Shaman Tricks

[grassynole]

There's a very nice Thread on the Shaman forums about handy tricks u can perform, i made a helpful post myself but even if u dont usually visit the forums urself, i advise u check it out if u play shaman

Link:World of Warcraft (en) Forums -> Awesome shaman tricks!

- Against "clever" casters, You can use Windfury totem and other air totems as a "fake" Grounding totem, Mages and alike will stop to remove it. through experience players rarely read the totems name just the colour :P

- In Heroic ToC when ur fighting Lord Jarax hes mistresses throw silencing kisses at u, when u see its hit u cast a lavaburst, it will lock ur fire school only and u can continue Healing

- Anticipate peoples actions, Battlegrounds are a prime place to notice different classes "Habits" learn from these. e.g. a DK will often throw a strangulate after he pops Gargoyle try to ground it, Most paladins play like scrubs they open their attack with HoJ , throw a grounding as soon as u see a pala's within like 15yards.

- Use searing totem against rogues it annoys the crap out of them try kite around it or if u tend to move around large amounts like me always remember to bring the important totems with you.

- If u see a shaman in the distance and they're not dual wielding immediately assume they're Elemental ! Stay the feck away from him near cliff edges until u know for sure.

- In the majority of situations u should save trinket for Deep Freeze against Mages

- If u dont Fake cast heals LEARN TO ! u wont get very far without this technique.

- If you r midway through a cast and the warrior pops Spell Reflect STOP and Wind shear/Purge him this will remove the reflect.

- Learn to dance in and out Warriors charging range. In addition 2 more tips against warrior:
> Heal though Bladestorm don't try and pathetically run away, u avoid no dmg doing this.
> Hex the warrior 2-3 seconds before Mortal strike fades for one easy heal instead of spammin LHW

- Think its been mentioned here before, but HEX a Mage early on ! interrupt the sheep and throw a hex on him, he'll no doubt use trinket giving u a full duration hex in 45secs.

- Always have stacks of Honeymint tea in your bag u cant be wasting your arena water or relying on a Mage.

- Shield swap intelligently against melee u will most likely have to swap Earth shield for Water at some point to avoid going oom (think ahead) and against Castes u can also swap Water for Earth to get some easy heals.

- Throw a Fire resist totem against hunters they open with explosive shot and u will resist a good chunk
> Use magma totem immediately when u see a snake trap

- If u see a Mage slow fall over u don't gaze in awe as he glides majestically... purge the crap out of him and watch him hit the floor like a sack of Sh*t. :P

- Dont stride around with Water shield active... When som1 hits u gaining 490+ mana when ur full isnt going to help u ! Use Earth Shield.

- Sadly no matter how good u are, or how many fools u have in your battleground its usually more productive to stay with them as u can do little on your own and what u can do takes way too long
(Talking Resto here)

- He-man up your Earth shield Pop a "on use" SP trinket to boost the healing power of the shield. I HAVE THE POWER!

- Do not underestimate the power of Frostbrand Weapon hardly any1 makes use of this and in specific circumstances it can be awesome. I personally make a quick switch to Frostbrand to proc the snare on hunters then make a switch back to Earthliving.

[Overaggro]

Thanks useful tips

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[Halfy]

just lvled a sham good info
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[Lukas 45]

Nice info, but i already know the most, since i play shammy my self
BTW would be good if you split the guide in 2(Not 2 topics).
PvE
>Ele
>Enha
>Resto
>Totems

PvP
>Ele
>Enha
>Resto
>Totems
>Enemy Players

[Sayu]

the trick you described for jaraxxus works for the snobolds from gormok, too. it's pretty nice to have your LB kicked actually because you know exactly when you will get kicked again. after your LB is ready again you have about 1 GCD until you will get kicked again.
and it could also be quite handy to use flametongue enchant for pvp even as healer. because your melee hits will all trigger the dmg effect and since it is spell-dmg it will ignore armor.