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So, Im working on a shammy team to start my MB career, and I am planning on running instances as I level. Whats the common practice for speccing? Does everyone go elemental for ease of use, and just take the damage, or do you put a main into enhance to 'tank' for the group?
THanks
All go elemental and learn how to kite with earthbind & stoneclaw totems, blasting away with lightning bolt / chain lightning / frost shock. You *can* spec 1 as resto if you need a dedicated healer later on, but the 5x elemental kite method should get you far.. especially when you hit 50 and get totem of wrath. +15% hit and +15% crit is a ton of extra dps.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Narezza',index.php?page=Thread&postID=90122#post9 0122
There are probably a few ways to do things. Just pick one that fits your playstyle. I play defensive and strategy in instances. I imagined that didn't want to gamble on crits. If they didn't happen, I would be faced with angry melee mobs that want to crush me (again, all elites, since I will be in instances). Next I thought of not having a tank, since to me, having 5 of same class is supposed to be tankless. Just my opinion. I come up with all stam/int/spirit based until 40. I used 2 melee (for stoneskin and strength totems) and 3 resto (down to fire totems and stoneclaws in elemental and rest in resto). I had all ready to melee with either a staff or 1h and shield. It worked really well for me. No problems and no major concerns.
Now that they are 40, I have the 2 melee getting more str/agi gear. They still have int gear incase of times we need to cast a lot. It works out well so far (46). I share aggro, damage, healing and casting duties, so one doesn't get run out of mana or hurt too bad.
Again, just pick a style that fits with you, even if it isn't popular, you are the one that has to live with it.
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[quote='Narezza',index.php?page=Thread&postID=90122 #post90122]So, Im working on a shammy team to start my MB career, and I am planning on running instances as I level. Whats the common practice for speccing? Does everyone go elemental for ease of use, and just take the damage, or do you put a main into enhance to 'tank' for the group?
THanks[/quote]
[b]All go elemental and learn how to kite with earthbind & stoneclaw totems, blasting away with lightning bolt / chain lightning / frost shock.[/b] You *can* spec 1 as resto if you need a dedicated healer later on, but the 5x elemental kite method should get you far.. especially when you hit 50 and get totem of wrath. +15% hit and +15% crit is a ton of extra dps.[/quote]In the context of leveling, this is patently false. ;) Check out [url='http://www.vimeo.com/user404642/videos']my vids[/url] for what 5x enhance shammies looks like in instances. I found this much easier to do than elemental, primarily because itemization for elemental sucks big hairy donkey balls until you hit outlands, IMO.
I leveled up to 53 as enhancement and then switched to elemental once I had a few pieces of +int chainmail and the talents to actually make it work halfway decent. Once I switched, I didn't bother with instances again until I hit outlands (just straight quested).
Bottom line, though, is do whatever is fun for YOU. :D
This is an unfortunate truth while leveling to 60. I was mainly in all cloth until I hit outlands. I ran and stayed in instances that were 1 to 2 levels lower then me so I didnt have to much issues taking down mobs and didnt have to take too much damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Ughmahedhurtz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=90169 #post90169
But like he says, do what's fun for you and what you feel comfortable with. Since you will be running instances, you will be getting a lot of greens and blues for drops so you can figure which will be more comfortable for ya while leveling.