Enhancement Shaman Leveling Guide
Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Enhancement Shaman leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.5! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!
Talents
Spec Tree
- Molten Assault
- To spread Flame Shock and set up a Primordial Wave which should kill the targeted mobs.
- Primordial Wave
- Lightning Bolt hits all targets with Flame Shock for a large amount.
- Crashing Storms
- Makes your Chain Lightning hit 5 targets.
- Sundering
- AoE in a line in front of which incapacitates mobs for 2 seconds and deals damage.
- Elemental Assault
- This talent makes sure you never run out of resources.
Class Tree
- Wind Shear
- 12 seconds cooldown interrupt, which is very nice to constantly interrupt mobs that cast on you.
- Thunderstorm
- If you pick Thundershock, this becomes a nice disrupt to stop mobs from casting on you.
- Refreshing Waters
- Increases Healing Surge healing on yourself by 25%.
Hero Talents
- Stormbringer performs better as it has a lot of nice passives and Tempest almost kills mobs instantly.
- Your Lightning Bolt turns into Tempest after either
- You spend 40 Maelstrom Weapon
- You get 3 stacks of Awakening Storms.
Leveling Talent Points
- Stormbringer as your Hero Talent.
- Pick Stormcaller.
- Pick Arc Discharge.
- Pick Conductive Energy.
- Pick Awakening Storms.
- Pick Shocking Grasp.
- Pick Rolling Thunder.
- Pick Unlimited Power.
- Pick Supercharge.
- Pick Voltaic Surge.
- Pick Nature's Protection.
Rotation
Single-Target
If you have a Single-Target on-use trinket such as Manic Grieftorch, it is very strong for leveling as it means you can use all your cooldowns on AoE and still be able to kill a high health mob quickly.
Below you can find a short priority list of which spells you want to prioritise on Single-Target while leveling.
- Cast Feral Spirit.
- Cast Primordial Wave.
- Cast Lightning Bolt if you have Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Elemental Blast.
- Cast Lava Lash.
- Cast Ice Strike.
- Cast Frost Shock.
- Cast Sundering.
- Cast Stormstrike.
AoE
While leveling and doing AoE pulls, Enhancement Shamans, have a bunch of spells that deals a lot of damage instantly, but you are target capped to 5 mostly. If you have good gear you kill mobs very quickly in the first few levels so you don't have to use everything on every pull.
Below you can find a short priority list of which spells you want to prioritise on AoE while leveling.
- Cast Feral Spirit.
- Cast Primordial Wave.
- Cast Lava Lash to spread Flame Shock.
- Cast Lightning Bolt if you have Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Chain Lightning.
- Cast Sundering.
- Cast Crash Lightning.
- Cast Ice Strike.
- Cast Frost Shock.
- Cast Stormstrike.
Shopping List
- 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
- 40x Fried Bonefish
- 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
- Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
or - 10x Draconic Augment Rune
- 20x Goblin Glider Kit
- Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
- 20x Gunshoes
- Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
- Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
- Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
- Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
- Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
- Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination
Credits
Written by: Clickz
Reviewed by: Nicememes