SHAMAN CHANGES! | Some Positives, Some....huuuuuh...

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Published 2024-07-02
The War Within Beta: SHAMAN REWORK! We're taking an in depth look at the planned Beta changes for all 3 Specs of Shaman, which include some big ticket changes like a RAID BUFF!
However: What about the crux of Shaman: Defensives?
The dull rotation of Elemental?
The target cap and dual build schism of Enhancement?
The Chain Heal bot state of Restoration?
How well are these being addressed?

00:00 Shaman "Rework": Raid Buff
01:15 General Tree Changes
04:29 Shaman Defensives
06:53 Enhancement Woes
12:39 Elemental Is...Nice?
16:18 Major Elemental Changes
20:30 Other Elemental Positives
22:12 Restoration Shaman
24:20 Healing Surge
26:40 Downpour Rework
28:58 Other Resto Positives
31:45 See you soon!

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All Comments (21)
  • @tonyb1436
    Another missed nerf for enhance is that you need to spend a point on spirit walker's grace to get ancestral guidance which is just a dead skill for enhance.
  • @STARSHIPTROOP
    I'm going to need a masters degree in common core math to figure the new rotations
  • @Frankenllama
    I'm sorry, but I'm so happy feral lunge is now auto learned. Holy shit thank you.
  • @InkDevil999
    As an enhancement shaman main im happy with the Windfury Totem change to Skyfury. Its less maintenance and GCDs while fighting.
  • @salihkizildag
    how does this affect the damage distribution of elemental shaman? I suppose Tauren isn't that good anymore?
  • Does anyone know why all rshamans are playing a Riptide build nowiin retail? I stopped playing for one week and when I came back everyone was playing that, and I have not found any blue post mentioning a change to make sense of it. 😅
  • @slicknick4140
    I'm glad they're getting rid of windfury. Playing with bad enhances who somehow forget to drop it drives me nuts 😂 (and it was just more button bloat that isn't even that good)
  • @zynos3363
    cant they finally connect Ice Strike with Hailstorm/Fire Nova ?
  • @lolzorzyfm
    On the first point, in the class tree you don't need any extra button compared to live as the earthgrab totem is earthbind totem's replacement which is baseline, so a 3/10 would be warranted as in not worse than before but not better
  • @wvjeepguy8178
    Me: maybe I'll go back to enhancement this expansion Watches video: ah...nope...guess not
  • Personally I guess as resto I liked the farseer tree they fixed my problem with it because undulation will trigger the spirits now....reactive warding especially with the extra earth shield charges you get from the tree seems like an ok spot heal and rewards you for letting them run out of charges instead of refreshing every pull.... There's more riptide synergy with key talents like primal tide core moved up and prim wave is a capstone I can take it or leave it idk I felt the changes were ok if you didn't rely on chain heal (I say that as im casting it less than 10 times a dungeon) like i dont rely on it
  • @Thetecnician07
    Blizz have problems with elemental, enhancement, feral druid, survival hunter and aff warlock classes...
  • @rstocker19
    Arent feral spirits also elementals? Thus benefiting from primordial bond
  • @Uncle-Ruckus.
    Saying enhance is fine shows how clueless they are.
  • @faminex
    EB nerf, lack of 4set change, and calling enh “fine” is all I needed to see to know blizzard has no fucking clue what they’re doing with enh
  • @jacobmobile
    Enhance has too many buttons trying to do the same thing. The spec has so much button bloat. I have mained shaman since BC and this is the worst I have seen the spec.
  • @billflynn9962
    i dont think skyfury is a totem.. it reads like a normal buff like stam/verse/int etc.. also don't forget the icefury redesign/buff makes icefury instant cast instead of having to spend time casting icefury.. more insta cast spells might make haste less important and movement fights easier to play
  • @vantoxX45
    Enhancement currently already has too many buttons, now with the new pathings spirit walkers grace, stone bulwark, wind totem and crash lightning are added to the bloat just by speccing into either elementalist or storm build.
  • @LadyElle808
    Very very glitchy atm. Kicked from the game changing talents, testing rotation, mounting. Will watch your videos and test a bit later.