Mages or shaman?

[TMNT]

I hate totems.

i lol'ed at that

Don't be afraid to start a new trend. Ellay started the shaman because he got high. Doesn't mean others wont. You have to be creative try the unthinkable and others will follow.

[chris916]

I hate totems.

i lol'ed at that

Don't be afraid to start a new trend. Ellay started the shaman because he got high. Doesn't mean others wont. You have to be creative try the unthinkable and others will follow.

Hey! I saw you today! :P

[Djarid]

Rogues = easymode for shamans. LB/Earthshock him this should make him pop cloak because he's at 50% or less. Soon as cloak wears off either instant chain lightning his ass or do 5x fire nova and watch him /cry. I like shamans more than mages because shamans are more mana efficent, and they have the ability to heal ( <3 Chain Heal ). Let's not forget the utility of 5x grounding totems along with a tremor totem rotation.

You are assuming you get the drop on the rogue and he is alone.

More realistic is you being distracted by the rogue's group.
Rogue Shadowsteps behind one of your clones.
Rogue stunlocks your clone.
Rogue is out of line of sight to all the others.
Rogue pops Cloak of Shadows when rogue notices 4 shaman suspiciously turning to get into LoS.
Rogue 5 combo point Ruptures and Vanishes before Cloak of Shadows wears off.
Rogue regens energy.
Rogue pops Preparation and rinse and repeat minus Cloak of Shadows.

...or...

Rogue sneaks up behind a clone.
Rogue garottes, blade flurries, adrenaline rushes and smash that shaman into tiny little pieces.
Cloak of Shadows if necessary.
Vanish.

Ok lets play this one out

Assuming the rogue gets the jump on the shaman. (assuming 5 shams, and Wow 2.4) with timeline
0secs : autoattack, 2x tremor totem (no sap), 1x grounding, 1xEarthbind
1sec : 4 x magma totem (no stealth and lots of damage every 2 secs)
2secs : cure poison totem, healing stream, healing stream, healing stream
3 secs : 5 x Flamestrike... (fire DoT x5 no stealth at all)
4.5 secs : NS+LB

I really don't think that the rogue is going to last too long after this... especially if he has already used cloak of shadows

[Djarid]

i think that handle 3 elementalpets @ once is to much cause u have to swich window to be albe to use their extra frost nova

Why? you can cast pet spell in a macro

[Kicksome]

I played one of my mages SOLO in ZA today with 9 other people - it was a blast. I had no idea I could hit stuff for like 4K crit with a fireball. (I just see my pally hitting for like 150 all the time). Got to use blink, frostnova, scortch, fireblast, mana ruby. All which I actually had to add to my toolbar since I NEVER used them with my 5-man group. Despite the fact that I have 2 mages that are level 70 - i really didn't know how to play them well. So I have a few new ideas for macros. I guess that's the problem when you level your guys to 70 when they are on follow. You get [or at least I did] like 1/5th the playing experience - if that.

Anyway - I might take a crack at tweaking my macros to see if I can make more out of my current setup.