Well, it was the Arcanite Reaper with crusader, i've never seen it on a draenei before, so and i had it drop in lbrs the other day so i thought, stuff it ill make one for looks:P
Ive found that no matter what gear I've had ive been able todo instances without an issue, and unfortunently elemental shamans and balance druids have some of the worst itemisiation in the game until mid outlands.
With the imp reincarnate, I chose it for the fact I do instances alot. And yes, i found myself dieing more than 4 times an hour at one stage, espessially boss fights so thats the best way to combat running back, running back is for raids with no whipe protection, not my 5 mans