Is it time now or will there still be significant changes? Prepatch is less than a week away and I need to decide what Race/Covenant I will begin leveling and maining through Shadowlands
I doubt Blizz will change any signature Covenant abilities, those seem locked in. They might tweak one or two of the Shaman specific abilities, perhaps Vesper totem HP buff or tweak Fae Transfusion to allow no interupt and channel while moving and less punishing single target? I feel Night Fae has best aesthetics, storyline, we ekly event, and RP theme matching Wildhammer but both their signature and class abilities I would rank last place. Soulshape seems redundant while Fae Transfusion is far too niche
Soulbinds I believe are where the remaining tuning will occur. Playing Wildhammer Shaman covers Phial of Serenity and Soulshape. So now deciding between Necrolord or Venthyr. Door of Shadows and Chain Harvest both seem strong but Fleshcraft gives us a defensive we sorely need and Primordial Wave has more upside (Enh could still be tweaked?)
I’d give a slight edge abilitywise to Necrolord over Venthyr so now we’re back to other deciding factors of Soulbinds, aesthetics, zones, lore, RP, mount/pet, dungeon buff, etc. Perhaps it’s not decision time yet but we’re getting there
Side note: Draven Soulbind Service in Stone pairs incredibly cheesy with our Reincarnation? Kamikaze reincarnate then heal to full or does it not heal yourself?