Video Post

Now I know the new posts have been few and far between but I hope this one helps, now its not a shaman post but its a funny video I happen to run into during my random rummaging on youtube hope you like it. Enjoy.

Btw this is not my video, I take no credit for the creation of this video.

Majin Update: Black Bruise

So our Thursday night raid came around, and there we were face to face with "Festergut" the ugly abomination himself. We charged in with full force and downed the beasty swiftly and forcefully, as we sat there as loot was called and handed out I sat unaware of what the ugly one held in his possession. Moments later to my shock I found my Raid leader Post in raid chat "Black Bruise, Bid", My eyes lit up and scrambled to post my bid, and before I knew it, I come to hear over vent "Last Call, 3, 2, 1, Grats Majin" suddenly I was hit with in game tells of "Grats Majin" "Awesome" ect....

Ok enough of the roleplay "lol", So Thursday came and went and I was fortunate to receive my vary own "Black Bruise". As you can see from the image above this weapon is kind of lacking in stats, but what makes this weapon so special is not its stats but the proc in which it provides its wielder. the rate of this proc is fairly generous, and from early tests on target dummies I've seen a 100-200 dps boost from it selfbuffed, I have not yet had a chance to test this bad boy out on a raid boss, since Thursday happens to be our last raid day of the week, but I will keep you updated come Tuesday.  

Enhance Yourself : "Relic Slot" Totems

Enhance Yourself : "Relic Slot" Totems

Hey guys I'm back and I have a fresh "Enhance Yourself" post for you all today and the focus is on the "Relic Slot", an item slot we share with Druids (Idols), Paladins (Librams), and Death Knights (Sigils) alike. As a shaman I've always liked the idea that we hybrids have had that extra slot in which to receive that extra boost, whether it be to Dps or Healing, it has always been something to call our own.

In this post I'm going to review the two new DPS totems released with patch 3.3.

 

Lets start out with Totem of the Avalanche, as you can see in the image above if you were to compare the two, most would think to grab it without a second guess. By looking at it the bonus to attack power (146 x 3 = 438) is nice from doing nothing more then Stormstrike, I consider this totem a nice upgrade for those doing heroics to entry level ICC raiding, but if end game is your game consider option two.

And here we have "Bizuri's Totem of Shattered Ice" Blizzards elemental shaman totem if you will, well most would think that at first glance and again are right to do so. But in recent months haste has started to become a key if not the key stat for enhancement shamans in end game raiding because of the benefits it can bring to the table such as faster weapon swings, which equal more white damage, faster maelstrom proc times, shorting GCD time, and much more, but thats for another post /smile for now lets continue with the totem at hand. As you can see the totem grants the player 44 haste per tick stacked to 5 for 30secs (44 x 5 = 220) and the nice thing about it is the proc doesn't occur from "Flame Shocks" initial damage but from its "Periodic Damage" meaning this totem is very low maintenance in an already high maintenance priority line or rotation if you will. With "Flame Shock" by the numbers providing higher dps to enhancement this totem seems to fit the Enhancement bill nicely, and is my choice for end game totem.

Patch 3.3.3

Patch 3.3.3: A Call to Arms

So Patch notes and PTR information has started to stream out little by little, and shaman among other classes are noticing changes, well I'm here to break down all of that we know about these changes so far. Now the patch is not 100% completed yet and I'll continue to keep you all up to date as time goes on, but as far as we know these are the enhancement shaman changes as of today.

Shaman

• Flame Shock: The damage-over-time component of this ability can now produce critical strikes and is affected by spell haste 

Enhancement

• Unleashed Rage: This ability is now always on as a passive aura.  

  

Glyphs

• Glyph of Flame Shock - Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Flame Shock periodic damage by 60%.  

Some good changes as we can see so far, flame shock capable of producing critical strikes without the aid of a glyph and is also affected by spell haste to boot is a nice addition. Unleashed Rage now a passive aura instead of having to crit for it to proc is another positive. As far as the new glyph I'm not 100% sold on it yet, I will have to go over the numbers and get back to you all on that, as I said before I'll continue to keep you all up to date.

Enhance Yourself : Battered Hilt.

 

Hey yall, its been awhile since my last post, ive been busy with stuff IRL but im back and got a fresh post for you all.

Now you all may have noticed in trade chat people advertising to sell an item called a Battered Hilt and have wondered what it does and why it happens to sell for so much? Well the answers is a few things, the item opens up a quest chain in which leads to a good amount of gold and upon completion of Quest : A Victory for the Sunreavers (H) / Quest : A Victory for the Silver Covenant (A) will lead to a Epic sword of item level 251. Now you may ask yourself  "A Sword? why would an enhancement shaman like me want that?" well I'm gonna tell you why, blizzard added a special part to this quest allowing players not able to wield swords, to have there own special weapon as well.

Now there are 3 options to choose from but were only gonna review the one that matters to us enhancement shamans, the Cudgel of Furious Justice, at first glance this weapon lacks the look of a weapon your willing to wield, but what it lacks in looks it makes up for in power and stats, with its high dps and slow speed its ideal for enhancement also something to notice is the the haste that is present on this weapon, which is something rare in these days of Icecrown raiding, most weapons you will find either have hit or armor penetration, so haste is a welcome sight. In all this item is something to look for if your building your way to join a top guild, if you can afford to get your hands on one I suggest it, if not try your luck at running heroic Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, or Hall of Reflection. Good Luck and Happy Hunting.