Totem Talk: Choosing an elemental shaman weapon in Dragon Soul

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Every week, WoW Insider brings you Totem Talk for elemental , enhancement , and restoration shaman. Josh Myers once only tackled the hard questions about enhancement but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all shaman DPS specs. (And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.) One of my favorite things about Dragon Soul are the weapons off Deathwing, as proc weapons have a long but tenuous history with WoW players. Some fondly remember the Fireball proc from Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros , while enhancement shaman look back on Onyxia’s Empowered Deathbringer and wonder what Blizzard was thinking. Seriously, the lower-ilevel Calamity’s Grasp off the end boss from two patches prior was a better choice. Losing stats in favor of a weapon’s proc effect is always a gamble, especially given how incredibly loaded weapons are with stats. Going from a Lightning Rod to a Ti’tahk, the Steps of Time involves giving up a tremendous 300 hit rating and even more haste rating with the hope of the haste proc’s paying off in times of great need. Because of this, I was curious about how the weapons in Dragon Soul would stand up when compared to one another, especially since there are multiple non-proc weapons in the instance to compete with the proc ones. So, I took to every elemental shaman’s best friend — Simulation Craft — and did some simulations with a variety of weapon combinations. The shocking results: Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest is still the best weapon in the game. Surprise? Continue reading Totem Talk: Choosing an elemental shaman weapon in Dragon Soul Filed under: Shaman , Raiding , (Shaman) Totem Talk , Cataclysm Totem Talk: Choosing an elemental shaman weapon in Dragon Soul originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink