On the ropes about 5th for my 4x shammies

[Shodokan]

Option 1: 5th shaman

Option 2: Hunter
- 25% reduced healing on a target
-Pet buff (if bm)
-Traps
-Decent damage
-Very mobile

Option 3: Death Knight
-Lots of things to keep track of
-Huge damage
-Reduced healing on opponent
-Multiple means of slowing the target down even if a melee is on your team
-O'Shi buttons for when he gets low on health to get heals more efficiently, anti-fear
-High burst in both frost and unholy
...we all should know the options by now.

Option 4: Boomkin
-Knockdown
-Solar Beam
-Being a huge chicken
-Overgrowth (root all targets in 8 yards... far away)
-Typhoon = another GTFO me spell
-Land mine mushrooms you can lay inside the group to deal damage to melee
-AOE silence/interupt (1 min cooldown)

Option 5: mage
-Lots of ways to freeze opponents away from the shaman
-Good burst
-Pet
-AOE slow
-Living bomb
-Impact
-Frost has 20% reduced target received healing

Probrably going to end up going with a 5th shaman... but i think DK and boomkin are strong candidates as well as hunters.

Opinions please

[Boylston]

Druid is a pretty compelling option. You can play resto if you need it, or just add some of the cool tricks of boomkin. The AoE entangling roots will be dominating. You can also take that 5th and use it as a tank for PvE fun.

Can you tell what my plan might be?

[Littleburst]

second player playing a healer.

[Kruschpakx4]

second player playing a healer.

best

[Boylston]

best

No doubt it's the best for BGs and Arena...

My "who is the 5th?" question revolves around having 5 accounts and deciding which 5th I'd like to have at 85 as an alt.

[zenga]

Have you considered disc priest? Looks like they 'd bring quite some defensive utility to the team + healing options + fear (ward) + leap of faith when one of your toons is feared + power infusion + mana burn and last but not least mass dispel

[Shodokan]

Have you considered disc priest? Looks like they 'd bring quite some defensive utility to the team + healing options + fear (ward) + leap of faith when one of your toons is feared + power infusion + mana burn and last but not least mass dispel

I have not no. But it could be a viable option.

[Noids]

I have not no. But it could be a viable option.

I really like the idea of priest, just haven't worked out which spec yet. Shadow also has the 25% debuff plus 5% haste (not sure if this stacks with Totem of wrath though). Disc has been the classic PvP healing spec but I also run a team with a holy priest and the AoE healing and instant heals are really very nice.

My other consideration for the shams at the moment is also a Boomkin. I like the idea of being able to run this guy as a feral tank for heroics and switch to Boomy for BGs. The spell dmg nerf from 13 to 8% is a bit annoying but still an important bonus, but as mentioned above, the 4 shams may have sufficient killing power as they are and the utility from a resto druid may be more useful.

[Littleburst]

I really like the idea of priest, just haven't worked out which spec yet. Shadow also has the 25% debuff plus 5% haste (not sure if this stacks with Totem of wrath though). Disc has been the classic PvP healing spec but I also run a team with a holy priest and the AoE healing and instant heals are really very nice.

My other consideration for the shams at the moment is also a Boomkin. I like the idea of being able to run this guy as a feral tank for heroics and switch to Boomy for BGs. The spell dmg nerf from 13 to 8% is a bit annoying but still an important bonus, but as mentioned above, the 4 shams may have sufficient killing power as they are and the utility from a resto druid may be more useful.

I think a healer will always be the best option. The buffs boomkins and Spriest give is handy, but it requires a cast to get it up. So for the druid you'd have to cast a wrath while you flame shock with the shaman. It's doable, but i doubt if it's gonna be needed. Spriest will oom very fast i think. Besides that they hardly add dmaage, because they mostly rely on dots, which won't tick for substantial damage.

[Shodokan]

I really like the idea of priest, just haven't worked out which spec yet. Shadow also has the 25% debuff plus 5% haste (not sure if this stacks with Totem of wrath though). Disc has been the classic PvP healing spec but I also run a team with a holy priest and the AoE healing and instant heals are really very nice.

My other consideration for the shams at the moment is also a Boomkin. I like the idea of being able to run this guy as a feral tank for heroics and switch to Boomy for BGs. The spell dmg nerf from 13 to 8% is a bit annoying but still an important bonus, but as mentioned above, the 4 shams may have sufficient killing power as they are and the utility from a resto druid may be more useful.

What utility other than a few CC's and rolling hots?