Elemental Shaman Volcanic Regalia Set Changes for Firelands & Dragonsoul - Cataclysm Classic
In preparation for Firelands releasing on November 7th, Blizzard has announced a change to the planned Elemental Shaman Tier Set 2-piece bonus, alongside some context explaining the change.
Cataclysm Classic Phase 3 Overview Guide
Cataclysm Classic was originally planned to see the adjusted 4.3 set bonus — Your Lightning Bolt has a 30% chance to reduce the remaining cooldown of your Fire Elemental Totem by 4 seconds.
Instead, Shamans will be happy to note they will receive the original 4.2 set bonus — Your damaging spells have a chance to reset the remaining cooldown on your Fire Elemental Totem. (8% Proc chance, 105 second internal cooldown)
In preparation for the Firelands raid, we’ve been working through some adjustments we might make.
One frequent topic of discussion is the Elemental Shaman “Volcanic Regalia” 2-piece tier set bonus. This bonus saw a large change during original Cataclysm, along with class changes to the Shaman themselves, between the Firelands and Dragon Soul raids.
Here’s a look at the original bonus, and how it was changed:
- Volcanic Regalia 2-piece bonus (original version — patch 4.2): “Your damaging spells have a chance to reset the remaining cooldown on your Fire Elemental Totem.” (8% Proc chance, 105 second internal cooldown)
- Volcanic Regalia 2-piece bonus (adjusted version — Patch 4.3): “Your Lightning Bolt has a 30% chance to reduce the remaining cooldown of your Fire Elemental Totem by 4 seconds.”
When original Firelands was current content, the Volcanic Regalia bonus felt appropriate and in-line with the power level of other sets at the time. However, when 4.3 was released with class adjustments and a new dragon soul raid, it became clear that this set bonus scaled far too well and vastly overperformed, even when stacked against higher item level tier gear from the Dragon Soul raid. Read more on wowhead.com
