Shamen Question

So I tried to level a resto shamen from 60-70, I gave up around level 62 because solo resto shamen arent very fun. So I respecced to elemental, been elemental ever since. Im level 66 now and my guild mates say that enhancment is way better. IMO elemental is pretty cool, alot of dps but the mana consumption is ridiculous so Im thinking of respeccing to enhancment. What are yours guys thoughts on elemental vs enhancment? BTW I plan on respeccing to resto when I turn 70.

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On topic though, my bud is specced Enhancement and he says the new talents are pretty fucking bad ass. He dual-wields like a mofo (with a smaller head).

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Enhancement is pretty much king for leveling a shaman. Moving more damage off of mana dependency is a good thing for long grinds.

My friend has always been Enchancement and he loves it. He left the game months before the new honor system kicked in and the new talents and he came back for TBC and he loves the new shaman talents. He said it's like a new game all over agian to him.

I levelled a shaman primarily Enhancement to lvl 18 or so, and it's pretty decent so far. The only time I OOM is having to deal with 1 - 2 adds on top of what I'm already fighting, and it deals some sweet damage. I see Flametongue runs the same gambit as some paladin spells (spell damage increases with slower weapon speeds) so I can't wait to get to the point of speccing to 2H. But then I levelled a paladin to around 18 and if you have an up to snuff 2H weapon it's ungodly stupid how easy it is to kill stuff.

i 3shotted my way to 70 as pew pew then respecced resto

i know another shaman in my guild who went to 70 as enchancement, he didnt have any problems either

it's mostly a matter of gear

Just went 1-70 as DW Enhancement myself, was quick and painless. Very little downtime, and I tore through mobs with few problems at all. As long as you have some decent gear (and there is tons to be had in BC) you'll love Enhancement.

I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I'll be switching to Resto anytime soon.

end-game, enhancement isnt viable. you need a solid amount of points in resto if you want to succeed in pvp/raiding

ele/resto is good end game as you can mix dps/healing
solid resto is best b/c obviously...healing...

enh build doesnt have the "closing" abilities other melee classes do such as intercept etc to get close enuf to enemies to start whacking away.

Those of you who leveled up 1-70 with Enhancement, did you just go full on Enhance? Or did you mix it up with some resto/ele in the 50s? I just hit 54 with my Draenei Shaman and don't know if I should continue speccing into full Enhance or start spreading into stuff like Convection/Concussion or even resto.

@ PhrenzY - I went a full 40 points into Enhance before I started throwing points into Resto. For me, those first couple of Resto talents were useless for my grind, so I decided to maximize my damage output potential with Enhance talents. I finished up my draenei shaman's grind from 1-70 like 2-3 days ago, and I have no regrets going full Enhance from the start to do it.

@ NiceBoy - Thus far 0/40/21 has worked out pretty well for raids. I certainly can't claim the top spot on any meter (thanks for those aggro reducing talents Blizzard), but my dps is competitive enough to warrant me whacking away on mobs while buffing my group with SoE, GoA/WF, and UR. Like I said though, I'm not completely sold on this spec just yet.

I certainly can't argue anything about our lack of "closing" abilities. I've been kited around so many times in the past few days without any way to combat it... so damn frustrating.

end-game, enhancement isnt viable. you need a solid amount of points in resto if you want to succeed in pvp/raiding

ele/resto is good end game as you can mix dps/healing
solid resto is best b/c obviously...healing...

enh build doesnt have the "closing" abilities other melee classes do such as intercept etc to get close enuf to enemies to start whacking away.

I know more than a few shamans are heal very well specced Enchance, though they have a fuckton of healing gear. And I'm sure that particular issue is time. How long would it take to run dungeons to get all that gear versus just respeccing?

I also have to ask now that both sides are getting end-game access to all the healing classes (priest, druid, paladin, shaman) are more of the hardcore end-game still requiring everyone who can heal spec for healing? It seems to be going that way on Medivh, BE paladins and Draenei shamans are getting enough in numbers now to at the very least get into Outlands and participate in "pre-end-game". You know the stuff that was end-game before TBC.

Why wouldn't you have them spec for healing?

Have you ever done anything on Heroic or even stepped foot in Karazhan?

HF healing your tanks with shadow priests, feral droods, and DWing shamans.

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30 elemental, 31 resto is my spec

nice dps for solo/pvp, nice heals for grouping/raiding, NS, mana tide...i wear a shield for more survivability in pvp etc.... nice versatile build

Why wouldn't you have them spec for healing?

Have you ever done anything on Heroic or even stepped foot in Karazhan?

HF healing your tanks with shadow priests, feral droods, and DWing shamans.

Just did my first heroic last night. Group was arms warrior, marksman hunter, arcane/frost mage, suicide spec enhance shaman, and feral druid (me). I had better healing gear so I did most of the healing. We seemed to do fine, aside from the occasional wipe to learn that a boss had some sweet new Heroic-mode ability.

There's a HUGE range of difficulty on the heroics... and to be honest my post was more directed towards Karazhan and onwards. I just can't see success on a large scale without raiding specs widely distributed /shrug

Every draenai shaman on our server leveled as enhancement. Most did it in ~6-7 days played.

I levelled from 0-60 as enhancement, and 60-70 as elemental.

Elemental is WAY MORE DAMAGE.

But yeah, mana dependant.

I hate enhancement because versus melee classes you've got to heal yourself a hell of a lot more than you would as elemental. In my elemental set and spec (4/5 tidefury, misc blues.), most stuff dies before it gets close enough to hit me. I spec 40/00/21 for pvp, and 41/00/20 for a pve spec. I do get the mana regen and threat reduction abilities if I'm specing for pve, at the expense of some other stuff, like elem shields and the focused casting after crits.

Now, even after that dick sucking I just gave for elem specs.. Spec resto if you're serious about the shaman and it's your new main. It's the only way to get raid slots.

I'm a full 61 points to resto, for raiding.

I levelled from 0-60 as enhancement, and 60-70 as elemental.

Elemental is WAY MORE DAMAGE.

But yeah, mana dependant.

I hate enhancement because versus melee classes you've got to heal yourself a hell of a lot more than you would as elemental. In my elemental set and spec (4/5 tidefury, misc blues.), most stuff dies before it gets close enough to hit me. I spec 40/00/21 for pvp, and 41/00/20 for a pve spec. I do get the mana regen and threat reduction abilities if I'm specing for pve, at the expense of some other stuff, like elem shields and the focused casting after crits.

Now, even after that dick sucking I just gave for elem specs.. Spec resto if you're serious about the shaman and it's your new main. It's the only way to get raid slots.

I'm a full 61 points to resto, for raiding.

you're stupid

enhancement is far and away superior to elemental for both pve and pvp and soling now, and elemental for soloing is retarded

and to go 61 resto is just :lol: