Elemental Fury Talent (Shaman)

[hadrian]

How important is the Elemental Fury Talent?
I don't know if it's better to spend 6 Talent Point in "Call of Thunder" and "Elemental Fury" or in the Enhancement Tree (Improved Stoneskin Totem, 2 Hand Axes/Maces, and 2 point in Lightning Shield)

[my Talent Build untit Level 54]

Restoration Mastery

Tidal Focus Rank 5
Totemic Focus Rank 5
Improved Lesser Healing Wave Rank 5
Tidal Mastery Rank 5
Nature's Swiftness Rank 1

Restoration Total: 21

Enhancement Mastery

Ancestral Knowledge Rank 5
Improved Ghost Wolf Rank 2
Improved Lightning Shield Rank 1

Enhancement Total: 8

Elemental Mastery
Concussion Rank 5
Convection Rank 5
Elemental Focus Rank 1
Reverberation Rank 5

Elemental Total: 16


Total Points Spent: 45
Level Required: 54
Total Points left: 6

[Zaknafien]

You could go either way. Personally, I would use them to get a few more healing talents and max out lightning shield, but you can go either way.

I do think that getting fury would be highly superior to getting stoneskin/SH, however.

[Renton]

Elemental fury is superb, but if you're going to be a tank shaman, and do alot of soloing (ecspecailly dueling), go with the 2hand mace/axe thing, those are gonna be doin some nice dmg come one of these patches. Never really liked stokeskin totems myself.

[hellion]

wow don't put points in lightning shield people. gives like +20 dmg. not worth it

[Apotheosis]

Interesting hellion -- I think the improved lightning shield is so powerful that it may be in need of a nerf (that is, the percentage increase in damage is so high for the points required, and the talent can be acquired so early in the tree), either by making it cost 5 points or by moving it down farther into the enhancement tree. Anyone else have thought on this?

[Zaknafien]

Interesting hellion -- I think the improved lightning shield is so powerful that it may be in need of a nerf (that is, the percentage increase in damage is so high for the points required, and the talent can be acquired so early in the tree), either by making it cost 5 points or by moving it down farther into the enhancement tree. Anyone else have thought on this?

hellion is wrong. Its a fantastic talent.

[Chemdog]

Any chance you can share with me the fascination with Lightning Shield? I just don't feel it does much for me. I mean, I guess 50 dmg every few secs isn't bad, but I just didn't think it was a must have talent upgrade. 15% of 50 = 7.5 * 3 = 22.5 extra dmg. That's one tick out of my 1 tick from magma totem or 2 from searing totem/flame shock.

[Mithras]

Any chance you can share with me the fascination with Lightning Shield? I just don't feel it does much for me. I mean, I guess 50 dmg every few secs isn't bad, but I just didn't think it was a must have talent upgrade. 15% of 50 = 7.5 * 3 = 22.5 extra dmg. That's one tick out of my 1 tick from magma totem or 2 from searing totem/flame shock.

Its free damage on ranged/melee attacks, for relatively low mana. Cant count the number of times Ive killed a %t with LS, lol.

[Chemdog]

It works on ranged attackers too? I thought it was only melee.

[Mithras]

Both Ranged and Melee.