting SW:P on several of the practice dummies and then using Lifegiving Seed. Nothing creepier than a host of shadowy Earthroots slithering their way toward their targets :D Death by flowers!

* SAs are immune to healing, but can receive buffs such as PW:S, Fear Ward, Mind Vision and Mind Sear. More importantly, you can make them Levitate :P You can also Leap of Faith them, which while almost entirely useless, in theory could win the game for some SP locked out of the Shadow school; LoF + SA = instant crittable 8k damage. Not much, but 4 x that of Holy Nova.

SAs can basically just be thought of as an extra DoT, that gets applied with every SW:P. The only thing funny about it is its variable proc rate and the unideal method of delivery ;) That aside it's basically just an improved SW:P - but offers 4 - 18 times the benefit of Improved SW:P, point for point.

Commento di guatafu

These can be destroyed and will trigger "on-kill" effects like Victory Rush or resetting Death Grip.

Commento di Xsound

What I couldn't find was wheter there is a delay from when you start moving till the 60% increase kicks in? If not it could very well be worth moving while using SW:P, DP or SW:D to get a chance to summon one during the GCD, especially with 4pT13. Unfortunately I do not know how to test this myself, but would be nice to know.

Edit: Okay I just read that the chance to summon one is checked each time SW:P ticks, this means that you'd need a tick timer to cleverly take use of this talent. Im just gonna keep moving myself during free GCDs and hope for the best.

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Shadowy Apparition

Shadowy Apparition	Livello 85

Talento

When you deal periodic damage with your Shadow Word: Pain, you have a 12% chance to summon a shadow version of yourself which will slowly move towards a target which is afflicted by your Shadow Word: Pain. Once reaching the target, it will instantly deal 529 shadow damage.

While moving, the chance to summon the shadowy apparation is increased to 60%. You can have up to 4 Shadowy Apparitions active at a time.

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n/d

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n/d

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Nessuno

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0 metri (Self)

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n/d

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0 secondi

Possibilità di Attivare Aura

100%

Effetto #1

Apply Aura: Dummy (7)
Valore: 13
[PVP Multiplier: ]1
Script Lato Server
Incantesimi Interessati:

Mind Blast	Holy Word: Serenity	Pain and Suffering
Sunwell Torrent	Fury of the Dreghood Elders	The Seer's Presence
Energize Headpiece	Disrupt Dark Conclave Ritual

Effetto #2

Apply Aura: Dummy (7)
Valore: 16
[PVP Multiplier: ]1
Script Lato Server
Incantesimi Interessati:

	Shadow Word: Pain		Devouring Plague		Vampiric Touch

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