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I can most certainly add it in, if you like. However, I generally believe that we'd need a bit more spell damage than we have to make anything in the Elemental tree really worth it.
But if I see some outpouring of people asking me to put it in, I most certainly will.
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rayford
Mana per 5. Its how much mana you regen every 5 seconds while you're casting.
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When we were prepping for Kara raids, we had all of our spell DPS sit at at least 50 spell hit rating. Anything else is a bit of a bonus. I'm a firm believer in having a bit more, since Elemental Shammies get a bit of a nice boost from Clearcasting. So more is better, IMO. But having around 50 hit will do ya well.
So, upon further evidence, with all of the talents available to an Elemental Shammy, all you really need is 30-40 hit rating, which should yield about 3% hit. Anything else is waste.
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rayford
I'd go Enhancement, with something like
this
. However, thats just where I'd put my points. Since you won't have DW, you'll probably end up using a 1h and shield, hence the shield spec. You can, of course, put them in Ancestral Knowledge.
But regardless, go to town and enjoy. ( :
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juzzle
980 mana every 2 minutes.
5/5 Totemic Focus saves you 245 mana every 2 minutes, which is 10mp5. For 5 talent points.
I don't call that a good investment.
this may end up as 10 mp5 in pve but in pvp when you are spamming tremor totem and grounding totem it makes a big difference
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jstncmrn
Here's a question for you. How do you solo while specced elemental?
Without pushback resistance, once a mob closes to melee range, I run into trouble. At max range, I have about enough time to get off two Lightning Bolts and a Frost Shock before the mob is in melee range. After that, using LB becomes impractical unless Eye of the Storm procs. Is it worthwhile for an elemental shaman to do some melee damage while soloing? If so, what kind? Should I stick with a 2.6 weapon and WF, switch to Frostbrand (which gets a benefit from +spell), or give up the shield and use a 2-hander?
Focusing on melee seems like kind of a waste since you're missing key stats (AP, agility, etc).
I don't have that much of a problem soloing as elemental spec. Unless I'm fighting 3+ mobs at once, the spell pushback isn't horrible enough that I can't still smoke them--I normally don't take more damage than a LHW can remedy once the fighting is over. I'll usually toss a flame shock into my rotation to do a little DoT as well. Also, if you're Tauren, a warstomp is always nice to give you enough time to pull off a CL.
If I
really
feel like I've bitten off a little more than I can chew, I'll drop my imp on a stick or a magma totem; let the totem do the damage while you spam LHW on yourself. In dire situations (e.g. I
will
die if I don't do something drastic) I won't hesitate to drop my fire elemental totem. Blowing the cooldown kinda sucks, but if you're regularly needing an elemental while soloing then there are more serious issues at hand.
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