Quote Originally Posted by 'tinit5190',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187258#po st187258
If you are going to do PvP, Shaman seem to be the thing. They can CH, do massive burst, and are quite easily controllable, and have good anti-melee.
The main thing why shamans are liked is our anti-fear capabilities.

Staggered Tremor Totems.

Every class has good things, shaman burst isn't that massive anymore by the way, compared to other classes. But our ability to counter fear is still unrivalled. And fear is a boxers worst nightmare in PvP.

Every ranged class is easily controllable, in terms of achieving the best burst or highest DPS, a shaman is the hardest one of them. If you want an easily controlled ranged class. Mage is the way to go! But they don't have much anti-fear. Altho, ice block, wotf (if undead) and trinkets. Mages should be able to counter most fears you will come across. Then again, mages don't have heals. But they do have superior CC, which could cover that if you play right.

Doesn't take away that tremor totems rock. Hence why shaman is liked in PvP. But that's the only reason.

Chain heal, burst, anti-melee (not really imo but I'll go with you. :P ), easily controllable (depends on the situation, every class can be easily controlled depending on how much you want to achieve. ).
These feats might all be nice but all classes have nice feats, if not more then shamans. But none have tremor totems. ^^


As far as raiding goes. Once me and my guild started to gear up, the raid instances all became a joke. Raiding is pretty easy, no offense. The main concern is the initial start, when you are still in bad gear.

As a quad shaman boxer, I focused on being a third healer as well as bringing on sufficient DPS where needed. Before the ele shammy love patch, I was barely doing 1800 dps in high dps situations, some fights around 1400 with a lot of healing. My guild said to me I was their "Life Support" during raiding. I focused on keeping everyone up more then killing the boss quickly. It worked for us.

Now ofcourse with the love patch + way better gear, all I have to do is spam a few dps buttons and that's about it. So boring, which is why I took a break from WoW. :P

So, if you want to keep raiding interesting. Try to have a box that does two out of three raid positions. Ie. healing+DPS or maybe Tanking+DPS or Tanking+Healing. If you do only one, I'm positive any box you do will eventually become boring. Nothing special about raiding if everything is working like it should.

Do all three however, doable no less, but could limit you greatly in some fights. I found two positions are handleable in a raid situations. But three can easily become hectic.