Elemental (56/15/0) by Adori
With the upcoming "love" to Elemental Shamans next patch and the upcoming burst changes I honestly believe we might be able to break out of the funk the spec has had recently. Break out of the niche so to speak we have been stuck in for so long.
I believe with the new changes that there will be very few reasons to sacrifice Thunderstorm for Nature's Swiftness. That being said I think this build will be a staple for many shamans out there for 2s, 3s and 5s
Strengths:
- High survivability with astral shift while being focused.
- Guardian totems with improved range on shocks (30 with gloves/talents) will make shutting down casters much easier to manage.
- Picking up Thunderstorm gives you a huge advantage on Blade's edge and can allow you to posture for position on other maps.
- High crit (high mana efficiency) coupled with high consistent DPS/RNG Burst.
- Ghost wolf provides much higher mobility and coupled with TS can be used very effectively
Weaknesses:
- Limited healing capability (no pushback protection)
- No Healing Grace to protect Heroism (assuming games last more than 40 seconds after the change).
- No Nature's Swiftness for instant on demand burst or heals.
Personal Modifications/Preferences:
The build can be easily modified for 5/5 Reverberation . You will lose Improved Fire Nova Totem which is marginally useful at best(against good players) and 2% hit from Elemental Precision (which can be easily made up through gear). This route is not for everyone as if you are not shocking every single time it's up it is a complete waste. That being said with 30 range Wind Shock and Guardian Totems + 4 piece arena set you can honestly lock a single caster down almost exclusively to short casts or instants.
Glyphs:
- Glyph of Lava (Major)
- Glyph of Flametongue Weapon (Major)
- Glyph of Flame Shock (Major)
- Glyph of Ghost Wolf (Minor)
- Glyph of Water Shield (Minor)
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Comments: | |
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  Kindrek | Jan 10, 2009 - 1:30 PM (HideShow) |
| I'd prefer the call of flames instead of convection I think. Opinions? | |
 Bobsauce | Jan 10, 2009 - 6:55 PM (HideShow) |
| Ive been speccing like this except the 3 points in convection moved to call of flame. | |
| Adori | Jan 10, 2009 - 11:01 PM (HideShow) |
| You could move the 3 points over would hurt mana efficency at bit but this spec is for 3.0.8 (and the survivability change) and at that time I am thinking the games might be lasting a little bit longer and the mana efficency might come more in to play. | |
| Bobsauce | Jan 13, 2009 - 3:00 AM (HideShow) |
| Id think that Unrelenting storm would be better in long matches as far as efficenty any ways. As a shaman you almost always have another class on you and passive mana/5 would outweigh -6% cost on ele spells. | |
 Najagiwanda | Jan 13, 2009 - 8:27 AM (HideShow) |
| I would definately go for call of flame, especially if your already speccing into imporoved fire nova totem etc. The burst you will put out will just be that much better, thus forcing decisions on the opposing team's healers. | |
| Adori | Jan 13, 2009 - 8:27 AM (HideShow) |
| You could put 1 in to unrelenting storm but the other 2 are there in order to get to the 3rd tier of the tree. | |
| Adori | Jan 13, 2009 - 12:46 PM (HideShow) |
| Good teams/players will not let the totems detonate 90% of the time and that other 10% of the time its not the damage people use the totem for its the stun. | |
| Nephrael | Jan 15, 2009 - 12:17 AM (HideShow) |
| I noticed that the tree you presented doesnt quite match with the upcoming spec tree for elemental. I have taken the tree off mmo-champion to show an example of what I think would be a great spec for pvp. [img]http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman=553300150321005132531351000000000000000000000000000051520010000000000000000000&glyph=000000000000[/img] Here's the Break down: *I think for burst purposes, it would be beneficial to keep points in Call of Flame to increase damage with you Lava Burst, of course it's all really preference. *Obviously you will want to put points in the new Elemental Warding (in which now reduces ALL damage taken by 6%) as well as maxing out Astral Shift. This can be done by sacrificing Unrelenting Storm and Elemental Precision. Because the hit cap in Arenas is only 5% (I could be confusing this with the Melee hit cap), there is no need for Elemental Precision. It is much lower than PVE and could easily be achieved in PVP gear. Also, even though Unrelenting Storm is very appealing in anticipating going against long lasting teams, it’s probably not really necessary. Chances are, if your on a burst team the arena itself isn’t going to last long enough for it to be worth while, and also if you keep your water shield up at all times, and totem, you really should be fine, seeing how the mana regen for shamans has seemed to received a small buff this expansion. *In the Enhancement Tree, there are several options you can have. The spec in which you will see in the link can be altered in many ways based on preference. You could keep the 2 points in ghost wolf for a fast get-away (even though you still can be susceptible to being slowed/stunned or dispelled), or if you want to switch it up, you can spec into Elemental Weapons (which some may prefer) for the 30% Spell damage increase with Flametongue for more dmg with burst attacks. Another option is to put points in either Guardian Totems or Improved Shields, depending once again on preference. If there are any other recommendations for | |
| Nephrael | Jan 15, 2009 - 12:27 AM (HideShow) |
| ** If there are any other recommendations for a better PVP spec, or alterations for this spec I have offered, please post! All input is welcome. | |
| Extreke | Jan 15, 2009 - 12:16 PM (HideShow) |
| Unrelenting Storm seems like a must IMO, makes the shammy never go out of mana. Kindove like the restokin and yea like people have mentioned 3 points out of convection for call of flame, why? Because you never go out of mana ^^ Elemental Precision? You don't need 2 points your pvp gear gives enough hit rating to cap 3% being a draenei of course. I think elemental weapons 3/3 is worth it too, that's like what extra 70 spellpower? | |
| Adori | Jan 15, 2009 - 1:28 PM (HideShow) |
| Neph the tree doesn't match up because the talent calc on AJ hasn't be updated for 3.0.8.... I didn't expect it to be posted until 3.0.8 so when it does come around ill get them to fix it then. | |
 Skaterjunk | Jan 24, 2009 - 4:37 PM (HideShow) |
| totem of wrath is a wasted point imo, you will be using fire nova totem alot, as well as searing VS another shaman.. so no time for it to be down | |
 Shampoo | Feb 2, 2009 - 4:25 PM (HideShow) |
| Update this build please >.< | |
| Orofell | Feb 24, 2009 - 5:00 PM (HideShow) |
| Skaterjunk has a point: I would say either go for the AoE Fire Nova Stun or get ToW. Yes, you could rotate these totems quite easily, but to be honest in 5v5 I'm quite sure you could better use your time DPSing as opposed to rotating totems. I'll have to try it to find out what I like best, but thanks for some ideas on speccing. Now, if you could update it with some new ideas, I'd love to take another look. | |
 Mephysthor | Mar 26, 2009 - 1:28 PM (HideShow) |
| How about using glyph of hex, glyph of stoneclaw totem and glyph of wrath in the upcoming patch? Any ideas? | |
| Mephysthor | Mar 26, 2009 - 7:50 PM (HideShow) |
| And how about this spec: http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman=05330015232110513223313510050520310000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000&glyph=000000000000&version=9733. | |
| Bromance | Mar 30, 2009 - 12:55 PM (HideShow) |
| One of the more popular 3.1 specs (there can be some slight variation in Enhancement). This is probably what I will spec, although my arena skills need work :( http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman=05330015232103513220313510240520310000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000&glyph=221526060207&version=9733 | |
| Baalshem | Apr 8, 2009 - 12:28 AM (HideShow) |
| Well, i suggest this one for 3.1: http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?shaman=05330015232103513220313510240520310000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000&glyph=221526060207&version=9733 | |
 Whényøudie | May 27, 2009 - 1:03 AM (HideShow) |
| WTB clefable post... http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=The+Underbog&n=Clefable 1st 1st ele is all i know atm... | |
| Kickinwayne | May 31, 2009 - 6:45 AM (HideShow) |
| I deny these Glyphs and this tree, No call of Flames? no Stone claw(Major Glyph),Fire Nova(Major),Hex(Major) these glyphs should be the ones used,No points in Elemental Weapons?None in Earth's grasp, Why is there 5 points in Ancestral knowledge should be 3 check out http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Destromath&n=Kickinwayne Link to my armory. | |
| Equlicer | Oct 16, 2009 - 9:16 PM (HideShow) |
| hey guys:P what do u think about this spec?? its might a bit clumsy and NOT concidered but i am playing with it and i think its fine:P i would like to have an advice atm i am rolling with glyph of stoneclaw totem, glyph of flame chock, and glyph of lava... i really like the survivability, my burst isnt like THAT imba but its fine =) | |
| Equlicer | Oct 17, 2009 - 8:57 AM (HideShow) |
| hey:P what do u think about this spec?? i am using my glyph of lava(major) glyph of stoneclaw totem (major) and glyph of flameshock (major) please try i out and tell me what u think | |
| Equlicer | Oct 17, 2009 - 9:00 AM (HideShow) |
| http://eu.wowarmory.com/talent-calc.xml?c=Shaman | |
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