Well let me first introduce myself, my estranged accomplices, since you have successfully awoken me to the life of WoW... for the third time out of retirement

I have a 70 warlock (9k hp, 700 +dmg) and a 68 elemental shaman (5.5k hp, 661 +dmg, 16% crit). I quit shaman before they got their "buff" due to lack of CC/closing gap/ES etc etc.

We all know the power of SL/SL warlock, which shines in small scale PvP, but suffers in large scale due to lack of burst. Conversely a 'lock can go Destruction and gain a ton of burst while becoming squishy.

What I've been rationalizing is the following cases:

4 x ele sham
4 x desto lock
4 x shockadin

The shamans will have higher burst damage (3500 crit CL + Shock = ~5k dmg in 1.5 second, with ability to proc LO for another 1.7k). Can heal, can res, higher armor, totems and utility.


The warlocks will have more interuptions/cc, about 2k less damage in the 1.5 second burst, but have the option of Soulfire, seduce, fear, 2 sources of insta Shadowbolts and would be able to pull of some NASTY combo's with chained/timed Shadowfury.
ie. Lock 1/2/3 wind up immolate (1500x3), lock 4 shadowfury's half a second later (1200)... lock 1/2/3 conflag (1500x3) lock 4 shadowburns (1500)... solid insta-gib.

Then you have the beast of shockadins. Put them in S1 healing gear, spec'd 40/0/21. They would be able to heal twice as effectively as the shamans, would have BoF/bubble/cleanse/stun, multiple auras, and dish out respectable damage, all in plate.

So I guess Im curious to input for desto lock and shockadin as we all know that shams are viable.