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Continuing our series on Shaman talents in Wrath, we're going to talk today about Elemental Combat, and the new talents for it. One of the first things I notice comparing the current talent trees to the ones coming is the move of Elemental Devastation down to a 5 point talent, making it much friendlier for Enhancement Shamans to pick up (as was commented upon in our previous post on the subject) especially now that Nature's Guidance is gone from the Restoration tree. With the ability to guarantee a Lava Burst crit by using Flame Shock, you could theoretically keep your melee crit rate up for a very long time, and in so doing reduce the cost of your shocks significantly as well as keep Maelstrom Weapon stacked.
Which is very nice for enhancement shamans who want to spec into Elemental, yes, but what about for elemental shamans themselves? What talents will they be looking at?
Well, just for starters, let's talk about Paralysis.
This is one of those spells up on the same tier as Totem of Wrath, and deservedly so. The effect is a snare, but in addition to your target being slowed by 75% it also slows attack and casting speed and increases the benefit of your spell power on Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells. Fully talented your LB will have a 15% chance to proc the effect. Sadly, Chain Lightning does not seem to proc the effect, based on wording. But then again, 10% bonus spell power fully talented would probably be worth the three talent points by itself if you're fully committed to elemental combat as your spec of choice.