My Epic fail

[Bradster]

I have a question regarding the shamans and the level grind. I noticed that going the elemental route these guys run out of mana quite fast. Does the efficiency improve later? Is there something that helps (other than a vending machine)?

Two things about playing this group from a mana utilization PoV.

1- Yes, it gets better. First, I always run BoW on my shaman. It's even better than kings for them, as they do want to burn a lot of mana. Second, I took Unrelenting Storm (talent) as soon as I hit 30 and it helps a ton. Between these two things, the mana is much better.

2- When I was running 5 shaman early, it was a "nuke-nuke-nuke-dead-drink" type of playstyle. Once I brought my existing paladin into the fold, I rethought my playstyle a little to use the strengths of that class (aoe tanking mainly). This means, rather than find one target and burn it down quick, I drop a lot of totems and round up a bunch with my paly, and let the aoe totems and paly reflective dmg do the dmg (with a c-lighting thrown in here and there). This is probably a little slower than you could go burning stuff down, but if you do it right it's zero downtime, and I find it preferable to be doing something (not waiting to drink) the entire time I'm playing.

So yeah, it'll get better, and you might find a slight adaptation to your approach helps a little too.

Cool thanks for the tactic tips!