Elemental/Enhancement PvP Shaman

[Delc]

I recall seeing someone's idea of a "Battle Mage" Shaman build on the old Blizzard forums a while back, before they implemented the new software. I don't recall the exact build, but it went something like this.

The idea was to stack spell damage gear where possible (I guess sacrificing some straight physical DPS stats and enchants to do so) and use Flametongue Weapon, and abuse the crap out of the fact that it gets the same bonus from spelldamage regardless of weapon speed. I recall them even having a math formula you could use to calculate the ideal amount of spelldamage for your weapon's particular attack speed. I'd guess that a fast dagger and a shield would be the preferred setup, though. Moreover, you're getting the 21-point Elemental talent so that a Flametongue proc crit will do a full double damage. Not sure if this would actually be more powerful than a straight Elemental or Enhancement build, but it sounds interesting.

After the shaman review I started playing around with using flametongue over WF. The biggest problem I have found is that it requires a fast weapon, low AP, and high +dmg gear set to make it better than WF. Even after the nerf WF just scales so much better than the other weapon buffs.


That is pretty much what I consider the ideal grinding shaman spec atm, and its how I plan on speccing when the xpac hits, of course picking up SS at lv 61.