MoP Elemental Shaman PvP

[valkry]

Unless there's a massive change to the way that elemental gains mana from fire spells or the numbers get tuned more clearly at 90, I really fail to see a way we're not going to have the glaring mana issues we had at the start of Cataclysm. Lightning bolt spam hasn't been a real effective way to deal damage since BC anyway... I'll take 1% net mana gain (and a "mana free" spell) over an empty mana pool anyday.

At 90, you'll have the potential also be doing 25% more damage with LB anyway to offset the damage reduction with the UE talent. Hopefully we'll be looking at an 88-89 level cap soon so we can see how ele scales.

It WILL be exactly the same as the start of cata. We will have mana issues until we get better gear. Just wait it out.

[Kruschpakx4]

It WILL be exactly the same as the start of cata. We will have mana issues until we get better gear. Just wait it out.

gear - intellect - has no impact on your mana pool size, so regardless if your naked or fully geared, the number doesnt change, so I guess it wont be that bad

also thunderstorm regens 15% mana, heals are more effective, lava burst costs reduced by 35%, lava beam only costs 25% of chainlight and can trigger rolling thunder and we dont have to spend that much mana on totems anymore

so rather than beeing afraid of running out of mana after 2 or 3 minutes, I'm more concerned about every warrior having dragon shout/shockwave/aoe silience, every mage having dragons breath, every warlock shadowfury ... guess dont have to continue that list, thats why I think sacraficing damage for mana regeneration isnt that useful in pvp then when you're getting ccd to hell especially in arenas

by the way just realized lightning bolt hits harder than lava burst, guess they want to lower the number beacuse that instant from lava surge has no cooldown and is pretty op at the moment, but still hope remains for stormlash+lava burst/EB oneshots