Spooncraft

My Shaman brothers n’ sisters. We’re still kicking and it seems Blizzard has decided to throw us a bone. Here’s the latest news on the Shaman class that got some major work done with Wrath of the Lich King.

Enhancement seems to have had it’s itemization problem fixed, Elemental is now something to be greatly feared as we have methods of keeping distance like all other casters, it’s all good so far. Personally I am going to shelf my Shaman as the play style just doesn’t excite me anymore. Having taken two shaman to level 70 with ample gear and PVP experience I can safely say I’m pretty much done to a crisp for now, but who knows maybe I’ll pickup the big wolf again for more than just farming and running my friends through stuff.

Spirit Wolves and Shaman polish soon

Spirit Wolves will have abilities (like a stun, snare etc.) and will serve as a DPS timer.
We’ll be working on a Shaman polish very soon. (src)

Paralysis situation

Paralysis is being replaced with something soon, along with a few other changes to deep Elemental. (src)

Lightning Bolt Coefficient

Lightning Bolt always had a higher coefficient than similar bolt spells. This was because there weren’t as much/any nature damage debuffs. Now that they exist, we’re restoring Lightning Bolt to it’s intended coefficient. Your DPS in a raid setting will if anything be higher with these changes. (src)

No new ranks of Chain Heal?

It’s not intended, we’re still working on new ranks. (src)

Enhancement Tier Gear stats reworked?

We hope to retroactively change some of the gear on live so the transition is less painful for classes whose core mechanics are changing. (src)