They’re really not 
You’re kind of coming across as one of those petty haters who were simply beaten in PvP and then came to the forums to rage against the class that defeated you …
Plus like Zub pointed out, you’re a Death Knight — You’re hardly one to talk, lmao.
You should check elemental logs then they are the top dps atm, also no on cares about pvp
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/zone/statistics/38#
There are 19 specs above elemental on overall. Middle of the pack at the 95% percentile. Wouldn’t call that top.
Granted, it hasn’t been a full week yet so the spread hasn’t settled. Not gonna say we’re bottom tier but its deff not top unless we’re talking about Mythic Ovinax and even then both DK specs and Fury are above it.
M+ however we’re doing pretty damn good on trash and overall, though boss damage is feeling like a slog but not terrible.
Most shaman here have stockholm syndrome. They ask blizz for nerfs and thank them when it happens. As a result, ele is routinely relegated to the bottom half of dps specs and never allowed to break out of that hole for more than a couple weeks.
Mages dont routinely ask for nerfs and are first to raise a storm as soon as any potential nerfs are discussed. I wouldn’t say it’s a coincidence that mages are never bad.
As Yeasty pointed out →
Plus again … Spoken from a Death Knight is quite the audacity. lol
It’s good in pvp, in pve it just loses out in M+ to storm builds.
LMFAO. This is the right take.
Oh no i have noticed the huge amounts of stockholm people have in the shaman section. They kiss the feet of those that give them the smallest of scraps.
I thought it was just people being negative nancies for a bit until I tried it. Elemental is super fun but does terrible DPS. I’m not in top of the line gear or anything, but it sucks not being in the top 15 damage dealers in a 30 man raid group. I’m probably going to move back to my mage for now.
Either LvB or ms spenders need to hit harder, ideally both. Lightning damage is in a delicate balance due to Lightning Rod so it’s a bit touchy there but there is no excuse for the other abilities to hit as weak as they do right now.
Woah! Uh uh.
My raid group, our unholy dk id top dps alongside ret. Dont be poking fun of shaman.
Necro thread. And shaman is top absolute meta DPS in every single mdi comp. It’s not exactly
like shaman is in a poor spot or not competitive. They are the absolute consistent pick at the highest level
Are you looking at enhance? Because last i checked (yesterday) ele was in 2 of the top 60 spots…I stopped scrolling after that point.
Lightning rod doesn’t mean anything when you’re in higher keys and you have to prio focus 1 mob.
Honestly the biggest problem is that Blizzard is balancing elemental around premade groups that pull 20 mobs at a time/stack them effectively. AKA the experience you’re unlikely to get.