Elemental shaman dps tests.

[Kaynin]

Curious, Could you type out the different /castsequence macros you used for your initial testing? I'd like to look them over, perhaps I can offer some thoughts.

It's sad to see how bad our dps is. People at 70 were hitting numbers similar to your test. The bloodlust issue is something I have been trying to figure out. If you put 3 LB in between the Lava burst cooldown that works great. If you are bloodlust you may need a 4th LB or your Lava cooldown wont be ready. So far I have not come up with a good way to macro it.

2100-2400 dps non-raid buffed at level 70 was only being acheived by rather decked out toons. I'm assuming Kaynin is still largely in quest gear with a few normal instance drops and a few heroic drops. Which actually brings up the question Kaynin, what's your gear look like? Could I see an amory link please?

Edit: Just noticed Kaynin's sig with links to her armories. Basically a mix of quest blues and crafted blues with a instance drop and a couple of level 70 pieces. My point isn't to rag on gear (as it looks fine considering how long wotlk has been out) but to point out that it's still early on in the expac. I'm not saying shaman dps didn't take a hit but this dps range doesnt seem that awful to me. Maybe I'll have a better understanding at 80.

Bare with me, tiny figures that might seem meaningless incoming.

I just did some tests, however this time without elemental oath. Where I was in high 1900's early 2000 with dps with those 6% extra crit, I'm not early 1900's. (I'm messsing about with talents a bit to see how much certain things do for me. )

My exact stats

1855 spellpower
19.07 crit on tab + lots from talents (without Elemental Oath this time however)
285 haste rating
78 hit rating

For single target dps without cl, this is the highest dps I can do with my haste according to figures, My lava bursts cast the instant they are ready again this way.

/castsequence [nomod] reset=combat Flame Shock, Lava Burst, Lightning Bolt, Lightning bolt, Lightning Bolt, Earth Shock, Lava Burst, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt

Here are the recount statistics on my last go rotating the castsequence three times.:

23 Lightning bolts (2x overload) 53% of damage done 7 crits
6 Lava Bursts 31% damage done 6 crits
3 Earth Shocks 4% damage done 0 crits
3 Flame Shocks 11% damage done 1 crit

119738 damage done, 1915 DPS

- Using a Lightning Bolt instead of an Earth Shock lowers my dps by 100-150 DPS Since my lava burst won't be ready until 1 second later, I am losing that time each rotation. Though Lb damage is higher then ES, the fact my whole rotation takes longer, so like, 15 instead of 14 seconds, I am loosing about 4% of dps time, which is about 3$ effective loss of DPS despite trading ES for LB.
- Not using anything on the place also lowers my dps roughly 100. Since Instead of ES, you just wait for LB to be reasy, and my es is aroung 100dps. The last go it was 75, but it hit 3 times and crit 0 times, with 30% crit I would have an average of 100 dps.

Should I replace the ES for a CL which has a shorter cast (about 0.5 sec faster) I do the same dps as with ES, but use more mana on single target dps.

My talents include all but elemental oath in terms of dps. I got the 6^increase of Lavaburst. I got the lavaburst glyph even.



As for ES having 20 yard range. In boss fights where I have to move, I dont use a castsequence at all and just 'make it up along the way'. whatever is ready without any castsequences. What I'm trying to accomplish with these cast sequence is to find out how to get the max out of uninterupted nukage dps. But also to learn how much of what influences our dps, so I can gear up the best way. Ideally I want to reach a certain haste that I can fit in lb's without losing time on LvB cooldown, nor have to wait for it. However with my current haste, earthshock is best. Through trial and error I will find a haste rating that would suit me however!

And like I said, my effective average heroic dps is only about 1200-1500. This due to interrupts, heals, moving, etc. So I'm not epeening here with 2k+ dps, Im just showing dummy figures and Im sure every other dps class that does the same could probably get 1000 dps more then me in similar gear. Unfortunatly!

So though 2k might seem nice to you, its the dummy dps, not the effective dps. Just for testing purposes. We are still a long way behind other classes.