How to: Ele shamans 5s.

[Nikita]

Ive gotten a few whispers and messages about my ele shaman setup. If you have any questions, post em here.

Comp:
This composition consists of playing 4 elemental shamans.

Add0ns:
Jamba (Best multiboxing addon out there.)
Gladius (Arena unit frames, show`s me the opposing teams setup and spec.)
Shadow Unit Frames (Simple party frame addon which shows me if my shamans are locked down and cant cast.)

Specs: Elemental
Shaman 1: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#hGGGGRfkzZbhZbh
Shaman 2: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#huGGGRfkbZbhZbh
Shaman 3: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#hGGGGRfkzZbhZbh
Shaman 4: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#huGGGRfkbZbhZbh

Glyphs:
- Elemental
Prime: Glyph of Lava Burst, Glyph of Unleashed Lightning, Glyph of Lightning Bolt
Major: Glyph of Stoneclaw Totem, Glyph of Hex, Glyph of Thunder
Minor: Glyph of Artic Wolf, Glyph of Water Walking, Glyph of Renewed Life


DPS macro:
- Elemental
This is my kill macro.
/assist focus
/use Ruthless Gladiator's Badge of Dominance
/use 10
/use Lifeblood
/cast Elemental Mastery
/castsequence reset=/8 Lava Burst, Chain Lightning, Earth Shock

Other then this I have LB, CL, ES, FS, US and LvB on seperate keybinds.

I have hex setup to cast on arena 1-4.

Shaman 1:
#showtooltip Hex
/cast [target=arena1] Hex

Shaman 2:
#showtooltip Hex
/cast [target=arena2] Hex

Shaman 3:
#showtooltip Hex
/cast [target=arena3] Hex

Shaman 4:
#showtooltip Hex
/cast [target=arena4] Hex


I also have WS setup to cast on arena 1-4

Shaman 1:
#showtooltip Wind Shear
/cast [target=arena1] Wind Shear

Shaman 2:
#showtooltip Wind Shear
/cast [target=arena2] Wind Shear

Shaman 3:
#showtooltip Wind Shear
/cast [target=arena3] Wind Shear

Shaman 4:
#showtooltip Wind Shear
/cast [target=arena4] Wind Shear

Since I have the Glyph of Unleashed Lightning I have a macro which do this:

<Hotkey ScrollLockOn Shift T>
<SendLabel w1,w2,w3,w4,w5>
<Key Shift T>

Shift T sends:
/assist focus
/cast Lightning Bolt

<Hotkeyup ScrollLockOn Shift T>
<SendLabel w1,w2,w3,w4,w5>
<Key K>

Key K sends interact with target.

This helps me gather up after a fear, or chase down healers/melees. Quiet handy.

How to deal with fears:

I have tremor on round robin.

First keypress:

Shaman 1: Tremor Totem
Shaman 2: Grounding Totem
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Grounding Totem

Second Keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Tremor Totem
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Grounding Totem

Third keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Grounding Totem
Shaman 3: Tremor Totem
Shaman 4: Grounding Totem

Fourth Keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Grounding Totem
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Tremor Totem

This ensures me that I have grounding totem up all the time. Which is kinda needed against caster comps. Also good to have VS 3 melee + 2 healer comps, since they will try to CC my healer or my shamans with Hex, fears, strangulate etc.

How to deal with melees:
First keypress:


Shaman 1: Thunderstorm
Shaman 2: Earthbind Totem
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Grounding Totem

Second Keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Thunderstorm
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Grounding Totem

Third keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Grounding Totem
Shaman 3: Thunderstorm
Shaman 4: Earthbind Totem

Fourth Keypress:

Shaman 1: Grounding Totem
Shaman 2: Earthbind Totem
Shaman 3: Grounding Totem
Shaman 4: Thunderstorm


Gear PvP:
Get the spell pen neck.
I go for the 4 set bonus on the elemental gear, then I use the resto head for mastery.

- Gemming

Stack intellect, since this is our strongest stat.

- Enchanting

Im a huge fan of mastery. Ive tried stacking and reforging haste, but when I go for kills, sometimes my targets were down to less then 5000 hp. But now that Im going for mastery, having LvB proc gives me that kill.

Head: 60 intellect + 35 resilience
Shoulders: 50 intellect + 25 resilience
Back: 50 intellect
Chest: +20 to all stats
Wrist: 65 mastery
Gloves: 65 mastery
Belt: Belt Buckle
Legs: 95 intellect + 80 stamina
Boots: 50 mastery

- Reforging

Prio list on reforging:
1. Hit capped
2. Mastery

Composition:

- Healers

As any multiboxing comp you need a solid healer such as a priest or holy paladin. Mix it up to suit your playstyle. I find playing with a priest is better, since I feel that holy paladins lack AOE healing. And lets face it, once the bubble is out, the paladin is fucked.

- Arena

I never go offensive, I wait for the other team to charge me. If they go defensive I try to stack up my lightning shield orbs by shooting CL on pets, and totems.
3 melee + 2 healers:
Allways go for Dk or warrior first. Force the DK to use AMS early in the fight, purge both of em. After that you use thunderstorm and earthbind, do a quick hex on healers, and kill the DK or warrior quick. If the warrior uses Spell Reflect, use wind shear to clear it away.
Against caster teams I recommend to kill the mage first! Allways go for the mage, he`s the one screwing up with RoF and polymorph. Force the mage to Iceblock early, then you switch to lock/ele shaman/boomkin. When the mage is healed up, and is out of Iceblock, do a quick hex then use your kill rotation and finish him off.
If I dont get a kill on a dps on the first burst wave, I tend to switch to resto shamans, they are insanely squishy once they`ve used Natures Swiftness.

Classes to watch out for:
Ele shamans <- If you see a ele shaman on the opposing team, try to force him to go offensive quick. They have insane burst once they have 9 stacks of Lightning Shield. I allways make my healer watch out on how many stacks he`s got.
BM hunters <- Insane burst at the start, so when I see him popping BM, I switch to him and force him to use deterrence, so his burst will be wasted.
Boomkins <- Only thing you should watch out for here is the Typhoon spell. This is only if you are standing on bridges or on top of pillars.
Mages <- RoF and polymorph is a pain to deal with. As I wrote earlier, try to force him to iceblock straight away. Usualy 4 x FS and 4 x LvB will make him Iceblock, once he is out, switch back and finish him off.
Go for kill situations:

If the opposing healers are far away, and their melee runs behind me, I do a quick Thunderstorm + earthbind, turn around and finish em off while my priest runs and fears the opposing healers. And if a warrior pops recklesness he dies instantly, my healers tells me this aswell.

- BG
Spam LB and CL, ppl will die anyways

- RBG
Havent tried this one yet, since Im not sure if it will work. But once I try it, I`ll post here.

Other tips:
Find a good healer and stick with him/her. You will only get better aslong as you play with the same healer.
My healer doesnt focus entirely on healing, he tells me when a warrior pops recklesness, when rogues uses smokebomb, when my priest is CCed and cant heal, he tells me that I need to heal myself. This makes my job killing alot easier.

If I`ve missed out on anything crucial, please let me know. And im not a grammar god, so trolls keep out!
Nikita