Patch 3.3.3 and some Elemental Changes

There will be another minor content patch before we head into Cataclysm. Gnomeregan. With 3.3.3 there have been some changes to Flame shock and Elemental Oath. Now I need to head to the PTR to see how these changes will effect things so I will update after some testing.

Flame Shock: The damage-over-time component of this ability can now produce critical strikes and is affected by spell haste.

Elemental Oath: This ability is now always on as a passive aura.

Saturday, February 20, 2010 | posted in Patch 3.3.3, talents/spec | 2 comments [ More ]

Lich King Loot Released and the best elemental weapon is...

Tel'thas, Dagger of the Blood King

UPDATED:The only problem with Tel'thas is that it drops in 10 man ICC not 25 man. This is disappointing that after all of this toiling away in Northrend when we finally bring down Arthas there will be no loot for Elemental Shamans. The only usable item that the Lich King drops is Royal Scepter of Terenas II with 792 spell power, 31 MP5, and 63 crit rating this should be passed to healers everytime.

It would be awesome if we could use swords, I mean look at this one hand sword Bloodsurge, Kel'Thuzad's Blade of Agony. A perfect weapon for elemental shamans. Spell power, haste, and crit exactly what you would be available to us as we take down the final boss in ICC. Even if blizzard allowed us to trade in the Royal Scepter for a correctly itemized version we could use I could be happy but this is disappointing. I would be willing to spend a primordial saronite or even 200 gold like they did for the strength rep ring in ICC.

The only thing we can do now is wait and see if there will be any changes to the loot in the future. Good luck to everyone as you take on the Lich King and hopefully you are able to grab the Best in Slot weapon from a 10 man raid.

2/8/10 Looks like blizzard read my post :) they just stated in a blue post that they are changing Royal Scepter of Terenas II and removing the mp5 and replacing it with haste. this will make the weapon Best in Slot now.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | posted in Best in Slot, Lich King, patch 3.2.2 | 5 comments [ More ]

Season 8 Shaman Armor Set Released

I do not PvP much aside from the occasional Wintergrasp or battleground. Not that I don't want to because I think arena matches are awesome and take a ton of skill if you want to compete on a high level. If I had the time I would love to but raiding 5 nights a week, blogging and real life takes up to much of my time. Anyway I wanted to post the Season 8 Armor set pics from Blizzard for our PvP brethren.

I think this set is OK but it has a long way to go to look like my favorite set Arena Season 3. The is just one BADASS armor set.!!!

What do you think? What season looks the best???

Monday, February 1, 2010 | posted in Arena, PvP | 1 comments [ More ]

Fall of The Lich King Cinematic

If you are someone who does not visit my favorite WoW site MMO-Champion they have done it again. They have found the Lich King Cinematic that reveals who will become the new Lich King when we finally kill him in the next few weeks.

If you are one who does not want to know what happens before you kill the Lich King DO NOT watch the video. It contains a major spoiler!!!!