A busy night.....

Lok'tar!

After being in a stump for the past week, I finally was able to ventured into some dungeons tonight. Sadly, none of the runs were Heroics, so I got pretty much nothing out of the runs, save for a few boes.

The first stop was the Culling of Stratholme. This was a very mixed up run. Afraid I don't remember all the classes that were there on this run. Upon falling victim to Meathook coming up from behind me and taking myself and then the group out, one of the group members decided to kick the poor level 75 Priest that was with us due to his lack of DPS. Now, albeit his dps was horrible at a mere 280, you've got to understand, the boss was completely red for him still. Alas, he was booted and a hunter took his place. Round 2 with Meathook (and was all 5 people up) he went downed pretty fast. One person just had to proclaim how easy it was without the previous priest. *sigh* Some people just don't pay attention.
The rest of the run stayed uneventful til the end with the one person, I won't name names, that had greeded everything that was not useful for anyone. When asked to DE them, he simply replied, "I herb inscripe". This, of course, brought on a small heated arguement between this individual myself and the immediate black listing of him.

On to dungeon number two: Hall of Stone. Now this was a very fun run, although very very easy to do. It consisted of a 79 Prot Warrior, a Frost/Unholy Death Knight, Mage, and Priest. Nothing special on this run, however DPS on this one was much more noticable here. The DK of course having the highest DPS, where as I myself was 3rd. I did however maintain 1600 dps up until the 2nd to last boss. The pushback from him just totalled messed me up on my spell rotation. However, all was good, no wipes, no newbie mistakes.

Then the last and final dungeon of the night: Utgard Pinnacle. This run was pretty much the same as the last. It was the exact same group except for the mage. Instead we recruited a Warlock for the new DPS slot. I was really annoyed by my DPS here. However I started to get my usual "wireless card lag" during one of the boss fights. This ultimately ruined my DPS as my casting was off a good 3 seconds due to the lag issues I was having. All in all, it was another good and easy run. No new gear, just some more enchanting mats.

Now, if anyone is wondering what my spell rotation is, its quite simple. My usual rotation is Flame Shock, Lava Burst, Chain lightning, Lightning Bolt, Earth Shock, LavaBurst, Chain lightning, and then rinse and repeat. Occasinally casting Thunderstorm to do any quick aoe damage as well as regain 8% of my mana, however I must be careful and use caution so that I do not push mobs into another group. Normally, this rotation lasts only through the first full casting on normal mobs before they are downed. The Flame shock on the target allows my Lava Burst to automatically crtically hit the target normally for 5500 to 6500 damage, depending on current buffs and cooldown uses.

This is all for my adventures in for the evening. I hope to be able to post something much more interesting the next time I am able. Until then.....


Lok'tar ogar!!

The Elemental Shaman still exists

Throm-ka!

I am Nekron, elemental Shaman of Chaos Brewing on Sen'jin.

I find it at time to be amazingly hard to find suitable gear for my spec. Most Shaman seem to go Enhance for DPS, which is all find and dandy. If I am grouped with a fellow shaman I would much rather he be Enhancement so we are not rolling for the same gear. Its always disheartening to go into a heroic and the only mail drops be Hunter/enhance Shaman pieces. And we all know if there's a caster ring the other caster dps/healers want a piece of that as well.

So, for the time being I am taking what I can get. And at the time being is rather odd. I currently have two piece of leather for spell power. Those items being the Leggings of the Winged Serpent and Ouroboros Belt. Like I said, I take what I can get. For a better look at my gear, feel free to see my character on WoW Armory.


Here to the left you can see my spell bonuses. This is as of 12/19/08 and while unbuffed. I can get spell damage bonus and my crit chance up a bit more with Flametongue Weapon and Totem of Wrath.



Now if you are wondering about my spec its 57/14/0. Seem odd? Well it works. I find it to be the most mana efficient spec. Having Shamanistic Focus combined with Clearcasting when it procs gives me shocks that only cost 10% of their mana. Which is quite often considering how often I crit with my lightning spells and having Lava Burst cast after I get a Flame Shock on a mob. Beautiful crit damage there.

Afraid I have no damage meter pics to post to show my dps in heroics. I'll be sure to get some for the next time I blog. Till then.....


Lok'tar ogar