Originally Posted by Sebudai
Assuming the raid group is fairly balanced composition-wise(i.e. contains the usual caster dps group, melee dps group, healer group, etc), and only contains one enhancement shaman, I don't think it is ever a good idea to put that shaman in the tank group. I've put myself in the tank group for Gurtogg before, but I doubt it's even optimal for that encounter. Actually, the tank group is just plain the last group that should ever get a shaman. The only time I will give our tanks one is when we have five shaman in the raid.
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This depends heavily on the skill and buffs of both the tank and your DPS. If anyone in the raid is threat capped, a shaman in the MT group is going to raise that cap quite noticeably. The effect is most significant for warriors, but I've found that Unleashed Rage does fun things for feral MTs, too, since Mangle's threat is a multiplier instead of a static amount + damage done, so +10% AP = +10% mangle and melee threat. More if you count SoE, and (if applicable) GoA. In any case, it's heaps better than putting one in the healer group, as Mana Spring and WoA are mostly icing. On the other hand, if your raid doesn't have many DPS that are pushing their limits, sure, shaman are wasted in the tank group.