It was more or less the frustration I felt as playing Ele Shaman back in the day amplified. 1 Solar Beam completely locks out the entire group for 4 seconds and a trinket isn't going to save them. That's long enough time to drop a target and at that point there usually isn't enough oomph to 1 shot anyone. Back in the day Blood Elf racial locking out the group for 2 seconds was massive.

They do really need to buff Ele's in general, and I figured his gear was a fresh 90. It's just the game has evolved so much - you'd think Blizzard would give them more tools of the trade.