Let us start by looking at Priests. Without a doubt, Blizzard has always considered Shadow to be a PVE tree about
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This still left certain talents such as improved fade, spirit tap, shadow affinity etc. completely useless in a PVP environment, but players were still happy that they could still shine when played correctly. But nothing changed the fact that it was really pure luck that allowed the tree to still be effective. Now, with 3.1, Shadow has seemingly been changed in a way that it will be potentially effective in both PVP and PVE about
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