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Elemental and Cloth gear?
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2Fang
Okay guys, most of you will know that I have been Enhance most of my Shaman play-time.
Now, I'm thinking of trying Elemental. Not too sure yet, but I have next to no Elemental gear. I have legs, bracer and a trinket that is for Elemental but nothing else.
I'm going to go to MgT heroic, Karazhan, Gruul & Magtheridon tomorrow or the day after.
Anyways, I'm going to PvE mainly once I get the gear and maybe PvP a little.
But my point is, (my guild is basically doing all the runs for me) is Cloth gear good for an Elemental Shaman that is mainly raiding if the mail gear does not drop? I want gear ASAP so I can actually raid high tiers etc.
Like, if I Magtheridon does not drop his chest token but Kael drops the Sin'dorei robes, will that be good enough?
I mean, because it's raiding, armour doesn't matter does it?
Any thoughts would be great. I'm next to clueless when Elemental + Raiding.
Post by
Madinauzi
If the stat allocation on the cloth is as good as the stat allocation on mail, then why not?
Shamans should NEVER get hit while raiding so the additional armor from mail gear is only for pvp, in theory ofc.
Any other questions i will answer to the best of my abilities :)
(im trying to convince my raid leaders that cloth is just as good for ele shaman as it is for mages, but the mages are filling the raid leader's head with lies!!!)
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Post by
dtothen
You should never be taking a cloth or leather item unless there is nobody else that wants it.
Having said that, yes, of course go out and do your homework and find out what gear you need and where it drops, and if it's not feasibly accessible, hunt down a BoE cloth or leather piece,
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Madinauzi
If the stat allocation on the cloth is as good as the stat allocation on mail, then why not?
Shamans should NEVER get hit while raiding so the additional armor from mail gear is only for pvp, in theory ofc.
Any other questions i will answer to the best of my abilities :)
(im trying to convince my raid leaders that cloth is just as good for ele shaman as it is for mages, but the mages are filling the raid leader's head with lies!!!)
I'm a raid leader myself, and I try and give mages the cloth loot first, as it's their only options.
Shamans can wear cloth, leather AND mail which gives them the most options.
In most cases cloth is OUR ONLY option. considering there is a complete lack of itemisation for moonkins and elemental shaman i dont see the problem with us taking the precious and rare cloth gear. Lets see, apart from Tier gear off the top of my head there is...
Karazhan
: Big Bad Wolf's Head.
Gruul's
: Windshear Boots.
Magtheridon
: None.
ZA
you say?: Avalanche Leggings.
So as you see, from Tier 4 content there are three spelldamage mail items.
Now i'll move onto Tier 5 content:
SSC
: None.
TK
: None.
From tier five there is a total of none.
Tier 6 content:
Hyjal
: None.
BT
: Bands of the Coming Storm, Boots of Oceanic Fury, Flashfire Girdle.
Shared Trash (BT/HS) Loot:
Chestguard of Relentless Storms.
SP
: Chain Links of the Tumultuous Storm, Cowl of Gul'dan, Gauntlets of the Ancient Shadowmoon.
Tier 6 content is our best. We get 7 items.
So in conclusion we DONT have as much choice as your saying we have.
And do NOT say "badge loot noob" we are talking loot, or havent you noticed cloth has badge loot also.
Sorry i sound agitated.... but i am.
Flame away.
Edit
: Just done a check on leather gear.
- Tier 4: 2 items (1 which is already covered in mail version...)
- Tier 5: 0 items
- Tier 6: 3 items (which are all covered eithr in mail, or earlier in leather.)
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Post by
buzz3070
i know what you are talking about i have belt of blasting and some random healing bracers as my only cloth gear i chose the belt because it has the best stats of any mail belt i have seen and it wont bereplaced until black temple i only got the bracers cause it was a drop no one wanted so i decied what the hell and took it and it is really frustating find mail damage gear as most of it is healing
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