Which in your opinion is more fun and why?
Dev evoker sucks, 25 yard range sucks. You might as well be melee and you also still get targeted by mechanics that intend you to be far out. Im not experienced well with balance druid, its “ok” but not amazing. Ele shaman feels weird and like it has an identity crisis.
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WHy identity crisis?
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Balance is def the most consistently good spec among the 3. Its always wanted AFAIK.
Ele’s balancing has been a roller coaster for as long as i can remember, one patch its insane, the next its meh. Also shares its main utility with Mages.
Devo is… functional. Its not bad, its not great but it doesn’t really have anything that makes it stand out. Only time i ever saw anyone look for one specifically is in higher Algathar Academy keys because of Cauterizing Flames.
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Ele shaman can’t seem to figure out what they do best. Do they cast spells? Do they summon elementals to help them? Do they summon totems to help allies? Are they dps? Are they support? Its a weird class.
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Of the three… I prefer Evoker. Not biased. My first character on my current server was a balance druid, and I did give it another honest try with my Zandalari recently but parts of the spec just feel… Weird, mainly the eclipse mechanic where it is like, “ST? Just hit wrath. Don’t care if your eclipse boosts arcane damage right now, just cast more wraths, you gotta cycle those eclipses faster and ain’t got no time to push blue button unless certain stars align.”
As for Shaman, whenever I play it I would be like, “I’ll give elemental a try” and within 30 minutes I’m back to playing Enhancement.
agreed. elemental shaman died when mop ended and has never been the same since. stale.
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Ele is my favorite of the 3, despite its flaws. Balance is the least enjoyable it has been in a long while, imo. Devo is…a thing. It’s more fun than mage, so it’s got that going for it.
Wildfire Build Ele Shaman.
Easily one of the most fun specs in the game when built that way, provided you’re running dungeon content for the reliable multi-target.
That build is just SO fast for a caster. CONSTANT instant cast procs and very fast CD reduction on lava burst cleave spell thing (and Fire Elemental).
Blatantly AoE-centric but totally worth it.
(Might be a little awkward in entry level content where stuff dies too quickly since there’s 2-3 globals of initial setup though. Really shines in M+ where you have some time to hit stuff)
If your primary focus isn’t M+ this loses some points, but even with more standard builds I constantly fall back on Ele Shaman, I like the spec.
Example video I had to link at some friends awhile back:
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Warrior because Warrior 
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Not sure about “best”, but Elemental is fun because Lightning
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I would say balance druid personally. I love my elemental shaman but wow they have more buttons than a steno pool in the 60’s. As for evoker, no likey (but again that’s just me).
I just really love Devoker. Been my main since I made Koralion during PrePatch. I know it’s supposedly bad in PVP and Raids n stuff but It’s the most fun class I’ve ever played. Absolutely fits my playstyle.
It does have it’s faults but I feel it makes up for them with how much gosh darn fun it is.
Never enjoyed Druids at all, just feels weird to me no matter what spec, but Bal is certainly my least favourite.
Shaman is ok but I don’t really have fun with it.
balance druid if you’re not a complete noob as there’s a lot of micro managing involved.
evoker otherwise.
Option four, something good.
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I can tell you balance Druid is a lot of fun, but the damage is just not there. Same for elemental shaman
Elemental shaman because chain lightning, especially with storm keeper, is the coolest looking spell in the game.
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Devoker needs love it’s not getting before i start recommending it to people.
The devs are way out of touch with the players on it.
Balance druid forever!
If you want to see transmog - shaman.