Enhancement Shaman State on Shadowlands Alpha - Reworks, AoE Improvements and Covenants

Shadowlands Pubblicato 27/06/2020 alle 00:01 da wordup

Introduction - Rework or Revert?Arma del MaelstromDardo FulminanteCatena di FulminiEruzione BeneficaCatena di GuarigioneFolgore del GeloFolgore del FuocoAraldo della TempestaSchianto di FulminiAbout the AuthorTwitterYoutubeTwitchWhat has Changed?Returning Core Abilities & Passives

Arma del Maelstrom stacks - nice to see return and functions better than Maelstrom as a resource bar ever really did.
Folgore del Fuoco & Folgore del Gelo - old classics that are basically just filler & maintenance, necessary to bring back.
Totem del Flusso Vitale - really helpful to have an extra low cost support tool in our kit.
Totem della Furia del Vento - unique Enhancement specific utility coming back that sets us up as a melee group buffer.
Catena di Guarigione - great to see an alternative to Eruzione Benefica that can help out in group situations.
Arma della Lingua di Fuoco & Arma della Furia del Vento imbues - mostly flavour to keep old hooks in that are used as tuning knobs for the main kit - necessary returns but could just be passives.

Removed Abilities

and (active abilities) - & Folgore del Fuoco have too much overlap so not sad to see it go, could have come back as an imbue though instead of going entirely, but it does overlap with Folgore del Gelo a lot.
- won't be missed, boring filler especially with Maelstrom gone, and can just be replaced by other rotational spells with more, better hooks.
Maelstrom Resource - spent the majority of its time being a failure since implementation, and won't be missed by me. It would take more work to get that functioning than bring us back to a state where we were functional in the past.

Talent Tree Changes

Furia dell'Aria is gone and replaced by Custode della Tempesta, which can use Arma del Maelstrom to become instant.

Pugno di RocciaValangaTempesta di GrandineEsplosione di FuocoCovenant AbilitiesKyrian

Totem del Vespro: Summons a Totem that lasts for 30 seconds with 3 charges of AoE Damage (triggered by offensive abilities), and 3 charges of AoE Healing (triggered by healing abilities) that can also be recast to reposition it at your cursor. My personal favourite due to it being very non-invasive in a now quite robust toolkit, and extremely flexible for both single target, AoE, and healing utility. Letting you prime this for your AoE to augment a quick burst, while also letting the 3 healing charges sit for when needed over the next 30 seconds (say, a quick low-GCD Totem del Flusso Vitale) to give a quick burst of support makes for a pretty engaging ability for how simple it looks on the surface.

Evocazione: Factotum: While a 3 charge on-demand Health restore (on a cooldown) is nice, the extent of how useful this is becomes mostly tied to a binary “can the Bleed/Disease/Poison removal effect be used effectively”. That means to accurately judge whether this has any real combat use then mostly depends on us seeing all the content to come, otherwise it’s a pretty bland choice. Having a buddy who can repair your stuff and let you swap talents is nice though.

Necrolord

Ondata Primordiale: 1.5 second cast that deals damage and applies Folgore del Fuoco to your target, and causes your next Dardo Fulminante cast to also hit all targets afflicted by Folgore del Fuoco (including an additional bolt on the target you cast on), also works with Arma del Maelstrom’s cast time reduction. Of the 4, this is the only one that provides no healing or utility, which personally I think immediately puts it at a disadvantage. There are some obvious synergies that have opened up now that Esplosione di Fuoco has returned alongside some other Folgore del Fuoco oriented tools. The AoE component however has some question marks now that so much has been loaded into Catena di Fulmini (which this will now displace 2 casts of in AoE to make use of) that we’ll touch on later, but right now this is a big question mark for me.

Forgiatura della Carne: Given that over the past 2 expansions one of the hottest topics surrounding Enhancement is its survival, this is immediately an appealing choice as it’s the only one that directly grants that. The channel time however is very tangible given we still have a busy rotation so finding time for this will be a downside. Having a big overshield that can be combined with defensives to potentially let us soak damage we’d otherwise have to opt out of opens up something we’ve been unable to do though.

Night Fae

Trasfusione dei Silfi: 3 sec channel that creates a ground targeted AoE that deals Nature damage over the duration, then can be reactivated to heal for 25% of damage dealt to 8 nearby allies. This is one of the ones I really dislike mechanically right now. If there’s one thing a melee doesn’t want to do, it’s be rooted in place to channel for 3 seconds and open themselves up to danger to make use of a tool - especially one on a long cooldown that has value loaded into that small window. This feels like it’s exceptionally bad for Enhancement in particular for all of the Shaman specs due to our vulnerable placement in encounters. We also rarely do have a full 3 seconds to stop and channel this without having cooldowns pile up and displace damage elsewhere. Auto attacks are also stopped during the channel (reducing Arma della Furia del Vento/on-hit effects triggering) which is extremely detrimental. I’d rather see this be a placed Earthquake style effect so we’re still mobile and it doesn’t lock us out of maintaining our cooldowns now that’s our playstyle focus. The stored up burst Heal however is pretty great, and probably the one saving grace of the ability right now, especially due to the control you have over it.

Animorfosi: Generally this shares too much space with Lupo Spettrale to really have that much use for us. The instant displacement could however be useful on certain encounters, but this looks like the weakest of the 4 on the surface.

Venthyr

Raccolto a Catena: 2.5 sec cast that deals damage to 5 targets and heals 5 allies, and the cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds for each time it critically strikes, also works with Arma del Maelstrom’s cast time reduction. This is very hit and miss for me, on one hand a higher capped version of Catena di Fulmini could be really interesting if they load in the hooks onto it but right now it’s very bland as a double sided damage/heal cast that displaces your usual spenders. It’s also less flexible than something like Totem del Vespro by loading everything into a single global at once, but this is at least functional and is mostly just held back by numbers right now.

Porta delle Ombre: While everyone is talking about this, generally our mobility is good enough for what we do. If it’s good for dealing with a specific mechanic or type of content, it’ll be good for a lot of other classes due to exclusively that purpose, rather than something innately weighted to helping us with something we lack.

Theme of the Changes, and How it PlaysAraldo della TempestaAssalto della TempestaCatena di FulminiLupi SpiritualiArma del MaelstromAraldo della TempestaTalent ChangesPugno di RocciaValangaFiamme SferzantiFuria della TempestaTempesta di GrandineArma del MaelstromFolgore del GeloEsplosione di FuocoImpact of June 11th and June 18th BuildsSchianto di FulminiCatena di FulminiArma del MaelstromArma della Furia del VentoAraldo della TempestaArma della Furia del VentoArma della Lingua di FuocoSingle Target vs. AoE Gameplay Flow Changes Compared to BfAAssalto della TempestaArma del Maelstromfor reference average time between GCDs on the PTR is around 1.6~ seconds, which I think is totally within reason at no HasteAssalto della TempestaSferzata LavicaFolgore del FuocoFolgore del GeloDardo FulminanteSchianto di FulminiSchianto di FulminiCatena di FulminiSchianto di FulminiSchianto di FulminiAssalto della TempestaCatena di FulminiTempeste ConvergentiAssalto della TempestaTempesta di GrandineRemaining Problem PointsArma del MaelstromAraldo della TempestaArma della Furia del VentoTalent Flaws:Venti VigorosiFuria della TempestaArma della Furia del VentoDetonazione ElementaleMaestria nei TotemCarica StaticaScudo di TerraScudo di FulminiArma del MaelstromScudo di TerraEsplosione di FuocoFolgore del FuocoFiamme SferzantiMano ArdenteEsplosione di FuocoEsplosione di FuocoFolgore del FuocoAssalto ElementaleEsplosione di FuocoFolgore del FuocoTempesta InfurianteFuria dell'AriaCustode della TempestaArma del MaelstromScissioneSovraccaricoCustode della TempestaArma del MaelstromSpiriti ElementaliAscesaAssalto della TempestaAscesaSpiriti ElementaliDetonazione ElementaleSurvival Still not AddressedArma del MaelstromTotem del Flusso VitaleUtility and the Impact of Totem della Furia del VentoTotem della Furia del VentoConclusionAssalto della Tempestaremoves the awful feeling of when it just refuses to procSchianto di FulminiSome of the highest praise I feel you can give for an Alpha spec is that there are parts of it I genuinely miss when switching over to playing Live, and that sentiment rings true right now for us.howeverAraldo della Tempesta

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