Can be used while sitting. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. they could make a choice - mind flay vs spike, could allow forking tree with 2 different playstyles one fast with spikes, another slower with flay. Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. Mind Spike damage increased by 9% and now replaces Mind Flay. All of these nerfs on top of being one of the only casters that has to cast(and basically 1 school, while sure you have mind spike its being made worse with the surge of insanity nerfs) this makes me feel like. Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. if enemies will die too quickly for. Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. Canceling Mind Flay: Insanity means the proc is wasted, but Mind Spike: Insanity is not consumed until the cast is finished. Hotfix (2023-06-26): Damage increased by 10%. The problem with Dominant Mind is that it has a short 30s duration and if you kill the trash you have to wait for it to pop out and then stop and kill it. Otherwise if you're not capped on insanity its Mind Blast > proc'd Mind Spike > MF:I > regular Mind Spike up to 2 stacks > regular Mind Flay according to Twicks' twitch chat bot. Here, they cannibalize one another and are further culled by the Elder Brain itself. We don't like to glyph new high level. Mind Flay, including. That’s cool it’s still here. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. ) Get shadow focus, imp. Chillproof-moon-guard February 3, 2023, 5:44pm 8 1 2 Our Shadow Priest Class Guide is updated for the latest rework. Same story on AoE. Or vice versa. I personally hate spike. Nobody that’s actually good excluding a few likes the mind spike playstyle. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. Wowpedia. Dungeon Pool 3. 19% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Aside the low damage mind spike has another problem. 87% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. I don’t like this current iteration of the spec and I’m not asking for it to change for those of you that like it, I’m just asking for an alternative to it. If the target's Mind Trauma debuff is removed by any source (dispels, duration ending), the Priest loses that amount of stolen haste. But in The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3, the term got an entirely new definition. Mind Blast only better for them if clip second tick away only do 3rd damage. (That can scale, and give me higher spell slots). Then, after building up to 4 shadow orbs, you hold down the ctrl key. Edit: your next paragraph, DR is actually 8% weaker on ST. The main thing about Mind Spike is that it's a dual school spell. If not, don't forget to show support by upvoting!I love the lore of the class and love the feel of a mind flay build. Difference is 5 insanity vs. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. Both are lame but still Shadow bolt at least has a projectile. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. Mind spike needs its own branch, in fact it needs its own trunk, the old mind spike single target rotation needs either proper support or it's not worth bringing it back. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. Point is to make it clear that Mind Spike is simply a tool for a specific type of situation that belongs outside the normal gameplay loop. For any spell that requires ground targeting, I will almost always use a cursor macro. You should fully channel this. 1 reworks the class, removing its clunky AoE spender in favor of focusing most of its AoE into (Spell #199484), among other changes. Feel free to improve anything you guys want and thank you for this great community. Can accumulate up to 2 charges. It always feels like I’m doing something wrong, mostly because with all the procs I feel like i just have too much to press. 90 sec cooldown. Hey guys! I had a comment from Ru L on a previous video asking if Mind Spike was a viable source of filler damage over mind flay now that it doesn't consume. 1 patch you can reduce the cost of casting by 15% of it's already low cast, becoming extremely mana efficient as far as damage output goes. Isuckatdots-kurinnaxx 6 August 2020 16:25 #19. I still wish we could build into one filler and completely drop the other, but this isn’t as bad as I thought. ago. Fast explaination of results: Regular rotation is always better. This is actually unnecessary button bloat. mind flay and void torrent are counted as dots. I have a hard time believing that Surge of Insanity is not thought about in the rotation. No longer replaces Mind Flay or deals additional damage with [Mind Blast]. In the Priest Talents category. IDGAF about balance, if Mind Spike is available and it isn’t optimal to channeling mind flay, I’d still use Mind Spike. Now you may say hey numbers schumbers. Gedankenschinden and Mind Spike are only two no-CD single-target damage spells. you should never be pressing mind flay. It feels so lack luster. Something to keep in mind if you are newish to spriest in DF. Mind Spike and Mind Flay coexisting is something we’re going to try but are wary of. Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 30%. Mind Flay: Insanity deals 80% more damage than Mind Flay. It’s always been part of our core toolkit and I think it serves a great purpose as it frees up those “moments” during its use for us to look around for opportunities to use our other toolkit utility abilities like Mind Control, Shackle, Psychic Scream, Vampiric. This prefers targets without. Essentially there is no room for mind spike to be cast because there is always something better to press. Mind Spike should also replace Mind Flay per your suggestion for sure. 17Cast Mind Blast if capped on charges. The problem with Dominant Mind is that it has a short 30s duration and if you kill the trash you have to wait for it to pop out and then stop and kill it. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. Psychic Link We’re adding Mind Flay to Psychic Link, so that talenting into Mind Spike is not required to have an AoE filler spell. Mind Spike is a Shadow priest talent. /use [nochanneling:Mind Flay] Mind Flay Wand (Spammable) - Allows you to spam the wand button without it cancelling. Buttons feel worthless. Cast Mind Spike with Surge of Darkness procs. The math was kindly provided by Linelo. " It could potentially be that the first hit of mind spike is equal to a MF, but after that it starts hitting for more and more. The only talent that affects Mind Spike but not Mind Flay is the talent immediately after Mind Spike, Mind Melt. Cast Mind Flay: Insanity. WoWNoob Discord - Same community, different platform. I personally en…The cast speed of Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun no longer scales with Haste. shadow_fiend. I’ve been using lots of Macro on this website and I think is time to give back something. also remove mind sear and focus around. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. Rather than focusing on loaded definitions, let’s just talk about what Mind Flayers are and what they do. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. That means you can skip it if you'd like to, and there won't be a super noticeable difference. However, with MoP, the Shadow Mastery Mastery: Madness acts to add extra ticks to Mind Flay, directly increasing its damage (but not. dead. blizz. When interrupted while casting a single-school spell such as Mind Flay or Frostbolt, players will now be able to cast dual-school spells such as Mind Spike (Frost and Shadow schools) or Frostfire Bolt (Frost and Fire schools). . In dungeons, you don’t take mind spike at all so don’t need to worry. If you choose to use Yogg-Saron instead of C'Thun, Mind Spike will serve as your default filler spell instead of Mind Flay. 1. Idol of Y’shaarj increases damage done by 5% when Mindbender is summoned on a feared target (was 15%). Originally I only played holy but have gotten into shadow and I feel that I’ve been doing ok in m+ but I can’t get a good feel for my single target rotation. Opener: Causes ticks of Mind Flay to extend Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch by 1 second or 2 seconds with Mind Spike. It can be a hindrance more than anything if you’re trying to time keys. These adjustments will be applied to the live game with scheduled weekly maintenance on Tuesday, June 27 in this region. /cast [@cursor] Shadow CrashBro, the best range with the most damage and survivability in game right now is the Mage. Dark Ascension, Voidform with something emulating the extension mechanic, Mind Spike, Surge of Darkness, Shadowy Insight, Mind Flay: Insanity, even a version of Shadow's Cataclysm mastery Shadow Orbs appears in this new version of the spec. first priority is keeping all dots out. 0. A spell. READ MORE. Namely the idea that the caster knows the location of the target for the duration of the spell. Spamming Mind Spike will do about as much damage as casting Mind Flay on a target afflicted with Shadow Word: Pain. 1 Like. If you don’t have a mind blast or DP available, then you cast mind spike as a filler. Once I started doing that, aoe got a lot more fun and manageable. Shadow has been FOTM since the MDI. Where are you getting this stuff from? Edit again: There are. Icy Veins - News and detailed class guides. And most of the time you had several abilities you could press. Being essentially forced into taking, as you say, the higher damage Mind Spike probably does not sit right with many old school SP. Before current patch mind spike was optional so I wasnt too concerned but now its effectively mandatory which was something i was worried about returning. 2022: Made some parts of the rotation around Mind Blast easier to read. Priest Dragonflight Shadow. Flay is actually better than spike next tier because we need the talent points to reach stuff for the tier set and the changes to insanity procs meant we don’t clip the flays as much. Mind Spike: Holy Word: Chastise: Holy Nova: Purge the Wicked: Void Torrent: Devouring Plague: Inescapable Torment: Mindgames: Holy Fire: Mind Flay: Vampiric Touch. e. So yeah mind spike is bad, as in it's literally the worst thing conceived by a human. shadow_fiend. Cast Mind Spike or Mind Flay; Cast Divine Star, Shadow Word: Death or Shadow Word: Pain if you are moving. 7 Fury Incarnate. If you're not a fan of playing with Mind. • • Edited. Devouring Plague still has its terrible vanilla particles, Mind Spike still has its terrible Cataclysm particles, and Mind Spike: Insanity doesn’t even get unique particles like Mind Flay: Insanity does. If you really hate spike that much, you can drop these two points for Voidtouched and another flex point, all sims and data. Mind Melt - Mind Spike now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast. However, the side effect of these changes is that it now feels like Mind Spike is lacking purpose. . Mind Spike damage is now increased by 25% in PvP combat (was reduced by 25%). we’ve lost so many things that made the spec flow. Mind spike feels very awkward to use right now, even considering the bug. In the current state of spriest u barely use mind flay (never). Mind Spike provides a quick nuke to use in situations where the priest doesn't have time to set up the normal rotation, such as when adds are dying too fast or you have to swap targets a lot. Shadow needs instant mind spike procs back. This is very. cause non-instant Mind Spike to trigger Glyph of Mind Spike on the Priest, reduce cast time of next Mind Blast within 9 sec by 50%, stack for 2 times. It’s still based on time-gated RPG mechanics. psychic scream, range increase etc. Void Torrent damage increased by 15. 75 seconds (before Haste). Bro, the best range with the most damage and survivability in game right now is the Mage. 3 (2016-07-19. Mind Flay and Mind Spike Mind Spike currently feels like it has no place in the shadow rotation and is in direct conflict with Mind Flay. Improved Flash Heal - Increases healing done by Flash Heal by 15%. It feels so lack luster. In the current build, Dark Accession only help mind blast, which is extremely weak. And most of the time you had several abilities you could press. Does not apply to damage from Shadowy Apparitions, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch. Mind Flay deals four ticks of damage over its duration, each tick occuring every 0. BrilliantMachine2726. When in voidform press void bolt whenever it’s off cooldown, espcecially if you’re running the void bolt talent. Twists your Shadowform with the powers of the Void, increasing spell damage you deal by 10%, and refreshing Mind Blast's cooldown. Cast Mind Blast whenever available to generate Insanity. Priests have enjoyed the unique experience of being sought after in Season 2 of Mythic+ due to. 2 Class Set 2pc Developer note from the offical 10. Developers’ note: The rotation has a lot going on and much of that is due to the frequency that Mind Flay: Insanity and Mind Spike: Insanity are available, so we’re adjusting the frequency of the effect. Lasts for 18 sec. If you really hate spike that much, you can drop these two points for Voidtouched and another flex point, all sims and data shows. Your Mind Flay, Mind Sear, and Void Torrent damage increases the damage of your periodic Shadow effects by 1%, stacking up to 5 times. (2) Set Bonus: Smite and Penance damage increased by 20% and Smite extends the duration of an active Atonement by 2 seconds. I personally en…Im getting a little concerned with the number of active abilities shadow priests are getting in dragonflight. Generate Insanity with Mind Blast, Void Bolt, Mind Spike, Mind Flay; Spend Insanity with Devouring Plague for Single-Target or Mind Sear for more than 3 targets. But we should always keep Mind Flay. Mind Flay: Insanity has been renamed to Surge of Insanity. save your mana on all those expensive dots spells. Having Mind Spike pseudo-replace our filler by just being mathematically better is not fun. WoW Classic Era and Hardcore Hotfixes -- Updated October 13. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. Ilyon-silvermoon October 31, 2022, 9:14pm #1. Here is a shadow priest guide for the actual game version with more informations. Mind Spike damage increased by 9 percent and now replaces Mind Flay. This is honestly convoluted as hell. Mind Spike is a priest ability learned at level 44 for those with the Shadow specialization. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. lol its on my action bar now. In terms of base damage, Mind Spike deals around 20% more than Mind Flay. You hard cast mind spike as your filler if you have it selected in prepatch, and you will probably do the same at level 70 as well if nothing changes. Improved pathing in the general tree. Increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%. In single target mind spike is your filler unless you get an empowered mind flay, in aoe, you. Buckle up it’s going to be a wild ride. That cannot change till they remowe it from the tree. And Shadow changes like Mind Flay/Mind Spike damage and Insanity tuning, Deathspeaker bug fixes and Surge of Insanity tuning. Mind flay vs Drain life. Definitely should’ve removed mind spike instead. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. New macro still uses damnation/Mind Flay: Insanity to keep dots up but uses Mind Spike/Mind Blast to build up Insanity/ also allow for crazy AOE crits via Mind Melt/Surge of Darkness talents with Psychic Link. Mind Flay and Mind Flay: Insanity damage is now increased by 30% in PvP combat. It's like a destro lock getting kicked on chaos bolt and being unable to cast anything at all but as far as I know if they get kicked on shadow they can still cast chaos bolt. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. It seems like a very simple change of making mind spike do increased damage to targets without dots, and just not. The changes to Mind Spike working with all Mind Flay related talents and outright replacing the spell make it fit more cleanly into our kit. Classes. One thing that I’m trying to figure out involves optimizing casts during high haste void form phases. Mind spike and mind flay are mostly fillers with nearly the same function. It's spamming Mind Blast too much. In dungeons, you don’t take mind spike at all so don’t need to worry. 10. Mind Spike damage increased by 15%. This means you should cast it always when the talent procs. When you hear “Mind Flayer,” you probably think about Stranger Things — or maybe Dungeons and Dragons. We all have different ideas about how specific the knowledge of the target's location should be. Then feedback was taken. General Information On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Shadow Priest in both single-target and multiple-target situations. Mind Spike and fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stacks of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. This was already done at the beginning of Dragonflight and every player gravitated towards the better dps option, which was mind spike at the time. Mine Talent spec is 2/1/1/2/2/1/1. Shadow is wonderful, easy damage. Developers’ note: The rotation has a lot going on and much of that is due to the frequency that Mind Flay: Insanity and Mind Spike: Insanity are available, so we’re adjusting the frequency of the effect. Patch 7. Mind Spike damage increased by 20%. I think they should add new ending talents make mind spike deal 25% aoe spread so you don’t have to spam mind flay on aoe. Where you play the way before Shadow Orbs or Voidform was a thing. I don’t want to build and slow burn, it doesn’t work. Buttons feel worthless. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Mind Spike as a filler vs Mind Flay (with instant procs) Mind Games Mindbender Shadow Word Death Vampiric Touch + Shadow Word Pain Shadow Crash Void Eruption that gives another filler spell on top of the CD and changes your priorities yet again Mind Sear vs Devouring Plague (with free casts that change priority depending on targets and. The consequence of Shadow going FOTM was that it made it harder for Disc and Holy to get. Be sure to make use of the 'Copy Export String' button to import the build directly into your game! 5. The best rotation depends a lot of factors like. Every time last that, you can essentially cast Mind Spike + your 1st level spell of choice for the same 2nd level slot. Mind Flay: Insanity damage increased by 30%. Mind Flay damage increased by 10%. BrilliantMachine2726. The two biggest differences are the addition of Mind Spike as an optional Single Target filler spell to replace Mind Flay, as well as the removal of as an AoE spender. The second major point is around mind spike. Coalescing Shadows is interesting, but it could also synergize with Mind flay if that is picked. Mind Blast deals 30% more damage and generates 4 additional insanity. Demography-tichondrius. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. Some things I don’t so much like:So far it seems that blizzard doesn't want Mind Spike to be used in PvE. Hearthstone: Mind BlastGlyph of Mind Spike. I don’t like this current iteration of the spec and I’m not asking for it to change for those of you that like it, I’m just asking for an alternative to it. Those 1% is more or less the frequency I see resists on other spells, I suppose, especially if attacking lower level mobs, but Mind Flay seems to miss a lot more. Cast Mind Flay and Mind Spike as filler spells; Shadow Priest PvP Burst Rotation Shadow's burst rotation is almost entirely instant except for Mindgames. You also play Mind Flay: Insanity so you still need to cast flay to use those after every plague cast. Does not apply to damage from Shadowy Apparitions, Shadow Word: Pain, and Vampiric Touch. Lasts 10 sec. Before the change it wasn’t really a caster and now after the change is a “true” caster a real caster class. then mind spike/mind blast it down. Upcoming 10. You can read all changes to 10. 4 Piece Priest Shadow 10. Triple Idol Build with Dark Ascension for Shadow Priest 5. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (285. "Mind Flay (Smite)". those DoTs are so strong on DPS that Priest can NOT afford to lose them. *Examples that come to mind are searing pain and frost shock. Mind Flay: Insanity has been slightly redesigned – Devouring Plague transforms your next Mind Flay into Mind Flay: Insanity. Playing SP and DH in TW Arygos. The change to Mind Sear* (edit) making it purely a spender instead of a filler spell can feel clunky at times, but they did massively buff the damage it does to compensate. Mind Flay as a filler spell. Mind Flay is an old iconic SP spell. Dragonflight Mythic+ Talent Builds for Shadow Priest 4. Hello Priestfwen. I haven’t had a chance to get on my priest but the patch notes say mind spike has replaced mind flay. If you're looking to burn real fast, Mind Spike is helpful. and it doesn't even have instant cast now when it. 9. For this reason it is suggested you take Mind Spike if you are looking for overall damage. . Just hover over the spot, press your keybind and the spell will land where your cursor was pointed at. Mind Flay: Insanity Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (285. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C’Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N’Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5 percent damage variance. After. Love that build. This ability will trigger randomly and likely without you even noticing it - except that with the proper talents your Mind Blast and Mind Spikes will probably proc faster or twice at once (If the Shadowy Recall was from Vampiric Touch or SW:P). Crazy. Generates 16 Insanity over the duration. Maybe all rng with procs of other things like Mind. Mind Flay and Mind Sear from Idol of C'Thun, Echoing Void from Idol of N'Zoth, and Void Torrent now have 5% damage variance. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11% and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). At the end of the day when the difference is only a couple percent with optimal play, as in the case of flay Vs spike, most people can get away with playing what’s more comfortable to them. Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11 percent and generates 6 Insanity (was 8). I was critical striking with Mind Blast for over 100k when most non tank Hp pools were hovering around 150k. I am moderately geared at an ilvl of 349 and I am specced and glyped in a way that supports the Mind Spike rotation. Mind spike replaces it if you look at mind spike in the shadow tree, it says it replaces mind flay. Mind Spike moved to 4-5 (was 4-3) Node removed at 5-2; Shadow Crash moved to new 5-2 (was choice at 6-4) Ancient Madness moved to 5-3 (was 9-7). Hi guys, This is Ivan with his first macro post. Rank 1: Your Mind Flay and Mind Spike critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Shadowfiend by 3 sec or Mindbender by 1 sec. Like MB, mind flay insanity, devouring plague, swd, voidtorrent. Add this to the fact that spike is objectively better in every way. Mind spike for example used to have an animation but currently it's kind of not doing anything. SHAMAN In a future build, Mind Sear will tick every 0. 2022: Added extra note about Mind Spike vs. So the clock is ticking, and raid testing has begun. Heartshade-echo-isles September 29, 2022, 8:52pm #2. Whispering Shadows-Causes your Shadow Crash to apply Vampiric Touch (and Shadow Word: Pain if talented into Misery) to up to 8 targets. Mind Flay: InsanityAssaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (285. Mind Spike does not make any attacks, and does not trigger Hex. Shadow Priest in Mythic+ 2. Niche talent setup that does not rely on Void Eruption or Shadowy Apparitions. 1. The number of spells/rotation spriest has is intimidating at first glance. Mind’s Eye vs Distortion Reality The purpose of Distortion Reality is to prolong the Devouring Plague debuff thus increases the damage via Mastery: Shadow Weaving, Insidious Ire and Phantasmal Pathogen. 2. Mind Flay is somewhere between a 1%-3% dps loss over Mind Spike, according to people who do that type of math. Mind Spike now replaces Mind Flay. -Original intent was to provide something to cast during shadow lockout, idea has since been scrapped. Mind Spike vs Mind Flay For every Shadow Priest build you have the option between Mind Spike being your primary filler spell, or keeping it as Mind Flay . Generates 12 Insanity over the duration. So it not matter if clip unless clip first tick before second tick, then lose lot of DPS. And what i mean by wasting is you arent able to use every. I personally en…Psychic Link - Mind Blast, Mind Flay, and Mind Spike deal 15% of its their damage to all other targets afflicted by your Vampiric Touch within 40 yards. use void form with if you want to play mindflay. Hey everyone! 🙂 I have just picked up Shadow Priest and I’m absolutely loving it. We also have. 0 PTR. I feel like there’s no room in the rotation to fit a full Mind Flay before using another Devouring Plague, especially with the increased duration. Surge of Darkness doesn't exist anymore in 10. Developer note from the offical 10. It does more base damage, it is spamable, and it gives your next mind blast 90% chance. 18Cast Void Torrent. Rezt-stormscale May 3, 2023, 4:08pm #3. Mind Spike: InsanityBlasts the target for (276. Instantly restores 5% of your total mana and increases the damage done by your Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death by 4% for each stack. 46% of Spell Power ] Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. 12 insanity between sear and mind flay, and you only get the TH. Feels like a button mashing simulator to do mediocre damage. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. Always instant / Short cooldown Mind Blast & Mind Spike. I must have misunderstood the patch notes and was feeling pretty bummed since I thought they’d removed one of the spec’s most iconic. god shadow feels awful to play after the patch. In the Priest Talents category. next is spamming mind blast and DPs. (Maybe I’m wrong?) Now, it is possible that, with perfect gear, the spec plays very differently and you naturally do not overcap because all the other spells go on. Spam Sear + SN as you would without voidform, just do way way more damage. Mind spike would be your casted filler spell when you have nothing better to do. Generates 6 Insanity. Lasts 6 sec. World of Warcraft Lore Trivia Game - Stump Sean Episode 2Ascended Blast, Ascended Nova, Devouring Plague, Holy Fire, Holy Nova, Holy Word: Chastise, Mind Flay, Mind Spike, Mindgames, Mindgames, Purge the Wicked, Smite, Unholy Nova, Unholy Transfusion, Void Torrent Modifies Damage/Healing Done +10%: Inescapable Torment Modifies Damage/Healing Done +46%: Flash Heal Modifies. Major Spike Scallion is the final Merc which you can recruit in Jagged Alliance 3. 848% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. In the Priest Specialization Abilities category. Mind Flay has a base channel time of 4. Better mind flay focused talents. There's so many combinations available which never existed back then, which is exciting, and. Cast Mind Spike or Mind Flay if you have a Surge of Insanity buff up. 5k and mind spike hits for 23. Next best are Holy Fire and Smite (spell damage depending), finally Mind Flay for both dps and DPM (This changes with talents and rotation. Considering Mind Spike's anti-DoT effect and Mind Flay's useful snare, the only situation I can therefore see Mind Spike being useful for (besides From Darkness Comes Light procs) is nuking totems, and when Shadow is locked, due to Mind Spike's Shadowfrost school. ReplyMind Melt - Mind Spike reduces cast time of your next Mind Blast by 50%, stacking up to 2 times. Scorching Ray makes three attacks, for up to 3 chances to trigger additional damage from Hex. So has anyone figured out when it's a good time to use Mind Spike? Since now it clears dots, I won't be using it in PVP or PVE, since I want to keep pressure on my enemy in PVP, and in PVE it hurts to break the flow of Mind Flay. Make Mind blast spread VT Make Shadowword death spread SW:P. But here's a compromise: make a glyph that allows Shadow Word: Pain to stay on the target when we use Mind Spike.