Monthly Archives: September 2008

With Lava Lash, Lava Burst and Flame Tongue still being somewhat unlear I was curious to test things out on one of the new target dummies in Stormwind. Since we are more hybrid now than ever – melee crits leading to an instant cast spell – and the new effect of Flame Tongue I thought it would be nice to show some data:

The build used for this Recount Report was this one. The idea was to have a daily live all around build, to get out of snares and keep isntant ghost wolf, while maximizing Lava burst damage.

Enhancement_DPS_Abilities_Level_80

I was using the Winfury, Stormstrike and Strength of Earth Totem Glyph. As you can see due to Elemental Fury the critical damage of Lava burst and Lava Lash were quite insane, averaging to about 2500 Lava Lash crit, and 6100 Lava Burst critical hits with Beginner Sunwell gear at Level 80. Grouping with a Mage my Lava Lash crits were way above 3k and Lava Burst reached 8k damage.

Even though Windfury should do way more damage now (with glyph 1650 ap bonus instead of 475ap at 70) it did way less damage than currently at live, so I think it is still bugged.

These are not RAIDING enhancement DPS values, just a short demosntration of how you look solo freshly dinged at level 80 in sucky gear (18.5% Melee crit, 16.5% spellcrit, etc etc)

Now that I have quested through more zones I have set up a Screenshot Gallery here.

There is the Death Knight starting Area, Howling Fjord (ever been canoeing with a Tauren?), Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Sholazar Basin, Instances and other Stuff.

I will update them every few days, so check back in if you are interested.

Todays new build finally revealed the Top Enhancement Shaman’s Talent Spirit Wolves. Their abilities got finalized.

Bash

Melee Range – Instant – 45 sec cooldown
Your Spirit Wolves stun the target for 2 Seconds.

Spirit Hunt

100 yd Range – Instant – 10 sec cooldown
Your Spirit Wolves’ attacks heal them and you for 5 sec.

Spirit Walk

25 yd range – Instant – 32 sec cooldown
Removes all movement impairing effects and increases the movement speed of you and your Spirit Wolves by 60% for 15 sec.

Twin Howl

Instant – 15 sec – cooldown
Your Spirit Wolves howl, forcing all enemies to attack them for 6 sec.

Here is a little demonstration video about the Ghost Wolves:

Since I have been asked a lot, I decided to record a WotLK video to demonstrate how well Enhancement Talents (Flame Shock, Maelstrom Weapon, Lava Burst, Elemetal Devastaton, Shamanistic Focus and Elemental Focus) work together.

Maelstrom Weapon

When you critically hit with a melee weapon, you reduce the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Lava Burst spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 15 seconds.

Lava Burst

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 888 to 1132 Fire damage. If Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst will consume the Flame Shock, causing Lava Burst to critically hit.
22% of base mana, 30 yd range, 2 sec cast, 8 sec cooldown

Elemental Devastation

Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

Shamanistic Focus

After landing a melee critical strike, you enter a Focused state. The Focused state reduces the mana cost of your next Shock spell by 60%.

Elemental Focus

After landing a critical strike with a Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell, you enter a Clearcasting state. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next 2 damage or healing spells by 40%.

So in theory these abilities work well together and this video is just a little demonstration.

Flame shock + Melee Crits -> Instant Lava Burst -> Elemental Devastation -> Elemental Focus -> 0 Mana for next Flame Shock and -40% to next Lava Burst.

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