Mephisto
Legend
Addition of a magic cleanse to our already considerable Arsenal of utility spells makes us a huge contender. The only thing that makes us less viable than holy paladins is the poison cleanse. I would kill for the poison cleanses, because 1. I rarely see Warlocks. the only warlock I have seen on the alliance side was Honeycocaine, and she was affliction. I would cleanse off all the curses and eat the silence because it wasn't like her dots could actually kill someone on her own. Thats the only thing I feel that is useless about shamans. That and we are susceptible to being massacred by Rogues. Rip tide definitely won't save you from the amount of damage Sub and Mut spec is able to dish out especially with Deadly poison critting for 100 per tick, and all subsequent applications hitting you for 50 damage or higher. but meh.