The Enh Shaman Problem

[Consequences-living-flame]

@Shaggot-lone-wolf

1. DOUBLE ROCK BITER WEAPON
Rock biter rank 5 with talents currently gives me 382 attack power and since shamans can dual wield now go ahead and double that (764 AP). The fix here is allow rock biter to only apply to one weapon so shamans will actually use other weapon enchants.

Gotta nerf that on Rockbitter, it can’t be predominant over Windfury.

@Shaggot-lone-wolf

2. WAY OF EARTH
Way of earth is the best passive defensive in the game and it needs to be so shaman tank can be a thing. But it makes the class unkillable in pvp. The fix here is only activate way of earth if the shaman has a shield equipped. This way if you want to be tanky in pvp you can’t also do the most damage out of any other class/spec.

It doesn’t make unkillable. It makes harder to kill.

Game isn’t balanced on 1v1. In group PvP we kill shamans all the time (STV) and shamans can die easily. They can be kited, they can be cc’d.

If you nerf way of earth then you gotta remove all the other “tank” abilities that are avaiable to other specs, like ret having avenger’s shield etc.

@Shaggot-lone-wolf

Spirit of the alpha rune does not need the 20% additional attack power bonus it is genuinely overkill and coupled with rock biter weapon and strength of earth totem the scaling is entirely unreasonable.

If these glaring issues are addressed I’m certain shaman will still be extremely viable in pve and pvp without being oppressive to the rest of the other players in the game. I implore blizzard to please look into this before literally everyone rerolls shaman.

Remove the AP from rockbitter, or reduce it drastically, and change spirit of alpha to give same AP as trueshot aura gives to the shaman’s group.