Stormblast is contributing almost no damage in PvE. Even in PvP where we press Stormstrike a ton because it does a lot of damage, Stormblast still contributes 0-1% of total damage. Stormstrike can be my top or second top damage in PVP and Stormblast will still be 0-1% of total damage. In PvE its just as bad, does nothing.
Stormblast is important because it is what gives Stormstrike a bit more power outside of physical damage. If we aren’t going to allow Stormstrike to deal Stormstrike damage, then we need to buff Stormblast to make it actually contribute.
Stormblast is not effected by mastery, so just buffing the talent itself would be helpful. maybe 25% additional damage could be 40% or 45%. It just doesn’t do enough at the moment, not even close.
There are other issues with Enhance single target, but this is one way to help improve it a bit more as it is still behind.
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There are all kinds of options available… Blizz just doesn’t seem to understand how to balance. The end result is either a negligible change, turn the spec into a god, or shatter a specs kneecaps. There’s no in between.
Looking over my M+ logs I noticed a few things, aside from Stormblast. For reference I play Stormbringer because it’s what I enjoy.
Windfury Attack (2.9%), Auto Attack (2.2%), and Flametongue Weapon (1.5%) all do garbage damage. Boost Windfury and auto attack damage and let Stormbringer double stack Windfury weapon buffs. Seriously, 250 added damage on Flametongue is laughable.
Stormbringer needs a better, more consistent way of procing Tempest. Right now it’s feast or famine. Hitting Tempest three times in a row is amazing, but it really, really, really, sucks in pulls like Alagathar where you get just a few tempest procs. Doom Winds also needs to proc more with the Ascendance talent, Ascendance needs a lower CD, or increase the duration to 20, 25, or 30 seconds. Right now, it’s a poor man’s Berserk that does half the damage. Ferals can put out buffed bleeds, and several bites that do as much or more damage than Tempest.
You should be able to take Deeply Rooted Elements AND keep Doom Winds.
I would really like Lightning Shield proc off of any damage taken not just melee.
Flame Shock damage from Voltaic Blaze needs to go up as it was around 1.4% of my dps while consistently keeping it on CD.
Stormbringer STILL does not use all Apex talents. Incresed auto attack damage and double stacking Windfury could fix that for Stormbringer.
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The problem with a lot of things you listed is you likely aren’t playing the talents that buff a lot of the things you listed. For example Flame shock damage goes up much higher if you are taking Lashing Flames, but stormbringer doesn’t typically go that way in the tree. Can’t really be buffed unless you just want the other build to be much stronger because Totemic does go that way in the tree.
Same goes for Flametongue and Windfury. Both of these do a lot more as Totemic because Totemic is designed around the weapon enhancements a lot more. I do think Stormbringer should be focusing on Windfury more though, the fact Windfury does less damage with Stormbringer than with Totemic is really weird to me.
When it comes to Stormbringer and CDs though, this is what I really think they should do:
-Make Ascendance a 1 minute CD and get rid of rng Doom Winds. Can even get rid of DRE as well, nobody ever takes it in pve or pvp it’s just non existent.
-Give Stormbringer the Nature wolf from Rolling Thunder permanently instead of making it come from CDs. This will make Stormbringers identity cooler and give it more consistent damage overall. “A nature feral spirit will now follow you permanently, increasing your physical and nature damage by x%•”.
-Make the last node of Stormbringer a way to get Tempest in a non rng way consistently. For example: Every x Stormstrikes grants you Tempest (can be 8 or 10 or more)
-Get rid of the 2% nature damage increase node and make it a node that buffs Stormstrike by x% and Maelstrom Weapon spenders by x%
-Increase the damage of Windfury further via the Storm Swell node and make it proc an additional attack whenever it procs
-Add to Voltaic Surge, for example: “Crash Lightning and Chain Lightning damage increased by 10%. Tempest grants you 20% attack speed for 10 seconds”
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There’s too many damage sources for the main ones to shine.