My 5v5 Enhance Shaman team. Videos, updates, random thoughts. 2v2 as well.

[karr]

Well, being inspired kruschpakx and his amazing ability to pew pew, i started my own 4 enhance shaman. I have experience with ele shaman back in BC days, but it didnt last long, melee teams looked a lot of fun, indeed that was true.

So i started this about a week before thanksgiving, then bought mop on black friday for the 3 non upgraded teams. now almost a month later they are all 90 (two weeks now) and almost fully 522 griev geared. They all sit around the 450k mark in hp, but are missing many small pieces that are filled with isle 496 gear.

I will be maintaining this thread with videos and thoughts, as well as random tidbits and conversation.

My strat for 5s is very much like kruschpakx, as i am inspired by his success, though a little different.

Key differences are i use earthgrab totem on 2 toons, one will put down earth grab, the other capictor totem, one windwalk, one stormlash. I try to do this to stun a few people while trapped by the grab, as i am not using totemic projection, this makes it easier to get a stun. i have this button mirrored with the other set so i have essentially two chances at this.

I use the talent for double of the same totem up, with earth ele and other general sloppiness, i like not canceling a totem i want.

I also do not use rushing streams, instead Ancestral guidance in a macro combined with shamanistic rage, this is my wall macro and i can generally heal up full with this, very very effective with chain heal and ascendence, though the cooldown is a bit long. I just can't remember to put down healing stream.

I do like echo of the elements with chain heal, but the instant (and reliable) hex is more important, especially combined with primal elemental stun for trinket forcing.


I have not done a lot of 5s, rather i have been just capping my mid season catchup (over 100games each) by dual boxing 2s. So that in mind, i will leave you with a video of me capping 2s dualboxing. Note that there are two different sets of toons in the videos, and initially i TANKED my mmr while learning, so it's been a slow climb up since.

Here is my first video. No fancy editing, as i don't know how and it's 4am. Note that this is all at very low mmr. The highest team i faced (though not sure if recorded) was 1600, most were much much lower. This is not a check my skill video, more just a proof of concept and entertainment.

[ebony]

hey great work some nice tips I been using chain heal in 2's or though i seen you using HS it seems a lot better so time to tweet my setup.

You got a wow armory profile link you can share with us!.

[karr]

Sure, here is one of the leader, though he is not the best geaed due to shamsou getting incredible luck on every boss drop ever haha. Also gear was updated to this, after all recording. http://armorylite.com/us/kiljaeden/Shamsoo

HS, i think, is better in 2s as it heals for more and there is less need for topping everyone, though in 5s if you take echo of the elements, chain heal is really strong, even without echo, i find more people need healing and ch when together is nice.

[ebony]

Sure, here is one of the leader, though he is not the best geaed due to shamsou getting incredible luck on every boss drop ever haha. Also gear was updated to this, after all recording. http://armorylite.com/us/kiljaeden/Shamsoo

HS, i think, is better in 2s as it heals for more and there is less need for topping everyone, though in 5s if you take echo of the elements, chain heal is really strong, even without echo, i find more people need healing and ch when together is nice.

cool thanks my shammys are sitting at 472k hp the gloves have a great hp buff on them! i really like the group i have to say!

[Shodokan]

Are you using both clients to heal with clicks? Or whats going on down at the bottom? Mouseover macros?

[karr]

Yes, it is Grid with the addon customlayouts. then a simple list so that my team is always the only ones on that list and always in the same order. Then on top i have the addon clique, which just allows you to click grid spots and it will send heals for each click. Combine all that with repeater regions of ISboxer, means in that area my mouse is copied to all characters.

It is not the most efficient, or could be improved on, as when i am dpsing or trying to stay on target, i don't often have a free global for a heal, so i spam click. I might assign another IWT key that i can spam so i can switch to that key while spam clicking heal so i can stay on target while healing and not losing the heal to a GCD.


Anyway, i didn't do any arena today, but did farm coins for a few hours. Had a 2-3 others with me and held the bridge for a long time against a lot of people, until a hulon raid emerged haha. That and every now and then two 1million hp locks would come and own some face. haha, PvE gear man, its insane wpvp.

I might do some 5s tonight, and i will record that as well.

I have dabbled in 3s, but generally have gotten pretty owned, again this was a lot of gear ago, but still it was rough, and excludes one.

[karr]

Ok just did about an hour of 5s, forgot to hit record on about half of them, but i am editing (shortening) a few matches now. All mmr were between 1200 and 1700. Will edit this when it's uploaded...

Here it is. played about 19 games this week, won about 60% starting at low mmr, 1300 or so.

[rastausa]

Very nice!
Exactly what i was talking about in the post from kruschpakx.

Thx you for sharing

Keep them coming.

[Kruschpakx4]

gameplay looks solid keep practicing, especially keep track of the searing totem after fire elementals you forget it often just as I do^^

[karr]

Thanks all. Yes i used to have searing macro'd in so new targets it would drop one, or after time. But it would cancel out my fire ele, so i am trying to do it manually, as you can see, i almost always forget to drop it. It is one of the many areas i could improve upon

ATM i am trying to farm up some gold. Most of my characters are running pretty dry, if anyone has any ideas feel free to post them. Keep in mind i really don't do well with professions, so if there is an instance or area that i can farm, that is ideal.

I am about to go grind some entry lvl MoP instances for greens to AH, as the twinks eat them up.