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

[Dominian]

FS + LvB + LB + LB + LB + CL + LvB -> repeat

The cooldown on the 2nd LvB will not be up by the time you get to the 1st LvB in the rotation. The rotation will be stuck waiting.

Sorry i wasnt clear on that i was quoting him and yes your totaly right that with a rotation like that it will get stuck. (even thought it wasnt ment as a macro, but i didnt state that so im sorry once again)

I need to learn and read what people write but i find it weird that no one commented it.

The spec will lack thunderstorm but here is his answer on going meele with improved stormstrike:

"well im not biting it, ive tried yours and i can say that every time that u storm strike im losing like 50^100 dps.

losing the ability of regenerating mana with unrelenting storm, is obviously a bad choice.
why u ask? well
u gotta melee the boss for mana return with that spec, and that clearly a HUGE dps loss on those 15 secs of autoattacking + SSing.

My spec rotation will feel like a elemental, because its elemental only, though with shorter range then the usual.

AOEing is not too shabby at all with this spec, magma ticking for 850 normal ticks
And i can say ive seem searing totem critting for 1200 dmg lol. "



Btw do anyone know what happens if i buff my wepons with flametoung and drop a WF totem?

I dont want to proc but do anyone know if i get the WF AP bonus?

Im at work and im not able to test anything from here!

[Ellay]

Windfury Totem is a flat Haste amount, so you'd be gaining 16% haste or 20% haste talented.

I just tried out the Stormstrike build and hated it, being close is bad for 2 things, first there is a noticable loss in DPS that was mentioned before and second your so close your pulling aggro non stop because your in melee range.
I'll be switching my spec back to what they had with a few variations.

[Niley]

the only difference between this spec and deep elemental is lack of ToW, and thunderstorm, which i almost never used, never had mana issues, and knockback is bad, unless your tank sucks and cant hold agro. The dps gain is quite a bit mor ethen ToW can bring to raid.
My raid starts in 3 or so hours, after Im done Ill post wws for whole night, and we'll see if its really worth it

[Ellay]

I've tested it for the day and I'm staying with this hybrid spec for PvE. The DPS increase is very noticable, the biggest gain is during Bosses - it was kind of crazy I had to tone down my aggro because it was so high.

[Multibocks]

FS + LvB + LB + LB + LB + CL + LvB -> repeat

The cooldown on the 2nd LvB will not be up by the time you get to the 1st LvB in the rotation. The rotation will be stuck waiting.

Hmm thought it was obvious that you would supply LB LB LB CL anytime LvB is on cooldown and refresh FS as necessary. Unfortunately it doesnt make a good castsequence and that is why I just stuck to doing the sequence manually.

[Niley]

I've tested it for the day and I'm staying with this hybrid spec for PvE. The DPS increase is very noticable, the biggest gain is during Bosses - it was kind of crazy I had to tone down my aggro because it was so high.

yup. Ive just hit 5k dps on faerlina...


edit, here it is, hybrid enh spec
http://wowwebstats.com/wa3z5rrswl1c3

4h dps is low because we did the achievement.

[Dominian]

So i came home last night after work and respeced 3 shamans this hybrid spec:

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/ba...00000000000000

I went full resto on one shaman and i got down trollgore wichout much hassle compared to when i tried with 1 paladin and 4 ele shamans!! The dps felt the same as i had with 4 shamans!!

I still belive its fully possible to do most encounters with 1 paladin and 4 ele shamans but respecing one resto makes things SO much easier!

Not to speak of how useful mana tide totem is in long fights!

[Multibocks]

Hmm what am I doing wrong? I have 1400ish spell power on my shaman before any buffs... with Flametonguex2, Strength of Earth, Might buff I manage to hit 2400 spell power. Does this sound right? I see so many on here claiming 3k+ Im just wondering what I'm doing wrong.

[Ellay]

Yes that sounds about accurate, your spell power goes crazy when your raid buffed, because all the attack power from hunters / paladins gives you spell power.

[Ualaa]

The other thing to consider, most of us are geared as if we're Elemental.
Elemental gear is a balance of spell power, intellect, stamina, spirit, critical, hit and haste.

With this build, you'll want to stack Strength, Agility, Attack Power, Spell Power, Intellect, Crit/Hit/Haste.
Everything else is secondary.