Very interesting. The new WotLK talents are going to bring lots of new opportunities to us boxers.

As for 5xresto shammies, I think the reason they will never overcome the popularity of shammies is that they don't have anti-fear and they are almost as squishy as mages while in healer form.

I have played my Boomkin with my 4 shammies in over 100 BG matches and though he is great for adding crit and not being squishy there, if I ever forget to get him into Moonkin form after dismounting he goes down really quickly. I was also disappointed by the fact that you have to target your treants. Way too much work to ever use them as a boxer now that they nerfed the ping minimap thing.

The HoTs sound nice too, and may work in BGs pretty well. In arenas, HoTs would never keep up with incoming damage.

Fun to think about though