2.3 Shaman PvP sets

[Bolty]

You won't be able to stack two different seasons for an extra 35 resilience -- they will count as one set. I imagine the same is true for the sets that have the same bonuses.

That would make sense, but Blizzard hasn't always made sense. Anyone test or know this?

They already fixed the Priest gloves. The healer ones were giving -3 seconds off the Psychic Scream cooldown, while the DPS ones were giving a really lame, useless bonus. Most shadow Priests were going to get the healer gloves until Blizzard made them match.

As for the original post - AFAIK elemental Shamans are there for burst damage. They run out of mana too quickly and need to get as much damage as they can to try to burst someone down. That would be my thinking when considering whether or not to go for the dps vs healer Shaman gear. Additionally, the 70% avoidance of pushback on LB is gargantuan. Many teams will plaster an elemental Shaman first because they can provide such huge offense if left alone and their DPS approaches zero currently if they get focused. I'm also sort of surprised that the healer gloves wouldn't have more range on shocks as well. Any good healer Shaman is also on shock duty at all times and actively disrupts the opponent as often as they can, just as a Priest looks to mana burn and dispel when not actively healing.

Sure, I don't play a Shaman, but I've played with Shamans in every bracket - and especially in 2v2, that 70% pushback thing seems too enormous to pass up. If a Shaman gets focused in 5v5 they should probably be self-healing instead anyway.

-Bolty