Let’s assume that a crit doubles the damage (in fact it multiplies the damage by 1.5 and then multiplies that by 1.4 because of ignite - we assume only one spell is cast so no interaction with other spells - 1.5 x 1.4 = 2.1 so in fact crit is actually a bit better than just doubling the damage). Jun 24, 2016 Spell damage = Mana (Int.) The more damage you do, the less nukes you have to cast, aka the more mana you save. There's a tipping point there somewhere, but that will change depending on what level you are so it's not even worth theorycrafting. Baasically, after level 30, Spell damage becomes much more valuable, and maybe a tad earlier for frost. Dreamweave Vest - Level 40 - +21 Spell Damage - Same as the Dreamweave Gloves. Total: +112 Spell/Frost Damage which adds + 97 to your Frostbolt. This increases damage from 227-248 to 324-345 which is around a 40% increase in DPS. The level 44 Frostbolt only does 292-317 damage. 'Spell Power' redirects here. For the former Mage talent, see Spell Power (mage talent). Spell power is an attribute that increases the effect of spells. Spell power increases the damage amount of damaging spells and the healing amount of healing spells. Prior to Patch 3.0.2, the attribute known as spell damage would only increase the effects of damaging spells. Healing spells were only.

The WoW Classic beta is here! In some ways, it feels like WoW Archivist is becoming unnecessary. Soon we will all be living in a world whereWoW Classicis fully playable, and in time perhaps, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King too. It’s amazing to think about.

Currently, however, Classic is level capped, so we can’t experience most of the game. There’s so much to look forward in the Classic experience: endgame dungeons like Blackrock and Dire Maul, the old Alterac Valley, opening the Gates of Ahn’Qiraj, legendary weapons like Sulfuras and Thunderfury, class-specific mount and weapon questlines (for some), the challenging “Tier 0.5” quests, and so much more.

Most exciting of all, we’ll be doing all of that with the Classic version of classes: their original talent trees and their original collection of spells. We’ve lost so many amazing things from our Classic spellbook. Here are my picks for the best spells for each class that will “return” in Classic.

Druid: Insect Swarm

Few spells have so perfectly captured function with fantasy as Insect Swarm. This talent not only did damage over time, but also increased the target’s chance to miss with melee or ranged attacks. It makes sense: if you were getting pincushioned by bees, you’d have a hard time hitting anything. This debuff was a nice bonus to your tank’s survivability against any boss with a melee attack, which in Classic was almost all of them.

Insect Swarm was originally the 11-point talent in the Restoration tree, where it felt a little odd, but it was moved to Balance in patch 2.0. Blizzard removed the chance to hit debuff in Wrath. Swarm later became a baseline spell in Cataclysm but it was removed from the game in Mists.

Hunter: Eyes of the Beast

WoW Classic was a lot more dangerous than the modern version. Open world enemies were far more difficult. Dungeons were outright scary at times, with lots of patrols moving around and all those trash mobs rapidly respawning behind you. Some raids even featured patrolling bosses.

If you wanted to know what was around a corner or you needed a failsafe way to pull something, Eyes of the Beast was your best friend. Combined with Feign Death, Hunters could pull anything with little risk to themselves or their group. If anything went wrong, you’d let your pet die, Feign, and reset it all.

For this reason, Hunters were the premier pullers in raid groups, especially in chaotic environments like Molten Core. Pulling Baron Geddon into Garr’s room with Eyes of the Beast was the standard way to start the encounter.

Plus, it was just fun to take control of your pet for a while. There was also a way to leave a flight path in midflight with the spell, but this was an unintended use and Blizzard patched it out pretty early in Classic.

Mage: Amplify and Dampen Magic

These two buff spells were functional opposites. Amplify Magic increased healing taken but also increased damage taken from spells. Dampen Magic decreased healing taken but also decreased damage taken from spells. The two spells embodied the class fantasy of a Mage with control over the very essence of magic itself.

These weren’t spells that you used for every encounter, but their niche uses were very helpful. Mages enjoyed using them strategically when an encounter could really benefit, such as buffing everyone with Amplify with the boss only did physical damage. Mages also made good use of these spells in PVP. Dampen was great when you were solo questing on a PVP realm. Amplify was handy when fighting a physical class with a healer nearby.

It was quite a pain to buff an entire 40-player raid when needed. However, that was true of most buff spells when WoW first launched. Blizzard never added a raid-wide version of the spell like they did for Arcane Brilliance and other essential buffs. Both spells were removed in Cataclysm.

Paladin: Divine Intervention

For some players, Divine Shield and Divine Intervention were the two biggest reasons to play a Paladin — it certainly wasn’t the compelling “buff everyone, heal for a little bit, and then buff everyone again” gameplay of Classic. Divine Intervention, like so many of the spells on this list, was perfect class fantasy — the Paladin gave his or her life to save a comrade. The spell granted total immunity for 3 minutes, but the target was unable to cast spells or move. This seems a bit useless at first glance, but in practice it was a lifesaver.

The most common use was for a Paladin to use it on a healer when the raid was about to wipe. The healer with the shield couldn’t be attacked, so when everyone else was dead, the boss would reset. The healer could then click off the DI buff and resurrect the rest of the raid. Given how fast trash liked to respawn in Classic, this was a big deal.

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DI was also a handy spell to prevent a tank or healer from dying, which could mean the difference between victory and a 1% wipe. In battlegrounds, DI could help your team stall and wait for help.

You didn’t get to use it very often in Classic. The cooldown was a whopping 60 minutes. DI was another casualty of Cataclysm, but to be fair, Blizzard had pretty good reason to remove it. It often caused bosses to wig out and fail to reset properly, and DI was directly responsible for some regrettable exploits.

Priest: Priest racials

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It’s hard to pick just one for Priest. Divine Spirit single-handedly made Discipline Priests desirable in raids, but it wasn’t that exciting to use. The most interesting thing about Priests in Classic was that every race of Priest had two race-specific Priest spells. Dwarves and Humans both had Desperate Prayer, but all the others were unique to the race.

Of these, the most fun were the Forsaken’s Devouring Plague — which was great for solo questing and PVP and later became a Shadow spell for all Priests — and Night Elves’ Starshards — which had a sweet Elune-style visual effect. The most desired racial in raid groups was the Dwarf spell Fear Ward. Many Classic bosses loved to fear the tanks, sending them out of position and making them vulnerable to attacks they couldn’t parry. Fear Ward was so important that Blizzard gave the spell to all priests in The Burning Crusade.

Blizzard eventually ditched the idea of Priest racials. Players usually didn’t figure out that they chose the “wrong” race for priest until they tried to join a raid guild at level 60. You couldn’t just buy a race change back then. You had to start over from scratch. It was a feels-bad moment for sure.

It would be amazing if Blizzard brought this concept back, either to Priests alone or to all classes, now that race changing is easi