Introduction
My name is Raime and this will be my guide for the Elemental Shaman, a spec that I’ve played for almost one and a half decade. I’ve been competing in the race to world first with Method for three years and before then I co-lead the guild Halcyon for a dozen tiers.
Elemental is looking more promising for The War Within than it has for several expansions thanks to the introduction of Skyfury, a fairly strong raid-buff that any Shaman provides. This means it’s now always worthwhile to bring a Shaman, not just specifically an Enhancement Shaman.
What has changed
The War Within brings a lot of changes for Elemental ranging from a complete rework of the talent trees making them more efficient, a changed Icefury and the addition of a new raid-buff.
Elemental Shaman’s mastery has seen a rework where it now increases elemental and physical damage in addition to the chance to overload certain spells. However the damage from overloads has been heavily reduced down to 25% of the original cast.