5.4 PTR updates Priest

June 23 2013

Some priest changes, I don't like the Shadowform change, especially since they justify it by PvE reason, which is quite unlogical, since there would be other ways to cancel that dmg reduction in pve.

The 60% Armor is probably not enough, since most classes do either mix damage, or ignore armor in some way.

VT Dispel no longer does an AOE horror.

I believe in this state it will be more interesting to get the PvE 4Pc.

Note : Shadowy recall is the Mastery Procs.

Item - Priest T16 Shadow 2P Bonus (New) Shadowy Recall effects have their critical damage bonus increased by 100%.
Item - Priest T16 Shadow 4P Bonus (New) Each Shadow Orb consumed for Devouring Plague increases the damage of your next Mind Blast, Shadow Word: Death, or Mind Spike cast within 12 sec by 20%.

General
Leap of Faith no longer has a facing requirement.
Talents
Angelic Feather now increases allies' movement speed by 80%, up from 60% and the feathers have a duration of 10 minutes, up from 5 minutes.
Divine Insight for Discipline Priests now has a 100% chance to activate its effect after using Penance, up from 40%.
Twist of Fate damage and healing threshold to activate has been increased to 35%, up from 20%.
Shadow
Shadowform no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.
Class Armor
Restoration PvP 4-piece set bonus is no longer an area-of-effect and only affects the character that dispels Vampiric Touch.

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Talents
Divine Insight for Discipline Priests now has a 100% chance to activate its effect after using Penance (up from 40%), and now displays an effect in the UI when it's active.
From Darkness, Comes Light
Discipline, Holy: Now also has a chance to activate its effect on cast for these following spells; Penance, Circle of Healing, Prayer of Mending, and Prayer of Healing.
Shadow: Now has a 20% chance to activate its effect for Shadow Priests (up from a 15% chance).
Glyphs
Glyph of Purify now causes Purify to heal the target for 5% of their maximum health after successfully dispelling a magical effect or disease (up from 3%).
Glyph of Reflective Shield now causes Power Word: Shield to reflect 70% of the damage absorbed (up from 45%).
Holy
Serendipity no longer displays a spell effect when in the UI when it's active.
Shadow
Shadowform now increases the Priest's armor by 60%, but no longer reduces all damage taken by 15%.

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Small up for feathers, im probably gonna be using them most of the time now.

Glyph of Reflective Shield, gonna be very strong with a 70% reflect.

The up to DI for disc priest is way too much.

In definitive Discs are going to be way too strong in the current state.

FDLC is being upped for both Shadows and Disc, it goes from 15 to 20% chance on VT ticks, and for disc the number of spells it can proc from is widden, it of courses works as well for holies.

Twist of fate also goes from 20 to 35%, definitely a up in pve, not sure in pvp, but the buff is pretty long so it can be a possibility.

Finally small change on Leap of Faith, but to be noted, basically less positioning requirement.