My Offensive Shaman Build

[cokester]

I'm experimenting with this build at the moment, just toying with the idea of being able to dish out elemental and melee damage and leave the healing for the priest. Using a stm/int build I haven't had a lack of mana even with no totemic focus. Mobs often die reasonably quickly, I can usually take 2 or 3 groups before I have to rest. PVP wise theres nothing that makes you feel better then throwing down a big shock crit on a poor little gnome and then unleashing a WF combo backed up by flurry :D.

Elemental

Concussion
Rank: 5/5
Increases the damage done by your shock spell by 5%.

Call Of Flame
Rank: 5/5
Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems by 10%.

Convection
Rank: 5/5
Reduces the mana cost of your shock spells by 10%.

ElementalFocus
Rank: 1/1
Gives you a 10% chance to enter a clear casting state after casting any Fire, Frost or nature damage spell. The clear casting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage by 100%

Call Of Thunder
Rank: 5/5
Increases the critical strike chance of your lightning spells by 5%.

Reverberation
Rank: 5/5
Reduces the cooldown of your shock spells by 1 second.

Improved Fire Nova Totem
Rank: 2/2
Reduces the delay before your Fire nova Totem activates by 1 second.

Elemental Fury
Rank: 1/1
Increases the critical strike damage done by your fire, frost and nature spells by 100%.

Enhancement

Ancestral Knoweledge
Rank: 5/5
Increases your maximum mana by 5%.

Thundering Strikes
Rank: 5/5
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 5%

Improved Ghost Wolf
Rank: 2/2
Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 2 seconds

Improved Lightning Shield
Rank: 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Lighning Shield orbs by 15%

Flurry
Rank: 5/5
Increases your defence skill by 10

ImprovedWindfuryWeapon
Rank: 2/2
Increases the chance to activate the Windfury weapon effect by 2%


What do you guys think? At the moment I'm quite enjoying this build, however I have no CB/OB experience (being a retail first-timer) and I'm not sure if this will effect my end game dramatically.

Cheers...this is my first post here but I've lurked for quite awhile, learn't a lot ;).

[evilution]

I used to be all elemental / enhance. But after trying out the restoration build up to the 75% heal through damage.. I'm hooked on at least that.

I will prob end up with 30 elemental, 21 restoration once i am 60. I tried doing a 21 restoration 30 enhance but i cant live without my 5 sec shocks. That 1 second really seems to make a huge difference to me.

However i just played with the calculator and this build is tempting.

Restoration Mastery
Tidal Focus Rank 5
Ancestral Healing Rank 5
Improved Lesser Healing Wave Rank 4
Restoration Total: 14
Enhancement Mastery
Ancestral Knowledge Rank 5
Thundering Strikes Rank 5
Improved Ghost Wolf Rank 2
Improved Lightning Shield Rank 3
Flurry Rank 5
Parry Rank 1
Enhancement Total: 21
Elemental Mastery
Concussion Rank 5
Convection Rank 5
Elemental Focus Rank 1
Reverberation Rank 5
Elemental Total: 16
Total
Total Points Spent: 51
Level Required: 60

[cokester]

that looks pretty good, I might give it a try after i hit 60...a lot more mana efficient

[Firecrak]

Flurry or NS....I choose insta heal. I also choose S/S over 2hder, its really not that needed. With Ironfoe + Windfury, you already chew through casters like dogmeat. NS for those godamn paladins.

[cokester]

yeah I've gone S/S because i dont want to sacrifice any more defence then i have to, i have just over 3k atm.

[Afgar]

Flurry or NS....I choose insta heal. I also choose S/S over 2hder, its really not that needed. With Ironfoe + Windfury, you already chew through casters like dogmeat. NS for those godamn paladins.

why wouldn't you use a 2hander on a caster? You don't need defense vs. them. There's no way to argue that using a 2hander against a caster is way better than using a 1hander =P.

Of course if you feel you need AC you can swap to a 1h / shield (which I alway scarry with me). I've found that the best def vs paladins though is Purge =). A 1h definitely helps vs rogues though.

[cokester]

that means putting a talent point into something that i'd hardly ever use though...besides shields can have resistances ;)

[evilution]

staff's are great 2h weapons :D

[Mithras]

staff's are great 2h weapons :D

Indeed...I keep one on me at all times, though Im primarily Axe/Dagger and Shield. I refuse to waste a talent point when I can get a comparitive Staff if I want one for no points, what so ever.

/salute

[suisydl]

but your forgetting that awesome 2hnd axe from SM, the Ravager. Nice to have that AE proc as a shammie.