Before I begin i’m a resto main learning enhance for the first time.
(stormbringer hero talents)
I put a point into every possible stormstrike buffing ability in the tree and it is the second worst damage output in recount. 18 lightning bolts did just over double the amount of 45 stormstrikes… 45!! After these major buffs to boot. Why is an entire spec revolved around an ability that is only performing at 7% of my total damage? frost shock is outperforming it. Im mega confused. Enlighten me please. Or do I just hop on the flavor of the month bandwagon?
Stormstrike isn’t meant to be a high damage ability. Its primary use to to generate maelstrom weapon. I haven’t tested it since the update yesterday, as I mainly play resto/ele. But I have talked to a couple of of enhance and they are loving the changes. One of my buddies was raving about windfury damage. That, tempest, elemental blast, lava lash and lightning bolts are the bigger damage abilities. But you need stormtrike to generate those stacks of maelstrom weapon to buff your other attacks.
Stormstrike does a lot more than damage. It procs several damaging abilities and talents. For storm build windfury and lightning/tempest are the lion’s share of your damage. Enhance feels good damage wise. Mobility however feels pretty awful.
Storm strike has a lot of other little procs from various sources as well. Are you counting these when totaling its damage contribution? Awakening storms, tempest strikes, storm blast etc.
SS is usually highest damage when you group tempest strikes/windstrike/stormblast and whatever other mods there are. It also procs dre and sends out the LBs so realistically SS does a lot
If this is the main purpose, why bother having talents that buff the damage of ss? I want to use MELEE abilities as a MELEE. If I wanted to cast spells I would have just went elemental. Not even that is true, I would play mage since they do the same thing and have better defensives.
I don’t want to be given more ranged abilities to make up for my lack of “stickyness” thats just lazy design. Bring back frost weapon imbuement and all problems will be solved no?
I guess my main question is, do I just not spec into ss damaging abilities? Or is it still necessary due to the simple fact we need it to make ascendance useful
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Wrong, enh shaman is a melee apex that uses range spells as well. If that’s what you want, go play something else. This is the way is designed.
Look at the dps guide for mythic +, nobody cares about the dmg you do with any of the many generators you have, is all about getting the maelstrom wep stacks to then spend them on either lightning bolt/chain lightning (depending on single target or mob) and also tempest (your main dmg)
Title says pvp. pve damage numbers feel fine. Where do we bridge the gap between elemental and enhance?
I did my first couple shuffles today and SS was top dam. WF was anywhere from 2nd to 4th highest dam. Shouldn’t have issues with melee damage
The truth is and what these cope shamans here won’t tell you is that enhancement is lackluster. Even with the buffs it is still D tier as far as melee damage output in PVP. It’s only burst is with ascedence, without it hits like a wet noodle, and that’s with the recent buffs. It needs a revamp and people have been asking blizzard for years for one but they continue to say ( we feel enhancement is fine sry). Best advice is to reroll, blizzard has no care for enhancement pvp.