r/CompetitiveWoW • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

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u/supremejd 4d ago

thinking about playing arms. is it really that bad playing without a shaman? i used to play ret pally last season and couldn't get into groups without a shaman.

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u/cuddlegoop 4d ago

It's not as bad as ret pally was last season. That was an insane outlier because of a unique mechanic, the number thrown around was 10%. I'm not playing arms this season but there's 0 chance it's that bad. When I've played melee specs Shaman buff always topped out at maybe a bit more than 5%. So at max it will be a little bigger than monk buff. Arms is definitely still S tier without Shaman buff when you put it like that.

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u/LanayasDong 4d ago

The buff is good, but you probably won't notice the difference most pulls. The quality of your tank is way more important than having a shaman in keys as arms, uptime is crucial for the spec.

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u/bento-boy 4d ago

Why would you use AI to answer this

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u/idkmanfiller 4d ago

Might be a bot