For enhancement shaman is it possible to play with only 2-3bars in pvp and pve, I havent gotten it anywhere after lvl10 cause i heard its very bloated but then i read that lightning focused builds can be more new player friendly for the spec, ive played all other melee and only rogue is one i dont like cause it requires alot of setup and preplanning. Is there ways you have dumbed down the class/removed certain abilities that carry no value to the kit, ik warrior has a few buttons you dont need at all so im assuming this could be similar
I’m playing it at level 80 in Delves and I don’t have all of this button bloat people claim. There was a ton of it in DF. I have zero issues now.
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Nice! Gonna level it today, its probably dumb to ask on here but i got some abilities like chain lightning and i dont even know if im supposed to keep it lol seems anti melee to press
Stormbringer is like 7 DPS buttons right now.
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I play my enhancement with 1-7 and qwert set up for hot keys and it works pretty well. I have a few buttons like lust, earth elemental, stone totem and such on a third task bar to press manualy when need be as you dont use them a bunch. The choise node to make fearl spirits and ascension automatic also help some.
That being said, I know my play style and damage is sub optimal but I still have fun playing it and can do ok in M+ 2 and 3 and delves 7 and up.
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For enhance to be effective you needed like 10 active skills in your rotation at least.
Haven’t tried it in TWW so far, but it shouldn’t have changed much.
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It’s weird. But yes you keep it. You get instant casts of it.
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It changed a decent bit from DF. It’s not as bloated.
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It was bloated in season 1 but it is much simpler now. Optimizing it is complex, but playing it at an acceptable level is only like 7-8 DPS buttons
Yes, it’s possible. Shaman naturally has a lot of abilities in the spellbook but many of them are situational (i.e. totems) and are things that you might find yourself pressing only once or twice a fight, if even at all. The actual core rotation doesn’t require a ton of keybinds.
I don’t keybind any of my buffs (weapon imbues/skyfury) or long-CD abilities like Bloodlust or Earth Elemental Totem and prefer to just manually click them instead. You can also make a one-button macro that will apply your weapon imbues and lightning shield just by clicking it 3 times in a row, so that helps to condense some space on my action bars as it turns 3 separate buttons into 1 button.
Sure, you might not be optimal or have as quick of a reaction time as a pro gamer with everything bound to a key or a 24-button MMO mouse or what have you, but you can definitely still play at a serviceable level with 2 action bars worth of keybinds - assuming that you understand the core rotation/class dynamic/talent synergies of course.