New Kyrian Shaman Covenant-Specific Legendary in Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38709 - Shaman Guide Writers Review Effects

PTR Pubblicato 24/05/2021 alle 19:47 da Jaydaa

The Kyrian Covenant-Specific Legendary for Shaman9.1 PTR build 38709

Our Guide Writers and Experts have given their thoughts on the Patch 9.1 PTR Class Changes and new Legendaries for Build 38709. Check out all of our released opinion articles for the build below.

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NEW (Kyrian) When all charges of Vesper Totem are consumed, Vesper Totem will radiate one final 15 yd burst of (200% of Spell power) Arcane damage and (220% of Spell power) healing.
Inventory Type: Legs, Feet

Writer Opinions & FeedbackElemental Shaman Writer Opinion & FeedbackEarthshrineStorm, Earth, & LavaTwitterWhile each of the Shaman covenant specific legendaries up to this point had felt underwhelming for Elemental, much of that was due to the strength of current legendaries and there were at least potential scenarios where we could see use in the future, due to moderate buffs or potential synergy later in the expansion if we get the ability to use 2 legendaries at once. Sadly, none of this is true (outside of potentially buffing the numbers to absurd levels) for the new Kyrian Shaman Legendary, Vortice del Vespro Furioso.

This legendary requires that you utilize 3 GCDs for non-dps spells while Totem del Vespro is active, as it requires that all charges be used. In a best case single-target scenario, where you lose ~2.25 Dardo Fulminantes in exchange for this pulse, it's a dps loss (213.75% SP lost vs 200% SP gained) before you even begin to account for the Maelstrom lost or accounting for our Mastery which does not benefit Totem del Vespro. In a best cast AoE scenario, where you'd lose ~2.25 Catena di Fulminis instead for that pulse, it's a little more forgiving before you account for Maelstrom or Mastery procs lost (142.875% SP lost per target, vs 200% SP gained per target) but you lose far more Maelstrom in AoE and that Maelstrom is more valuable per point.

As it stands, without significant buffs to the numbers, this legendary looks to be a dps loss to use. Furthermore, it won't be able to compete with the powerful legendary options that Elemental already has, unless the numbers are buffed to relatively absurd levels. This legendary concept, while kind of cool and thematic to the covenant ability, has little-to-no avenue to seeing significant use on live servers. If we change covenants to Kyrian in 9.1, it is very unlikely that it'll have anything to do with Vortice del Vespro Furioso.
Enhancement Shaman Writer Opinion & Feedback

This guide is written by Wordup, a long-time Enhancement player and moderator on the Shaman Discord server, Earthshrine. I've played every iteration of Enhancement since Sunwell, and played in Echoes on Laughing Skull (EU) since Warlords of Draenor. You can catch me on Twitter, or in Discord if you have any guide related questions!

Kyrian - Vortice del Vespro Furioso

Unfortunately while Kyrian may be on the rise for Enhancement in 9.1 due to the new Soulbinds, this Legendary really isn't it, which is a shame considering the synergy this could have had with Mikanikos' new Acceleratore d'Animum Effusivo trait, if it was interesting. The power itself requires you to trigger all 3 damage AND healing charges to detonate, and doing so is very expensive when not needed for utility/offhealing. On top of that, the detonation is lower value than the Arma del Maelstrom spenders you'd be displacing to get it to pop, meaning it effectively operates at a damage loss in most cases considering the GCD and resource investment needed.

All that combined means that while Kyrian is likely going to be a bit more enticing to Enhancement players come 9.1, this Legendary is going to play absolutely no part in that and I can't see any situation where it would be used right now. Given the other 3 Covenant Legendary choices have been pulled directly from Torghast, it's a real shame that the one ability that had potentially interesting powers that could potentially compete with some of the already very strong Enhancement powers in some niche circumstances dodged getting those, and got this instead.
Restoration Shaman Writer Opinion & FeedbackBDGDiscord ServerShaman Class DiscordTwitchTwitterVortice del Vespro Furioso seems pretty awkward to me. As clarification, the stated burst healing is per target and hits up to 6 targets, so its pretty much a bigger and stronger Nubifragio that also does damage. To activate the burst you have to use all 3 healing charges and all 3 damage charges of Totem del Vespro, which means that there is some coordination involved. If you reactively place down Totem del Vespro and use up all the healing charges, you'll have to use 3 damage spells before the totem expires or you simply won't get any effect from the legendary. When there's incoming damage, you could place it early and get the damage out first, but that also means keeping track of how many spells you have used and likely having to relocate the totem as a long time will pass between placing Totem del Vespro down and the Vortice del Vespro Furioso5 burst happens. While you should be trying to get damage out whenever possible, actually having to spend time on damage spells to get a healing benefit does not seem great. The main positive point is that it does both damage and healing, something that other available legendaries don't quite offer.

I think regardless of how the tuning ends up working out, the already existing legendaries are much less of a hassle, but it should do fine throughput if well executed. Vortice del Vespro Furioso won't impact covenant choice as it's not really interesting enough.

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