Originally Posted by
Kralljin
Shamanism Patch history reads like a wall of shame for anyone responsible for balance at Blizzard.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Added.
Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): This talent now provides 4/8/12/16/20% extra spell damage to Lightning Bolt/Chain Lightning, up from 3/6/9/12/15%, and 5/10/15/20/25% to Lava Burst, up from 4/8/12/16/20%.
Hotfix (2011-07-26): "Shamanism (Elemental passive) now causes Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells to gain an additional 32% benefit from the shaman’s spell power, up from 20%."
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Now increases the spell power benefit to Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning by 36%, up from 32%.
LB on the move was also added with the Firelands patch, so after the first tier was over.
The only thing that kept Elemental in the "great" area during Firelands was the broken ass 2pc that basically made FE a permanent pet.
The AI however was shit and sometimes the Elemental refused to attack, people made a "Fire Elemental doesn't attack" compilation back then.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer causes spells to have additional benefit from spell power. Now increases damage done by Lightning Bolt by 50% and Chain Lightning by 70%, and removes the cooldown from Chain Lightning.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now increases the damage of Lightning Bolt by 70% (was 50%).
Remember good times man.