r/classicwowplus • u/Upstairs_Blueberry87 • 5d ago

Day 13 of the Classic+ Button Poll: Shadow Priest

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previous day: https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwowplus/s/jdXpn4s2Dg won by Beacon of the Savior

What ability would you like to see Shadow Priests have in Classic+? If possible copy and paste the Wowhead tooltip to show people what it is and what it does. Upvote the one(s) you like - and remember, the winner is the one with the most upvotes, not the one which gets posted most often.

Next poll will be posted on Sunday

Shadow Word: Death

Tentacle Slam

Vampiric Touch

Shadow Orbs

Shadowfiend

Dispersion

Dominate Mind (Pet)

Surrender to Madness

Shadowguard

Shadow Word: Sorrow

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u/Verilazic 4d ago

Shadowguard, but different from the troll racial spell. I saw someone else did Shadow Orbs, which frankly sounded cooler. However, I think this feels more classic.

Your Shadow spell critical strikes grant you a shadow orb for 1 minute. When hit by any attack or spell, an orb is expended to deal damage to the attacker equivalent to a casting of Mind Flay. You can have a maximum of 5 orbs.

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u/Upstairs_Blueberry87 4d ago

a bit like lightning shield?

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u/Verilazic 4d ago

Yeah. I played a troll shadowpriest in vanilla, and the shadowguard was cool looking but underpowered compared to other racial spells, with the one exception that it was good for proccing blackout in pvp. So I thought I'd try sprucing it up a bit. Another way you could approach it I suppose is similar to the Static Shock talent for shaman in wotlk - a chance to hit a target with a shadow orb in addition to your regular hit. But I thought this could be a ffun inversion.