Burning Crusade Talent Updates
by Elizabeth Harper 
Oct 25th 2006 at 2:45PM
They just keep coming. Today's changes focus on the shaman, with several tweaks for their elemental and enhancement trees. I don't find these changes awe-inspiring, but they aren't bad news, either.- Parry - Renamed Spirit Weapons. Now "Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks and reduces the threat generated by your melee attacks by 15%."
- Mental Quickness - Moved to Unleashed Rage position.
- Unleashed Rage - Moved to Dual Wield Specialization position.
- Dual Wield Specialization - Moved to Mental Quickness position, reduced to 3 ranks for 2/4/6% hit chance. Still requires Dual Wield.
- Totem of Wrath - Now "...increases the chance to hit and critically hit with spells by 3% to all..."
- Elemental Precision - Now "Increases your chance to hit with Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 1/2/3% and reduces the threat caused by Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 4/7/10%."
Filed under: Shaman, News items, Expansions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jason Oct 25th 2006 2:58PM
Wow, lots of nice changes for shaman. I especially like the changes to parry. I've read a bit from folks in the beta (Greatcow and the other wonderful folks on Blizz's forums), and aggro management seems to be an issue for enhancement shamans. The change to parry looks to go a good ways towards reducing that, which is a good thing IMO. As to DW spec, I'm not so disappointed with that. Prior, we could get 10% hit from that, and another 3% from the resto tree. That was a bit much, IMO, so this change doesn't disappoint me in the least, although I'm sure there's plenty of elemental/enhance shamans that'll be complaining long and hard about that change.
okro Oct 25th 2006 3:25PM
Nerf shammys!
swiftlydead Oct 25th 2006 5:32PM
Nerf Pallies!
Matt Oct 25th 2006 4:29PM
Nerf Hunters!
Oldbear Oct 25th 2006 4:33PM
Nerf everbody, but hunters - we're always get the short-end-of-the-stick (since the beta went gold).
randomdude Oct 25th 2006 7:36PM
Nerf Whiners!!
Ngnsewa Oct 25th 2006 4:46PM
O_O
Ive both a Shaman and a Hunter, dont nerf either!
twh Oct 25th 2006 5:00PM
Gee, Pallies were nerfed yesterday and Shamans were buffed today.
Pfft.
Typical.
Unkle Oct 25th 2006 5:45PM
Nerf Pallies more plz.
Mike Schramm Oct 25th 2006 5:57PM
Nerf warlocks!
Gorath Oct 25th 2006 6:16PM
Lets not call nerf on anyone! Both sides get a shot on shammys and both on pallies, let's not get rough now.
foip Oct 25th 2006 6:17PM
Nerf rogues.
Thingy Oct 25th 2006 7:35PM
Nerf those who call for nerfs!
Ohs*&t! o.O
Siphon Oct 26th 2006 1:58AM
Nerf nerfs
Extorn Oct 26th 2006 10:17AM
Give Paladins More Gay looking Gear, so their Purple Tiera's match their armor, and then Nerf them again!!!!
Then Buff Droods.
and Rogues.
and Mages,
Nerf Hunters
Nerf Draeni
Buff Undead
Buff Tauren
Nerf Alliance. [AKA: Easy Mode]