As a resto/elem who only does a bit of m+ throughout the season and lfr (some normal as well), I went with venthyr because I found the ability simple to use, I like the transmogs (when I finally get them) and I like vampires. /shrug
âI live(d) my life in service to the elements/the spirits of my ancestors/my clan.â Thatâs at least how I shoe-horned my shaman into Kyrian. Itâs a better fit, RP-ly, than Venthyr at the least.
I went Night Fae at first only because I enjoyed how they looked the best. It didnât last long. I wasnât using soulshape because Im used to using whost wolf (and staying in ghost wolf), and Fae Transfusion⊠meh.
I switched to Venthyr, and wow. Door of shadows have been so so useful, even in silly situations when Iâm a Vulpera and canât get over a 2 feet fence.
Chain harvest feels amazing to use in Mythic. As Resto Itâs the chain heal we should have. As Elemental I can help the healer without sacrificing dps.
As far as lore, I donât try to fit it much into what covenant is more elemental. I see each ability as borrowed power, something else. I see my shaman as a tribe/nomad shaman, so incorporating some voodoo is not too far fetched. Also, the red stuff from venthyr is not blood, itâs anima, and the covenant is all about restoring the balance that it once had. Once I met the price I liked them much better.
I am pretty sure that Kyrian and Night Fae are also heavily undead based.
Not so much in PVE.
I know it makes me a bad shammy, but I went Kyrian. I donât raid, and Iâm about equally likely to dps as heal in M+. Kyrian was OK for both roles, even though not best. Vesper totem was also the only covenant ability I found fun while leveling.
Lastly, I just canât bring myself to hang out with the aboms in Maldraxxus. Iâd seriously rather bench my shammy than spend two years rolling around in green poo from decayed bodies.
Love Venethyr for my Enh shaman. Using Chain Harvest to get everyone back up to max HP in a M+ always gets a giggle out of me. Although, the huge jump in threat always gets the tank sweating hehe
Maldraxus arenât the undead covenant, theyâre the war covenant and soldiers of the shadowlands.
How does this work? Seems like necro is best for cleave?
How does it add anything to single target?
As elemental, I went Night Fae because I like the feel and aesthetics of the zone, mounts, and transmog. The channel ability is pretty nice for world quests. The animal form is not really something I care about too much because of Ghost Wolf. I almost went Kyrian, but my mage went that way.
I went Night Fae because Iâm a Tauren and like the overall anesthetics.
#notjerkingtonumbers
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I would really like to go Night Fae but Fae Transfusion is an absolutely terribly designed Shaman spell with tons of flaws for every spec and staggeringly little synergy with the rest of our abilities. Like at least give the heal a proper range for resto? That seems like the least they could do to make it pickable without being a dead button.
Meanwhile Primordial Wave for Resto has tons of synergy with basically everything from talents to leggos to just the basic shaman kit and Chain Harvest stacks with Maelstrom Weapon for Enh so is incredibly strong for them.
So basically I donât get to choose the covenant I like the aesthetics from, AND if I play either of the specs I like (enh, resto) I will always have one or the other lacking a big punchy button. Iâm not even talking about numbers (which are obviously good too) but having spell interaction also makes the spec more engaging and, obviously, fun to play.
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Right now im actualy finding night fae to be very very strong for enhance with a mastery haste build. That and because transfusion is nature damage its just going to scale like crazy. 18k ele blasts are so much fun lol
Itâs okay going Kyrian. Itâs a decent covanent especially if you socket the vesper totem conduit. All covenants are close to each other: some just flow better or have a slight edge.
Yes I switched from Night Fae to Necrolord because I donât want to get judged when trying to pug keys, but if Fae Transfusion gets buffed or reworked I am heading on back to Night Fae.
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I went Night Fae and I donât regret it. The covenant abilities work for me and the mog set is the best for mail. I think Fae Transfusionâs healing needs to be reworked and hope it will but itâs not a game changer for me.
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Went Venthyr just cause I wanted to. Been having fun playing with door of shadows.
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Necrolord on all my toons. Why? Cuz they are the best.