Cataclysm: Enhancement Shamans and Stamina

As part of Blizzard’s overhaul of WoW’s stat system in Cataclysm, Stamina will be rebalanced in favor of non-plate-wearing classes. But Enhancement Shamans will remain the ONLY melee spec in the game to share gear with a ranged class. Will Enhancement benefit from the overall re-balance in Cataclysm, or will the spec once again lag behind other melee in the HP department?

“Shamans are too strong”

I found this gem while browsing the Shaman section of the official forums today: ok this shaman got a 8k lava burst on me non crit today and then a 5k frost shock. thats 14k damage. i cant even do that much and im a pure class. im kinda new but i shouldnt be beat [...]

Some exciting new ish

One of the things I wanted to do when I launched Stormstrike was get some interviews going — from high-powered Enhancement PvP players, to add-on developers and writers of other blogs. I’m pleased to announce the first few interviews are coming together, and will be featured on this blog regularly, starting with an interesting interview [...]

Shamans in Patch 3.2

The immediate reaction among the player base has been generally positive, although the consensus remains that the singular change to the Enhancement tree will not have a major impact on PvP viability — while the spec will get a measure of increased survivability with the change to Shamanistic Rage, ultimately it’s just another cooldown-dependent ability in a spec already at the mercy of global cooldowns and RNG.

Streamlining the bloat in the Enhancement tree

What if Ghost Wolf reduced damage taken, Shamanistic Rage regenerated health for every incoming stun, and crucial DPS talents were slimmed down to two or three ranks? Burrock, the rare alt who apparently doesn’t exist to troll, proposes those changes and many more with a detailed post on how he’d redesign the talent tree. He’s [...]

I’d like to see it on a Tauren…

MMO-Champion’s got a preview of the new Season 6 arena gear, sans Druid: As a general rule, armor looks approximately 300% more badass on a Tauren compared to a human male. Thankfully Blizzard never forced Human Shamans on us, but if the new armor set looks lackluster, we can still look forward to seeing these [...]

Some useful info on Enhancement PvP

This thread over on the official forums is getting more than a few good replies from Enhancement players who are sticking it out in PvP.

Stoneclaw Totem and Glyph of Stoneclaw Totem in Pach 3.1

Shamans are getting a “bubble” in Patch 3.1, at the cost of a major glyph slot. Glyph of Stoneclaw Totem: Your Stoneclaw Totem also places a damage absorb shield on you, equal to 4 times the strength of the shield it places on your totems. At level 80, the shield will absorb 4340 damage before [...]