08-29-2005, 06:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-29-2005, 07:33 PM by MongoJerry.)
kandrathe,Aug 29 2005, 11:37 AM Wrote:It's a disease curable by shaman, paladins and priests.
In practical terms, shaman's don't dispell it, because they're Horde. Priests don't dispell it, because it requires casting a seperate "Remove Disease" spell which usually isn't on a priest's front hotbar, especially in PvP situations. Plus, the icon for it looks exactly like the Shadow Vulnerability curse that shadow priests automatically cast on people when they hit them with a shadow spell, so most priests don't even realize that they or someone else has been hit with something that they can dispell. SW:Pain's are frequently dispelled while Devouring Plague is almost never dispelled -- even when it's cast on another priest!
The only practical danger is a paladin casting Cleanse, since they don't have to look at the type of the spell to decide to dispell it. Again, however, so often even Paladins don't know to dispell it, because the icon looks the same as a curse. However, I usually reserve using Devouring Plague in small combat situations -- like if it's just me versus a rogue, warrior, hunter, or druid or if it's like 3 on 3 or less, where things are unlikely to be dispelled.
Quote:Yeah, but Devouring Plague sets you back 980 MP per cast, and I'd imagine it's dispellable. Even with a large MP pool, 980 MP is still a lot for something that can just be dispelled.
It's not much more than the cost of a SW:Pain and a Renew combined. It's nice to knock off a 1000+ health on someone and gain a 1000+ health all with an instant cast spell. Plus, if you're shadow spec'd and have Vampiric Embrace, you get healed twice by Devouring Plague -- first by DP itself and then by the 20% healing due to Vampiric Embrace. Trust me, I'm not playing Theorycraft here. I use Devouring Plague all the time and find it to be very useful.
One other thing, too, is that DP is particularly useful for shadowform priests (note: I also used it a lot when I was holy/disc spec), because PW:Shield and Devouring Plague are the only healing spells that shadowform priests can cast on themselves without knocking themselves out of shadowform.