The Agonist is a serious death dealer which can maim your enemies and protect your allies.  Trion listed the Defiler soul as a healing soul, however, this soul has much more potential than just being a healing soul.  By combining the Defiler and Cabalist souls, this spec reeks of death, and your tank will thank you after that huge pull.

Agonist Spec purpose:  Solo, AoE Damage, and tank/group damage reduction.

Fans of the various Cleric DPS specs have been hoping for improvements for a while now. Many players had hoped that Storm Legion would finally fix all of the scaling issues that tended to affect the pure DPS specs, but certain callings are already falling quite a bit behind the curve. The good news? Kervik, who seems to have taken over the reins of communicating on the forums with the Cleric community, has taken note of the issue and will be looking at Cleric DPS soon. Here is what he had to say:

Originally posted by Kervik (Source)

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Hey all,

There are plans to take a look at cleric dps soon, particularly the Shaman’s. I’ll update you all when I have a better idea on what, if any, changes are in store. More feedback on what you all are seeing on live is always welcome though.

If you’d like to offer feedback in the way of posting raid logs and whatnot, this thread seems to be a decent place for providing Trion with Shaman feedback.

Like Rogue and Warrior players, Cleric players have been anxiously awaiting our Storm Legion soul unveil. Some Cleric players are more excited about the announcement of the incoming fixes and changes to our current souls than the unveiling of the shiny, new soul (Defiler!). That alone should tell the community that something is amiss about the current state of Clerics. And there certainly is– when it comes to Cleric DPS.

For quite a few major patches now, we’ve seen Band-Aid fixes of sorts, where numbers are tacked on to Mien of Aggression, certain abilities, and well, that’s about it. Mien of Aggression itself is half the problem, since we’re dependent on it for DPS. And even with it, our DPS scaling constantly falls behind. Clerics need a true overhaul to really be competitive on the DPS playing field. Yesterday, Zinbik, RIFT’s Cleric Lead, admitted just that.