01-18-2005, 09:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-18-2005, 10:01 PM by MongoJerry.)
Improved Inner Fire is OK, but I can never seem to get it, because there are always other more useful talents to get. You're asking for a PvP build, so your primary concern should be damage. I don't see the purpose of getting Force of Will, when you can more directly and effectively improve your damage output by putting points in the shadow tree. Also, when I go full bore shadow spec, I don't see the point of Improved Mind Blast, since I can always fill the time between casts with Mind Flay. So, here's how I would do it:
PROPOSED BUILD
Discipline Talents (23 points)
# Unbreakable Will - 5/5 points
Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by 15%.
# Improved Power Word: Shield - 3/3 points
Reduces the duration of your Power Word: Shield's Weakened Soul effect by 15 seconds.
# Improved Power Word: Fortitude - 2/2 points
Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude spell by 30%.
# Mental Agility - 5/5 points
Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%.
# Improved Mana Burn - 2/2 points
Reduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by ?.
# Mental Strength - 5/5 point
Increases your maximum Mana by 10%.
# Inner Focus - 1/1 point
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.
Shadow Talents (28 points)
# Blackout - 5/5 points
Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
# Improved Shadow Word: Pain - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 seconds.
# Shadow Focus - 5/5 points
Reduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 10%.
# Mind Flay - 1/1 point
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 damage over 3 seconds and slowing the target to 50% of their movement speed.
# Improved Psychic Scream - 2/2 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream ability by 4 seconds.
# Shadow Reach - 3/3 points
Increases the range of your Shadow damage spells by 20%.
# Improved Fade - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Fade ability by 10 seconds. (This is an acknowledgement of instance parties. You won't have the Holy Tree's Subtlety skill, so having a 20 second Fade vs 10 second Fade will help a lot in keeping you from pulling aggro. I wish I could get Improved Fade with my holy spec'd priests).
# Vampiric Embrace - 1/1 point
Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow damage you deal for 1 minute.
# Silence - 1/1 point
Silence the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 seconds.
# Shadow Weaving - 5/5
Your shadow damage spells have a 100% change to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow Damage output by 3% and can stack up to 5 times (i.e. up to 15%). Lasts 15 seconds. (Note: The timer resets every time you hit the target with a shadow spell).
# Shadow Reach - 1/5 points
Increases your shadow spell damage by 2%.
Note: If you want the focused casting stuff, you can remove a few points from the added shadow damage talents. I've been debating about getting those myself. It would make it easier to cast Mind Control on people and throw them into the lava in Blackrock Mountain.
PROPOSED BUILD
Discipline Talents (23 points)
# Unbreakable Will - 5/5 points
Increases your chance to resist Stun, Fear, and Silence effects by 15%.
# Improved Power Word: Shield - 3/3 points
Reduces the duration of your Power Word: Shield's Weakened Soul effect by 15 seconds.
# Improved Power Word: Fortitude - 2/2 points
Increases the effect of your Power Word: Fortitude spell by 30%.
# Mental Agility - 5/5 points
Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by 10%.
# Improved Mana Burn - 2/2 points
Reduces the casting time of your Mana Burn spell by ?.
# Mental Strength - 5/5 point
Increases your maximum Mana by 10%.
# Inner Focus - 1/1 point
When activated, reduces the Mana cost of your next spell by 100% and increases its critical effect chance by 25% if it is capable of a critical effect.
Shadow Talents (28 points)
# Blackout - 5/5 points
Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
# Improved Shadow Word: Pain - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 seconds.
# Shadow Focus - 5/5 points
Reduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 10%.
# Mind Flay - 1/1 point
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 damage over 3 seconds and slowing the target to 50% of their movement speed.
# Improved Psychic Scream - 2/2 points
Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream ability by 4 seconds.
# Shadow Reach - 3/3 points
Increases the range of your Shadow damage spells by 20%.
# Improved Fade - 2/2 points
Increases the duration of your Fade ability by 10 seconds. (This is an acknowledgement of instance parties. You won't have the Holy Tree's Subtlety skill, so having a 20 second Fade vs 10 second Fade will help a lot in keeping you from pulling aggro. I wish I could get Improved Fade with my holy spec'd priests).
# Vampiric Embrace - 1/1 point
Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow damage you deal for 1 minute.
# Silence - 1/1 point
Silence the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 seconds.
# Shadow Weaving - 5/5
Your shadow damage spells have a 100% change to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow Damage output by 3% and can stack up to 5 times (i.e. up to 15%). Lasts 15 seconds. (Note: The timer resets every time you hit the target with a shadow spell).
# Shadow Reach - 1/5 points
Increases your shadow spell damage by 2%.
Note: If you want the focused casting stuff, you can remove a few points from the added shadow damage talents. I've been debating about getting those myself. It would make it easier to cast Mind Control on people and throw them into the lava in Blackrock Mountain.