I had a thought about this. what if you made it the most fun version, where it’s even further simplified but also isn’t absolutely useless feeling by itself. have pwave apply flameshock to your target and fire a projectile at all targets effected by fs all in one click not more steps, not more setup. also please make pwave proc icefury stacks, it is elemental damage and it currently does not. also it doesn’t overload either like lava burst does so it feels like an unwelcome button to press during ascendance. this would make it feel powerful and fun and what you’d press immediately after ascending. think about it blizz. mwah.
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Pwave could just be made the ele/enh version of shadow crash, a nice chunky nuke that applies your dot to 8 targets.
God knows ele needs a flame shock spread like yesterday.
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The new Pwave introduced for Elemental in 11.2 has been absolutely abysmal for Elemental.
I agree with you that Pwave requires changes for Ele, and beneath I’ve copied what I’ve posted in other threads (there’s HEAPS) about Pwave, and a solution that makes the spell interactive, and way more fun to use that keeps it separate from how Enh works.
The TLDR (Numbers would obviously need tuning, but it’s not about numbers, it’s about how the spec feels and looks to play. No one sensible wants their spec to be broken, but just for the buttons to feel good to press).
1. LMT made baseline and moved out of capstone territory
Liquid Magma Totem being our only way to apply Flame Shock to multiple targets is not strong enough to justify its current placement as a capstone. It should be made baseline or moved to a more accessible part of the talent tree. Further, it should apply 6 Flame Shocks on placement up from the current 3.
2. Flame Shock duration to refresh or extend when target is struck with Lava Burst
Combined with point 3, this eliminates awkward Flame Shock downtime between LMT uses and keeps the rotation flowing smoothly in AOE.
3. Replace the current LMT capstone with a new talent: Farseer’s Fury or to even bring back a household name Windspeaker’s Lava Resurgence
This new capstone causes the next 2 (or, if we’re getting excited, 3) Lava Bursts to hit all Flame Shock affected targets after casting Primordial Wave. Additionally, grants Lava Surge immediately and then again every 4 seconds for 8 seconds (up to 3 times).
The interplay between changes 2 and 3 maintains Flame Shock in AOE and allows for the return of that iconic Lava Burst cleave.
These Lava bursts could deal X% less damage and generate less Maelstrom (but please, really, Maelstrom Gen from old Pwave was perfectly fine), giving opportunities for easy tuning. More importantly though, it would allow us to fish for Power of the Maelstrom procs and play around Master of the Elements, creating more opportunities for skill expression without overwhelming the rotation.
These changes preserve Elemental’s uniqueness from Enhance. They keep the initial interaction of casting Pwave the same, but offer a completely different and more thematically fitting capstone. They restore Flame Shock’s AOE presence, allow for proper multi-target Lava Burst cleave, and gives each element their place in the rotation again.
Please don’t leave the spell how it is for another season.
Elemental is not a Lightning mage. Actioning the above suggestions meaningfully differentiates us from Enhance, maintains the initial goals of making Pwave easier to use and restores our Elemental identity.
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