10 storms is nearly worthless

[Kevin]

Anybody know the proc rate on that lightning shield? I would strongly guess that it is not really so much damage, as aggro you are trying to add there. 50 damage sourced at the tank is effectivly ~ 1200 damage in aggro sensitive encounters.

Mana is indeed the bane of Shaman, and a 20% reduction in the cost of your heals blows away any other possible set bonus. If they were going to make 10storms the elemental set, it would be nice if atleast 2/3 of the set bonuses applied to elemental damage.

As far as elemental shaman go -I'm not trying to tell you how to play- but they seem to be the worst of the "magic damage healers" because they have no group utility and the talents have so little cross over utility.

Yeah I'm not disagreeing what you say really. My post was partly my thought process to realizing just how bad the shaman itemization appears to be.


And yeah the elemental damage shaman seem to have a tough road to follow. Even a well geared moonkin just doesn't seem to do enough damage in a PvE setting in a lot of cases which is why I lean to the feral side. I've yet to see a moonkin in similar level gearing to a feral come close in damage and don't see any real difference in their healing. When I think of a DPS shaman I do think of elemental and enhancement mixed, they work a lot of melee damage in with the elemental damage. I don't see the elemental + resto shaman being a very good build. I do feel and elemental/enhance will still add a lot to a group even without improved weapon totems but that point is a minor one.