One of best reviewers for wow content , much needed cause lots of specs don’t get a lot of analysis . It’s almost crickets on forum feedback too for some
probably the best analysis I've seen from the beta so far. Your voice is very optimistic (so much so that listening to you improves my mood), you speak concisely and without any confusion you jump to the next clips explaining everything (and I think you did it at once without additional editing, and that's a cool skill). I will keep watching and sending links to your videos to my friends :)
I am watching a video about Archon Shadow Priest, however, I've been glued to the damage meter in "shock and awe" of the Augmentation Evoker's personal damage being 2-3x that of the tank. What a time to be alive, where the support boy isn't just tickling and buffing.
I love that you do a deep dive on the new spec trees. It really helps get new comers like me to some of these specs. I would love if you covered arcane mage in some variety. Love the video
To answer your mind flay/spike insanity question. It really depends if you’re playing Dark Ascension or Void Eruption. Dark ascension only buffs mind spike, not mind flay. Love the war within content, good luck have fun :)
Shadow Priest main here since Vanilla. I’m more PvP focused with battlegrounds as my go to. But I also PvE up to Heroic difficulty as a solo player as my friends moved on to other things. Regarding Mind Flay or Mind Spike, first I wish it wasn’t a choice as they have made it now and it behaved more like Cataclysm with Mind Spike coexisting with Mind Flay and its purpose is for burst moments and NOT for filler. But working with what we have, I would say Mind Spike is better because Haste makes Mind Flay tick more damage in the same duration of time vs Mind Spike is just able to be casted faster. Meaning you can pump out more Mind Spikes vs Mind Flay and if you are flooded with Surge of Insanity procs in a short window and you need to use them up before they fall off and you loose the buff, it’s best to use Mind Spike to dump them faster in addition to its benefits with it being more damage and synergy with Mind Blast and Dark Ascension. That’s the short numbers answer. But there could be other reasons based on what you’re trying to do to go Mind Flay or Mind Spike. With Mind Flay, I miss out of its instant slow if I take Mind Spike which is another reason why I would want access to both.
The problem with Surge of Insanity is that, unless some tuning got changed, it is still lower priority than Mind Blast and Void Bolt. With a lot of haste and in AoE, you cannot even spend the Surge of Insanity on the abilities fast enough already in Dragonflight during your CDs, so I don't see how adding more procs is what they went with design-wise because I certainly don't really care for more. Considering the increased rate is tied to Halo, which you would definitely press during Ascension since they are both 1-Min, this problem would be exacerbated. At 6:42 in your gameplay you have 2 charges of Surge of Insanity but you are also sitting on 2 charges of Mind Blast and still full channeled a Mind Flay. This is just incorrect, DP > SW:D > Mind Blast > everything else. So if you actually play correctly you would definitely overcap the Surge of Insanitys as you can clearly see there. So yea I think they need to change this or make them instant cast or something.
The problem with Archon and Halo being its central point is that if the biggest draw is that Halo deals a lot of damage then 1 simple tuning pass to reduce the damage done by Halo would instantly make Archon loose its appeal. That’s why Archon should actually add more interesting interactions to its tree choices and if Halo is to remain the centerpiece then there should be a way to create a Halo at your targets location instead of or in addition to you. An example would be that when you Cast Halo, your Holy Word: Serenity (Holy) or Shadow Word: Death (Shadow) creates a Halo at its target. Either grant a charge each time you Create a Halo or for either a short duration or for a limited number of casts of your Shadow Word: Death would also create a Halo at the targets location. Or simply cast a Halo each time you use Holy Word: Serenity or Shadow Word: Death on targets at or below 20% heath. That way you basically are rewarded when you snipe a low health target with an additional Halo created. Perhaps it could find a way into a tier set bonus but I would rather it be a part of the Archon tree. The point is to just add something that you can’t do normally to Archon that just having more Halos being created and now return to you just doesn’t add to the impactful goal that these Hero Talents should become.
The passive healing done is non negligeable in my opinion tho, but what you said is true for any spec, reduce pyro damage and fire mage is bad, reduce icicle and frost is bad, not many spec have a spread damage profile across many abilites, I think the passive healing + the priest utility + it's SPriest in it's current state now so it's busted, it makes it a very good pick for mythic+ as far as we know.
@@Nhouyengahthose examples are accessible within the main spec… not the hero spec. Halo is another button that does what it does without you having any choice in the manner. It is basically a passive effect for the entire Archon tree, you don’t get any new interactions to play around with. It doesn’t change your gameplay up at all. All you get is more numbers from base Holy/Shadow but without a single new thing to change things up. You just get more Halos and more Surge procs and more uptime of cooldowns which all just net out to the same exact gameplay but with higher increased numbers. With my example of having an ability that can trigger another ability and in this case triggering a Halo at your target, that actually changes up your gameplay where it makes you have to choose a target and use an ability more often if you didn’t before in order to maximize its usage. But that isn’t the case with current Archon. In fact you hit your buttons less because Halo cooldown has increased. So I disagree with your statement in that the number argument can be said for other core abilities of other classes. This is a completely different situation.
It would be amazing if they would be able to make Mind Flay Insanity to transform in Mind Sear Insanity if you are in combat with more than 3 mobs. Almost the same as the talent with the void tentrils work.
I've enjoyed your content for a while as someone who loves to play multiple toons I always know you'll have a guide. One thing I noticed about archon in mostly heroic dungeon testing so far is you do a boatload of healing at certain times also which is fun.. Any reason as to why you don't choose void crash in place of standard shadow crash?
"You cant compare yourself to other specs during beta" "Yes that mage beat us but thats because living flame is bugged" Not denying that its bugged, but you have to see how this mutes your point youre trying to make
the way you talk about specs and the game in general makes it so hard to pick a main :D thanks for what you do
One of best reviewers for wow content , much needed cause lots of specs don’t get a lot of analysis . It’s almost crickets on forum feedback too for some
probably the best analysis I've seen from the beta so far. Your voice is very optimistic (so much so that listening to you improves my mood), you speak concisely and without any confusion you jump to the next clips explaining everything (and I think you did it at once without additional editing, and that's a cool skill). I will keep watching and sending links to your videos to my friends :)
I am watching a video about Archon Shadow Priest, however, I've been glued to the damage meter in "shock and awe" of the Augmentation Evoker's personal damage being 2-3x that of the tank. What a time to be alive, where the support boy isn't just tickling and buffing.
Yeah he was slapping! :)
It would be nice moving forward when you show gameplay in dungeon, use both hero talents so we see the difference in damage and rotation
I love that you do a deep dive on the new spec trees. It really helps get new comers like me to some of these specs. I would love if you covered arcane mage in some variety. Love the video
Looks like Archon may be beast mode for pvp oneshots.
You give the best spec breakdowns bar none
To answer your mind flay/spike insanity question. It really depends if you’re playing Dark Ascension or Void Eruption. Dark ascension only buffs mind spike, not mind flay. Love the war within content, good luck have fun :)
Really great content creator! Keep it up!
Shadow Priest main here since Vanilla. I’m more PvP focused with battlegrounds as my go to. But I also PvE up to Heroic difficulty as a solo player as my friends moved on to other things.
Regarding Mind Flay or Mind Spike, first I wish it wasn’t a choice as they have made it now and it behaved more like Cataclysm with Mind Spike coexisting with Mind Flay and its purpose is for burst moments and NOT for filler.
But working with what we have, I would say Mind Spike is better because Haste makes Mind Flay tick more damage in the same duration of time vs Mind Spike is just able to be casted faster. Meaning you can pump out more Mind Spikes vs Mind Flay and if you are flooded with Surge of Insanity procs in a short window and you need to use them up before they fall off and you loose the buff, it’s best to use Mind Spike to dump them faster in addition to its benefits with it being more damage and synergy with Mind Blast and Dark Ascension.
That’s the short numbers answer. But there could be other reasons based on what you’re trying to do to go Mind Flay or Mind Spike. With Mind Flay, I miss out of its instant slow if I take Mind Spike which is another reason why I would want access to both.
Dammit Zuco. Every vid you put out makes me want to swap mains
It makes me want to as well... I'm sorry! lol :)
I love the pug doggie you always carry under your arm
The problem with Surge of Insanity is that, unless some tuning got changed, it is still lower priority than Mind Blast and Void Bolt. With a lot of haste and in AoE, you cannot even spend the Surge of Insanity on the abilities fast enough already in Dragonflight during your CDs, so I don't see how adding more procs is what they went with design-wise because I certainly don't really care for more. Considering the increased rate is tied to Halo, which you would definitely press during Ascension since they are both 1-Min, this problem would be exacerbated.
At 6:42 in your gameplay you have 2 charges of Surge of Insanity but you are also sitting on 2 charges of Mind Blast and still full channeled a Mind Flay. This is just incorrect, DP > SW:D > Mind Blast > everything else. So if you actually play correctly you would definitely overcap the Surge of Insanitys as you can clearly see there. So yea I think they need to change this or make them instant cast or something.
I’ve always hated mind spike. Its an unfun button to press imo. Glad we can play without it now
is Aug damage working on details now? huge
You’re doing quite good off healing here too. Hmm
The problem with Archon and Halo being its central point is that if the biggest draw is that Halo deals a lot of damage then 1 simple tuning pass to reduce the damage done by Halo would instantly make Archon loose its appeal.
That’s why Archon should actually add more interesting interactions to its tree choices and if Halo is to remain the centerpiece then there should be a way to create a Halo at your targets location instead of or in addition to you.
An example would be that when you Cast Halo, your Holy Word: Serenity (Holy) or Shadow Word: Death (Shadow) creates a Halo at its target.
Either grant a charge each time you Create a Halo or for either a short duration or for a limited number of casts of your Shadow Word: Death would also create a Halo at the targets location.
Or simply cast a Halo each time you use Holy Word: Serenity or Shadow Word: Death on targets at or below 20% heath.
That way you basically are rewarded when you snipe a low health target with an additional Halo created.
Perhaps it could find a way into a tier set bonus but I would rather it be a part of the Archon tree.
The point is to just add something that you can’t do normally to Archon that just having more Halos being created and now return to you just doesn’t add to the impactful goal that these Hero Talents should become.
The passive healing done is non negligeable in my opinion tho, but what you said is true for any spec, reduce pyro damage and fire mage is bad, reduce icicle and frost is bad, not many spec have a spread damage profile across many abilites,
I think the passive healing + the priest utility + it's SPriest in it's current state now so it's busted, it makes it a very good pick for mythic+ as far as we know.
@@Nhouyengahthose examples are accessible within the main spec… not the hero spec.
Halo is another button that does what it does without you having any choice in the manner. It is basically a passive effect for the entire Archon tree, you don’t get any new interactions to play around with. It doesn’t change your gameplay up at all.
All you get is more numbers from base Holy/Shadow but without a single new thing to change things up.
You just get more Halos and more Surge procs and more uptime of cooldowns which all just net out to the same exact gameplay but with higher increased numbers.
With my example of having an ability that can trigger another ability and in this case triggering a Halo at your target, that actually changes up your gameplay where it makes you have to choose a target and use an ability more often if you didn’t before in order to maximize its usage.
But that isn’t the case with current Archon. In fact you hit your buttons less because Halo cooldown has increased.
So I disagree with your statement in that the number argument can be said for other core abilities of other classes. This is a completely different situation.
I hope this ends up better than void weaver am kind of tired doing void form void bolt.
Biggest problem is how cool void orb for voidweaver looks.
It would be amazing if they would be able to make Mind Flay Insanity to transform in Mind Sear Insanity if you are in combat with more than 3 mobs. Almost the same as the talent with the void tentrils work.
That would be sick!
If you run DA, I think spike>flay, as mind flay counts as periodic damage and spike does not.
I've enjoyed your content for a while as someone who loves to play multiple toons I always know you'll have a guide.
One thing I noticed about archon in mostly heroic dungeon testing so far is you do a boatload of healing at certain times also which is fun.. Any reason as to why you don't choose void crash in place of standard shadow crash?
Soo Zuco - what would be your candidates to main if you had to choose today and based on changes/overhaules/overall design?
Yikes... That's really hard. Gun to my head... Frost DK, Resto Shaman, Colossus Arms Warrior, Survival Hunter. Those are prob the choices.
Dang it! Now i might have to main shadow
Gogogogog!!!
"You cant compare yourself to other specs during beta"
"Yes that mage beat us but thats because living flame is bugged"
Not denying that its bugged, but you have to see how this mutes your point youre trying to make
zuco ziqo zaqo , everyone does the same names i dunno who is who..... they who or who they?
Mine is from Avatar the last Air Bender (tv show)... Now you know :)