Just because we are putting talent points in Ele doesn't mean we can't melee! Pre-40, we will still play very similar to the hybrid melee/spell caster style of Enhancement. In general, Elemental Mastery is best used with Chain Lightning, because of its high damage, high mana cost, and the fact that all cleaved hits will crit. Abuse this every 3 minutes to obliterate a target. Both spells will hit the target at the same time, and both spells will crit and cost no mana. As soon as it finishes, cast Earth Shock / Frost Shock. Because of spell batching, we can cast 2 spells and have both come under the effect of Elemental Mastery.įirst, activate Elemental Mastery and then cast Chain Lightning. Elemental Shamans have a very special relationship with this spell and the mechanics of Vanilla. When activated, it guarantees that your next damaging spell will crit, as well as makes it cost no mana. RotationĮlemental Shamans will focus much more heavily on Lightning Bolt damage, and as such will play around getting as many LB casts as possible.Įlemental Mastery - the final talent in the Elemental Tree, this is one of the greatest talents in the entire game, especially in Vanilla WoW. If you find a green "of Nature's Wrath" piece, t's likely you'll use it until 60. Rank 4 and higher Lightning Bolt gains 0.857 damage for each 1 spell power, or 1.17 spell power gives 1 damage per cast. That being said, they are by far our best stats as Elemental. Given how rare Spell Power and Spell Crit is on leveling gear, we don't worry about it until much later. Still, it's not worthless as we will still spend some time melee-ing and letting spirit regeneration roll. Because of the time we will spend hard casting, especially post-40, Spirit will not be highly valued. Stamina remains important, but Intellect becomes our best stat.Ĭomparing Intellect to Spirit is a bit easier. Before 40, we will still do a significant amount of melee-ing, so taking Strength, Agility, and Stamina will be beneficial.Īfter level 40, the amount of time we spend melee attacking drops significantly. Int > Stam > Spirit > Str > Agi Conversion Statġ Intellect = 15 Mana + 0.017% Spell Critġ Spirit = 0.5 mp5 after 5 sec rule (0.2 mana every 2 sec)Įlemental Shamans pre-40 will still want to collect all the stats. Before level 40, we will still be auto-attacking often, so Axe Spec and Blood Fury retain their value. Orcs do not offer anything for spellcasting, only stun resist through Hardiness. The extra base stamina doesn't hurt either. Tauren are still the safest pick due to War Stomp. Shamans are a class unique to the Horde, and can be played as Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren.įor Elemental Shamans, Trolls are the winners with Berserking giving you more haste when casting and Beast Slaying adds a lot of value while leveling as you will spend a lot of time killing beasts. Our crit rate will be huge, spell crits will absolutely chunk mobs, and our gear options become much easier with Mail becoming available. Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning will have a 2 sec and 1.5 sec cast time, respectively. Once we hit level 40 however, Elemental takes off. Trying to stack intelligence will also put us in more cloth gear than normal, which is dangerous for Hardcore as we will still need to melee some of the time, especially early game. Shamans also lack CC outside of slows, and our only movement spell, Ghost Wolf, has a long 3 second cast time when untalented. From levels 20 to 40, your bread-and-butter spell, Lightning Bolt, has a long 3 second cast time. Early game, the Elemental specialization is a bit harder to pull off compared to Enhancement.
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