Aelli's Shaman 3.0 pre expansion talent spec

[Ellay]

This will be my talent layout for the 3.0 expansion, 2 will have elemental oath, 1 with totem of wrath and the rest is filler in Lava Flows.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hEc0qcdzthect0gM

Yes, we do lose NS - but we gain so much survivability and mobility.
Any target being focused will usually be silenced/stunned/ or feared which kicks in our passive ability to takes 30% less damage, this is huge and I would say is even more valuable than any talent in the elemental tree.

Instant Ghost Wolf to close in on targets running away or to just be more active while not getting sapped.
Grounding totem down to 13 seconds, AND a blue post just mentioned the 4 piece set bonus for Elemental is a reduced cooldown for Grounding, I'm hoping it's at least another 2 seconds - and that would be insane, dropping Grounding down to a 11 second cooldown means caster heavy teams became that much easier to overcome. All in all it's good news and I'm happy to get rid of NS as a crutch.

Edit** new build

My spec may have changed a bit, this is what I will be using today, not sure if it matches up with the original.

3.0 Pre Wrath on Main
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hyc0qfdztheot0gR
3.0 Pre Wrath on Alts
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hAc0qfdztGe0t0gR

Xpac
both builds will have an additional 10 points into enhancement, layout will probably change with future updates though.

[Physics101]

I've been doing my matches as ToW to get ready (and because I'm to cheap to spec back and forth). So far on bloodlust i've only been able to get to 1580 with a priest healing, but my gear is still trash. Not using NS hasn't been to bad, just means getting rushed is a little bit more hectic when you can't instagib someone.

[Ellay]

Thunderstorm gives you the breathing room to blow up a target.

[Drizzit]

why no fire nova totem? i thought the 2 seconds would be good enough for the 2 hit kill and those lovely rogues?

[Ellay]

I'd rather throw them 20 yards away from me it still takes 3 seconds for it go off, they can easily see it and move away.

[slox]

I'd rather throw them 20 yards away from me it still takes 3 seconds for it go off, they can easily see it and move away.

You can also drop fire nova wait for GCD thunderstorm and while they're going back get hit with the nova so they're stunned for a sec before they start heading towards you. The stun is also nice to stop people while they're pillar humping / running around you with frost shock. You do need 2 points in it though and it's too hard to get at 70 I think lol ;( 80 will be more fun.

[magwo]

Are you serious? The fire nova totem stun is _HUGE_. Only highly skilled and perceptive arena players will move away from your totems. This is an AWESOME tool against any "sub-2000" meelee player.

[Xyl41]

I'm looking at the same spec, save 1 point. I'm planning to put 1 point into Imp Fire Nova totem rather than Elemental Precision. The extra 1% space goat racial should mean that point is irrelevant in elemental precision.

After this it appears I can pick up 2/2 Imp Fire Nova totem on all 5, with 2/2 Oath on 2, and ToW on 1.

[Kaynin]

I would go enhancing totems on the toon you use flametongue with. Instead of 5/5 ancestral knowledge.

[Ellay]

Won't be using Flametongue totem though, Totem of Wrath overrides it.