Altsoba
11-24-2009, 07:55 AM
This is from ElitistJerks, a 2.4k rated elemental shaman (non boxing):
"This is a topic of contention among me and many elemental shamans on my BG. Fortunately, you are already reasonable enough to understand to use EM LB, while most shamans see fit to use LvB or CL. Those are both stupid for their own reasons (however, EM LvBs and CLs do have their place, but only in niche occasions). My recommended burst order is as follows:
FS (obviously, but refresh for Relentless totem effect), LvB, CL, EM LB, Pyro Rockets, Frost Shock, and possibly a Thunderstorm.
The idea is this: stagger damage so as much of it hits in as small of a timeframe as possible. With 3.4k SP, this will nearly always kill somebody with 1k resilience at 18k health (assuming they are fully purged). To squishier targets, with my hunter providing additional DPS (most importantly, the MS and kill shot are crucial), we can often lust after fully purging them and drop them in two globals.
Anyway, LvB is a projectile. So, you have time after casting that to cast the CL. This means that the CL and LvB hit at once. Next, you EM the lightning bolt (saving more casttime than EMing either other spell), which is off GCD, Pyro rockets, also off GCD, and Frost Shock. The FS hits before those two, bridging the gap between the LvB/CL and the LB/rockets. This means that, while you cast for about 3s and used 3 GCDs, you're putting tons of damage that all hits in about 2.8 seconds on average (depending on distance, really) - under 2 GCDs. People tend to be unable to react to this, and unless they predicted and precast defensive cooldowns, they are often in peril of death from this burst.
(The thunderstorm at the end is often used if they start to get hit by it and begin LOSing. Once you cast your two spells, the rest are instant, so you should spend that entire period running into close range of them. If they don't die and try to run, this puts you in position to TS them and/or earthbind root them for your partner/you to kill.)"
What are your opinions on this? I feel something is very right here... even for multiboxing.
"This is a topic of contention among me and many elemental shamans on my BG. Fortunately, you are already reasonable enough to understand to use EM LB, while most shamans see fit to use LvB or CL. Those are both stupid for their own reasons (however, EM LvBs and CLs do have their place, but only in niche occasions). My recommended burst order is as follows:
FS (obviously, but refresh for Relentless totem effect), LvB, CL, EM LB, Pyro Rockets, Frost Shock, and possibly a Thunderstorm.
The idea is this: stagger damage so as much of it hits in as small of a timeframe as possible. With 3.4k SP, this will nearly always kill somebody with 1k resilience at 18k health (assuming they are fully purged). To squishier targets, with my hunter providing additional DPS (most importantly, the MS and kill shot are crucial), we can often lust after fully purging them and drop them in two globals.
Anyway, LvB is a projectile. So, you have time after casting that to cast the CL. This means that the CL and LvB hit at once. Next, you EM the lightning bolt (saving more casttime than EMing either other spell), which is off GCD, Pyro rockets, also off GCD, and Frost Shock. The FS hits before those two, bridging the gap between the LvB/CL and the LB/rockets. This means that, while you cast for about 3s and used 3 GCDs, you're putting tons of damage that all hits in about 2.8 seconds on average (depending on distance, really) - under 2 GCDs. People tend to be unable to react to this, and unless they predicted and precast defensive cooldowns, they are often in peril of death from this burst.
(The thunderstorm at the end is often used if they start to get hit by it and begin LOSing. Once you cast your two spells, the rest are instant, so you should spend that entire period running into close range of them. If they don't die and try to run, this puts you in position to TS them and/or earthbind root them for your partner/you to kill.)"
What are your opinions on this? I feel something is very right here... even for multiboxing.