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skribs
As Svend said, CL may not hit as hard - but it's shorter cast time. Even on single targets, CL is better DPS than LB, and I think even if it gets the 2 jumps it's worse or about the same DPM. If you have the mana regen for it, weave in CL; if not, don't.
In 3.1.0, the single target damage of CL will be nerfed, but it will jump more. Thus, it should be used only on trash at that point.
That said, DPS now isn't so much about rotations as it is priority. For ele shamans, I'd say:
1) If Flame Shock is not up, use flame shock. If not, proceed to step 2.
2) If Lava Burst is off cooldown, use it. If not, proceed to step 3.
3) If shocks are not on CD
and you have shocks glyphed
use Earth Shock (0.5 sec GCD is worth it, 1.5 sec isn't). If you are not using ES for either reason, proceed to step 4.
4) If CL is not on CD and you can afford the mana cost, use it. If you are not using CL for either reason, proceed to step 5.
5) Spam Lightning Bolt.
I know it's a tad more complicated than most rotations in BC (e.g. fire locks had the *complex* rotation of Immolate-Spam Inc-Conflagrate, whereas most classes had castsequence macros or single abilities they spammed), but with the way abilities work in wrath you can't really pin down a rotation unless it's going to be like 30-40 seconds long (e.g. it will be the point where all DoTs and CDs match up).
On multi-mob pulls, I'd move CL up to the #1 spot.
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Gnub
uhh.... on single targets, never use chain lightning. Ya, it may cast .5 seconds faster but in actuality that .5 seconds is NOT worth the damage you are missing out on if you would have just casted a simple lightning bolt.
Reason being is your talents give your LB a 10% extra +spell damage to it AND you can get a glyph that increases the damage of your LB by 4%. With those numbers, you would be a fool to cast CL over LB on a single target mob.
Actually, Chain Lightning is still better DPS than Lightning Bolt, but it's not much after the new Glyph of Lightning Bolt and Shamanism was introduced. The changes coming in 3.1.0 should however make it less attractive as a singe-target damage spell.
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Wildsea
On trash I use CL as often as I can, on bosses I never use it unless there are adds (Grob).
I ran a number of test on it found DPS is slightly better with CL in the rotation but mana got consumed much faster. When I use the FS, LvB, LBx3ish I don't have to worry about mana at all. Adding in CL means also adding in Thunderstorm and its CD.
In the end I would rather be certain I have mana in case I need to off-heal or perform some other task then have the slight dps edge from CL
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