There's three things that really bug me about the spec right now.

1. You need to put 1-4 points into "filler" talents at Tier 4 to get to the next tier, and can run out of points later
2. When LB & CL had cast times reduced by 0.5 seconds, and the Lightning Mastery talent reduced to 0.1 seconds per point, the only buff around that was to put an extra 8% onto the co-efficient for both spells. Nothing was done to the talent that was affected
3. Curse of Elements affects Frost and Fire, but not

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My position on haste, itemised as it was prior to 2.4, was that it was not going to be useful for shaman at all. This was because the minimal amount we could put together to get around the chain lightning cooldown was not enough, or you'd be reducing other stats too much to make up for it.

Now things have changed.

I've been doing a little bit of work on comparing an "ideal" LB/CL gear setup with one for LB, reducing crit and increasing haste.

Surprisingly...

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Ok, time for the second instalment.

Black Temple part 1
The trash for the first five bosses are fairly standard. DPS the assist target, keep your totems down, but otherwise there isn't really anything out of the ordinary. Make sure you use Poison totems leading up to Naj'entus, and an (one at a time) Earth Elemental on the elemental pack after is a good idea as well

• Naj'entus
  Standard fight. DPS the boss, re-drop totems each shield, and if you can manage it, time a

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I'm going to begin this blog with a series on T6 Raiding for the Elemental Shaman.

This series will aim to cover encounters from our point of view. Mostly this is because strat sites like www.bosskillers.com include us as "ranged dps", while ignoring anything useful we may offer.

Firstly, Mount Hyjal
Mount Hyjal trash is a bit different from the norm. Rather than just sitting there (or walking around) the mobs all run towards you in waves. So the first tip is...

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Hello Dear Readers!

The main focus of this blog shall be things Shamanistic. Mostly observations on Elemental shaman with a PvE focus. I reserve the rights to post about Enhancement and Restoration, and may even post about my druid alt that I am (slowly) levelling up.

There will also be snippets from Deus ex Crux raids, going over where we are, things that really worked, and things that kinda didn't.

List for reference!

• T6 Instances from an elemental

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