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A (Pre-WotLK) Shaman FAQ
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Hey gogo, can you add a guide to restoring destroyed totems. I've had 3 different shaman ask me how to do that for the last few days because they "accidentally" destroyed their totems.
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I've been playing WoW for a good amount of time now, and my main is currently a 56 shaman, and i still found this forum to be helpful! it gave me new perspectives on some totems and spells, and even specs. I just want to add that if you're camping someone, it's always fun to "run away" and use far sight if they're dead and won't rez .
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Hello!
I'm pretty sure this is a dumb question but I'm kinda new here so sorry.
Why does a shaman want a slow weapon? I've caught wind that it has something to do with Windfury's proc? Is that correct?
Also is there a break even point where the weapon gets too slow that the procs dont happen often enough to make up for it?
Lastly, I currently use Rockbiter on one weapon and Windfury on the other. Is this best or should I have windfury on both?
Thanks so much for the help!
Awesome thread btw ;o)
In reply to your question utkroxy,
I quote, straight from the
Shaman: Enhancement - Elitist Jerks Theorycraft
webpage:
"Weapon Speeds play an important role in maximizing DPS from Windfury procs. The goal is to chain WF procs every 3 seconds, as soon as each cooldown ends. Both the OH and the MH need to be as slow as possible to achieve this(they do not need to be matched in speed, just as slow as you can get it). The idea is to reduce the number of swings made during the time that windfury is on cooldown. Since the cooldown is 3 seconds, weapons speeds are preferred to be close to that speed, generally this means 2.6 - 2.8 under current itemization. The idea is that a faster weapon would proc a WF, and then strike again within the cooldown window, which means that windfury would exit cooldown and your weapon would still be on some significant portion of its swing timer, unable to proc another WF.
Many shaman will correctly use a slow MH weapon but use a fast OH such as a dagger, generally because its easier to find fast OHs than slow ones. This combination however means that your OH is much more likely to be the first one to hit outside of a WF cooldown and will "steal" the potential chance to proc, placing your main hand on lockdown. In order to maximize the potential for MH procs the OH needs to be as slow as possible."
If you goto the website, you will see a graph illustrating what has been quoted above.
Shaman: Enhancement - Elitist Jerks Theorycraft
And yes, Windfury MH/Windfury OH will yield greater dps than Windfury MH/Rockbiter OH. However, if you wish, you can also try Windfury MH/Flametongue OH, it is said to yield a significant amount of dps also.
*edit: "also" typo, / between weapon imbues*
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I'm going to have to do more updates on my EJ TTT entry too.
Oh the joy of patches. /sigh
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I vote that we dub this thread A Shaman FAQ Pre-WotLK and stick it into the archives... and start a new, fresh FAQ!
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