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MegaVolt
Use Quartz to counter lag. Always cast. Don't fail at the movement. Do better then any other Elemental Shaman in your guild.
You do not need to top the dps meter. You provide the Totem of Wrath and your guild simply can not go without that (unless they convince a Warlock to go demo which they generally try to avoid).
In case you have a demo Warlock or another elemental Shaman in the raid: Drop a dps fire totem. Searing Totem will increase your dps quite a bit (or Magme Totem for AoE encounters).
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255094
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MegaVolt
Then your raid spot is guaranteed. Unless your raid leader seriously sucks at least. Your SP buff for the raid makes you worth having around even if you did 0 damage on your own.
Glyph of Flame Shock is a minor dps increase over Glyph of Lava as far as I know (since you don't have 2t8). You also have a few items with spirit. That stat is completely wasted for Shamans and you should try to replace those.
But don't expect any wonders from that. It will be at most a 100 dps difference.
Rotation is also fine. You will have a minor dps increase if you use some Chain Lightning instead of LBs but again it will hardly get you more then 100 dps.
You might also want to replace that hit trinket (if you have something better available).
I guess the biggest problem is cast time lost due to lag (more button spamming, use Quartz) or that you have to move too much.
Btw the armory light gives a much better overview:
http://www.armory-light.com/eu/Silvermoon/Rhayne/
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Haxzor
Should i switch my Ensorcelled Nerubian Breastplate for Merlin's Robe, or would that just be a waste?
Merlins robe is BiS
Post by
MegaVolt
It is BiS but the difference is so small that I wouldn't waste tons of money on it. You will in no way come anywhere close to makeing up for the 2k dps you are missing. If you want to min/max and you don't mind spending 5k gold on a Robe to get 20 more dps then fine, go for it. With the next patch (which will make the robe basically obsolete) coming soon I don't recommend it.
Try to get your movement perfected and make sure that you are chaincasting all your spells without any time lost (e.g. due to lag). There seriously is no way for gear to make up for the lacking dps, no matter how many BiS items you get.
Getting your spell timing perfected will have a far greater effect on your dps then and gear change.
Btw which addons are you using? I like Quartz (for cast bars with lag display to properly chain cast stuff) and DoTimers (to be able to perfectly time LB / CL casts so that LvB can be used directly when it comes off cooldown). Going from the standard UI to those two addons might bring as much as 1k dps.
Post by
Modibybob
I've said it before and I'll say it again - we're not supposed to be doing as much DPS as other "pure" DPS classes. 4-4.5k isn't that bad. Remember - you can claim a portion of the DPS from other classes too through your ToW/WF Tot/BL/Ele Oath buffs.
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MegaVolt
I've said it before and I'll say it again - we're not supposed to be doing as much DPS as other "pure" DPS classes. 4-4.5k isn't that bad. Remember - you can claim a portion of the DPS from other classes too through your ToW/WF Tot/BL/Ele Oath buffs.
Which all can be provided by other classes / specs.
Enhancement Shamans will have better totems except for Totem of Wrath which in turn is far inferior to a TotC25 geared demo Warlock. Bloodlust can be brought by any Shaman spec.
To be absolutely honest I don't really see the point in elemental anymore. No unique buffs and weaker dps (bad scaling) then other classes or even specs. I'm currently collecting gear to change my ele spec to enh, I feel to have way more useful raid buffs there and the dps is also better (well, it's supposed to be at least, haven't tried it yet).
That reminds me: Does anyone have the theorycrafting numbers for BiS enhance dps vs BiS elemental dps? I could only find 9.5k for BiS t9 enhance on elitistjerks. The only elemental number there (that I found at least) was still for t8 and it was around 7k back then.
Post by
Modibybob
This is another reason why your DPS will never be as high as other classes (equal gear/skill).
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/27/ghostcrawler-and-the-hybrid-tax/
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MegaVolt
Don't really agree with ya here. Whereas in 25 mans you'd ideally have all the classes and relevant specs represented (no pedants please) and as such the vast majority of an elemental shamans buffs would be provided without them, in 10 mans this certainly isnt the case. On top of that, a lot is made of a well geared demo locks SP buff outshining the ToW, but i've yet to see one thats been higher than an equivalently geared elemental shammy. And on top of that, the flexibility of totem buffs to suit the encounter (tremor, cleansing etc) and the ability to purge and interrupt is certainly not something many other classes can match.
I completely agree there. Bringing a Shaman is awesome. But why have an elemental Shaman around? All those great things (flexible totems, Purge, Wind Shear) are provided by an enhancement Shaman, too. He will even have better totems (20% haste instead of 16%, 15% more str/agil), more buffs (10% AP) and on top of that even more dps (as far as I know, I'd be very happy if someone could post the BiS max dps theorycrafting numbers for elemental so I can compare them to what I found for enhance).
I see a lot of reasons to bring an enhancement Shaman to the raid. I see absolutely no reason to bring an elemental Shaman to the raid, assuming at least one very well geared Warlock is present.
Except of course if ToW will boost the Warlocks DP proc (does it? edit: no it does not, see
here
) or if the Warlocks DP does not have a 100% uptime. But even then the better buffs and dps from enhance might be superior.
Post by
Modibybob
DP raises SP by a percentage, while ToW is a fixed amount (not to mention the crit debuff to mobs)....so unless the casters are INCREDIBLY geared, I don't see DP being superior at all...and what can compare with elemental oath, some kind of boomkin thing?
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MegaVolt
DP raises SP by a percentage, while ToW is a fixed amount (not to mention the crit debuff to mobs)....so unless the casters are INCREDIBLY geared, I don't see DP being superior at all...and what can compare with elemental oath, some kind of boomkin thing?
Any decently geared Warlock will easily have more then 2800 SP, especially raid buffed.
ToC 25 geared Warlocks will have around 4000 SP, meaning their DP gives 400 SP as compared to the 280 from ToW. This is a
major
difference.
Post by
Modibybob
Nevermind, you're right....not sure why the hell I said that...
/retardmoment
Anyways, I like elemental mostly because it's fun as hell and requires alot less moving around.
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