You can use that combo to kill ppl without FS. But yeah, I do use FS but on another keybinding
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It depends on the situation, when I pop FS ppl expect dmg inc. And if a target is low, FS isnt needed. But I use the FS combo pretty much all the time :)
im at 25% win rate in 3s, doing it for points, yet to find a decent healer for 5v5
After 2 days playing in 5s with different healers Ive reached 1350 rating. Ive had about 40 games or so, gonna continue tomorrow. Shamans are back, and its great fun :) The best healer for this comp is priest, you need a mobile healer with abit of CC to manage wins now. But all in all, its good to be back wit dem lightning orbz.
I've actually really been enjoying the company of a holy paladin friend. If he gets trained he can bubble, if I get trained by a melee team he'll throw out a BoP, and Hammer of Justice is really nice for keeping a target in place long enough to burst it down.
As for shamans in general, while I haven't played my Shaman team a whole lot since the patch, I sure am enjoying it. It feels fresh with the recent changes, and at the very least competitive in mid-range arena. With the change to healing crits, tossing down a healing rain and earthquake against a melee cleave team is absolutely phenomenal.
100% loving my shamans.
Those have always been the 2 healers to accompany boxers in arena. It's personal preference combined with the skill of the people you played with. I've had insane priests and OK paladins. Eventually got my 2k with a paladin though. It's all down to playstyle. A paladin is a bit more sturdy and has a ranged stun. Priests can die quickly if you're vs a heavy physical team, but got a very powerful fearbomb + mass dispel. I like to think priest is for offensive playstyle, paladin for more defensive.
I played with 2 different healers yesterday, one was a paladin, full s10 geared with the Ruthless shoulders (except weapons), and a priest with only 3,3 k resilience. Both had over 2000-21000 rating experience in RBG and arena. The paladin was lacking mobile healing, while the priest was throwing out insane heals while bein trained long enough for me to kill the other players.
Hex and Wind Shear on a target arena 1-2-3-4 macro is too much fun to tap! :)