Against a good shadow priest (98% are all fotm and terrible) thats a no. As showned in every tournament in SOD dating back to P1. In P2 when shamans were the strongest, they would still lose to rogues and shadow priests (the shadow priests won with 98% hp against them).
Shamans are very easy for hunters (once you learn the matchup as a hunter - as a MM hunter you have 3x scatters with traps - how do you get 3 scatters, trap scatter - trap again and you have two more scatters = ez fight - this combo you need to use vs Rogues/Shamans - and not double chimera). Rogue - Shadowpriest - Moonkin and Hunters will walk all over them.
Now lets compare that to bad matchups for Shadowpriest - they have none, not a single one.
Even SL locks has fewer bad matchups than shamans.
Rogues have less bad matchups than shamans.
In group PvP, its mostly uptime - and again shadowpriest have 3x the uptime (only time they dont is when silenced) compared to a shaman that has to be in range of flame shock or melee. Next time you guys lose a BG, instead of counting the shamans vs pala - start counting how many shadow priests you have vs horde.
Shamans are strong, but imo not close to the most broken specs (atleast not with damage+heal being reduced equally).
i agree. i play shaman since the first day wow was released 10000 years or so ago. and it is pretty strong atm. not a strong as it was wotlk for a short time but pretty damn strong.
the thing is this though, a lot of people are not familiar with the skill set of the shaman cause the never needed to really bother about them. also i see a lot of people that dont really use their class very well.
like, a rogue without stealth running on a mount towards me to stab me in the phase. doesnt work.
a hunter not using a single trap or scatter shot or anything.
tough times ahead for him.
a mage just standing still not reacting after a purge.
u dead bro.
people got a bit spoiled that they can just 1,2,3 a mob.
a good shaman player has a fudging huuuge tool kit to annoy and work around you. so u gotta be ready and be quick.
now that we have diamonds fists and thick tauren skin, shaman are a threat. but not unkillable. in a group fight, they need to be focused.
learn to counter and also bear in mind, every class has a counter and so on. its a rock paper scissor thingy.
Reached level 20 yesterday, so fun to delete quest mobs with lava lash and being unkillable.
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Well I agree with you, minus one thing Dev clerely don’t give a Jack’s A s s about pve balance ethere!
Melee Dps Warrior/Rogue/Shaman/feral are stronger then ever, and it not just a tiny it with more then 20% over casters.
Even on the tank part. some tanks are useless with otheres is a cake walk.
At least if you roll/reroll a Shaman you get an in depth developer notes for every buff or change whereas any other class, you can go fk yourself to high heaven!!
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Good for u man , would had done the same long ago if I wasnt A GM. If you cant beat em join em I guess
It would be great if the wow community had some sort of unity and cohesion /support for each other and could unite to make fun of the state of SOD
This could be leading news, remembered for years to come
Everyone needs to make a shaman and only play shaman
shame the devs/management team for their incompetence
Season of Shaman
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