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Originally Posted by Sizar
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From 40ish to 60 sure yes do this, but it is soooo much more efficient on blue to melee till around 40. Like night and day. Shaman dots and nukes are quite mana inneficient so if you have a good beat stick it's much faster imo to slow, beat down, heal at end of fight and keep going. Baler you clearly know what your talking about when it comes to shamans but in this case I think you are just wrong.
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I think it really depends on the mobs and your gear. Some stuff hits hard enough that your puny Shaman melee damage (even with haste, a proc weapon, etc.) just doesn't make up for the healing you have to do after. Some stuff doesn't hit so hard, and it's worth taking some hits in exchange for that melee DPS.
But of course this depends heavily on your gear. I started without especially good gear (I had a gift of a Barbarian Spiritist Hammer and a couple plat wedding rings, but otherwise was naked). I found I tended to start doing a lot more root/rotting in the late teens, but depending on what I was fighting I went back to meleeing at times. I definitely used my hammer plenty, and root/rotted plenty.
And then one other factor is your pet: it's your best DoT, but you can only use it if either you or the pet is tanking. That leads to a third option I took also: pet tanking. You still lose melee damage, but it can be nice if the mob casts or interrupts you a lot (or summons).
Ultimately I suspect you're both right and you just went to different hunting spots at different levels.