Bit of a background info, I am a monk tank raiding mythic HM, my friend is a warlock raiding with me. We decided its time to level up some alts, he chose an arms warrior mostly because they are very strong right now. I have been looking on warcraft logs right now on a spec that can go head to head with a warrior, we enjoy competing with each other privately. Thats mostly why were making the dps alts. I see on warcraft logs that enhanc is the only spec strong enough to compete with an arms warrior, when I filter for damage on all bosses combined, mythic progress, and 90th percentile. Pretty much aggregates the data from the top guilds doing mythic HM.
Yet looking at this forum I see a lot of shamans complaining, and requesting buffs. So I am skeptical. A lot of people are saying they will re-roll something other than a shaman and what not. So why is that? why are people saying shamans are weak right now? Our enhanc shaman tops the charts on most of the fights. Is it because of the coming nerfs? I understand that data alone isnt indicative so I was hoping for a bit of honest feedback from actual raiding shamans who may be struggling. Should i roll an enhanc shaman or chose a different class? I used to play shaman in MOP so I know how bad it gets when blizz forgets about shamans, i would really hope to avoid investing time leveling my shaman from 90 to not feel like I can compete. Dont want to get stuck there again.
So in conclusion, would an enhanc shaman compete with an arms warrior in specific for current content and more importantly in the coming raid(Black foundry)?, and if a shaman isnt the class im looking for which class should i go for? (Other than mage or warlock)
Thanks in advance for any honest response.
PS: I also noticed shamans are almost top on most fights, including kargath and koragh, yet they are doing very badly on butcher. Why is that? is the add phase doing that much of a difference? or are other classes losing to much dps due to movement?