I just wanna say, I’ve been leveling as resto and Necrolord Resto Shaman is insaaaanely fun, spreading my riptides and the effect from Primordial Wave is super reliable and efficient healing in dungeons and it just feels really nice!!
What are your opinions of resto so far? I did the threads of fate so I didnt really test the other covenants I just knew I wanted to go Necrolord for Aesthetics… 
In PvP, I feel like I’m pretty unkillable and I’ve 2v1d a couple of 60s in open world while questing, everything seems really well put together and every button feels impactful when I use it.
(No flaming other specs, we all know elemental and enhance suck QQ on another thread)
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I’m currently levelling my second shaman as venthyr and I can’t stand it lol, necro makes the spec feel so much better
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I picked venth because it is really good for enhancement and is still decent for resto and elemental. I am not crazy about the zone or transmog. I actually regret it alittle, but soul harvest is so good, and as resto it does great damage with the healing.
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As much as I feel from a class fantasy point I have a hard time with Shaman and Necrolord it is pretty freaking awesome.
Yea resto is pretty strong right now. Resto sham and priest seem to be standing out compared to other healers right now. Both likely to get some nerfs next week.
I think more likely the underperforming specs are brought up a bit. The majority of this raid is all about your healers, and the Shaman domination drops off pretty hard on the later bosses.
Druid is almost completely absent.
I really hope that is the case. But judging on past history, Blizz likes to nerf classes down rather then bring other classes up.
Shaman in particular seems to be targeted by the nerf bat alot anytime we come relatively close to being among the top in anything. Feels like we are Blizzards whipping boy 
All true, but I’m hoping that the current difficulty of the CN raid drives them to buff rather than nerf.
Some boss fights are already (practically) unhealable at recommended gear levels.
Even if they nerf us, they cannot nerf what makes the class fun. Like, playera have invested in Legendaries because of how Riptide and Primordial Wave work together. If they break that functionality, then they will make too many people angry. Maybe they will just nerf Primoridial Wave healing numbers, or something.
I decided to level as resto, and started playing around and I have to say I’m surprised at how much melee dps i can get out of spamming primal strike.
It’s kind of awesome playing a class with no real rotation, and a toolkit that’s janky but dependable.
I can questgrind for hours or pvp/pvd rarely having to drink or even leave combat.
It’s the jankiness of resto that makes it absolutely a hoot in pvp while in PVD you really really REALLY have to have party synergy and groupwork more than anything else.