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Is this normal? (Enh shaman)

Post by Baralin

I've been noticing sparatic jumps in my DPS. Some bosses(1st boss of H AN) I'm busting my butt to reach 3.3k, while on other bosses (Meathook 1st boss of H CoS) I break 4k with out a sweat.

My rotation in a boss fight is

Totems(SoE, Magma, Mana Spring, WF)
LL>Spirit Wolves>Hero(usually only on last boss)FS>SS> CL on 5 stack Maelstorm and ES while FS DoT is up. Fire Nova when everything else is on CD and renew magma totem when it goes away.

Reason for LL then wolves is that i get an extra 400AP from my totem with LL hits, and i have the glyph of wolves so they get an extra 30% of my AP

Here is my armory, now I know that Needle-Encrusted Scorpion is pretty worthless for us as Arm Pen is our worst stat, but it was better then the green i replaced it with.

If any one can help out it would be much appreciated, Thank you.

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Post by Baralin

ok, i figured since CL does more damage then LB, CL would be used on single targets too. Thank you for your fast reply

Post by Eleazer

You are still well below the hit cap, so you will miss on some of your spells. Get that Hit up to around 12 percent for raids, and you will see a marginal increase in dps. Meat hook is a tank and spank, while other bosses require movement and switches. Any high movement fight will greatly diminish melee dps.

On a side note, no one cares what you do on a heroic boss, it's all about the raids baby!

Post by Josren

The reason behind using Lightning Bolt on single targets instead of Chain Lightning, is that your bonus spell damage scales better. Normal casts of LB are longer, thus gain more of your spell damage than CL even though Maelstrom makes them both instant cast. Just thought I'd chime in here.

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Post by soccergenius

Are you ever planning on raiding? If so, you need to meet your raid hit/expertise caps. That's 26 expertise (140 expertise rating from gear) and 341 hit rating (13% because you're a space goat). Only after you've met these caps should you gem for AP.

You don't need to hit LL before you summon your wolves, they are pets and not a "guardian" like our elementals. What this means is that their AP isn't locked to ours when summoned, but vary with our AP the entire time they're out. You should still hit AP trinkets with them out for maximum punch, but you don't have to time it just as you summon them.

I'm still not a fan of FS in our rotation, it's too easy to fub it, especially in heroics where mobs will die before the DoT finishes. FS->ES->ES is only better IF the DoT runs for the full duration and you don't clip it.

And Needle-Encrusted Scorpion is pretty sweet for a gearing enhance shammy, ArP isn't worthless (just not the best) and it has a TON of crit! When you get enough badges, Mark of Supremacy and Shard of the Crystal Heart are excellent choices, only 50 Triumph Emblems each.

Is this normal? (Enh shaman)

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