Dude, are you just trolling or what, everything you are arguing about has been discussed in other posts, this will be my last one in this thread, if ya feel the need to keep arguing about moot points and feel important, have at it. I guess I could spell out how this talent works but I figured most would be able to understand it.
First, I never "advocated" for the op to take static shock, I simply stated what I thought to be the cookie-cutter build (the linked build), mentioned there were other builds that could yield higher dps but were not for everyone, at which point you went on this tangent about "static shock" and how it sucks.
Second, are you in a raiding guild? Why in the world are you talking about rl stuff, etc., I think we all understand how rl works, if you were to spec this way, I'd think you were pretty sure you would have a 2nd enh shammy raiding, and if they didn’t show one night, go respec before the raid, not that big a deal...
Third, you can't take the points out of et? If your not 5/5 ak you fail at enh. Call of flame? Let’s see, no lava burst as enh, and +5% dmg on fire totems, yea ok, convection or totemic focus, who has mana issues? Not I. There are no better talents to take if you’re dropping your totem buffs than imp shields and static shock.
No one is arguing that anyone should take static shock over enh totems, etc, I just mentioned that it is a build, if you’re comparing talent to talent, sure the others look better on paper, but you’re missing what this is about. What I linked above is a great raiding build that I would recommend to most, for pvp, leveling, etc, I would change several things around.
Lastly, you are missing the point, go read EJ some more, run enhsim, do some testing on your own, who knows, alot of shammy's are running a static shock build for max personal dps when they are raiding with two enh's shammy's, I'm not talking about 5mans, 10 mans, the static deal is for end game raiding only, under the right circumstances, and yields the highest dps, your inability to understand how the talent works and how it could benefit in the right situation is sad, and the argument your making is just misguided and irrelevant, really, go do some more research.