i have been doing some reading on shaman and the effects of new talents once wotlk goes live and it appears that the shaman at level 80 have not scaled up as much as a lvl 80 mage or warlock. it seems that a lvl80 balance druid will be able to out dps an elemental shaman by 1000 dps or 27% higher dps. now most of these number are for a single elemental shaman in a 25 man raid. but one constant theme i have been reading is the shamans don't have any scaleable talents based on intel or spirit like other caster classes and that the elemental tree has less talents available to choose from.

so i guess what i am unsuccessfully trying to say is if you are considering making the very popular all shaman team, take a look at the all balance druid team because they may be the team to beat in the future.

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