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Comment by Alisdair

Very powerful and useful talent. When soloing or in instances, use it every chance you get. Best when used with Chain Lightning. At level 49 I was easily doing up to 2400 damage total on three targets.

Comment by 97

Great talent to have. Mana free instant crit spell? Definitely worth the point if you're deciding to go deep Elemental.

Comment by 21328

With the new change on clearcasting, this will be a free crit and 2 free mana spells.

Comment by 82782

If you use this and Lightning Overload procs, do both spells have 100% crit chance?

Comment by 121763

starting 2.4 this ability will now share a 10 sec cooldown with Natures swiftness. Bye elemental shammy's.
directly from revised patchnotes http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

Comment by 98761

They reverted the changes
we get some love =/

Comment by 108147

Elemental shaman's maximum PvP crit guide:

Wear your best PvE gear. Enchant and spec for damage.
Use Wrath of Air, consumables (food, oils, elixirs), and get yourself a +spell damage trinket, ideally a Hex Shrunken Head, because few real PvPers could get hold of a Shifting Naaru Sliver.
Get the Berserking buff in a battleground.
Get lucky and stumble upon a warrior with Berserker Stance, Death Wish and Recklessness all popped on.
Get even luckier and have an enhancement shaman Stormstrike him and a shadow priest put Misery on him. Asking for a Ferocious Inspiration hunter and an Improved Sanctity Aura paladin might be too much.
Unleash an Elemental Mastery nuke.
Hope for a crit in the maximum range of your spell damage.
Press Print Screen.

If you accomplished those 8 simple steps, congratulations. You've won the game.

Comment by 149520

Does it trigger the global cooldown?

Comment by vexis58

Allowing for the following macro:

#showtooltip Lightning Bolt
/use Elemental Mastery
/use Lightning Bolt

You'll automatically use Elemental Mastery every time the cooldown is up.

Comment by Smyd

Goodbye old friend we'll miss you. Next coming patch will include a revamp of EM.

Elemental Mastery -- Now increases the Shaman’s critical strike chance by 20% for 30 seconds. Cooldown remains 3 minutes. We recognize this might be a slight nerf in certain PvP situations where players relied on the shaman to nuke an injured person to death. Still, I'm betting most shamans will prefer the new design.

Comment by Mobbe

i think its better pve now cause 20% over 30 secs and 20% less mana.
But in pvp when you realy need the 100% crit its actually pretty annoying -.-
But i think its better now :P

Comment by 230839

As since of Patch 3.0.8 this spell will be changed into the most best Design it ever had for PVE.
For PVP the burst is reduced but seeing it as another very nice buff in for example 5v5, or any other Arena where you aint the primary target ( which most of cases will be tho).

Comment by danroe

Anybody wondering, if AP sucks now?

This, 20% crit chance -20% cost

AP, 20% dmg, +20% cost

Comment by dinnerbone

As of the new build on the PTR, this no longer reduces the mana cost but instead also makes your next LB, CL or LvB spell an instant cast. Source: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=43777.0

Comment by 250623

This is sad. I was like screaming and flying happy as a bee since patch 3.0, when blizz decided to PopUp Elems (and in every single Patch after 3.0) and now they want spoil it all again. Lowering down the crit rate IS acceptable, but 15sec duration instead of 30 - more looks like a spit in the face of Elemental community.

Comment by 316511

in 3.1.0 this is gonna get changed to make your next chain lightning, lightning bolt instant cast and increases the crit chance of your fire frost and nature spells by 15% for 15 secs

MASSIVE NERF

heres why:

elementals can be slightly mana starved so the loss of -20% mana cost is big
crit chance down from 20 to 15 %
lasts half as long thats half the amount of lb or cl high crit casts

and 1 instant cast spell every three minutes is nothing

Comment by Abomb

yes elemental shammies deserve this so they can fire shock+lava burst+elemental mastery+CH+TS is going to be a crap load of bust dps if they ever need more

Comment by 219697

This is like Mage's P.O.M except you get an extra 15% extra dmg on nature, frost, & fire.

Comment by 178827

Good luck surviving my instant Flame Shock + Lava Burst combos from now on. Who cares if it's been nerfed to 15%? Lava Burst crits anyway so I get a guaranteed Elemental Oath, which brings it up to 20%, and besides, when your crit chance is above 60%, what does 5% matter anyway?

Comment by felixmdx

total crap not a spell
never used and not going to use :P

Flame Shock + Lava Burst and u get 5% crit bonus from Elemental Oath
while the gear allready gives 30%
so total crit all the time is 35% and 15 sek is enought to get some more crits for another Elemental Oath

this is fail not spell

Comment by 260905

Patch 3.3.0 notes
* Elemental Mastery now gives you 15% spell haste for 15 sec instead of increasing your critical strike chance.

Buff FTW (also makes the T10 bonus better)

Comment by 517517

Its best to use the Flame Shock + Lava Burst + Elemental Mastery = A world of hurt (Aka Instant Lava burst crit)

Comment by Thottbot

this just seemns lovely...why don't ppl spec in elemental combat? eh?

Comment by Thottbot

It's quite insane but I for example like it better close up and dirty, as in enhancement :-)

Comment by Thottbot

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to go mostly into Elemental and then the rest of my talent points into Enhancement?

Comment by Thottbot

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to go mostly into Elemental and then the rest of my talent points into Enhancement?

Comment by Thottbot

hes right u know

Comment by Thottbot

I will go for 31 points elemental. for opening with a 2000 smg shock. then going melee with windfury and Lightining shield. elemetal is nice cause 5% extra crit on Lighning shield and 100% extra dmg. that is like 500! in a crit / then i have exactly 20 points in enhancement. think this will work fine!

Comment by Thottbot

bah in the long end we shamans just end up as healers...

Comment by Thottbot

hmm.. so u dont want an instant cast heal incase u get into tons of troube? god u guys are tons of noobs... 21 in resto then go w.e u want, thats a good spec.. dont go like mostly enhancement and elemental, that is one of the worst things ive ever seen!

Comment by Thottbot

1200 max. intstant heal owns yee

Comment by Thottbot

that doesnt matter if ya got a Hand of Edward the Odd tho

Comment by Thottbot

i like the 21 resto build too.there are also some 'combat' talents like regen while combat or impr. reincarn. and the preq. for NS, with the crits, u get heal crits AND light crits. the do wtf u want but starting resto is i think the best idea. the only reason i'd go enhance would be parry, but i prefer elem.

Comment by Thottbot

The 21 restro build is preference, but if you are hardcore PvP like me, you will know that Elemental/Enhance is the way to go.

frankly in my honest opinion you would be better off doing the enhancment/elemental build.
In my cases I can get a huge crit off and then walk up and usually boom dead, especially if Windfury goes off.

as for Restro as a whole.... Priest and Druids are there for that reason in my opinion at least :)

Comment by Thottbot

100% crit chance. Well, its nice to start a PVP encounter with this one. you'll get (depending on your equip) somethin around 600 extra Damage. That's it. 600 Damage every 5 Minutes.

Compare this to natures Swiftness. An instantcast every 3 minutes. Even if you dont crit and cant chainlight multiple enemies...you'll do around 500 damage, every 3! Minutes.

600 dmg -> 5 minutes
500 fmg -> 3 minutes (a lot morepossible)

do the math. I suggest putting more points into restauration, because this is a shammys main use. Manaflood > Elemental Mastery. And let me say some words to the Enhancmentshammys out there:

We are supporters. We heal, and improve our Group with Totems. And if our little damage is needed (ain't the case 95% of our time), you cast some lighning strikes and shocks and thats it. Sure you can meele. And if you put all points in enhancment you become somewhat of a weak tank. But think again. You do 3 things. Heal, Cast and Meele. Now Healing and casting share the same attributes while meele uses totaly different ones. do you wanna abbandon heal and cast for doing meele and still do no damage compared to real meele classes? Oder do you do, what you're goot at, namely casting and healing? Because you can't do both.

Don't roll for high DPS Daggers and Weapons. Don't go for strength and agility, and don't enchant your weapons with crusader. It's a waste! Shammys suck in Meele. Accept it.

Get yourself a high manaregeneration and make sure you have a lot of int, spirit and some stamina. At best have lots of +heal/+spelldamage on your equip and then you play your class the right way. If you still don't belive this and think i don't have a clue...a last Proof for you. Look at the Stats of our Epic sets and see what they allow you to do good. Trust me, it's not an accident those Stats are the way they are :D

Comment by Thottbot

If you have elementall mastery, you have elemental furry. I.e. My shocks crit for 1k + I have shocks crit for 1500. Also with the talent Chain lightning crits all three people. So if you have tier 1-2 gear and emphirical power or the zg trinket, you can CL crit for 2400. I am a healer in all raids and buff yes. But I can also own almost any class. (damn warriors and locks are tough) Without Elemental I still crit shocks for over 700 damage. We arent just healers and buffers were hybribds. In PVE Our job is to heal and buff yes. In pvp we can own faces and throw spot heals in the process. It's really good to be versitile... Learn2Play

Comment by Thottbot

ok think about it even thought it gves you a 100% chance of crit its 5 MINUTES OF COOLDOWN. by the timw it cooled down you would of forgot.

P.S. why is StormStrike so bad? im mean if you have a potion but 30% of your mana isnt that bad is it?

Comment by Thottbot

Well is Enchantment that bad i am an lvl 29 shaman and havent got windfury yet so is enchantment bad? is it better to specc elemental combat?

Comment by Thottbot

I went SS (StormStrike) myself and havent looked backed. If i wanted a caster i would of made a mage. (which i did LOLz) I wanted someone that could serious melee dmg and heal. And SS isnt a mana waste. SS is godly due to granting me an extra hit. Right now i have 3700+ mana on my sham lvl 59 it cost me 410 to use SS which is a litte less then my new frost shock i got "460" mana. So, its up to u if u want. I've proc'ed with wind fury and hit SS and WF proc'ed again and in total did over 2k+ dmg. SS isnt a waste. Its a rare build but the people that go with it tend to be pleased with its work.

Comment by Thottbot

I am like 4 levels away from SS on my shammy, and I am eagerly awaiting it..

plus, if I don't like it I can always respec!

Comment by Thottbot

in the 11.1 patch the end elm talent will be a 3min cooldown +P

Comment by Thottbot

geez, that is nice xD

i prefer Natures swiftness though..

either instant heal or CL/LB wich is about the same amount of dmg the crit gives..

so NS is kinda better since you can also use it as heal and even instant!

Comment by Thottbot

y dont' u guys just put elemental mastery and natures swiftness?

Comment by Thottbot

Yeah, elemental spec is really good, even though people say it sucks. This move is awesome. (Search "Shaman 25k" on youtube, you'll see a cool video.

Comment by Thottbot

My lovely I WIN Button.

Comment by Thottbot

o.O Combine Chain Lightning + this with The Lightning Capacitor in AV what do u get?

/yell BLIZZARD NIDS TO N3RF SHAMANSS!

OR

<add alliance incoherent speech here>

I'm a Horde, pwnage in a bottle :)

Comment by Thottbot

ele/enhance sucks man, go 40 elemental 21 resto its best for pvp, natures swiftness plus ele mastery rapes. In arena pop BL trinkets ele mastery chain lightning then natures swiftness instant lightning bolt and instant cast earth shock....if they all crit they should be dead. putting talents in ele/resto will increase ur crit chance of all lightning spells by 11%. With the right gear u can have crit chances of up to 34%-38% crit chance on all lightning spells....just my opinion for pvp

Comment by Thottbot

lol. Sry, but how are u gona "kite" rety pally when he just dispel Frost Shock. Then he put BoF. you waste GCD on purge.

He can stun/ repent/arcane torrent u from cast this, then bubble for 12 secs..lol immune. WIth crap armor sham got, u get burst down fast.

best spec is 21 in resto so u can heal your ass fast. If you get the "jump" on the pally he could be toast though...literally!

Comment by Thottbot

I have never lost to a pally with my Enh shammy, the key is
massive burst damage, and watch what he is casting ( heal yourself when he bubbles and earth shock to stop other heals).
I also like to purge seals but is not nec. I got alot of love
for the pally though, i have one myself. Oh, and dont forget
you totems :)

This is an awesome spell but i would not respec just to have it
i mostly PvE with my shammy and mostly solo so i tend to stick with enh spec

Comment by Thottbot

anyone know if you can use this along with Natures Swiftness? i was wondering if i could put those together and make an appom pyro sort of effect lol.

Comment by Allakhazam

yeah.. needs a nerf.. and I am a shaman ^^

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Elemental Mastery

Elemental Mastery

Talent

Instant	3 min cooldown

When activated, your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Lava Burst spell becomes an instant cast spell. In addition, you gain 15% spell haste for 15 sec. Elemental Mastery shares a cooldown with Nature's Swiftness.

Buff

Elemental Mastery	Magic

Cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Lava Burst spell is reduced by 100%.
30 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

30 seconds

School

Nature

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

Magic

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

3 minutes

GCD

0 seconds

Aura proc chance

100%

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Modifies Cast Time (10)
Value: -100 milliseconds%
PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Lightning Bolt	Chain Lightning	Lightning Bolt
	Lightning Bolt	Lightning Bolt	Chain Lightning
	Lightning Bolt	Chain Lightning	Lightning Bolt
	Earth Shock	Earth Shock	Earth Shock
	Earth Shock	Flame Shock	Flame Shock
	Flame Shock	Frost Shock	Frost Shock
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	Lightning Bolt	Lightning Bolt	Earth Shock
	Earth Shock	Earth Shock	Flame Shock
	Flame Shock	Frost Shock	Frost Shock
	Chain Lightning	Lightning Bolt	Lightning Bolt
	Chain Lightning	Chain Lightning	Lightning Bolt
	Lightning Bolt	Earth Shock	Flame Shock
	Frost Shock	Flame Shock	Earth Shock
	Earth Shock	Flame Shock	Flame Shock
	Frost Shock	Frost Shock	Lightning Bolt
	Lightning Bolt	Chain Lightning	Chain Lightning
	Lava Burst	Lava Burst	Thunderstorm
	Thunderstorm	Thunderstorm	Thunderstorm

Effect #2

Trigger Spell

	Elemental Mastery

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Elemental Mastery

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