In mythic+ things are so fast now that applying flame shocks to multiple targets feels totally outdated. Before I’m done and the damage starts to roll for real everything just died to zugzug melee zerg.
Why not something like shadow priest crash thing that applies the dots to all?
As an RShaman I would really love something like that. 100% on board with it.
I would just incorporate it into existing skills. Acid rain renamed “fire rain” where it leaves flame-shocks.
And in the same line, earthquake also applies flame shock.
And no target cap.
Even survival hunters now have a talent (Viper’s Venom) that automatically applies their dots (Serpent Sting) when they use Raptor Strike.
They gave ele shaman a tier set focused on lava burst build but it takes a while to spread the flame shocks to many mobs at once. and unless you have good ascendance procs they drop off before you even have a chance to dot all mobs in a larger group up…
Most other classes and specs have AoE abilities that don’t even require you to tab target multiple mobs to spread your damage around.
Pretty much all melee have abilities that allow them to cleave/aoe without even changing target and most of the other casters have aoe abilities that don’t require them to keep changing targets on packs. I think even boomkins have talents that allow them to dot up multiple mobs at once with both their dots?
I would like to see flame shock affect at least 3 mobs at once. Or change liquid magma totem to apply flame shock to all targets within it and have a 30 second reduced cooldown so it can be used on all trash pulls…
Also fix it so that when you use liquid magma it applies flame shock to 3 enemies that don’t already have it instead the chance of refreshing a newly applied shock.
All we can do is smoke some of that sweet hopium for a rework in S4… Literally…
Because I really doubt we will get anything more than balance tuning tweeks until then.
LOL, you want them to add shadow crash 2.0 to shamans when almost all shadow priest players fkn HATE shadow crash?? Maybe its for a good reason.
They hate it because of it’s travel time
Molbert is correct. The #1 complaint of SP shadowcrash is that they cast it, tank moves the pack, and then they have NO AoE for the next XX seconds.
Thats why.
Yeah the travel time is really the issue, especially on dungeons like brackenhide and waycrest manor where there are pulls with 20+ mobs in them, some high health but most super low health, you cast your shadow crash and all your 8 (lmfao) dots land on the low health mobs. Would increased travel time solve this massive and awful issue?
Insane that you looked at shadow crash and thought gosh that ability would really be good for my spec as a new addition.
Those “low health” mobs in WM have the capability of 1-shoting people. The mini-slugs in particular.
If anything, you should absolutely prio those. And then re-cast shadowcrash, or manually dot prio targets when the mini mobs are dead.
I think you dont live in the right universe. Because regardless if shadowcrash has drawbacks (like everything should), its still miles better than what shamans have.
Well… not exactly.
We have LMT that does something similar. Except that its a 1min CD instead of 20s. And applies flame shock to 3 targets. Not 8.
See where im going? 
Seems like you’re delusional and living in the wrong universe thinking you can just “re-cast shadowcrash” 
You forgot half the sentence:
“or manually dot prio targets when the mini mobs are dead”
Its in the wowhead SP guide. Maybe you should read it.
shadow crash has actually 2 problems:
travel time and the cd
if your dots fall 5s before the pack die you can choose do no dmg or you have no aoe for the next pack
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I dont know man. Sounds like key-too-low.
Melee are not insanely strong right now for m+ so this take just doesnt make sense.
But yes the mechanics of how to spread flame shock is bad and slow.
Atleast for elemental.
Just all 3 specs of shaman needs help for war within.
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