Elemental Shaman AoE Nerfed in Hotfix

Live Posted 29 days ago by Squishei

Lightning Rod take 10% of damage taken (was 20% of damage taken) for Elemental Shaman only (not Enhancement)

With the changes made in patch 11.0.5 to increase the effectiveness of several Elemental talents and cooldowns such as Ascendance, the Lightning Rod talent greatly overperformed. With a hotfix that went live a little while ago:

Elemental

Lightning Rod now transfers 10% of all lightning damage dealt to Lightning Rod targets (was 20%).

This reduction should significantly reduce its effectiveness in AoE damage situations, and less so when fighting a single target.

This change may require Shamans who were online and using the Stormbringer hero talent tree to either log out and back in or swap to the Totemic hero talent tree and back to the Stormbringer hero talent tree for their Conductive Energy hero talent to properly work.

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Comment by blink1Moonkins strike again!Comment by BrunopolarElemental Shaman's AoE was absolutely disgusting on the PatchComment by KalxThat's not even close to enough of a nerf lolComment by jthm91alright ele shaman got a nerf,shows over now move along and complain about something else.Comment by VirunusThat's not even close to enough of a nerf lolComment by faerinethat's a love tap, not a nerf lol.Comment by RevorafThis is too small nerf. Spec is doing 50% more than othersComment by ProfHobkinsalright ele shaman got a nerf,shows over now move along and complain about something else.Comment by LionButLeonThis is too small nerf. Spec is doing 50% more than othersComment by Xynth77That's not even close to enough of a nerf lolComment by MysticUnicycleThis is too small nerf. Spec is doing 50% more than othersComment by nellkeeThat's not even close to enough of a nerf lolComment by zugzugzuugnow nerf blackrock depths im ok with pounding my head on the current tier raid but this is an event raid make the last two bosses somewhat hard but i just want to enjoy my self not feel like im raiding mythicComment by Xylion3290People commenting about this not being a big nerf to Ele have clearly not looked at a breakdown of damage after an M+ run with a lot of aoe lmfao. Educate maybe before commenting.Comment by BrimzHow can a company this big push an update to live BEFORE they calculate the changes'/buffs'/reworks' outcome with a close estimation where will the numbers will land? They just putting random numbers on the sheets, Jimmy says okay push it, if its bad we just nerf?

I really would like to hear the person/team's explanation why they do this.Comment by layne144First time ever commenting, this hotfix proves that blizzard has the capability to change hero talents individually but told arms warriors to stick it where the sun don't shine.Comment by Jakothat is a massive nerf wtf? this also just gutted our Single target dmg. wtf is blizzard thinking?Comment by KarashoteWe love ST nerfs when they adjust overperforming AoE wooooooooComment by LemistioThe game is saved everyone, no further bugs existComment by SepriloxThat's not even close to enough of a nerf lolhttps://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/qjbaJvrf6MRYLpzh#fight=29&type=damage-done

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