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Poposhka
I'd like to take a stab at something that will most probably go down in terrible flames, accusations of OP, various name calling, and pointless sarcasm but here goes.
What do you feel as a <spec> Shaman that biggest soft spots on you are (at the current state of the game (5.0.5)? If you were to tell your opponents in PvP how to best kill you (cue the 'click my name tag, press '1'' comments), how would they proceed? What should they look out for, and when should they NOT try to kill you (i.e. immunities, reflect, etc)? What methods kill you the best (melee, roots, kiting, bees, MC off the cliffs in EotS)? Which classes do you fear the most? What are your strong points? When do you shine in PvP? What can they do to counter this? How can your CDs be exploited? Do you suffer under mobility? and so on ...
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Dilbo
As an enhancement shaman I'd say that I lose battles where I am hit with a lot of front-end burst. I can typically survive and win battles of attrition, especially if I save my CDs.
Without doing something lame like a "one shot macro" (a macro that pops your DPS CDs and pvp trinket), the best way to beat an enhance is to CC them. We are, unfortunately, vulnerable to both melee CC (disarm, root, snare) and caster CC (silence).
What this means is that a silence is just about as effective as a stun since our melee attacks are classified as "spells" and cannot be used while silenced. Disarm is especially bad because we typically don't use weapon chains (well, I don't; too much of a DPS hit to mitigate the occasional disarm).
Enhance has no bubbles or worthwhile defensive CDs to speak of so there's no situation where you should run and take cover. It really boils down to a DPS race and who can time their CCs to get the edge in said race.
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