Tier Set bonuses for s1 TWW

[Narak-hyjal]

Honestly all the class sets are mostly passive boosts, but shamans actually looks really good to me. I think feral spirits lasting twice as long is super cool!

Shaman Tier Set Bonuses for Nerub’ar Palace

• NEW Shaman Elemental 11.0 Class Set 2pc [Elemental Blast / Earth Shock] damage increased by 25%. Earthquake damage increased by 25%.
  Used by Item (Item #225287)

• NEW Shaman Elemental 11.0 Class Set 4pc Spending Maelstrom grants you 5% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical damage dealt.
  Used by Item (Item #225324)

• NEW Shaman Elemental 11.0 Class Set 4pc Spending Maelstrom grants you 5% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical damage dealt.

• NEW Shaman Enhancement 11.0 Class Set 2pc Stormstrike, Lava Lash, Ice Strike, and Crash Lightning deal 15% increased damage.
  Used by Item (Item #225288)

• NEW Shaman Enhancement 11.0 Class Set 4pc Feral Spirits last 100% longer.
  Used by Item (Item #225325)

• NEW Shaman Restoration 11.0 Class Set 2pc Tidal Waves increases the healing of affected spells by 10%.
  Used by Item (Item #225289)

• NEW Shaman Restoration 11.0 Class Set 4pc Tidal Waves is 80% more effective and reduces the mana cost of affected spells by 8%.
  Used by Item (Item #225326)

[Adelaide-proudmoore (Adelaide)]

Stormbringer gives haste when spending maelstrom, tier bonus gives crit and crit damage when spending maelstrom.

Earth Shock lives again.

[Zalathel-tichondrius (Zalathel)]

Damn this is actually nice for resto. Doubles down on Totemic for me as well and Chain Heal.

Depending on what the final look is it might also put an even greater on emphasis on crit due to Tidebringer and Tidal Waves making Chain Heal super fast to cast.

[Abäddón-area-52]

Looks like enhancements spec has been chosen and it’s stormbringer. Totemic does nothing for feral spirit, ice strike, and crash lightning currently. Stormbringer summons a bunch of feral spirits so them stacking means lots more damage. It also boosts crash lightning damage and chain lightning so that combo in AOE will do more damage and generate a lot more maelstrom for more tempest.

It’s not a bad bonus, but having your spec chosen for you sucks.

[Basahsk-thrall]

Question on the Elemental tier bonus. Does the 25% buff to Elemental Blast also apply to the ones cast by Farseer Ancestors? Because I think that might give that hero spec a leg up.

Also, how does the buff from the 4 piece work? Is it the next spell cast, a set duration, a stackable buff (I can dream)? It might have synergy with Tempest if that is cast immediately after the spender.

[Abäddón-area-52]

Can’t really disagree with that assessment lol.

[Thunderfist-thrall]

I expected the tier bonuses to go towards the hero tree and not the individual specs. This means that our builds (and likely hero tree) will almost certainly be chosen for us next expansion. Oh yippee.

[Basahsk-thrall]

The reveal post points to Blizz wanting this to be a talent-agnostic set which will generally work for either Hero build. This is likely both to let players get a bettter feel for them and for Blizz to hash out any changes that need made to the design before they start layering extra mechanics on top of them. Season 2 will be when we get a better idea for how the tier sets and Hero classes will interact.

[Primarch-icecrown]

I wonder what the actual split will be for enh hero class choice. 95% Stormbringer/5% Totemic?

[Trollination-shadowmoon]

yeah! i’m pretty excited about this too

[Rahnrahn-area-52]

@Basahsk-thrall

Question on the Elemental tier bonus. Does the 25% buff to Elemental Blast also apply to the ones cast by Farseer Ancestors?

Negative. The ancestors in no way interact with set bonuses, talents, or items. They only stat scale.

[Rahnrahn-area-52]

The split will be closer to 30% farseer resto/20% stormbringer enh/5% stormbringer ele/30% sunfury fire/15% hellcaller destro