What do you guys against a priest mana burning? I always seem to run into them on ring a valor and can't LoS them.

I don't understand how that's even a question. We have the most tools to deal with a mana burning priest. Even if you can't stay out of LOS you can shock/ground half of them. If you have decent resil and water shield up then whenever one hits you ws procs and you get half the mana back instantly. Barring that, there is a reason you have a team mate. Do damage and make them heal?

If a priest is overagressive with mana burns you can try to draw them into a bad position out of LOS of their partner.

All this and purge there power infusion and it really isn't a problem at all, running with a rogue partner I can't remember the last time i actually got mana burned.

Only time I ever get mburned in 2s is after a fear. In 3s it's a little different because sometimes I'm shocking other things. In 5s if a priest ever tries to mburn I just ignore him and shock the other healer (assuming double healer/3dps which is 90% of comps) and he is forced to heal or let his team mate die.

Reports on Stoneclaw totem glyph is that it does not scale with Earth's Grasp. So the net bubble on the Shaman is 4340. However, if the Stoneclaw totem is destroyed or replaced by another totem, the bubble is not lost. Further, the bubble is a physical effect and, thus, not subject to purge.

That's pretty damn good.

I don't know if I'll take it then, especially when stoneclaw is a 30 second CD so if you use it for the bubble you won't have it to protect totems later on. On the other hand what other glyphs are there? Obviously there is LHW and ES. Hex is pretty meh, probably only good in certain 2s comps. Flame shock currently is pretty baller since you can use it to make rogues clos to restealth and you can use it on someone right before you start a cc chain and then you can get an auto crit lvb during the cc chain without losing your ability to interrupt. I don't know, for 3s/5s I'll probably stick with es/lhw/flame shock, for 2s Stoneclaw looks much more attractive.

I'm not so sure actually. At a first glance 140 stamina seems weak, but the directly competing talents is the crit talents, so it's 28 stam per talent vs 46 crit rating per talent. Which one of those is best is not obvious, and it's probably very setup dependant. Playing with rogues and warlocks you will likely want the extra healing power of the crit, but if you're playing something like hunter/dk/shaman where you are likely to be focused a lot and have little support, you might want the extra stamina. In fact, in setups where you are likely to keep earth shield on yourself most of the time, you could skip improved water shield and get both.

It kind of related to gearing as well. With weak classes such as rogues and warlocks, you probably want to go for a caster shield, spellpower enchants, and maybe even spellpower or intellect gems. On the other hand, if you are likely to get attacked, you would typically go for the "warrior" shield and gem for maximum resilience/stamina.

I read here in an earlier post someone says 'jesus christ elemental sucks in pvp." Is it really that bad?

I been leveling a shaman and just reached level 31 last night and I was looking forward to pewpew at 80. Any significant reasons as to why elemental is considered as bad in pvp?

Also as far as 2s arena goes... what would be a superior class combo for a resto shaman, or ele?

The problem with Elemental PVP is the weakness to stuns and cast time debuffs, as well as the lack of mobility and a lack of effectiveness while moving by having only one instant on a 6 sec cooldown. You are also always the target, both because of your inability to defend yourself/escape or be able to provide benefit to your team while moving, and for the fact that you can do massive damage if left alone. Because of these weaknesses you have to essentially form your comp around classes that can protect you and you are reliant on them (now many comps are built around covering weakness, but not to the degree of an ele shaman). This is mainly in an arena setting. If you just want to pewpew in BGs it isn't quite as bad.

Yeah elemental shaman are absolutely devastating if they can get some breathing room but they are really easy to lock down. They still excel in 5s if you play like old 2345 would (not necessarily the same comp though).

I think the extra cooldown reduction on Grounding is more valuable than 50 resilience. Your mileage may vary, but I use grounding frequently enough that I believe the extra 1.5 seconds has a large positive impact in games where grounding use is essential.

Yes, you should get +hit till 100 or 110 (I don't remember the exact number) so you won't miss interrupts or hexes. This doesn't include overcoming racial bonuses which protect some races from being hit, however.