Review of the Enhancement Shaman Changes in Patch 11.0.5 - Guide Writer Feedback

After fairly late into Beta reveals of their Hero Talents, Enhancement Shamans look to be getting some polish with significant changes in the upcoming 11.0.5 Patch. Our Enhancement Shaman Writer, Wordup, discusses the changes in Patch 11.0.5 including talent changes, Hero Talents, and more.

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Patch 11.0.5 Enhancement Shaman Changes in Review

While only a mid-season patch, 11.0.5 is a pretty major release for Enhancement and comes with a wide range of changes that I suspect may have been left on the cutting room floor in the lead up to expansion release. While the spec has been doing exceptionally well in The War Within so far, some of it almost felt like luck of the draw on a handful of strong effects working out well, so seeing some refinement in places that were lacking is extremely welcome.

The biggest things we're seeing is some additional new talents, refinements to older picks to make them more broadly appealing, huge quality of life alterations, a second pass on Stormbringer and a long overdue rework for Totemic. That said, there are some extremely alarming bugs present that need to be addressed before this goes live, otherwise the spec will be dangerously overtuned putting us at risk of kneejerk nerfs when players get their hands on it.

Enhancement Tree Changes

Over the course of the Alpha/Beta cycle, the core of Enhancement saw very few direct changes. The last minute talent point cost reductions did a lot of help to make room for the hero trees, but there was definitely extra space for something with a bit more scope to take advantage of that newly made space, and 11.0.5 mostly delivers that for us.

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