Originally Posted by
poche
Ok, im very experienced shaman and i played that class for a very long time, i've done alot of pvp and pve as resto enhance and elem. i will try to show you what the pro and con
Elemental: This spec a one of the funniest spec for pvp and pve, you have 40% crit and you see ALOT of BIG crit in your screen, you'r never oom because you have so much crit that you regen more mana then you use it. You do alot of dmg and in a good group you enhance is dmg by ALOT. tough, you'll be stuck to use tier item or cloth ( or crafted) because there is NO elemental item in wow ( i think i count a big total of 3 mail caster in 25 man and 10 man) you have no aggro dump except ankh! so you need to be careful sometime. If you dont want to be a melee but be as tough as a warrior AND be a dps Machine elem is for you
Enhance: As enhance, your main job is to buff your group even if you have a big potential of dps, feral druid/rogue/warrior/ret pally/shaman
is currently the group who do the best dmg in game like elemental you dont have your Own gear but you will use hunter and feral druid item.
if you dont like to wait all a fight only auto atacking and stormstrike every 10 sec this spec is not for you!
Resto: WOW! the best raid healer in game! you'r main job will be to heal your raid in aoe intensive fight and put earth shield on the main tank, you are very mana efficient and can last for a very long fight without be oom.
the main spell you will use is chain heal and lesser healing wave ( for panic situation). You will have your own gear and the raid will beg you to raid heal ( without you its almost impossible) do you ever saw a archimonde fight without resto shaman!?!.
BUT if you are not healing it will be horribly BORING! your damage output is not that bad but it will be very boring since you can not efficiently farm and do anything else than pve with the pve gear you have. If you have some pvp gear you'll see how fun it is to be healer in non premade bg, its in these situation you see how much retard play ( mostly hunter And Warrior)
P.s All these spec are very viable for pvp AND pve, you cant say anymore shaman suck in pve because if you know how to play it nothing else can kill you except another shaman
P.p.s all i writed here is concerning pve, pvp is another story