So elemental shaman is currently one of the worst in the game to do aoe. Ranks lower than DH tank atm.
So how do we fix this? [Liquid magma totem].
Why is it 1min cd for what it does? should be tops 20seconds AND give at least 6 targets flame shock or even endless targets - Flame shock does NO DAMAGE what so ever and only enable the lava burst to work.
So there is the fix. Buff the talent and watch people play elemental again.
Its exactly the same as shadow crash(spriest) but for shamans and thats fine, because shadow crash is good and necessary to make them work; why not shamans as well.
This fix would take the devs 5 mins to implement but i expect 1 expansion and 2 seasons before they figure out that community was right all along again and they hope we forgot before implementing
well uncappes flame shock application would perma trigger lava burst so they still need to cap the % proc chance.
other than that i agree, but it wont fix ele aoe by a long shot.
the spamable mini range earth quake is the issue here.
it is so small and just doesnt work well in pugs.
it think if we absolute have to keep that stupid spell, make it attach an earthquake to your target instead of the ground…
Im not saying that it would put shamans in top tier aoe. Because thats fine that some class gotta be the weakest. Just a shame that the class with the original badass aoe (chain lightning) is the worst.
I was just saying a simple fix that would take a dev 10 mins to implement and make them not useless
As an enhance shaman, i am also hard pushing for uncapped flame shock.
But, i also know that uncapping flame shock will lead to a whole new set of problems. Because they would have to nerf Lava surge, Pwave, magma chamber, Searing flames, Skybreakers. The current tier set, and Ascendance. Essentially rendering the change useless.
For enhance it would be the same, Pwave nerf and ashen catalyst. The value of fire wolf.
They should just nerf the value of chain lightning and uncap it. Then also buff the damage of earthquake. Making you value maelstrom generation from chain lightning to then get payoff with earthquake.
And then to fix 2 target issues of lightning bolt, they can make stormkeeper lightning bolts cleave.
As an enhance shaman, i feel you. Competing with blood DK in mass AoE is the anti-thesis of fun.
We dont even have a mass AoE spender. We give our single target builders cleave damage. Thats it.
The storm build, which is made to do mass AoE is unfun, inconsistant, and does no damage in mass AoE or single target or 5-target.