New Shaman Covenant Legendaries in Patch 9.1 PTR Build 38627 - Shaman Guide Writers Review Effects

PTR Geposted 16.05.2021 um 19:13 von Jaydaa

New Covenant-Specific Class Legendariesbuild 38627 of the 9.1 PTR

Our Guide Writers and Experts have given their thoughts on the Patch 9.1 PTR Class Changes and new Legendaries for Build 38627. Check out all of our released opinion articles for the build below.

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Shaman Legendaries in Patch 9.1

NEW (Venthyr) Each friendly target healed by Kettenernte automatically has Springflut applied to them. Each enemy target damaged by Kettenernte automatically has Flammenschock applied to them.
NEW (Night Fae) Each pulse of Faetransfusion's damage effect reduces the cooldown of Wildgeist by 7 seconds, Totem der Heilungsflut by 5 seconds or Feuerelementar by 6 seconds.

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Venthyr - Elementarverbunden

The new Venthyr Legendary Elementarverbunden tries to add some additional oomph and value to Kettenernte, but sadly falls short.

There is no current dps scenario in which this legendary may be valuable for Elemental. The dps value is delayed, and is minimal when compared to other legendaries whose niche it might fill. At the same time, it doesn't provide enough dps value to let the additional healing it provides offset the damage loss of taking it. It might have potential in a world where we can equip 2 legendaries at once if paired with Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers, but as it stands there's no space for it.
In all scenarios it falls painfully behind existing legendaries. On a single target, it provides the value of replacing one Flammenschock cast every 2 minutes and will likely be one of the weakest legendaries in the game for Elemental - falling behind even the generic legendaries such as Echo von Eonar. In an ideal dps scenario, one where it hits 5 targets, the value of the additional Flammenschocks given pales in comparison to other strong legendaries we use for AoE such as Echos der Großen Zerschlagung or Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers.
This Legendary definitely does not alter the Elemental's choice in Covenant!

Night Fae - Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens

The new Night Fae Legendary - Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens is arguably the most disappointing covenant-specific legendary so far.

As Faetransfusion ticks 7 times, this legendary reduces the cooldown of Feuerelementar by 42 seconds. At that strength, it is simply a weaker version of Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers. Again, it could pair with Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers well in a world where we can equip 2 legendaries at once which is not something that has been announced at this time.
Lets dig into the comparison I just made above! On average Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers gives ~40-45 seconds worth (depending on haste/crit values) of cooldown reduction (CDR) on a single target, and you get more CDR the more Flammenschocks you have out. Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens will consistently get you 42 seconds, which makes it approximately equal to the CDR portion of Flammender Untergang des Himmelsbrechers alone in the worst use case for that legendary. However, Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens comes with a bigger problem. Faetransfusion has a 2 minute cooldown, reduced to 89 seconds with an ilvl 226 Essenzielle Extraktion, while Feuerelementar has a 2.5 minute cooldown. This means that any buffs to this legendary, as it stands, won't be able to make a significant impact as any buff more than ~50% (to give it 60 seconds or so of CDR) will be wasted until it provides enough CDR to make holding Faetransfusion until Feuerelementar has been placed on cooldown a better option. It's a weak legendary that is difficult to buff meaningfully for use in 9.1 without adding another effect to it.
As it's unlikely that this legendary will see use at all in 9.1 without an additional effect getting added to it, Elemental will not be changing Covenants at this time due to this Legendary.

Enhancement Shaman Writer Opinion & Feedback

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First and foremost, one of the biggest problems with the new covenant legendaries have to contend with is that our legendaries are very strong, and in many cases damage profile defining. If a new choice opening up compared to the current options can't achieve that, it's a bad sign.

Venthyr - Elementarverbunden

On the surface this might look interesting and finally be the boost that Feuernova needs as an activator, but it just has so many problems that I can't see it being used. Fire Nova as an ability takes away from alternative talents we could take and needs a supporting build, and is actually quite reliant on sustained Flammenschock uptime to gain relative value; largely due to the contribution from Peitschende Flammen. Attaching this effect to a 1m30s cooldown (with a bit of unreliable CDR here or there) in Kettenernte is going to make for an explosive moment, but it's going to take so much investment to get that pop and cost you damage elsewhere.

Lastly and most importantly, it pulls us away from using Schicksalswinde which can provide equivalent burst AoE (but more reliably), while also flexing into single-target without any issue. I can see a world where this may get used for very specific encounters, but the cooldown of Kettenernte and disconnect between build choices in these situations vs. what this actually adds makes it feel a bit like a trap for people who want a fix to make Fire Nova usable. While I'd love that, this really doesn't seem like the cure.

Night Fae - Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens

While there was a lot to go through with the Venthyr one above, this one really has few - if any - positive talking points. Currently our top performing single-target build uses Wolfsknochen des Hexendoktors, an option that is strictly better in every circumstance I can think of. The cooldown reduction provided by the Night Fae option is on average much lower, and it also doesn't provide the additional Waffe des Mahlstroms generation that comes as a free bonus with Wolfsknochen des Hexendoktors. That there is a legendary that shares such a similar effect with no mechanical benefit to another raises some serious question marks here and I can't see any chance of this being used as it stands.

The bottom line for both these and the previously released Necrolord legendary, Zersplitterte Elemente, s that right now none of these legendaries are enticing enough to encourage a swap either in covenant or legendary equip. None of them are contenders to even be worth crafting, and compared to what Enhancement has available, considering the reliance we've had on legendaries to cover some of the gaps in our toolkit, these are nowhere near the level of effects that could provide that.
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Venthyr - Elementarverbunden

Elementarverbunden has a lot of potential to be the new best legendary for Venthyr Shamans. Baseline, it about equals the amount of Springfluts you gain from Urzeitlicher Flutenkern - with the new legendary pulling ahead due to the cooldown reduction on Kettenernte and because there's less potential for wasted Springfluts. Making Kettenernte a bit beefier doesn't hurt either, although you do lose the constant extra Flutwellen in comparison to Urzeitlicher Flutenkern.

I'm assuming they'll be trading blows. If the fight is more constant low ticking damage, it would favour Urzeitlicher Flutenkern, with most other fights fitting Elementarverbunden more due to being able to control the output better. Adding some damage (assuming there's a couple targets) also doesn't hurt.

Night Fae - Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens

Samen des ungezügelten Wachsens (Night Fae) could be really good for some fights, although it is more situational. If you fit 2 uses of Faetransfusion in between Totem der Heilungsflut casts, that Faetransfusion becomes a 2 minute cooldown which can have a lot of potential, especially with Schwerer Regen as well. But yeah, overall a little more niche but as a Night Fae Shaman it should be worth crafting for whenever the cooldown reduction is more useful than Urzeitlicher Flutenkern.

I don't see them changing our covenant choice up since a covenant-neutral legendary is still keeping up and just so universally useful, but I do like them both more than the current iteration of the Necrolord legendary (Zersplitterte Elemente).

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