Quote Originally Posted by 'vindicated',index.php?page=Thread&postID=82894#po st82894
except comparing shamans to mages.
The closest comparison to elemental shaman is mages. The only other caster DPS is warlock or priest, which means DoT classes.

Priest is to warlock what ele shammy is to mage.

I still disagree on chain lightning being > lightning bolt -- chain lightning has a lower +spelldamage coefficient and scales worse than lightning bolt.