In the new raid Crucible of Storms from World of Warcraft, Shadow Priests are the kings of damage. But now Blizzard is taking the crown away from them: A nerf is announced for the next patch.
For almost a week now, the raid “Crucible of Storms” has been available in World of Warcraft. However, it has become clear over the Easter weekend that one class is leading ahead of all others.
The Shadow Priest dominates in the two boss fights of the Crucible and is far ahead in first place on the damage charts. This was even too much for Blizzard, so a nerf for the Shadow Priests is coming to tone them down to a healthy level.
Why were Shadow Priests so successful? The main reason for the Priests’ success lies in the fact that Shadow Priests benefit from fights against multiple targets like no other class.
They can then build their resource “Insanity” faster and distribute their DoTs much more effectively and keep them active on multiple enemies for longer. Since both fights in the Crucible of Storms take place against multiple enemies, this advantage was particularly pronounced.
This is how Blizzard wants to nerf: The developers see the problem primarily in an Azerite trait. The ability “Promising Spirits”, which increases the damage of Shadowy Apparitions by 100% and is stackable multiple times, will be reduced to 70%. This should lower the overall damage of Shadow Priests by several percentage points and bring them more “in line” with other classes.
The Shadowy Apparitions are the little “ghosts” that players can see in a fight, flying from the Shadow Priest to the enemies. The more enemies are affected by DoTs, the more ghosts appear.
This is how Blizzard justifies the nerf: Blizzard emphasizes that it is not about weakening specializations that can shine in certain situations. Every class has its strengths and fights in which it excels.
This time, however, the Shadow Priest is far above the tolerable level and therefore needs to be scaled down a bit.
It is a bit ironic that Shadow Priests dominate in the raid they are story-wise responsible for. After all, it was the Shadow Priests who carried Xal’atath in Legion. This very blade was responsible for opening the raid and has now lured the players into a trap.
The changes are set to go live this week, most likely with the maintenance on Wednesday. These will also increase the item level of world quests.
Were you as a Shadow Priest out and about in the Crucible of Storms? How do you like the new raid? Do you find the nerfs justified?
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