Originally Posted by Rej
Current team is:
Warrior / Warlock / Shad. Priest / Elem. Shaman / Resto Druid
They always burn me down first, and it's always fast. There have been very few games where I've lived to see the end. Even if I hang back and run around trying to keep away, warriors intercept me, Hamstring me, and before I know it I'm dead.
There has got to be a better way. This is supposedly a strong combination to work with. Somehow, I'm just not outputting any damage, usually due to a premature death. I might get off a DoT and perhaps one Fear and Silence before I'm crushed quickly. The Druid is doing his best to root attackers and I'm trying to abuse LOS to stay out of caster fire, but when I'm Crippled or Hamstrung, the run speed is too slow to make a difference.
Ideas? I have almost no experience as a Shadow priest (all my previous years were spent as Holy). What can I do differently?
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As SP it´s really hard I suppose. We also normally burn down SPs first and it´s quite easy in most cases (we run with 3 physical-DDs in 5v5). The only way I survive longer than half a minute in 5v5 (as disc/holy) is with BoP, PainSuppression and good timing with fears and well used insignia (use it the time you´re off your fear-CD and the warri/rogue attacking you isn´t warded against your fear, then you normall have time to get away quite a good deal). Also, focusedWill is really a nice thing to have, the deep-disc gives so much survivability, just awesome. But I really can´t imagine what to do as SP rather than bursting one of the other team down faster than you die. I´d say Pally (due to BoP/BoF) is a must-have for you.
@crimsonsentinel: Against warries shield and resilience is just everything. You need as much resilience as you can get (if he doesn´t crit, it will be hard for the warri to burn down your shield) and the 4-parts-set-bonus of gladiator-gear is also nice to have. As long as you can hold the warri low on rage, you will be free to act the way you want to, you can even manaburn/mc his healer then (you should cast these spells anyways to catch the pummel). But the moment he gets one or two crits on you without shield it can be over quite soon. Also, don´t be shy to use your CDs, it´s too risky in my opinion to wait with desperatePrayer until you´re nearly in execute-range. One stun-procc at 50 % hp might be enough to give you the rest. I mostly use DP at 60 - 80 % to keep myself topped off (against warris).