Heres a list of Shaman abilitys that I would like to see make a comeback in the recently announced expansion Shadowlands. This list of spells are mostly from a pvp point of view.
- Unleashed Elements
Focuses the elemental force imbued in the Shaman’s weaponry, with the concentrated effects depending on the enchantment unleashed.
See individual weapon imbue spell tooltips for details regarding the effects of unleashing each.
This was such a fun spell to press and made our dps/healing rotation more challenging being able to press this spell at the correct moment to cast a bigger heal (resto) or do more damage as (ele/enhan).
Unleashed elements was also dispellable so there was a counterplay to it.
- Shamanistic rage
Reduces all damage taken by 30% and causes your skills, totems, and offensive spells to consume no mana for 15 sec. This spell is usable while stunned.
I dont understand why this got replaced with Astral Shift.
Shamans gets targeted and trained often by the enemy, not being able to use a damage reduction ability every 1 min (also usable in stuns) makes us very vulnerable.
- Lightning Bolt castable while moving (Elemental)
This got removed in wod, and I really miss it.
Being able to kite the enemy while casting lightning bolts felt so smooth.
Now we got to rely on Lava Burst procs to do any kind of damage while we kite.
- Higher Lava burst damage (elemental)
In the past when you casted a Lava burst you knew the enemy would take a great amount of damage, right now it feels like it tickles the enemy.
It just doesnt feel worth wasting a global on Lava burst nowdays. Sometimes I rather use a global to purge the enemy instead of pressing Lava burst, that should tell you something…
Honorable mentions:
- Ascendance baseline for all specs.
The Shaman surrenders his/her physical form to the power of the elements, gaining the ability to transform into a being of raw elemental energy for 15 sec.
Elemental:
While in the form of a Flame Ascendant, Lava Burst has no cooldown and Chain Lightning is empowered to become Lava Beam.
Enhancement:
While in the form of an Air Ascendant, autoattacks and Stormstrike deal pure Nature damage and have a 30-yard range.
Restoration:
While in the form of a Water Ascendant, all healing done is duplicated and distributed evenly among nearby allies.
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Lightning Shield
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Weapon imbues
Flame tongue, rockbiter -
Ancestral Swiftness
Your next Nature spell with a base casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell.
Passive:
Increases spell haste by 5% and melee haste by 10%. -
Call of the elements
When activated, immediately finishes the cooldown on all totems with a base cooldown shorter than 3 minutes. -
Burning Wrath (Elemental)
Fiery elemental energy emanates from the Shaman, empowering all nearby party and raid members and increasing their spell power by 10%. -
Grace of Air
Empowering winds swirl around the Shaman, granting all nearby party and raid members increased Mastery.
Final words, I know this a lot to wish for but I would be more then happy to see some of these abilitys returning to the game.
Thank you for reading.
-Weafy
