Shammy lvling spec?

[taurismo]

Hey guys,


I just recently got my wife into playing wow, so I was going to create an alt and level up our chars together. However, she chose to be a shammy, and I have absolutely NO clue what is the best lvling spec.

I started a shadow priest, only because I assumed I could heal her when I'm not helping dps .

Any help on this would be appreciated. Also, were only at the lvl 20 mark, so if letting her heal would be better, I may just run a different alt to her lvl and tank it.... however I already have a 70 war and a 65 druid. Thanks for the help in advance

[Rockstarss]

enchment is the best to lvl on and from and after you get shamintic rage put points in resto

[Cherry Got Wowed]

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Something like that, my friend plays a shammy and once she get to lvl 70 i suggest she goes element 1 you do more dps and 2 you can withstand almost anything.
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I'm don't know much about shammy's but thats a good visual of a shammy..I think

[wrigley]

I'm don't know much about shammy's but thats a good visual of a shammy..I think

Its not a good spec for leveling, lots of useless talents. Use this:

Fill the talents in this order:

1. Ancestral Knowledge 5p
2. Thundering Strikes 5p
3. Anticipation 5p
4. Flurry 5p
5. Spirit Weapons 1p
6. Elemental Weapons 3p
7. Improved Ghost Wolf, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Toughness, or even Shield Specialization because 1handed weapon is the easiest thing to level with until you get Dual-Wield. (1p, to fill 5.)
8. Weapon Mastery 5p
9. Dual-Wield 1p
10. Stormstrike 1p
11. Dual-Wield Specialization 3p
12. Unleashed Rage 5p
13. Shamanistic Rage 1p
14. Tidal Focus 5p
15. Totemic Focus 5p
16. Natures Guidance 3p
17. Healing Focus 5p

spend the last 2 points as you wish, this spec is designed for easy leveling, and mana proficiency, as it is important for best possible survivability and long lasting.

any questions, or doubts, feel free to ask.

and BTW... elemental is not the best best damage spec. Dual Wield Enhancement is. Elemental is best for PvP, if you need a talent spec for that, just say so.

[joeschmoe]

elemental is the best for me

[wrigley]

Put two guys in a raid, one Enhancement Dual Wield spec, and one Elemental spec. Equip them in equal Itemlevel gear, and give them equal buffs. equal skilled players, then enhancement will have the best dps, and damage.

[expe]

Elemental works best for me too.
Much drinking but i belive i kill faster with elemental

[jumpzero]

Enhancement works absolutly best for me
its nice with dual wield etc

[cripling]

Pfft i just love ranged classes so i always use elemental/resto , it is mostly what play style you like.

[shvaak]

i agree dual wield enhancement is the best dps, stormstrike + windfury both at once = leet burst damage but then earth shock after that = more damage

[WeThree]

enhance to 70 then play what you want.. heal, ranged dps, melee dps.

be warned tho, aside from trinkets.. shammy's have no inherent aggro wipe that I know of (I have a 67 ele shammy alt).. so its either stop/control dps or die.

[Glau]

I had this spec when i played my shaman. Perhabs it is also a good spec for your wife
Elemental: (19)

• Convection - 5 / 5
  Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.
• Concussion - 5 / 5
  Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 5%.
• Elemental Focus - 1 / 1
  Gives you a 10% chance to enter a Clearcasting state after casting any Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
• Reverberation - 5 / 5
  Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1 sec.
• Elemental Devastation - 3 / 3
  Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 seconds.

Enhancement: (42)

• Ancestral Knowledge - 5 / 5
  Increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
• Improved Lightning Shield - 3 / 3
  Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%.
• Thundering Strikes - 5 / 5
  Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 5%.
• Enhancing Totems - 2 / 2
  Increases the effect of your Strength of Earth and Grace of Air Totems by 15%.
• Flurry - 5 / 5
  Increases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after dealing a critical strike.
• Improved Weapon Totems - 2 / 2
  Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Windfury Totem by 30% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Totem by 12%.
• Spirit Weapons - 1 / 1
  Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks and reduces the threat generated by your melee attacks by 15%.
• Elemental Weapons - 3 / 3
  Increases the damage caused by your Rockbiter Weapon by 20%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 40% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 15%.
• Weapon Mastery - 5 / 5
  Increases the damage you deal with all weapons by 10%.
• Dual Wield Specialization - 3 / 3
  Increases your chance to hit while dual wielding by an additional 6%.
• Dual Wield - 1 / 1
  Allows one-hand and off-hand weapons to be equipped in the off-hand.
• Stormstrike - 1 / 1
  Instantly attack with both weapons. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 seconds.
• Unleashed Rage - 5 / 5
  Causes your critical hits with melee attacks to increase all party members' melee attack power by 10% if within 20 yards of the Shaman. Lasts 10 seconds.
• Shamanistic Rage - 1 / 1
  Gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 15% of your attack power. Lasts 30 seconds.

Restoration: (0)

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(sorry I can`t post links so i had to copy the spec from the page)

[killmory]

the talent spec above me is the one i used to lvl, its the best i recon to lvl with, but take out 1pt from convection and take up 2H weapons till the patch, and then take the talent that takes over that, this is the most damageing spec for lvling, and i found it the fastest way to lvl

[issuesbunny]

Wrigley is absolutely right, enhancement spec will do better dps then elemental spec, this is assuming they're choosing the right gear and talents.

Elemental is a pvp dps spec, it will crit higher then enhancement but it is all burst damage, and hard to sustain, sort of like a ret paladin.

[bigrich06]

Enhancement is the best leveling spec for a shaman, less down time more damage etc. Try and use a 2.60 MH weapon with windfury and at least a 2.40 OH with windfury but leveling trying to find those is hard so mostly what you do leveling is put WF on your MH and frostbrand/flametounge on your OH

Edit: In 2.3 it gets a clear cast buff. Its going to be no doubt the best leveling spec for a shaman