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Enhancement Leveling Guide - Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5
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Post by
Nakama
Are there any heirloom weapons that I can use for enhance lvling? Also would double stacking
Hand of Justice
be better or should I go 1/1 with a
Eye of the Beast
?
As you're levelling, you're more looking for what does the most DPS, and
Balanced Heartseeker
will typically outdamage any of the drops you can find and the extra agility doesn't hurt either.
My enhancement shammie is 69 at the moment and I still have the Heartseeker as my MH weapon and keep putting whatever slow thing I can find as my OH weapon. I haven't had any problems levelling so far and I imagine I'll keep a hold of that Dagger until I get
Last Rites
done to get the
Borean Smasher
from that.
Regarding the trinkets, I run with one of each, as you need mana almost as much as you need health! :)
--Jed
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Skimbo
Just flicking through the Shaman forums, your guide is awesome :)
(Although ive already got my Shammy to 80, its a great help to the upcoming Shamans out there)
Just got one question. What is meant by the term 'shield twist'. I have never come across this before.
I won't make a further fool of myself by attempting my own translation lol
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Skimbo
Thankyou :)
Post by
Everborne
Nice guide! It's pretty helpful for me, since I was thinking of leveling an Enhancement shaman but didn't know whether I should go 1Her/shield all the way to 40 or use a 2Her occasionally.
Post by
faia
what is Shield Twisting method
jump between Lightning and Water shield
low mana= water shield
not low mana= lightning shield
this way you never go low on mana or let a random mob hit you so you get some back
if you rly bored and got no CD to blow, you can twist them into the strike of the mob and back, but most of the time not worth it
Edit: its updated in his post
Everborne: think 2h is better over 1h and shield, but think its one prefer thing, just remember, fast as you get Duel wield, it get much more easy
Post by
alpha5099
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received when I started my shaman was to use Water Shield pretty much all the time. I probably could've gotten away with Lightning Shield some of the time, but with WS up all the time, I had literally no downtime and my mana never dipped below 50% except when I had died. Throw down a quick LHW after downing a mob, and you'll get the mana back during the first few seconds of the next fight. I stopped carrying food and drink with me in the 20s, because I just straight up never needed it.
I really only started using LS again once I got some other mana regen tools, namely Improved Stormstrike and Shamanistic Rage. Especially with Static Shock making LS so appealing, it's become my default shield. Water Shield really only is required now if I somehow get low on mana while SR is still on cooldown or if I'm fighting a particularly tough mob and need the mana back ASAP.
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Post by
Caleiopeia
Are there any heirloom weapons that I can use for enhance lvling? Also would double stacking
Hand of Justice
be better or should I go 1/1 with a
Eye of the Beast
?
As you're levelling, you're more looking for what does the most DPS, and
Balanced Heartseeker
will typically outdamage any of the drops you can find and the extra agility doesn't hurt either.
My enhancement shammie is 69 at the moment and I still have the Heartseeker as my MH weapon and keep putting whatever slow thing I can find as my OH weapon. I haven't had any problems levelling so far and I imagine I'll keep a hold of that Dagger until I get
Last Rites
done to get the
Borean Smasher
from that.
Regarding the trinkets, I run with one of each, as you need mana almost as much as you need health! :)
--Jed
Now okay, we don't have any BoA items to dual wield. But the dagger is
not
good for enhancement, as an off-hand its 'ok', but for main-hand? Your gimping yourself. It'll work, but it really does suck.
Get slow/slow. Or if you really want to use BoA items, use that dagger in OH with flametongue.
I leveled my shaman with the dagger in OH and the BOA mace (although I know it's more a caster mace) in MH. That worked pretty nicely till about level 71 where you do last rites for the fist-weapon in your MH. That one will be replaced pretty soon on level 75 with the arena quest.
Post by
MegaVolt
I noticed that it is more effective (and easier) to level with water shield only instead of shield twisting.
If you keep water shield up all the time you will have the mana to drop totems in "normal" fights. The magma totem does more damage then lightning shield - so keeping water shield up and dropping magma totems frequently works better for me then shield twisting (and not dropping magma totems due to a lack of mana).
This gets a lot more important when multi-pulling. With water shield only you can basically keep doing multi-pulls and drop totems without ever having to drink, saving a lot of time.
I also have a question: Why prioritize Unleashed Rage over Weapon Mastery? WM is a sure 3% buff, UR is only a sure 0.75% buff (through expertise) and a random additional 3% from crits. Since fights are short while leveling I'd assume the always present 3% from WM should be superior to mostly 0.75% and sometimes 3.75% that UR gives, right?
Post by
Xaemai
thanks for this guide. i just rolled a shaman and will be trying this out.
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