Unnerf Windfury back to Actual Vanilla For HC Servers

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http s://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Windfury_Weapon#Patch_changes

[Patch 1.11.0](http s://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Patch_1.11.0) (2006-06-19): Mana cost reduced. Attack power bonus of Windfury Weapon reduced by 50%.

[Patch 1.4.0](http s://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Patch_1.4.0) (2005-04-19): Fixed a bug that caused an additional attack beyond what was intended. In addition, fixed a bug that caused the next normal melee attack to happen sooner than intended.

Before the 1.11 (the OG Naxx Patch) nerf. The OG WF with 3 hits per proc might be OP but it’s underpowered at the moment. Especially with taking away a class mechanic such as reincarnation. Paladin’s can still bubble.

The OG WF Shaman video Unbreakable (http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8_YwfqOoHI) was before the 1.11 nerf
More Example of Old WF: (http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi74Gruhohg) Example 2: (http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QIBBKJ1CY).

Post nerf Might of Menethil (http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Q6j7nLX6M)

critting for 900 on mages in Rank 14 gear.

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They aint gonna do that lol but it would be cool. WF is below rockbiter tbh

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Bump.

unnerfwindfury buffwindfury

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I’m all for reverting sham back to prenerf, and honestly its for the best… Just revert to full on pre-1.11 Sham full on… Tho you see this comes with the trade off that many things work differently, but overall that would be more interesting, and fun.

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The only reason I can see the devs refusing to do this is due to Mak’goras.

If PvP was entirely removed from HC, then they could implement changes like this because there would be no human element on the receiving end to it.

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Here’s an idea: don’t accept duels with enhancement shamans. Problem solved.

By your same logic should we nerf rogues because they might 1 shot ambush clothies in a completely consensual mak’gora?

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It’s not gonna happen. People will get chain proc 1 shotted. There is a reason why it was quickly removed from the game back in vanilla.

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MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING;

Grace of Air totem is better

The RNG of windfury often fittles people’s biscuits

BUT

The 2% crit, the dodge, and AP (for most classes) is better.

BUT IT AINT AS FLASHY!!

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6 months is quick?

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There is A LOT of things people get 1 shot by in vanilla pvp, including the example I gave you. Blizzard didn’t make changes with pvp balance in mind back then.

You have the freedom to not accept a duel with an enhancement shaman if your class is a rock and your enemy is paper.

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Another factor for allowing chain proccing is the guaranteed threat ripping that would happen in raids. It would simply be unusable.

What I would like to see is smoothing out the damage profile. Something like increasing WF proc to 40% chance, but reducing or removing the extra AP bonus on the additional hits.

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Enhance isn’t even good at duels with windfury.
You can duel an ele shaman with elemental mastery and you’re just dead in one hit so.
These days the pre nerf windfury just wouldnt change anything except very marginally increasing their pve dps and also increasing their threat

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This is a great idea. WF was super iconic back then.

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another good pre nerf video

that video is straight destruction