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This is my first Shammy so sorry for the newb question up front.

I'm currently using Galgann's Firehammerwith Windfury on each hand. I usually drop TOTs: Searing, Mana, Strength (waiting on Grace... and yeah, I'm happy they are melding them!!). I'm using Flame Shock (wait on cd) Stormshock, Earthshock, rinse/repeat.
I have an Alch so I almost always have an Agi pot and a Defence pot on.

I realize that my TOTs are not the best for a group, but I use them for me, and if they help others cool. I'm usually solo play anyway, though I do lay down a Windfury TOT when in group.

The question? Well, what is your spell chain? Am I sapping the most dps I can get with this combo? And do you guys use your Lighting Shield (even if it might sap a Stormstike charge?)

Thanks in advance.

I found that (certainly at your level) enemies die so freaking fast that I hardly ever feel the need to drop totems. Only when adds arise / fighting elites / fighting quest mobs quite some above your level I dropped my totems. Your spell chain should consist of not much more than:

- pre-fight: if on full mana, lightning shield (if not, too much of a mana-drain);
- start-fight: just body-pull on normal mobs, on tough ones / elites a lightning bolt is good also;
- in-fight: one stormstrike, wait for a melee critical, one mana-reduced earthshock. Thats it. Stuff dies too fast to use more mana on them. If the need arise you can do one more mana-reduced earthshock, but it hardly ever will be needed.
- after-fight: a quick bandage when needed, so keep your First-Aid up. Conserve your mana for the next mob if possible.
- Rinse and repeat.

This will last you for a long time before you have to sit and drink. From level 50 (Shamanistic Rage) your downtime goes almost down to zero, from level 62 on (Water Shield) the downtime completely vanishes.

Have fun on your flight to 70!

I use to love earthen shield cheap for good damage over time. Guess it is just me lol.

I'm assuming you are enhancement because you state using WF on each hand.

Stormstrike > Earth Shock > Earth Shock on a regular mob.

Stormstrike > Flameshock > Earth Shock then SS > ES > ES til Flameshock ticks off on a raid boss/elite/long fight.

Also, its not a terrible idea to get a mod that lets you know when your hidden WF CD is up, for each Stormstrike.

i heard to get the max out of stormstrike/windfury you should have a main hand weapon with a spead around 2.5-2.7 and an off hand weapon with a slightly slower speed.. 2.7-2.9. reason being that windfurry has an internal cooldown of 3 seconds and these speeds will get the most 'hot' strikes.

On single mobs, used to prep:
Lightning shield
Flame totem

Then pull with:
Lightning bolt > frostshock > Lightning bolt

Then melee open with:
Stormstrike

If mob was still standing the winfuries would pretty much take it out in a second or two (usually - but one time I had my armor scratched).

BAH! Me big Shaman!
Actually the above rotation is a bit heavy on mana, but the orbs carried over and I used to sit at the 'totem camp' and pull mobs back into it post initial setup, so had a good 2 minute killing field established.
Plus, at the level of dual wield and SS I was taking down mobs 1-3 levels above me - much better experience granted and, with that setup, and not much of a fight really.

WF has a 36% proc chance outside the 3-second cooldown while DW'ing.

Also, what he said is right, you can "force" more main-hand windfuries with SS, because the MH hit is rolled for first. For example:
-.1 - Windfury comes off cooldown
0.0 - Cast stormstrike
0.1 - MH attack determined, first WF chance
0.11 - Offhand attack determined, second WF chance
So that the MH WF has a chance before the offhand, ever-so-slightly inflating how many hits your MH gets by allowing it a chance first. Plus it increases your chance of getting WF off right after the cooldown, which is always a good thing.

anywhere between 2-2.5weapon speed is good, but always make sure you put your faster weapon in off-hand, can't remember exactly why but it works well.

Every conversation should end this way....

No point in trying to stick to a definite cycle. Just favour Flame Shock in any long fight whenever this effect is not already on the mob, and use Earth Shock otherwise. When soloing I use mostly Earthshock, though if I start a fight with a Shock (i.e. if I have a Focus left over from the previous fight) I'll use Flame. If the Stormstrike and Shock cooldowns are up at the same time I like to use a Shock first whenever Focus is up, and Stormstrike first otherwise. This helps a little with efficiency, as you have your highest chance of a melee crit upon clicking Stormstrike.