Shamans are one of the hybrid classes in the World of Warcraft. For a long time this amazing class was attached to the Horde side while the Paladin class was specific for the Alliance side. With the BC expansion this changed and finally the Alliance players were able to create and level up a Shaman with the new born race - the Draenei.

Resembling the Druid class, Shamans can also drastically change their spec to Casters, Healers and Melee damage dealers. Their talent tree has tree branches a player can choose from – Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration. When one chooses Elemental branch of the talent tree he is definitely into playing his Shaman as a dps caaster. However, to achieve the best damage output you should equip gear that is rich in sp (spell power), hit rating, crit rating as well as with haste rating. Click here to watch the video: WoW Shaman Leveling Guide

If your choice falls on a melee dps, than the right talent tree for you would definitely be the Enhancement tree. This kind of build will require a Shaman to wear armor enriched with a lot of Agility. A special ability granted to all Enhancement Shamans is the ability to summon two ghost wolves which will help a Shaman in a fight against any enemy. This spell is very useful, especially in PvP.

The Restoration talent build belongs to the healers. A Shaman has really good single-target healing spells and is also favored in raids because of his ability to heal multiple targets with a Chain Heal. Another nice and protective spell, a Resto Shaman can apply to the friendly target or himself, is the Earth shield. Shaman healers need a lot of mana regeneration – mp5 on their gear as well as the spell power.

Shamans can wear cloth, leather and mail. He will have wear leather as the strongest armor on lower levels, however, when he reaches a certain level he will be able to equip mail as well. At the higher levels it is strongly suggested to wear mail since this kind of armor is a lot stronger then leather or cloth. Similar to Hunter’s armor sets, mail armor sets made for Shamans have a lot of useful stats like intellect, which is important for a Shaman since he is a mana user. For more information on WoW class guides, read our review: Warcraft Pros

Many players will tell you that Enhancement build is great for leveling. An Enha Shammy is not a typical mana consumer so saving time on drinking to fill up your mana pool will be a time saver. Another couple talent points well spent would be in the improved ghost wolf form to enable you to instantly turn into the ghost wolf.

Shamans are fun to play and what made them especially popular in any type of game play is their ability to summon totems. A Shammy has totems four different types of totems – Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Shaman’s totems are able to boost the whole group in many ways and the way they are used will depend on the Shaman’s build. Since there are four groups of elements, a Shaman can use one totem from each group so in total he can cast 4 different totems.

Overall the Shaman class is a great versatile class to play because you can easily switch between healing and damage dealing. Playing a Shaman will not get you bored easily because of the options at hand.

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