TBC Classic Enhancement Shaman Guide (Phase 3)
About the Class
Enhancement Shaman is a mail-wearing melee fighter. In TBC it gained 
Dual Wield, and the whole tree was reworked around it. The spec's personal damage is average, but it is brought into a group of physical fighters primarily for its support: 
Windfury Totem, 
Grace of Air Totem, 
Strength of Earth Totem, the Unleashed Rage talent, as well as 
Bloodlust and 
Heroism.
Strengths
- Scales excellently with gear.
- The best physical-fighter support in the game.
Shamanistic Rage works both as a mana cooldown and a defensive cooldown, and it grows together with your attack power.
Weaknesses
- In weak gear the damage is low: the spec is heavily item-dependent.
- Poor survivability when it needs to be in melee.
- Mana problems on long fights, especially when twisting totems.
Stat Priority
- 1Expertise Rating
- 2Strength
- 3Attack Power
- 4Agility
- 5Hit Rating
- 6Hit (spell)
- 7Critical Strike Rating
- 8Haste Rating
- 9Armor Penetration
- 10Mana per 5 sec.
- 11Intellect
- 12Spirit
- 13Stamina
Talents
Ability Priority
- Set down your totems — the setup depends on the group, but Strength of Earth Totem is up almost always; this also includes totem twisting
Stormstrike — on cooldown, unless you are catching 
Windfury Weapon procs
Earth Shock — right after Stormstrike to use its debuff, and to finish targets off
Flame Shock — alternate with Earth Shock if its periodic effect has time to fully run its course
Water Shield — keep it on yourself for mana restoration
Important Abilities
Totem twisting is your main responsibility in a group of physical fighters.
Windwall Totem without losing the effect. To keep both up, repeat the combo every 10 seconds.
Windfury Weapon has an internal cooldown of 3 seconds. Shamans wield slow weapons, so the proc is often wasted — Stormstrike lets you claim it as soon as the cooldown expires. Also synchronize your weapons: the swings should land at the same time, and if they don't, the main-hand weapon should strike first, since it hits noticeably harder.
Spell Ranks
When twisting, Windfury Totem is taken at rank 1: its main benefit is the extra hits, and those are the same at all ranks, while the mana saved is very noticeable.
Best in Slot (BiS)
Best in Slot (BiS)Tier 6 Set — Skyshatter Regalia
Tier 6 Set — Skyshatter RegaliaEnchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
Gems
ConsumablesRaces
Best Professions
Lets you reliably obtain a good weapon without waiting for a raid drop or grinding arena rating: 
Dragonmaw for everyone except orcs, and 
Black Planar Edge for orcs.
Gives the Primalstrike and Netherscale Armor sets, as well as 
Drums of Battle — a consumable available only to leatherworkers.
Explosives like 
Super Sapper Charge significantly boost area damage.
A good source of gold thanks to transmutes and the new specializations for elixirs, potions, and transmutation.
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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