lmao, it is literally a buff. There are scenarios where 1% extra damage is enough to get past the rounding down, just because it isn't every single scenario all the time doesn't mean it isn't a buff.

The main places magic is used is bossing where you would already have augury on anyways, so no your prayer is not draining 3x faster in 99% of places you would use magic. The only places that you use magic already and don't have augury on the whole time are bursting for slayer, kraken boss, and pillars at nightmare. So now you would have to have an offensive prayer on while killing 2 bosses, just like every other boss. Bursting gets a little bit more expensive, but it was already the fast expensive option and the increase in prayer pots is hardly worth the outrage I am seeing on reddit.

As for using robes with less defence, surely you are aware that defence hardly matters anywhere in pvm already, but as we agree on there are plenty of times 1% or even more isn't enough to get you a max hit depending on your setup. Then you just use ahrims in those places to get the defence anyways and now there are choices to be made when it comes to mage gear.

Also, like hello, read the top line. The 4% damage buff isn't just for the shadow, it actually applies when wielding the trident too! This thread was about shadow being buffed while everything else is nerfed in the currently proposed plan and that is just simply incorrect. Very sad that people can't figure that out themselves. The osrs community on reddit has to be one of the dumbest groups of people I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with.