3.0 - what´s your spec (Enh.)?Follow

It has been announced that the new talents will be released within "the next few weeks".

So, for me is the big question how to choose talents best for max. dps.(Enhancement)

Main problem seems to be to choose between Static Shock or Maelstrom Weapon.

Static Shock + Improved Shields seems nice, Mealstrom Weapon will really come to
life with lvl.75 an LvB.
If they also already change the affect of crit/hit-rating for melee+spells, MW might
be already interesting enough to sacrifice Static Shock (I wouldn´t sacrifice any other talents)
But MW without Elemantal Devastation makes no sense in my eyes.

So, what do you think in terms of best dps pre-wotlk ? What will you choose/leave behind at first
and why?

just realized... ;-)

I was thinking about your specs at level 70 with the new talents, but without LvB
and the potential to use all the nice and shiny new things ;p

So you can get max. dps before the addon in your current raids etc.

And I was thinking strictly pve...

Clear for me, but I failed to make that clear when I wrote it at first.

Sorry for that.

What are you looking to do for 3.0? I'm assuming that you're looking at TBC PVE raiding? A lot of things still need to be clarified or implemented before I can really decide, but I'm gussing something along the lines of this.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hV0hZhbxsoxdGekgkVo

For leveling coming WOTLK, I'll probably end up with something more like this.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hZGggIotzIekxubo

PvE at 80: http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hehhoZhhxcoxdIekguVo

PvP at 80: http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?talent=hVIhoZhrgfoxzuxkguio

My best guesses.

Hey Cestin, I was looking at your pvp build and since you took the dual wield talent, you might want to put 3 points into dual wield spec. The + 6% to hit will really really help. I'm not sure where I would take the points from, maybe from elemental warding, but I would not take dual wield and not put points into dual wield spec.

Simple answer



I think one of the bigger questions regarding enh/pvp specs are the 51 point wolves. How much dmg can they take? Whats the range or operation? Do they have a stun/silence proc (if so how often)? How much dps will they do?

The wolves "could" be a needed talent, or novel...we don't know yet.

What we "do" know currently is we finally have abilities that can "crit" regardless of spell crit, and we have a talent that previously was worthless, that supports melee dmg thru spell crits.

Now frankly for PvP our insta cast GW, and now the anti-CC while in GW, "should" finally give us a tool, to counter the tools that has kept us down for a LONG time.

Now, IMO PvE wise....nothing has really changed for us unfortunetly. Threat looks like its still going to be a problem for Enh, if not we're going to be even worst off actually (higher spike dmg via shocks/bolts), and still no threat wipe. Really gonna matter on how much they have changed threat mechanics for tank classes. Which last I heard they are trying to "bake in" more threat into parry/block/etc. Something I've been looking into for my war (which I intend to go 17/51/3), since blizz is still standing by the claim that all tank class/spec's can "effectively" tank.

As far as enh pve dps is concerned, much of it is completely dependant on how well these mechanics play out.

so, finally got a beta key ;-)

my point really was: is it worth going for Mealstrom Weapon + ED, despite the fact you do NOT have LvB at 70, or enough points to spend for MW+ED without leaving things as Static Shock behind.

After regemming and adjusting gear in two slots (head+trinket) I came up with following +/- in the beta right now:
(including totems + foodbuff + potion, because thats my basic raidsetup "selfbuffed")
(side note: I´m on agi-heavy gear (badges/ZA, no T/S) and regemmed mainly with +10 crit)

I gain:
+ 500 AP (+25%)
+ 20 % Haste
+ 6,3 % Spellhit
+ 9,7 % Spellcrit

I loose:
- 4,3 % Hit (Talents + gear change)
- 4,6 % Crit

So in my opinion it´s at 70 not worth going into MW+ED, because 9,7% spellcrit will not provide enough ED uptime to be better then a fully specced enhancement tree, despite the damage you gain through MW+LB.

So I will end up with 5/56/0 at 70, because I see higher profits from Static Shock+Improved Shield + fully specced WF totem.

Thats what I think so far, your welcome to disagree or prove me wrong ;-)

In addition to the increase in the stats above we will gain damage through:
- 20% reduced CD on SS
+ Static Schock
+ Ghost wolves (NYI in beta)

Put that all together, think how well we scale with AP, and I assume we will gain
roughly 25-30 % damage overall just with 3.0.
And as soon as we hit 75 and get LvB and through that a very high ED uptime... ;p

/hug Blizzard