Tanking as a Shaman

Re: Tanking as a Shaman

by Thatoneguy » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:46 pm

I see many people recommending builds with Earth's Grasp, I don't know why though. Stoneclaw totem is completely useless when it comes to tanking. If even 1 party member causes little threat then Stoneclaw totem won't take a mob's aggro anymore, you might as well take it out of your hotbar. Does a tanking Shaman really want that 20% extra range on Earhtbind totem? The only use it has is kiting mobs when things aren't going well.. and that's mostly when you can't hold aggro. I'll pick Concussion over Earth's Grasp anyday as I see it as the superior talent simply because Earth's Grasp has no use.

We also have Stormstrike, I'm considering dropping that talent and going for a more Elemental route. A Shaman is already going oom quite fast and SS eats 200 mana per swing. The only bonus it has it that it gives extra threat for Earth Shock. I'm willing to bet that Elemental Fury builds more threat as you're casting ES every 5 seconds.
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