Are 19 enhancement shammies even playable?

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So I was wondering if a lvl 19 enhancement shaman could compete with other classes...I never see any of them tho, which may be an indicator that they suck. I think it would be fun to gear up and try one out, but would it just be time wasted?
 
Its cool if you want to play a glass cannon class. I mean pretty much anyone else will tear you to shreds. Also Sheer is broken as fuck, as all it is is an interrupt spell and a gcd for you and them. Which is wasted imho. Only dispel is cool, but you'll be destroyed before you can use it.



Idk, I guess cool for wsg funzone, just don't try to arena.
 
cool..i made a chardev, http://chardev.org/?profile=276748.



I stacked a ton of hit rating, I got him capped for not only special attacks, but auto attacks as well, but it lowered my crit a great deal.

I dont know alot about enhancement shamans, but I figured alot of the damage would come from the auto attacks as a duel wielding class so having them capped might be a good idea. Also have alot of expertise from my racials and the foreman gloves.
 
kablam said:
Enhance is a bit tough solo queuing because you get blown up pretty quick but you can global people down from 1000 to 0 in just a few seconds with lucky crits. Also Senr is wrong. Sheer doesn't cost a gcd.



Also for gear: http://us.battle.net...tan/Bone/simple



Maybe BoA Ring over argas especially if you're not Dranei
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Kab, go on today, we got some talking to dooo I'll be on at like 2 eastern
 
Everything's viable if you are purj. just sayin.
 
Overkill said:
So I was wondering if a lvl 19 enhancement shaman could compete with other classes...I never see any of them tho, which may be an indicator that they suck. I think it would be fun to gear up and try one out, but would it just be time wasted?
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this is definitely a viable and enjoyable class. they have insane burst, just very poor survivability. if you're runnin with good healers, enhance shaman is a great class for killing healers and big damage in general
 
sup drugs, when we playin again

edit: next wensday i hope
 
Overkill said:
So I was wondering if a lvl 19 enhancement shaman could compete with other classes...I never see any of them tho, which may be an indicator that they suck. I think it would be fun to gear up and try one out, but would it just be time wasted?
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Mine is sitting shelved until they add the following to 19 access:



1. Frost Shock

2. Instant Ghost Wolf

3. Healing Surge

4. Stormstrike



As it is, primal strike hits for weapon damage on an 8 second CD. It amounts to an extra white hit every 8 secs. Lava Lash is decent, but it's still not really bursty. Aside from that, you don't have any way to reliably heal (Heavy Runecloth Bandage is the best heal you have), and you have no ranged snares (earthbind totem is too easy to out range). You have a 1 sec cast time on GW form, and it's dispellable by other shamans.



So when you ask if it's viable? Only if you like spending a lot of time at the GY. If a rogue or a hunter even looks at you, your character will fall over dead.
 
Enhance is like a fury warrior with purge and an interrupt. Just go for spell hit cap, don't bother capping white damage cause you still need crit for your shocks and specials.
 
When I was experimenting with my capped hit set and capped expertise I found that it was really weak and it wasn't nearly as good as my normal set. Like Riv said, you only need spell hit capped.
 
Zeiren/Dasfizzla said:
When I was experimenting with my capped hit set and capped expertise I found that it was really weak and it wasn't nearly as good as my normal set. Like Riv said, you only need spell hit capped.
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oh ok, well that means my crit will be alot higher, had to lose alot of it for all that hit rating gear lol.



I suppose http://chardev.org/?profile=276921 is best then.
 
Hit, crit, and AP all have values relative to eachother. The more hit and criit you have the more valuable AP becomes. The more AP and crit you have the more valuable hit becomes. The more AP and hit you have the more valuable crit becomes. It's about finding a balance.
 
Rivfader said:
Hit, crit, and AP all have values relative to eachother. The more hit and criit you have the more valuable AP becomes. The more AP and crit you have the more valuable hit becomes. The more AP and hit you have the more valuable crit becomes. It's about finding a balance.
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That makes sense, ill prolly make mutiple sets and try them out to find the sweet spot.
 
Mnkey use to be pretty good at Enhance. We use to be a pretty good tag team.
 
Enh shamans can be awesome if you stick with your team and know how to purge/shear. Crazy burst, a lot of utility spells, you get one shotted tho....
 
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