Shaman Enhancement Shaman Gearing Question

[TeaLobster]

Do enhancement shammies fall off in PvP compared to other classes since they don't have an armor set for them beyond high warlord, or are they still pretty strong against tier 2.5/3?

 

[OnslaughtFei]

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[maredasan]

He talking bout PvP ya fool. 2.5 shammy set should be pretty good for enhancer no?

 

[TeaLobster]

He talking bout PvP ya fool. 2.5 shammy set should be pretty good for enhancer no?

I'm no expert, but it seems to give a lot of stats that are wasted for enhancement (not to mention the 5-piece set bonus), which all takes away from its overall value.

 

[SeeQ]

Well, you want mixed gear honestly, in vanilla, big portion of your damage comes from casts, especially shocks. Youre easily kited, in those situation you want to be able to rely on your spell damage.

 

[xposed]

id advice roll elem, much more damage/assist potential than enha in vanilla pvp. much more mana dependent tho for obvious reasons

 

[maredasan]

Yea I'd also always go ele but some people want that windfury procc crit luck for those occasional 1shots it seems.

 

[Asherdoom]

the only post effective on enh shaman pvp (i knew this guy was r12 in warsong server i suggest ya all to read this guide)

http://www.wow-one.com/forum/topic/76487-the-bloodskull-school-of-enhancement/

 

[Grabhammer]

properly geared and played enh shaman is as big as a threat as elemental, in the end it comes down to preferrence. You get kited easier, but are less vulnerable to curse of tounges, counterspell and pushback, esp. since Eye of the storm gives you only pushback immunity when you get physically crit.
Most of the people gear and play enh as a pure melee class though, and thats pretty much instant gg against a kiting class...

edit: And yes, t2.5 is a VERY good enh set, no matter the setbonus

 

[crucial]

id advice roll elem, much more damage/assist potential than enha in vanilla pvp. much more mana dependent tho for obvious reasons

why resto is better than elem. here is competent opinion from one of leading PvP players.

 

[Asherdoom]

why resto is better than elem. here is competent opinion from one of leading PvP players.

same damage? this guy is using drugs LOL. resto must stack +healing on gear and not spellpower lel. assuming hes going full spelllpower (never seen a single resto doing so) he got endless cast times in LB and CL (have fun 2.5sec cast which become s 3 seconds with COT)

properly geared and played enh shaman is as big as a threat as elemental, in the end it comes down to preferrence. You get kited easier, but are less vulnerable to curse of tounges, counterspell and pushback, esp. since Eye of the storm gives you only pushback immunity when you get physically crit.
Most of the people gear and play enh as a pure melee class though, and thats pretty much instant gg against a kiting class...

edit: And yes, t2.5 is a VERY good enh set, no matter the setbonus

i couldnt agree more

 

[Levinas]

why resto is better than elem. here is competent opinion from one of leading PvP players.

Thread over.

 

[krutopatkin]

has anyone else ever played with 21/9/21? Is it fun?

 

[Lharts]

From personal experience I can say that Enhancement shamans are way more annoying then Elemental or Resto shamans.

I play horde btw

 

[kengar]

I'm still noob to shaman but I'm gonna agree with Grabthar here since so far hes helped me A LOT when it comes to anything shaman related. Just listen to hes words and you'll do fine! :wub:

 

[OnslaughtFei]

i did 21/7/23 to hwl. everyone i pvp'd against assumed i was full elemental even though most of the time i play support, heal and burst.

 

[krutopatkin]

i did 21/7/23 to hwl. everyone i pvp'd against assumed i was full elemental even though most of the time i play support, heal and burst.

Guardian totems in enhancement tree I assume?

 

[kengar]

Guardian totems in enhancement tree I assume?

improved Ghost Wolf i remember it was

 

[Blackpeixera]

Forget all that oneshot windfury crap you seen about shaman on YT and you'll be fine. Build hybrid. You'll have ranged damage for when kited, melee damage because WF scales well with your weapons, and selfheals with EotS.

Bloodskull went for 150 spellpower and at least 5k hp, so he focused the rest with that threshhold in mind. Get a shield when facing melee classes.

That's all i can say.

 

[Grabhammer]

Forget all that oneshot windfury crap you seen about shaman on YT and you'll be fine. Build hybrid. You'll have ranged damage for when kited, melee damage because WF scales well with your weapons, and selfheals with EotS.

Bloodskull went for 150 spellpower and at least 5k hp, so he focused the rest with that threshhold in mind. Get a shield when facing melee classes.

That's all i can say.

try getting 5k hp without aq even being released. eots sucks against any class except hunters. just my 2 cents

 

[Bloodskull]

Bloodskull went for 150 spellpower and at least 5k hp, so he focused the rest with that threshhold in mind. Get a shield when facing melee classes.

That guy's a nub.

try getting 5k hp without aq even being released.

Get at least 4500, then.

eots sucks against any class except hunters. just my 2 cents

True, but for those of us who go Enhancement-Elemental it's very important we have it for when we do run into competent Hunters.