This really feels bad. My favorite spec does less burst than most other melee’s, while having less consistent damage compared to other melee’s, in a phase where ranged are running rampant (apart from melee hunter). I really hope blizz looks as enhance buffs. This is an absolute struggle.
Rogue can 100-0 you in a cheap shot, but shaman gets a WF + SS + WF proc and can barely get 50% of someones hp. Just feels like playing melee dps shaman is pointless outside of theme enjoyers.
Use rockbiter and shield. Run ele
I mean that literally just doubles down on the point. Enhance is so bad its run ele. You like to play x? Just play y! Enhance is so bad that it’s not even carving out it’s own niche. It’s bottom of the barrel in almost every aspect of the game right now.
I usually win most 1v1s by using RB/WoE as 2h. I’ve also 1shot mages while accidentally using WF instead of RB.
I think if you struggle in 1v1 PvP as enhance right now, you just suck at the game. I’d rather not be rude, but I don’t want to beat around the bush either.
Hows 2hand enhance in pvp? Since its all just nuke 1 shots you’d think the king of 1 shots would be decent with lucky rng? Haven’t seen many running 2h.
Yeah, not going to bother with troll comments. This is so off base that I can’t really reply to it. Only thing accurate is lucky one shots on under-geared mages.
I think it’s a legitimate comment, you prefered streamer / youtuber / guide might say DW is better, but in this 1 shot meta I’d imagine 2h enhance would be pretty strong.
A rogue does more damage in a cheap shot than 2h enhance does on a good proc.
Have you tried it?
I’m maining it. With the epic 2h.
In my exp, rogues only have a chance against me if they have a bunch of cooldowns to blow. If you run WF instead of WoE, you’re doing a huge trade off and rogues will destroy you in a stunlock.
That said, here are some funny clips of someone getting procs. imgur. com/a/xQal3uh I think what you’re experiencing is just the burst meta that a lot of people are complaining about.
Keep in mind there is 0 added to the game to increase the amount of damage the WF does. No rune increases the top end damage for WF. However, there are many runes that give other classes comparable damage on button click, not 20% chance. 100% on button click. 1 40 energy mutilate does about 80% of the damage of a 2h SS + WF proc.
I guess with no modifier for weapon damage on your runes other than speed you’re just relying on increased stats on gear in saying that though, with similar health pools and more output, you should be close to 1 shotting people with a 2h windfury proc.
So far only undergeared clothies. With epic 2h and some Gnomer Gear a miracle WF + SS (Happens once in maybe every 50 SS attacks) with good crits does about 1300 damage on a clothy. My biggest one where all 3 attacks crit was 1600. Which some clothies can get 1 shot from. Problem is other classes can basically do this same or near same burst without having to rely on any dice roll. Other classes were brought way up. While shaman burst remained the same.
Enh shaman is the hardest spec to play in the game. Every STV event I chain kill 5+ players back to back. 2H Enh is a monster right now with epic STV weapon.
This is from experience, 10+ hours of PvP as enhance shaman at lvl 40.
I can’t wait to get to that portion!
The reality is. Enh is garbage if you play it the way YOU think you should, and a monster if you play it the way you don’t think you should for pvp dps.
wear your full scarlet boss chainmail set and strength stam gear everywhere
do the quest for the item lvl 51 feralas 1 handed axe/mace
run way of earth and 2x rockbiters
keep a set of sham rage (mana pants on you)
When I play this I’m hitting 800+ stormstrike crits…. 460-500 lava lash crits. Desynced shocks is nuts. On the walk in it’s:
Frost Shock(if at range walking in)>SS>Lava Lash>Earth shock> usually dead or frost shock again.
When you are white hitting harder than 2h with windfury and faster because of how 2x Rockbiters scale and it’s consistent. You are messing people up. That tank rune makes you an absolute brick , I am regularly open fielding 3 people in the pvp event and killing all 3.
Use all 5/5 MsW on max rank heals and you are a forced to be reckoned with.
It’s actually so laughably broken I’m surprised no one complains about it.
Unironic skill issue.
Love enhance right now. Pvp, most of our damage is front loaded, frost shock going in, SS with both weapons, lava lash, run through them, es on the way out. If they’re not dead, team mate finishes up the kill while I move on to the next target. Perfect for this group meta. Make sure your weapons don’t suck and run double rockbiter.
PVE
Have found my damage competativish so far. Not Melee hunter level, but competative to other classes running wf/rb.
Im playing 2h enhance, epic mace. Typical build. I do quite well in the STV event. When the WF procs its good. When it doesn’t its bad. Thats how 2h enhance has been for 20 years.
And I love it.
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