Re: The best Elemental build for PvP
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:21 am
Schoof wrote:I think as a shaman you would have very low odds of getting Mana Igniting Cord and Firemaw.
Is Primalist's Linked Waistguard (http://db.vanillagaming.org/?item=19393) a decent alternative?
Thatoneguy wrote:I WPvP roughly 20 hours a week. Running around the world searching for 60s and killing them is what I like doing most. I often find myself in 1v2 and 1v3 fights where high mobility required in order to create favorable situations. A 3 second cast on GW is too long. With Imp GW you can chase down any class but Druid as it makes Shaman the second fastest class in the game. But without it Shaman is the slowest class, the difference is noticeably big.
Aethelwulf wrote:You're a Shaman. You create mobility with Earthbind and Frost Shock if necessary. For an Elemental Shaman, mobility is more about keeping people at a distance than keeping them near you.
Aethelwulf wrote:In a 1v2 or 1v3, I'd rather have the Trinket+NS+Healing Wave for a surprise 2K+ self-heal non-crit. Put a potion on top of that and you have some strong staying power in fights where you're outnumbered. If you go Engineer, you can also use a Discombobulator Ray (consumable item) for a 20% slow (and dismount) or pack Goblin Rocket Boots for a sprint (+70% movespeed on 5min cd) if you want. And there's always the option of keeping a Swiftness Potion ready too.
Thatoneguy wrote:No, you don't 'create mobility' with Earthbind and FS. With Earthbind and FS you hamper your opponent's mobility, there's a BIG difference between the two. Mobility is not 'more about keeping people at a distance than keeping them near you'
Decreasing the mobility of your opponent does not magically increase yours. Here is the definition of mobility so you can understand it yourself: 'capable of moving or of being moved readily from place to place.'
There's no way in hell you're going to consistently pull off 1v2s and 1v3s with that much emphasis on defensive play. I seriously question if you've ever won 1v3s.
Aethelwulf wrote:Playing semantic games doesn't make your point any smarter. In PvP, mobility is relative. It doesn't matter how fast you move; rather, it matters how much faster you move than your enemies.