A different elemental spec (How to break 5k dps in raids)

[ballduran]

I will try to use this spec on 2 of my shamans. One resto and one is full elemental, so I get the elemental totem and have one whit shield so I can use to tank (FS for agro). Then I will try to farm elites and see how mush exp/h I get on my 3 shamans that are level 77, last one is 80 and wil bee oog.

[ss2]

I'll try it later in a heroic and see how it turns out..

With blessing of might, strength of earth and totem of wrath my shaman with that spec made it to ~3050 spell power
and then with 3 mana springs plus wisdom on whatever target he had no mana problems

he gained a few hundred dps vs a single target, but he has to be closer to that target plus no thunderstorm and a longer chain lightning cooldown

[puppychow]

holy crap 3k spell damage?? Whats a weapon you guys are using in the OH with high crit/int? I think this may be a fun way to race in heroics, if you can up DPS by 20% or more with a tank+4 shaman team it may be interesting.

[Niley]

with that spec, on a sath with 3 drakes, pretty long attempt, i did this, now bare in mind that this fight involves a lot of movement
Also I havent done any aoe whatsoever, as opposed to ppl that have higher dps then me.:


and those are my stats, no actual in fight stats(ie my trinket is not stacked at all), Im close to 4k when we engage
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[Schwarz]

How much dps increase you are seeing? As soon as they release the new talents that increase our lightning bolts/lava burst our dps is going up at least ~10%. Pretty interesting that 2 flametongue weapons helps out that much. I gotta think that blizzard will have something to say with this if the best elemental spec is actually enchancement.

[reman]

using this spec, I am seeing 400 dps increase. My hit is not capped. So the 400 dps increase is on level 80 mobs. In raids, I see 200-300 dps increase on ?? boss. This is with me having only 1100 spell power (from gear, not using this spec). This spec definitely scales better with gears. Unless they nerf this spec (mainly dual flametongue), even with the upcoming elemental talent change, I could still see this spec performing better in raids.

You are receiving spell power buff from nearly all sources. i.e. intellect, strength, attack power, agility.

[Ualaa]

This is a raid spec, not a solo/5-man spec.
You end up with most raid buffs increasing your spell damage.
The more stat buffs you have, the better the build is.
Almost every raid buff increases your spell power.
Str/Agi raises attack power, you get a percentage of your Int and AP as spell damage.

In a 5x shaman group, you won't have AI, MotW, Kings, Battle Shout, Might etc.
It's probably not the best build for non-raids, because of the lack of buffs.
Try it out, if you want.

[Dominian]

This is a raid spec, not a solo/5-man spec.
You end up with most raid buffs increasing your spell damage.
The more stat buffs you have, the better the build is.
Almost every raid buff increases your spell power.
Str/Agi raises attack power, you get a percentage of your Int and AP as spell damage.

In a 5x shaman group, you won't have AI, MotW, Kings, Battle Shout, Might etc.
It's probably not the best build for non-raids, because of the lack of buffs.
Try it out, if you want.

Im sorry that i didnt state in the first post that this is a dead spec for a 5 man shaman team..

However for a Paladin+4 shaman team the dps should go up quite abit.

1 shaman will stay the original full elemental spec for elemental oath and totem of wrath while 3 shamans hybrid...

With the new dual spec comming i can have them all specced for pvp aswell while i have one resto to heal in my RL friend 3vs3 while i got retadin on my paladin! AWSOME Unless they nerf it wich they most likley will!

[Kicksome]

I'm using this spec in a pally, 3 shaman, 1 moonkin setup. It's really nice. I keep it simple and spam lightning bolt and do 2.7k dps. It's FAR better than my old spec - even with no totem of wrath. I think I'm up by at least 500dps, and that's with just lightning bolt spam - which is a lot easier than a castsequence of flame shock, lava burst etc...

[Ellay]

Giving this a shot for raiding. Giving a breath of fresh air for Ele DPS is quite nice.
On a lvl 80 training dummy just messing around I did about 2250 DPS with the usual spec, 2850 ish with the new spec. I still need to actually skill up weapon skills and it should be a lot higher. With raid buffs the DPS would easily sky rocket.