mana issues with my shamans since patch

[Moorea]

I use water shield and have 1 mana spring totem, also I have unrelenting storm, convection, etc... yet I keep running out of mana and have to wait in between fight (I don't have any water because I didn't use to need to buy any before the patch)

anything I'm missing ? maybe my rotation is too expensive (Flame Shock, Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, LB, LB; repeat) ?


one of my toon:

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...Firetree&n=Twa

[sojolly]

I have had similar issues. I now buy 40 drink before i leave town for heroics and i am not just using it for speeding up death recovery.

[Zal]

Don't use chain lightning unless 3+ mobs, waste of mana.

[Poetry]

You can try casting Thunderstorm every time it's up. If the knock back is an issue you can glyph it to remove the effect.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

As a relative measure, my druid basically switched to almost all MP5 gear just before 3.1 hit. I have noticed a LOT less problem than the guys who were heavy spirit or (heaven forfend) almost no MP5/spirit at all. :P Something to consider anywho. Granted, he's mostly healy.

[Clone]

Yeh having the same problem with my shammys, Guess its time to start buying water -.-

[Ualaa]

Also, dual-specs are in the game...

Glyphs follow the spec you're currently using.
If you have elemental shammies who both pvp and pve, but have no interest in resto or enhancement specs.

You might want Thunderstorm glyph for PvE, you definitely do not want it for PvP.
Eventually the cost of two glyphs (Thunderstorm in PvE, whatever you replace it with in PvP), will exceed that of dual specs.

[Moorea]

Thanks for the tip; I forgot about thunderstom mana effect (and may glyph it to avoid having to run after my targets; though indeed I like the knockback effect in pvp and emergencies and can't quite afford dual spec) - What I just did (but haven't tried in instance yet) is I made 1 of my shammy resto - I hope Mana Tide totem will eliminate my mana issues - but we'll see about loss of dps

[Stealthy]

I'd suggest going with a spec like this:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#hqI0q...Vo0xxco:kIp0cm

With the Thunder glpyh reducing the cooldown to 30 secs, you can use Thunderstorm after each pull, and just before the next pull (so the push back isn't an issue) for a mana boost.

Also speccing further in Enhancement to get Shamanistic focus is a must IMO - shocks are far more expensive for mana than lightning bolts. And with the extra crit from Thundering Strikes, and spell damage from Elemental Weapons, you'll be dropping mobs faster (which means less casts, less mana spent).

My armory if you're interested: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-t...pz&gn=The+Zerg

Cheers,

S.

[Hor]

Mana hasn't been an issue for me, since I've been using glyphed TS whenever it's up.

Darkmoon Card: Illusion helps too, I have it on all of my casters.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=42988