4.3 is it good or not ?

[damien50]

seeing a couple of possible specs for 4.3 pvp for enha and ele

enha

http://wowtal.com/#k=DcsfIl3n1.bqj.shaman.eaJRPd

im seeing this as the only truly viable enhancement spec since windshear will have such a big cool down now, the 4.0.6 survival spec using shocks to improve healing will be obsolete without a doubt - with seasoned winds giving us an advantage over practically every caster - this will more than likely be the popular spec just because it yields the most damage and makes windshear useable even tho it's cool down was increased - the only issue being grounding totem on a 25 sec cd instead of 15 - but with the damage increases and so on, i feel more buffed than nerfed

ele

http://wowtal.com/#k=l1kVfnbP.bqj.shaman.dXBi2

im a bit iffy on this spec as i have less experience with elemental but this may be the spec to some extent, but earthquake still seems questionable to cost 60 percent mana and only a 10 percent chance of knockdown but without earthquake

http://wowtal.com/#k=l1y3H4SO.bqj.shaman.dXBi2

this seems like the better spec, EQ being too mana intensive for pvp and the benefits just dont scream at me especially with a 2.5 sec cast time - we'll definitely be viable in 2s and 3's which is good

[Drekthhar]

this seems like the better spec, EQ being too mana intensive for pvp and the benefits just dont scream at me especially with a 2.5 sec cast time - we'll definitely be viable in 2s and 3's which is good

imo Blizzard tried to make EQ a pvp talent but they failed at it ... the dmg is still low even for an AOE spell and the stun has a low % , as u said
but i doubt that it will be viable in arenas.. in Rated BGs it will have it uses but in arena i have my doubts :/

[l3g10nw]

seeing a couple of possible specs for 4.3 pvp for enha and ele

enha

http://wowtal.com/#k=DcsfIl3n1.bqj.shaman.eaJRPd

im seeing this as the only truly viable enhancement spec since windshear will have such a big cool down now, the 4.0.6 survival spec using shocks to improve healing will be obsolete without a doubt - with seasoned winds giving us an advantage over practically every caster - this will more than likely be the popular spec just because it yields the most damage and makes windshear useable even tho it's cool down was increased - the only issue being grounding totem on a 25 sec cd instead of 15 - but with the damage increases and so on, i feel more buffed than nerfed

ele

http://wowtal.com/#k=l1kVfnbP.bqj.shaman.dXBi2

im a bit iffy on this spec as i have less experience with elemental but this may be the spec to some extent, but earthquake still seems questionable to cost 60 percent mana and only a 10 percent chance of knockdown but without earthquake

http://wowtal.com/#k=l1y3H4SO.bqj.shaman.dXBi2

this seems like the better spec, EQ being too mana intensive for pvp and the benefits just dont scream at me especially with a 2.5 sec cast time - we'll definitely be viable in 2s and 3's which is good

agree.

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loook at this:

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Flametongue Weapon: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire, increasing magical total spell damage done by 5%. 747. Each hit causes 99.3 to 305.8 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 30 minutes.

Lava Lash: You charge your off-hand weapon with lava, instantly dealing 260% 200% of that weapon's damage to an enemy target. Damage is increased by 40% if your off-hand weapon is enchanted with Flametongue.

Mental Quickness: Increases your spell power is now by an amount equal to 55% 50% of your attack power, and you no longer benefit from other sources of spell power. Also, your instant beneficial, damaging, and totem spells cost 75% less mana. by 75%.

Stormstrike: Instantly strike an enemy with both weapons, dealing 225% weapon damage and granting increasing any Nature damage you an additional 25% chance deal to critically strike that enemy with your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lightning Shield, and Earth Shock spells target by 25% for 15 sec.

Stormstrike Off-Hand: Instantly strike an enemy with both weapons, dealing 225% weapon damage and granting increasing any Nature damage you an additional 25% chance deal to critically strike that enemy with your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lightning Shield, and Earth Shock spells target by 25% for 15 sec.



Flametongue Embue: Can't really say too much at the moment because my brain is fried, but it looks like a nerf; as somehow I don't think a 5% increase to SP is going to equate to a 747 SP boost.

Mental Quickness: So we're getting a 5% increase in spell power in regards to our Attack Power, but we forfeight the ability to use SP weapons such as Heroic Eye of Purification. Not liking this too much..

Improved Lava Lash : Finally we get some AoE mechanic, so from the looks of it; our lava lash will spread our Flame Shock to targets in a 12 yard radius. Seems nice, as we can Flame Shock, Lava Lash, Nova spam. Seems like a nice change.

Unleashed Rage: 20% Increase to Attack Power and 10% Increase to Ranged Attack Power. Not unique to the class, but a good buff to melee regardless.

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patch 4.2 changes
Fire Nova damage has been increased by 15%.
Lightning Shield and Water Shield can no longer be dispelled.
Unleash Elements is now in the Nature school, and thus can no longer be used if a shaman's Nature school has been locked out.
Unleash Wind now deals 175% weapon damage, up from 125%.
Water Shield has had its internal cooldown reduced to 3.5 seconds, once again matching other shields. The amount of mana restored when Water Shield procs has been reduced by 50%.
Talent Specializations

Enhancement:
Stormstrike now deals 225% weapon damage, up from 125%.
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4.1 changes

[Improved Fire Nova] has been redesigned and replaced by a talent called [Seasoned Winds]. When an enemy spell cast is successfully prevented with [Wind Shear], the shaman gains magical resistance (in an amount equal to what a protection totem/aura would grant, stacking with such buffs) to the spell school(s) of the interrupted spell (except for Holy spells), lasting 10 seconds.



[Fire Nova] has been redesigned and decoupled from shaman Fire totems. Instead, it now pulses the Fire Nova effect from each target that is afflicted by the shaman's own [Flame Shock] debuff. It now damages all enemies except the target hit by Flame Shock. The ability's cooldown has been reduced to 4 seconds, down from 10.
[Grounding Totem] cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds, up from 15.
[Magma Totem] now lasts for 60 seconds, up from 21.
[Stoneclaw Totem]'s area-of-effect threat pulse no longer affects critters.


Glyphs
[Glyph of Grounding Totem]: : The increased cooldown of Grounding Totem applied by this glyph has been reduced to 35 seconds, down from 45 seconds.



pretty nice in overall, we will rape now xD

[Ivoga]

Everyone will start playing Elemental shaman's and rouges. And aslo 4.3.4 elementals will be bugged like normaly :P Half macros when you use gets wow error. And aslo atm is bugged lighting shield, should be easir get stack's, and on elemental spec you can't dispel anything with cleanse. Also biggest problem is when you cast lava burst then you use Unleash elements while is lava flying, no 20% bigger damage (aslo flame shock,no crit) :P Same with Wind Shear on spell refflect (while is lava or other spell flying).
I hope shaman's will work final good. And yeah 4.3.4 PvP set triggers your Lighting shield to stack 7 so :D + Chain lighting spam, and that glyph for Lighting bolt + make goblin and you will kite like hell :D

[damien50]

overall this makes a lot of comps very much more viable, i see a few id like to try out consisting of

boomkin/enh
feral/enh
resto sham/enh
sub rogue/enh
ret/enh
mage/enh

beastcleave comes back for another appearance but that depends on the if they fix pet damage.

some of these are already viable but i can totally see my favorite comp becoming more viable due to higher damage output - i.e. shadow priest/enh. at this point tho, there a alot of viable 2s comps that will work in 4.3.4 giving enh shamans a bit more of a choice because of more utility and more damage overall, and we'll be even better in 3's so yeah...

[Nasharuk]

Patch 4.0.1 NO NOTE

Patch 4.0.3 NO NOTE

4.0.6 Pacht Shaman NOTE

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Chain HealÔÇÖs effectiveness has been increased by approximately 10%.
Flametongue Weapon procs now deal roughly 20% less damage.
Healing Rain now has a 40-yard range, up from 30, to be consistent with other shaman heals.
Hex now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
Purge now dispels a single effect instead of two.
SpiritwalkerÔÇÖs Grace duration has been increased to 15 seconds, up from 10.
Tremor Totem has been redesigned. The totem is now usable under Fear, Charm, or Sleep effects, and
pulses much more rapidly, but lasts 6 seconds and has a 1-minute cooldown.
The Windfury Weapon proc can now trigger 3 additional attacks, up from 2.
Talent Specializations
Elemental Combat
Earthquake damage has been increased by approximately 10%.
Elemental Overload (Mastery) procs of Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning can now generate Rolling Thunder charges.
Lava BurstÔÇÖs damage has been increased by roughly 10%.
Enhancement
Flametongue Weapon damage now scales from attack power instead of spell power (for Enhancement shaman only).
Purge no longer has its mana cost reduced by Mental Quickness.
Restoration
Cleansing Waters no longer fires its heal effect twice when a shaman removes a Magic and a Curse debuff with a single cast.
Deep Healing (Mastery) has been increased to 3% per point, up from 2.5%.
Earth Shield can no longer be dispelled.
Greater Healing Wave mana cost has been increased by 10%; healing done has been increased by 20%.
Mana Tide Totem has been redesigned. The totem no longer multiplies the Spirit of those affected by it. It instead gives a flat amount of Spirit equal to 400% of the casting shamanÔÇÖs Spirit, exclusive of short-term Spirit buffs affecting the shaman when the totem is dropped. In addition, its effects are now raid-wide.
Glyphs
Glyph of Hex now reduces the cooldown by 10 seconds, down from 15.
Shaman Bug Fixes
Ancestral Resolve correctly reduces the damage done by Chaos Bolt.
EarthquakeÔÇÖs mana cost is now correctly reduced by Elemental Focus' clearcasting proc.
Elemental Oath properly increases the damage of Earthquake.
Player movement speed cannot be reduced below 100% while in Ghost Wolf if the player is or has been in an indoor environment.
Healing Rain shouldnÔÇÖt fail to complete casting if a low-level player or NPC is within its targeted location.
Reincarnation can now correctly be used after Soulstone Resurrection or Rebirth has already been used on the shaman during a boss encounter.
Glyph Fixes
The tooltip for Elemental Mastery now updates after applying the Glyph of Elemental Mastery.
The spell buff icon for Ghost Wolf now updates when Glyph of Ghost Wolf is applied.
The spell tooltip for Grounding Totem now updates when Glyph of Grounding Totem is applied.
The tooltip for Healing Stream Totem now updates to reflect the additional spell resistance benefits granted by Glyph of Healing Stream Totem.
The spell tooltip for Healing Wave now updates when Glyph of Healing Wave is applied.

Pacht 4.1.0 NOTE

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SHAMAN
Fire Nova has been redesigned and decoupled from shaman Fire totems. Instead, it now pulses the Fire Nova effect from each target that is afflicted by the shaman's own Flame Shock debuff. It now damages all enemies except the target hit by Flame Shock. The ability's cooldown has been reduced to 4 seconds, down from 10.
Grounding Totem cooldown has been increased to 25 seconds, up from 15.
Magma Totem now lasts for 60 seconds, up from 21.
Stoneclaw Totem's area-of-effect threat pulse no longer affects critters.
Talent Specializations
Elemental Combat
Earthquake is no longer a channeled spell. It now has a 2.5-second cast time, lasts for 10 seconds, and has a 10-second cooldown. Its damage has been reduced by 40% from its channeled version.
Enhancement
Improved Fire Nova has been redesigned and replaced by a talent called Seasoned Winds. When an enemy spell cast is successfully prevented with Wind Shear, the shaman gains magical resistance (in an amount equal to what a protection totem/aura would grant, stacking with such buffs) to the spell school(s) of the interrupted spell (except for Holy spells), lasting 10 seconds.
Restoration
Cleansing Waters now has a 6-second internal cooldown.
Deep Healing now benefits all heals, not just direct heals.
Earth Shield healing done by Restoration shaman has been reduced by 20%.
Nature's Blessing has been improved to 6/12/18% bonus direct healing on Earth Shielded targets, up from 5/10/15%.
Spirit Link Totem (new talent) reduces damage taken by all party and raid members within 10 yards by 10%. This lasts 6 seconds, and every second it is active the health of all affected players is redistributed among them, such that each player ends up with the same percentage of their maximum health. This counts as an Air totem and has a 3-minute cooldown.
Glyphs
Glyph of Grounding Totem: The increased cooldown of Grounding Totem applied by this glyph has been reduced to 35 seconds, down from 45 seconds.
Shaman Bug Fixes
The tooltips for shaman healing spells are now displaying correct values when points are distributed into any rank of the Spark of Life talent.
Earth Shield should now appear at the correct height for most player races.
The effect of Glyph of the Arctic Wolf will now persist correctly upon logging back into the game while in Ghost Wolf.
Mental Quickness now reduces the mana cost of Spiritwalker's Grace.
Shaman Known Issues
Stormstrike animation will not play correctly when not dual wielding.
Elemental summons do not phase with players correctly in some encounters.

Pacht 4.1.0a NO NOTE


Pacht 4.2.0 NOTE

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SHAMAN
Fire Nova damage has been increased by 15%.
Lightning Shield and Water Shield can no longer be dispelled.
Unleash Elements is now in the Nature school, and thus can no longer be used if a shaman's Nature school has been locked out.
Unleash Wind now deals 175% weapon damage, up from 125%.
Water Shield has had its internal cooldown reduced to 3.5 seconds, once again matching other shields. The amount of mana restored when Water Shield procs has been reduced by 50%.
Talent Specializations
Elemental
Call of Flame now also causes Fire Nova to add 3/6 seconds to the duration of Flame Shock auras on targets that Fire Nova damages.
Lava Flows now grants a 30/60/90% haste buff when a Flame Shock effect is dispelled, up from 10/20/30%.
Thunderstorm now reduces the movement speed of players it knocks back by 40% for 5 seconds.
Enhancement
Stormstrike now deals 225% weapon damage, up from 125%.
Restoration
Improved Water Shield has been redesigned and renamed Resurgence. When Water Shield is active, Resurgence causes critical direct heals to restore mana (Resurgence rank 2 is roughly equal to 150% of the old Improved Water Shield value when a Healing Wave or Greater Healing Wave critically hits, and scaled down accordingly for faster or multi-target spells).
Mana Tide now grants 200% of the caster's Spirit, down from 400%.
Glyphs
Glyph of Unleashed Lightning (new Prime glyph) allows Lightning Bolt to be cast while moving.
Set Bonuses
The 4-piece Elemental shaman PvP set bonus (Gladiator's Thunderfist set) has been redesigned. It now causes Lightning Shield to generate an extra charge, rather than consuming one, when it is triggered by receiving damage, up to a maximum of 3 (9 with the Rolling Thunder talent).

Pacht 4.3.0 NOTE

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SHAMAN
Flametongue Weapon no longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
Lightning Bolt has a new spell effect.
Wind Shear's base cooldown has been adjusted to 15 seconds, up from 6 seconds.
Talent Specializations
Elemental
Call of Flame no longer causes Fire Nova to extend the duration of Flame Shock.
Earthquake damage has been increased by roughly 75%.
Elemental Fury now removes the cooldown from Chain Lightning.
Reverberation now reduces the cooldown of Wind Shear by 5/10 seconds, up from 0.5/1 second.
Shamanism now increases the spell power benefit to Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning by 36%, up from 32%.
Fire Elemental now benefits from 55% of its master's spell power, up from 50%.
Enhancement
Improved Lava Lash now causes Lava Lash to spread a Flame Shock debuff from the target to up to 4 nearby targets. This excludes crowd-controlled targets and those who already have a Flame Shock debuff from the shaman.
Improved Lava Lash no longer increases base Lava Lash damage by 15/30%. This increase has been rolled into the base Lava Lash skill.
Mental Quickness has been redesigned. Instead of granting the shaman spell power, Mental Quickness now causes Enhancement shaman spells to behave as though the shaman has spell power equal to 55% of attack power. Enhancement shaman spells no longer benefit from spell power from other sources.
Maelstrom Weapon can now also proc from fully absorbed melee attacks.
Restoration
Ancestral Healing now also causes the shaman's heals to increase the target's maximum health by 5/10% of the amount healed, up to a maximum of 10% of the target's maximum health, for 15 seconds. This effect does not stack if multiple Restoration shaman are present, and does not apply to heals from procs.
Riptide's periodic healing coefficient has been increased by 50%. The initial direct heal is unchanged.

Pacht 4.3.2 NO NOTE


Pacht 4.3.3 NO NOTE

Pacht 4.3.4 NO NOTE