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Comment by Atala

Been debating with the guild, does this work like a rogue's feint ability or more like mind soothe? I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult to test but if anyone knows I'm curious to find out how this works.

Comment by 12091

Reduces your threat to all enemies within 30yards by 800. It's not like fade as fade only temporarely reduces your aggro, while this is permanent.

Comment by 24541

Shares the same cooldown as Health and Mana Potions, thus severely limiting the uses of this Potion. Perhaps Rogues/DPS Warriors who don't need health pots on bosses without a cleave/AoE damage? Other than that, I don't see it.

Comment by adashiel

No, it's definitely not a waste. Some of these mobs hit cloth so hard you can't afford to take even one shot from them. You use this *before* it's hit you, and so long as you haven't aggroed too hard, it will go back or stay on the tank where it belongs.

It could stand to dump a little more threat, but it can't be too much. The problem is threat meters exist and with them you can effectively micromanage your aggro. Too much of a dump and it would trivialize many encounters.(##RESPBREAK##)2056##DELIM##adashiel##DELIM##

Comment by 27692

Basicly this potion could be what Mages are looking for if only the effect would have ANY impact at all. My fireball can crit for 4K, basicly an 800 decrease of the aggro doesn't make much of a difference. If the mob or boss is melee and you just aggroed just hit the key for your limited invulnerability potion and lay low for a little while.

The only situation where this might have some use is if you just took aggro away with blastwave from several mobs. Then the AoE of the potion may be helpfull. Other then that quite a useless potion in this way.

Comment by 14238

These are indeed worthless potions.

To put it in perspective, 800 threat is the equivalent of approximately 900 damage or 1500 healing (unmodified). Complete waste of a pot cooldown.

Comment by arjung

id rather use this every 2 mins, if im not gonna be usin my mana pot

Comment by haus

With the nerf to shadow priests (silent resolve no longer mitigates shadow spell aggro) will this potion become more needed/viable?

Comment by 18510

What would be a reasonable price for this pot? 9g?

and what fee?.. exalted sporeggar quite sux

Comment by 23203

Supposedly the effect lasts for 10 minutes, even though there is no buff icon on your screen. So a person could use the potion before a boss, and have their potion cooldown back as you begin the pull. For a healer it could be handy when adds are still being locked down and you're having to toss heals quickly, but otherwise 800 value is pretty light as a fight goes on. If the potion were to reduce your threat by 2% it would be far more useful in scaling during a longer fight.

I've had pulls on trash however, where a bow pull is used then I step up to MC an add, and they switch to me even before the cast completes. This potion would be handy there to put me into negative threat, in theory.

Comment by 20144

Copied this from Thottbot ;p

"I can confirm from a GM on Shadowsong Europe that the shrouding potion reduces threat by 800 at a radius of 30 yards. The effect lasts for 10 minutes. No buff icon appears but they are aware of this, you are still recieving the buff."

Meaning, even though it shares a CD, potting this before a boss Fight, your Mana/HP will be off CD by the time they are needed. This is VERY good for all classes not needing the aggro. Ragveil is so easy to farm its unbelievable, and Netherbloom isnt difficult either.

Comment by 38984

does it stack ?

Comment by MoonslayerLB

but remember to be at 30 yards... most ranged dps usually shoot from ranges above that, such as 36 to 40.

Comment by Deadlykris

This will have no effect if used before the boss fight begins, and will have reduced effect if you are under 1500 threat when you use it.

Edited comment to reflect current info and to correct a typo.

Comment by Gutts

this potion doesn't sell,don't farm the recipe.
have atrinket that reduce your threat instead of this potion which shares the cooldown with othe rpots like mana and healing potions.

Comment by 10334

This potion is terrible and so is anyone who uses it.

Comment by Mowsey

Does this potion do anything for pets on you in PvP? Maybe use one when you have some hunter pets on you, then stealth/vanish without any trouble...dunno if this would work this way, and I don't PvP enough to test it.

Comment by 60710

You are all retarded. The debuff it applies to the mob lasts 10 minutes.
If you use this during a fight your threat drops by 800, 10 minutes after using the potion assuming the mob is still alive, you will instantly gain that 800 threat back. Kthx. Now go back to failing at whatever class you play.

Comment by 20928

Have probably been or will be buffed as the description says -1500 threat and not 800.
"Effect #1 Threat
Value: -1500
Radius: 30 yards"

Comment by 48568

This pot is really nice for a raiding warlock. Typically a warlock won't need to use any health/mana pots because of Life Tap + Drain Life, so you'd might as well use a Shrouding Pot to reduce your aggro and give yourself more room for damage.

Comment by 10067

Soulshatter may have a greater effect, but mobs can resist it and it has a 5 minute cool down. The Shrouding Potion, however, has a shorter cool down (2 minutes) and, can not be resisted. for warlocks, they want to carry a few for when Soulshatter is on its cool down timer or it's been resisted.

Comment by 142000

How does one pull agro as a raiding warlock? You have soul shatter, 50% agro drop every 5 min? So unless you go all out in the first minute and get argo then can soul shatter and drop 18,000 agro (20 shadow bolts * 90% * 50% = 18,000 agro). If you need to drop more then that in a boss fight use 2 life taps and a health pot, then cast one more Shadow bolt, it will save your healer some work and you will have less agro.
It can be very usefully if you are a class that does not have a agro drop ablity and your not watch OMEN careful. It can easily be much more effective then a Health pot for a boss fight where 1 sec of agro will kill most DPS classes.

Comment by 40775

many effects like this are affected by salv. for example http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30621

anyone know if this is the same way. ie it will reduce your threat by 1500 x .7 if you have salv on.

Comment by Ansawa

This may be worth experimenting with as a druid healer. I've gotten to the point where I pretty much expect that I'll spend part of an instance "tanking" mobs that got loose. Given this is a permanent and not a temporary threat reduction, it might be well worth trying.

Comment by 172441

any idea if this gets its effect increased by the Alchy stones?

Comment by glacialhawk

This is just confusing now, so many opinions. Does this potion work like an aura, like a permanent Fade, or does it only work for the current combat situation? Is there a duration for this effect?

Comment by Prettypoison

Fun fact, if you try to use this potion at 120, it has the opposite effect and taunts everything near you. Sold at a vendor at Talanji's Rebuke in Zuldazar.

Comment by Kanariya

Shrouding Potion had its effects changed at some point after Patch 8.0.1, and now reduces your detection range by 3 yards (the range enemy mobs will aggro you).

It no longer affects Threat.

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Shrouding Potion

Item Level 26

Use: Shrouds you from nearby enemies so you seem less threatening to them. Ineffective above level 49. (5 Min Cooldown)
Requires Level 23

Max Stack: 200

Sell Price: 50

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This item can be purchased in Boralus , Nazmir , and Zuldazar .

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