Shaman - go elemental or resto for Arena?

[BIGBEN]

I'm currently lvl 66, and I have to decide on what spec to use in the arena. I'll be playing 2v2 with a paladin(probably retri), and 3v3 and 5v5 with pally, druid, mage, warlock and me(shaman).

Ofc I want to decide, before I burn of all my honor on the season 1 gear. I used to play a rogue, in a 2v2 with a pally @ ~2000 rated.

I just can't decide, if I should go ench, or resto,....what would you do?

[Amiral]

What do you like best/what do you feel you control the best?
For the 5v5 team, will the druid go resto, or is he set on doing it feral/balance? Same with paladin, will he go holy for 5v5, or will he do it the melee way?
Make sure you don't have 3 healers* in the 5v5 team, and you're set. 4 DPS teams work, if they are good at interrupting all enemy heals for long enough to get an enemy down, but it gets harder for your setup, as you don't have any healing-reduciton.

*Healers as in healing specced and geared

[BIGBEN]

Good questions :)

I've played a rogue, which was in 2000+ 2v2 (with a paladin), and 1900+ in 3v3 and 5v5. So I'm a bit melee biased. I've also played enchantment all the way with my shaman.

I enjoy healing though, our little 5 man team(all real life friends, who used to raid alot as alliance, but have since rerolled horde) have been doing instances everyone monday since we started (all at the same time), and I've been healing in enchantment spec and gear. Only problems I've had healing was last monday where we did ring of blood quests, 2 where lvl 64, 3 lvl 65. I put on healing gear, but still had problems keeping our tankadin up when the last boss ressed again, and I had to ask the druid (moonkin specced), to help with the healing - and we downed him after 1 wipe.

We'll probably have 2 healers in 5v5, but it's undecided if that will be me, paladin or druid.

Sorry about rambeling about, but to answer your question - I like best melee, but I think I can learn healing as well.

Basicly, I'm trying to find out what works "best", so I can make a decision before I spend points/honor on gear.

[Amiral]

pure theorycrafting, having the paladin and druid heal while you go elemental is probably best, as you get direct heals and HoTs, not only direct heals. However, the druid's job will also be to constantly CC one enemy, so if he has to heal at the same time...

Enhancement is quite a no-go for 5v5, unless you run a very physical damage heavy group (at least 2 more), since you will be all on your own requiring melee to work, and you won't have the survivability of a warrior while doing it.

[Pongle]

Elemental for 5v5, Resto for 2v2, either can work in 3v3 depending on your classmix.

Also enhancement is quite good in 5v5 as part of a 4dps team (rogue/sham/mage/xdps/xhealer pretty much).