Hi all, serious interest to learn and could not find it elsewhere. Had been dropping earth elemental on necrotic to help the tank run away but at my last GD12 run the tank and his friends were like “ugh” when they joined my group and “at least you’re not wearing the earth elemental legendary” (I was not - though I was planning to craft a 2nd dps legendary for my retro set to play around based on what i see mostly crafted by Kyrian healers). The tank was a druid.
My questions are
should we never ever use earth elementals
are there situations where earth elementals even should be used
thoughts on the permanent quake one to craft vs my other option was chains
Thanks in advance,
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Earth Elemental in Shadowlands is good for damage due to that legendary but the biggest issue is he taunts constantly which has multiple problems. The tank can’t move enemies easily because the elemental keeps them in place, the elemental tears threat from the tank so they can’t easily see what enemies might be hitting your DPS, and finally because the elemental is a pet it will attempt to get behind enemies which can cause enemy frontals to go in random directions.
The elemental legendary is fine, just know what packs are safe to use it on. If you don’t use it for damage it is really useful to help tanks for a moment if they’re taking alot of damage or to get aggro off a dps, or as a temp tank to Brez your actual tank (in higher keys the elemental gets folded instantly).
If you don’t use the legendary and you use him for any of the above reasons, dismiss him ASAP since he can do movement feedback with an enemy and run off somewhere
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I cast mine on boss pulls, and on the big mana demon pull on Fortified weeks because that pull sucks to heal and I want it dead as quickly as possible. Never had anything said about it.
Big dam.
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Earth ele by itself is marginal dps that often isn’t worth the complication of it taunting things and messing with the tank’s mob management and positioning. With the earthquake legendary it becomes much more valuable for its damage, but you do need to be aware of pulls that you absolutely should not use it on because its taunts will absolutely screw your party members.
The entire train section of Grimrail is probably the #1 example of this. That section is full of mobs that instant cast AoE cones that will melt a player within a second on high keys, and earth ele will gleefully spin them around to face your melee players on taunt CD.
Overall, earth ele is best used in coordinated groups with voice chat. In PUGs, it’s much more frustrating for everyone else.
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Now if only there was a baseline earth elemental that you had control over to turn off taunt…
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Tbh I don’t know what leggo other people would even run; I’ve always just used Deeptremor because that extra damage is thicc. Lol But yeah, the big Z demon on Fortified week is a new development for me, usually just use it on boss fights.
Tank will usually pull Z demon with 2 or 3 extra packs, I vespar, cap, then Dwayne after he groups–watch my meters explode, then slow totem when my DPS is dying down to keep them together. It has really helped, that pull is always the hardest in any dungeon. But I can see it being an issue when used willie-nillie as well.
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