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Yes, because of the way dual wield interacts with Windfury and Stormstrike, dual wielding is just more damage. It bursts a large amount of damage far more consistently, and I agree it's just much better overall. I see no reason to use a two handed weapon, even in 'jousting' situations. By dual wielding you are nearly guaranteeing that Windfury, Unleashed Rage, Flurry, and Shamanistic Focus proc every time you 'joust' a player because you're making a minimum of four attacks each pass. This is why it's really easy for Enhancement Shaman to steal killing blows in BG's. Running up to a player, pressing Stormstrike and casting Earth Shock on them is a ton of burst damage. After that it's all on cooldown for a while, but upfront it is a large amount of burst, and it is very consistent.
I don't know if I agree with Push about gemming/enchanting for damage over survivability though. In 3v3 I am the focus of the other team probably 90% of the time. In 5v5 I would guess about 50% of the time. Maybe this will change at 2k+ rating though.
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