Shadow Priest Two-piece tier 13

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The two-piece tier 13 bonus appears, at first blush, to be pretty good. It's a pretty strong buff to Shadow Word: Death, and ... well, I'll just let Blizzard tell you:
At first blush, this is pretty cool. After all, we learned last week that one of the biggest complaints shadow priests have about their spec is the damage they take from using Shadow Word: Death. This bonus would eliminate it entirely -- and buff damage, to boot! No more worrying that those choices SW: D crits will wind up killing you.
Should this bonus go live, shadow priests everywhere will get a lot more mileage out of their SW: D casts. Already, most priests use the spell whenever it's off cooldown, provided the target is below 25% health (and provided, of course, it's safe to do so). This bonus just makes it that much more of a slam dunk to do so, making it totally safe.
Immediately, though, this bonus got a lot of shadow priests thinking, "Wait, what impact wills this have on Shadow Word: Death's mana return?" We don't know 100% for sure, but the preliminary answer probably isn't what you're hoping for.
The mechanism by which Shadow Word: Death returns mana is called Masochism. The tooltip says, and I quote:
When you take a damaging attack equal to or greater than 10% of your total health or damage yourself with your Shadow Word: Death, you instantly gain 10% of your total mana.
The wording "or damage yourself with Shadow Word: Death" suggests that the two-piece tier 13 bonus will eliminate Shadow Word: Death's ability to return mana. For a lot of you, that's a deal breaker -- there are certainly fights in tier 12 where the ability to get mana back is invaluable. (Specifically, I'll highlight the Shannox fight -- a shadow priest can easily go OOM by multi-DOTing without occasional use of SW: D.) others of you will point out that there are plenty of fights in Firelands where mana isn't an issue, even without using SW: D. that's a fair point, too, and certainly accurate.
It's hard to tell how much of a negative the removal of SW:D's mana refund mechanism will be without knowing whether or not said mechanism is going to be needed in tier 13. New gear means higher intellect stat, and a higher intellect stat means shadow priests will be enjoying large mana pools.Maybe infinitely large.
Bottom line: Blizzard is aware that having to stand around and attack the bad guys with wands isn't a fun way to play. If this particular tier 13 bonus goes live, you should expect that the developers have decided that the mana return mechanism of SW: D isn't going to be needed in this tier of raiding. Honestly, I might miss it -- I liked the idea that mana pools weren't infinite but that we were simultaneously given a tool to manage the amount of mana regen we enjoy.

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