r/classicwow • u/ArmJitsu • 1d ago

Forever Beta Feedback Chain Lightning is the iconic spell of a shaman

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Max rank Chain Lightning in Classic hit for 505-564, more than Lightning Bolt. In Forever it hits for 120-134, which is less than Lightning Bolt. It does cast faster now (2 sec instead of 2.5) and costs about half the mana granted

I get that Lava Burst is meant to be the new big hitter, but Chain Lightning is the spell shamans have been known for since Warcraft 3

Give us back the big zap pls

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u/Turbulent-Current364 1d ago

Yeah would love it!
Lighting/fire = ranged dmg
Wind/air = melee
Water = healing

Earth is utility sprinkled in.

But isn’t this what it they did?

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u/Alzzary 1d ago

Yes. And the philosophy of this is that elements are not swappable, they have a specific way of fighting. I think it makes more sense than having an elemental spec for each element, although I liked it in Guild Wars 1 (Elementalist had 4 very distinctive element specs - Air, Fire, Water and Earth)

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u/nokei 1d ago

I've always thought shamans should get a warlock greenfire questline to align with one of the elemental lords as a kind of elemental knight purely visual changes but all the healing/damage/cc effects could be fire/earth/water/air.

Fire healer is probably the biggest stretch but cauterizing heals do exist but since it's a visual thing none of the actual downsides.

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u/Toppoppler 1d ago

Wind/earth melee