Cataclysm [Guide] Elemental shaman pve

[Xtreamer]

Aaaand its gone. 4.3.4 is coming up lots of changes and lots of opportunities for Ele Shaman to be BEST range DPS.

[Blmaestro]

Sorry for lack of replies, but I've been farming JPs and getting a full resto set.

I recently had a test of my ele shaman.

i did 15k dps on dummy, messing up so many things, like late reaction to Lava Surge procs (tnx molten for no Lava Surge ui poweraura...), poor awareness of Searing totem, Flame Shock dots not showing on my recount and a bugged Elemental Mastery (lol i didn't know its cd...).

Few issues with ele shamans now:

-The mastery proc from Lava Burst does not have a guaranteed crit with Flame Shock - it retains ur crit chance. Major dps loss.
-Blizz ui powerauras are wacky, the Lightning Shield indicator starts at 4 Lightning Shield stacks, so u have to Fulminate by manually seeing how many stacks u have; plus Lava Burst doesn't flash red on your screen at all. I recommend getting some addon for this; something I have to do myself...
-Fire elemental Totem, like all guardians, including warlocks guardians and firey imps and mage's Mirror Images, is pathetic. Low hp, low damage, highly unreliable in that it probably will follow you like a dog than attack a dam target. (this means that our 2pc t12 is USELESS, regardless of whether Lightning bolt reduces its cd! That being said, the stats on 2pc t12 is comparable to 2pc t11 with its mediocre set bonus).

Good news for us:

-Glyph of Unleashed Lightning: this will make us the MOST mobile spec in game. This glyph replaces Glyph of Lava for heavy movement fights. Have a stack of Vanishing Powder or Dust of Disappearance ready though, cuz you will be glyph swapping this and Glyph of Lava depending on how movement intensive the raid encounter will be.
-Chain Lightning changes: now has no CD. You can just spam this bad boy. I recommend glyphing it if you are anticipating aoeing down 5 or more mobs. This turns us from a **** to awesome aoe class, when combined with a well-placed Earthquake.

In conclusion, ele shamans are not the BEST range dps, but they are not the WORST either. It appears as if our damage has been buffed somewhat, plus we have been handed improvements to our mobility and aoe. Our survivability is still ****. If you ignore the faulty blizz ui powerauras, using ur own or just watching ur Lightning Shield stacks and ur Flame Shock duration and ur Searing Totem time, you will find urself doing superior dps than in 4.0.6