Elemental Shaman PVE Epics [solo farming]

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Originally Posted by Whowantstoknow

Use Rawr as a guide sure but please be aware of the following limitation:

You do not need anywhere near that amount of hit for heroic bosses so we are assuming you are gearing for raid bosses.

Raid bosses take longer to kill so you will be using Chain Lightning in your rotation (current rotation drops CL when BL is up) how often you CL will depend on what gear you have - on cooldown is the most dps if you can sustain it - if not you will only CL when Elemental Focus is up (luckily for us we can guarantee that it is up every time LvB lands so the rotation is not as horrible as it could be.

RAWR does not model Chain Lightning rotations so use it, love it, but be aware that it may not be giving you 100% accurate gear choices at the moment

Regarding +hit - yep, which is why I said "note this assumes you are going for a Raid level hit rating, have the shaman +hit talents, and have a shadow priest or balance druid" in my post.

To clarify for others, the exact +hit ratings required to achieve a 100% hit rate on raid bosses are as follows:

No talents or buffs:
Horde Shaman: 446
Alliance Shaman: 420

With 3 points in Elemental Precision:
Horde Shaman: 368
Alliance Shaman: 342

With 3 points in Elemental Precision, boss debuffed with either Improved Faerie Fire or Misery:
Horde Shaman: 289
Alliance Shaman: 263

To achieve a 100% hit rate on heroic bosses:

No talents or buffs:
Horde Shaman: 158
Alliance Shaman: 132

With 3 points in Elemental Precision:
Horde Shaman: 79
Alliance Shaman: 53

With 3 points in Elemental Precision, boss debuffed with either Improved Faerie Fire or Misery:
Horde Shaman: 0
Alliance Shaman: 0

Good point about using Rawr to model gear choices - I understand that it's not taking CL into account for it's rotations, but that said, we're talking about the best gear outside of raids, i.e. the choice is pretty limited - you're bascially drawing on the pool of badge gear, crafted gear, honor gear and heroics.

I'm pretty sure that the next update for Rawr will tank into account CL rotations (whether every CD, or just after LvB only). It's a sham that Bink is no longer doing his spreadsheet though... :(

When I finish my list, I might separate out the best for heroics and the best for raids.

Cheers,
S.