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The Cataclysm Shockadin Guide!
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Post by
Synectics
Just finally tried Shockadins in a serious manner today. Gotta say... I'm deeply, DEEPLY in love. There's something about being a healer who is also capable of dealing damage that I just love, and Shockadins fit the bill tenfold.
Will finally be combing through all the info here to help maximize myself. I started with mostly 200 blues, and was able to pull 2.5k through an instance, racking up to 4k on bosses. Got some new pants from ICC on an off-spec roll and the necklace from the invasion bosses. Along with some new gems, I popped to 4.8k on a boss.
Hoping to bust 5k on a single target soon! :)
Post by
Arannia
Good job, glad you're enjoying the spec. :)
Post by
Synectics
Something I wanted to point out: The glyph of Exorcism DOES roll. My cast time on Exorcism right now is down to 1.15 seconds, and I've noticed the DoT continuously ticking every 2 seconds on dummies -- ticking sometimes in the middle of my cast, or near the end, or at the beginning, as they eventually overlap.
It seems to benefit from the same mechanics as other DoTs (notably, Shadow Priests), in that you can't "clip" the DoT's damage by re-applying it before it actually ticks.
EDIT: Just noticed that Speed of Light is bugged as well. It's DEFINITELY affecting Exorcism. It's taking my Exo cast from 1.15 or something down to 0.9. And more than that, it's not using up the buff -- meaning that the 30% buff stays up even after casting Exo, and will run it's full duration. This means keeping Holy Shock on cooldown is quite a DPS boost for me right now, as it keeps Exo at a very short cast time.
Also -- didn't just hit my goal, but blew it away. Nailed 6.4k on a boss.
Post by
Jessicat
Just wanted to say thank you for posting this guide. I'd been curious about playing a Shockadin ever since 4.01 hit (I didn't get to toy with it much in BC unfortunately, and I wasn't sure where to find any advice on playing a Shockadin); and I've been unsure about a handful of talents and glyphs, so this really helped me.
However, I was also wondering if anyone had an idea of the minimum resilience I would want to aim for, should I decide to build up a resilience set? Any and all advice on that is much appreciated.
Post by
blademeld
EDIT: Just noticed that Speed of Light is bugged as well. It's DEFINITELY affecting Exorcism. It's taking my Exo cast from 1.15 or something down to 0.9. And more than that, it's not using up the buff -- meaning that the 30% buff stays up even after casting Exo, and will run it's full duration. This means keeping Holy Shock on cooldown is quite a DPS boost for me right now, as it keeps Exo at a very short cast time.
Lovely.
Post by
Synectics
Lovely.
Disco Priests have always had this bug too, with
Borrowed Time
. For some reason, Penance gains the spell haste of the buff, but doesn't use up the buff. Means you can get off a hasted Penance, and then a hasted Flash Heal / Greater Heal etc. At least, they did in 3.x. Dunno if that still exists in 4.0.
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Post by
Arannia
A little? A huge one.
Post by
Rouen
I wonder if certain haters will start to eat their words :)
I thought of you and your guide when I first saw the big Exorcism buff.
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Post by
Arannia
Its a shame that in cata, this bug will be fixed. I base this off the fact that the talent calc shows a diff version of SoL
Yes, but Exorcism gets/got buffed, so it'll still do the same/more DPS. Only now, we won't need to keep SoL up to maintain Exorcism nuking, and so can save Holy Shock for healing or nuking on the run.
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Post by
Synectics
In the newest build, HS NERFED IN HALF. CURSE YOU GHOST CRAWLER.
Doesn't matter. I queue up as DPS in my Shockadin build anyway, so I won't be using Holy Shock at all. :P
Post by
Arannia
Am considering renaming the entire thing to "Exorcist". Holy Shock isn't even used offensively, in most situations, now!
EDIT: Scratch that. You need it to keep up Inquisition.
CURSE YOU GHOST CRAWLER.
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Synectics
EDIT: Scratch that. You need it to keep up Inquisition.
CURSE YOU GHOST CRAWLER.
Perhaps the "Inquisitor" spec? :p
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Post by
pezz
Your DPS is already as high as it can possibly be if your Exo cast time is below one second.
In PvP, less time to get knock backed and/or spell locked is good, but other than that reducing Exo's cast time below 1 second isn't useful.
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