Want to burn through 5 man heroics?

[crazyflanger]

Bring a shaman, why you ask?

The new shaman hex cc is the most OP cc ever. Incase you don't know it will turn the enemy into a frog that still takes damage and doesn't break the cc. Also it seems to be up for every pull. I didn't look up the specifics of this skill but in my run last night it was amazing....and I only had one shaman.

Does this work with multiple shaman? I can just imagine the AoE pulls I could do if I didn't have to worry about being beat on.

I'm gonna try and run a 4 shaman + me tanking tonight to see if I can pull twice as many mobs. Maybe 3 shaman and a dk?

[Inukshuk]

It's basically fear, except your target doesn't go running everywhere and pulling the whole instance. It has a chance to break on damage, though, just like fear. And yes, it's got to be considered the strongest CC in the game right now (for humanoids and beasts).

[Veilan]

Instead of "like fear without running around", I see it as a stun with a long albeit random duration. There's just no reason not to drop this on a pull, heck, I don't even complain if the skull gets it (once the pull's done).

Shamans - the better mages...

[amh]

Mages bring water

[thenNATEgoes]

Mages bring strudels

Fixed*

[Veilan]

Dunno, I don't have to sit down to mooch off the mana spring totem!

But I do <3 Strudel. What, tanks need calories.

[corolla]

A shaman can cc, offheal, anhk and rez. With blessing of sanct I hardly ever run out of mana. I would pick a shaman over a mage, but both would be good in any group.

[Veilan]

The shaman also brings 4 totems, wears mail, and has two counterspells. I'm very fond of mages, but blizzard heavily favours the hybrids in the BC and WotlK incarnations of the game.

[Makaijin]

Well the only disadvantage is that hex has a 30 duration with a 45 second cooldown.

http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51514

But then again if 30 seconds isn't enough for you to kill 1-2 adds in the trash set for it to become a problem then your group have other issues.

[Mehnalas]

I do enjoy the company of my guild's token shaman. I prefer when he's elemental because that's where he shines, but the recent cut in healers has caused him to go resto which his catching up in pretty quickly too.


I just wish he and tankadin2's ardent defender death avoid announcer would stop being such good friends.

[Veilan]

Well the only disadvantage is that hex has a 30 duration with a 45 second cooldown.

It also is ranged at only 20 yards, which means you can't pull with the hex. But who'd want to, anyway?

[Lousiana]

Sorry to say this,

but if you want to burn through heroics, don't use CC.

[OntetheProt]

^ This.

[Veilan]

That's the point of the frog. It's an über stun, not an "omg don't touch this mob!!!"-CC.

[Spectrum]

The point of this is that Hex lets you do harder pulls with less downtime because it's effectively a stun. Thus you can really burn through.