Quote Originally Posted by 'Xorn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=190096#post190 096
Comparing my best equipped shaman (http://armory.wow-europe.com/charact...mortem&n=Naoko) with yours (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...gion&n=Haachoo or maybe this one http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...Legion&n=Hachu) ... I still don't get how you can reach 5000 dps with them, I hardly ever scratch the 4k dps mark. Is it the haste I do not have but spent in crit? Is it maybe also the spellpower you got from your racial?

I even use the three different macros to use flame shock, lava burst and lightning bolt without any castsequence / castrandom macro affected by latency and stuff.

:/
Theres 2 major contributing factors that will bump up DPS by 1000-1500 easily.

The first: Don't heal during the boss fight - use all your tank's cooldowns and try to avoid having to heal at all (healing stream totems, etc)

The second: Use bloodlust + all offensive trinkets before you cast your first spell. Stopping after FS/LvB to cast bloodlust + trinket uses up a couple seconds that could be spent firing off 1 1/2 more lightning bolts

I've found that not healing will generally bump by DPS by 1000 alone, and usually if I cast BL/trinket at the exact same time I pull the boss with my tank, it bumps my DPS by another 500-800. Last night I was fighting Eck and I got 5100/5100/4800/4000 on my shamans for DPS