I'm new to Enh, and am wondering what my hit cap is, or my goal hit bonus is?

Assume my weapon skill is 400. (I'm assuming it matters)

So on my character screen next to Hit, I want that # to = ?
Same question for Expertise = ?

I'm assuming they're related.

EDIT:

Searching this thread, I found...

Horde Hit Cap = 368 (That's what I want my Hit Rating to be?)
Expertise = X/X on my character screen, then in tool tip: Rating = Y (+Z)

So for Expertise, what number(s) am I trying to get to = 140? Just Y, ignoring the (+Z number), is it factored into Y?

I assume the +Z is from talent?

Edited previous post for more info.

For some reason my DPS is way way low fro may Elemental shaman. It averages 2900 dps on the test dummy and 2400in a raid... I have tried everything... Changing out Wrath Shock and lava glyphs, increaseing spell power on and on and for some reason I cant break that level.


My guild is saying people with the same gear or worse are close to 4000 dps... I have seen people do way better with worse gear... and I am sticking to the rotation hard core....

What Am i doing wrong....? I am following the FS/LB/CL?LB rotation very closely and never pausing to intiate a spell....

Stats:
Zarnu - Yesera

unbuffed Shaman Bufs included
Bonus Spell Dmg 1885 2523
Crit 25.91
Haste 371
Hit 345 or 272 depends on if with Spreist or Druid

HELP.. i am not sure what to do...

I have a question for you guys. I put it by mistake in the trinket thread. Any ideas why Splintering would give me such a marked improvement in dps over Stonebreaker or Dueling? I know one piece of gear shouldn't do that, but can the introduction of a different class in the raid do that either? example. Night one: Naxx 25. I came out of it in 4th place overall damage/dps. I was pushing around 3600. Night two: Basically same raid except we had a mage with us. I changed my totem from Dueling to Splintering and shot up to 4200 dps and no 1 on the meter overall. *I hit 7k on Thaddius weee!!!* Did that totem make that much of a difference? I am going to link my armory, but I'm in ele spec and gear atm. If you like I can repost this when my armory reflects my enhace spec and gear later.

Also, can enhancement dps vary that wildly night to night? Must be some messed up math then.

The World of Warcraft Armory

Mage brought you 5% spell crit and AI which is additional AP you didn't have before. That is what is accounting for the difference, not the totems. The other thing to keep in mind is that we are all slaves to RNG and it is not uncommon to see variation in your dps from fight to fight. That is why we run the sim for thousands of hours, to attempt to limit the RNG factor and bring reproducibility to the results.

Sim out your personal stats and use that to determine which totem to use, more then likely the Sim will tell you to use Dueling but that is something you will have to detemine for yourself. For maximum accuracy make sure to only put into the Sim the raid buffs/debuffs that you will have for the encounter and also try to set the time to match what you are expecting. The more accurate the information incorporated into the sim, the more accurate the results will be to your specific situation.

Enhancement dps can vary due to the procs. In some fights if I get lucky with maelstrom stacks my dps will shoot up compared to other fights. But I do believe that just switching a totem will not give you that much of a difference in dps (3600 to 4200). It must be something else. There can be alot of other factors affecting your dps and its not like every single fight you can just stand in one place and do max dps.

Hola, amigos!
I've got a profession-related question. Im elemental and about to have Enchanting/JC.
Is it reasonable to roll Tailoring instead of Enchanting for Lightweave Embroidery? It's proc seems to be better than 38 sp from Enchanting. What do you think?

My guild and I were running Ulduar 25-man last night and after looking over the WWS I continued to find myself at the bottom or near bottom (one or two spots away) of the dps charts. I follow a simple rotation for Elemental Shamans...

Fs -> LvB -> LB -> LB -> LB/LvB and repeat. But when it comes to mobs I mix in CL.

I'm in full 25man Naxx gear and a few peices of 10/25man Ulduar. My SP is 1,739 unbuffed and my crit is 27% with haste at 491.

WoW Armory Alternative - Nameless Armory Profiles.

My question is what am I doing wrong? What can I change to make my DPS higher? Also should I use CL even during boss fights?

Thank you.

Hi there.

I managed to get my hands on the Thunderfall Totem when me my guild downed XT last week but I'm not really sure about whether it's better then the Totem of Hex or not?

Any thoughts on that?

My thoughts on that? Use the search-function and/or just read the page before last before posting. Post #788 and #789 cover your question. (Hex > Thunderfall)

I have a question about Elemental Shaman.

I raid Ulduar and occasionally we have another elemental shaman. Which brought up the question about dropping other fire totems.

Is Elemental Shamans DPS supposed to include the DPS from a searing or Magma totem, or is it based on the concept that we drop ToW?

By my basic calculations searing totem would grant:

105 average base damage.
16.67% coefficient per attack
2919 spell power (when raid buffed)
Total592 damage per shot

1.15 for call of flame
1.13 for Earth and moon/CoE/Ebon plague
1.03 from ret paly

592*1.13*1.15*1.03 = 792 damage per shot

Crit rate of about 45%, gives 792*2.09*0.45 + 792*(1-0.45)= 1180 average damage, per 2 seconds. = 590 DPS.

So is the DPS of elemental shaman supposed to incorporate this 590 DPS (e.g. we are 5% behind Mages including this 590 DPS), or is this additional to our normal DPS?

Couldn't find anything else about this so far on EJ. Sorry if I missed something.