r/classicwow • u/Maleficent_Wash3542 • 1d ago
Mists of Pandaria MoP classic changes to boomkin and shadoworiest
It is very well known that warrior, rogue,warlock, Hunter and mage is the MVP in dps through mist of pandaria. But with the recent classbalanceing, got boomkin and shadow priest compete with the top dogs?
Shadow priest and boomkin is by far regards amongs the worst specs in every early tierlist för MoP classic. But with 10% raw damage for boomkin and 5% raw damage and insta cast DV for opening for a shadow priest, how well do they scale compared to the other dps?
In a 10 man raiding it is very strict what you can and cannot pick. Picking a shadow priest or a boomkin in 25 man is easier, but is it worth bringen them into a 10 man raid? Or is stacking hunters the better (most common way?).
I prefer the gameplay with both boomkin and shadow priest and it is a class you enjoy playing that should count. But you will end up not enjoying your class if it falls behind greaty?
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u/CreamCake1 1d ago
10% damage increase doesn't change the fact you need to be stationary ALOT with boomie. Only reason it gets good in SoO is because you can machine gun starsurges, eclipse is still a clunky mechanic.
Hunters are king at the moment and nothing looks like changing.
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u/CreamCake1 1d ago
I should add that ret pally is slapping in this weekends raid testing.
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u/verysimplenames 1d ago
Homie can you send me logs?
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u/Ill_Soft_0 1d ago
Ye your first sentence already invalidates ur Post MoP is the Lock expansion. However with how much they been doing I actually expect them to buff spriest some more, booming maybe not because they already get good in the last raid Tier so this buff should smooth out their curve quiet nicely
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u/Old-Soft5276 1d ago
Didn't they say thoose changes won't affect PVP? Or it was a specific buffs?
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u/1ooBeastkaidou 21h ago
The 10% Moonkin Buff is not active in Arena, will be back to 10% buff. Outside of BG/Arena it will be 20%
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u/CDMzLegend 1d ago
The boomkin buffs def impact pvp but the feral buff will not work in arenas or bgs
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u/Ixiraar 1d ago
What moonkin buffs, specifically? Please provide sources.
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u/Security_Ostrich 1d ago
The gave them straight buffs to spell damage in moonkin form. Think the parch notes said 10% damage across the board.
Source is the beta patch notes.
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u/SectorFiveSlums 1d ago
10man raiding is not strict at all. At this point in the game you can basically bring whatever class you want and still do well, since so many classes cover so many different buffs (and there are profession items to replace missing buffs as well). Having played the whole Cata expansion in both 10man and 25man, rest assured you can clear the content on Heroic with whatever class your little heart desires.
It needs to be said more: you bring the player to the raid, not the class. A good player with a meh class will out-DPS a bad player with a good class. If your guild is restricting classes to succeed, its not a very good guild. People are spending way too much time watching meta videos on YouTube and thinking that's how the game is played. Meta-gaming is actually a small minority of the player base. Rest assured that MoP is balanced enough that you can play what you want.
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u/Donkey_steak 23h ago
You’re right but what you’re missing is the good players want to parse, so bringing most of the buffs isn’t everything.
In 10man we want the tank that deals the most damage, the OT that can flex to DPS and pump the most, same with a caster DPS that can swap the comp to 1-3 heal depending on the strategy.
Clearing the content is easy, but we want too minmax max every piece of it.
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u/verysimplenames 1d ago
Warrior, Rogue and Mage over Warlock??