Talbadar: coL.Red is our biggest threat

Arena Pwnage player Rodney Ryan "Talbadar" Pare sees the upcoming changes for Shadow Priest positive. In an interview with MLGPro.com, he talks about his class, multi-classing and of course the upcoming Blizzard North American Regionals.

- "Overall, we have a good shot at Regionals. There are 3-4 matches where we have a firm advantage over comps unless they try to sneak in something different against us. There are very few comps, if any, which are impossible wins for our play style," says Talbadar. "There aren't any teams that have a clear distinct advantage, but our wizard cleave variation versus that of Complexity Red's wizard cleave variation seems slightly in their favor. They are going to be our biggest threat."

- "For Shadow Priests, the new changes to intellect will give them a solid advantage over most casters. Their mana drains quickly but recovers much faster as their mana becomes higher. By stacking the new spell power stat: intellect, Shadow Priests will be able to rely more heavily on crit. Of course, life grip is going to be one of the best abilities in Cataclysm when it is released," says Talbadar to MLGPro.com.

He also cover tihs thoughts on what it is like playing a Shadow Priest now compare to three seasons ago, over The Burning Crusade.

- "The biggest troubles Shadow Priests had in TBC were mobility and mana. With the opening of WotLK, I was definitely not impressed with how the Shadow spec was looking. I'm sure I could have played it and achieved some decent ratings, but the changes in 3.3 were a huge help," says Talbadar.

- "Haste became a huge factor for all casters in the game, while Shadow was still stuck with crit as their only option to keep up. As soon as the patch hit, I went back to my old roots. With haste becoming a major factor for Shadow, it became a much more enjoyable and better arena spec than others."

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