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Enhancement Shaman Guide — Class Guides · WoW Forever

Melee damage with weapon enchantments, Stormstrike and Flurry. The usual leveling tree.

A caster and fighter in leather, and later mail, who calls on the elements with shocks and totems. Shamans heal, deal damage with Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning, or fight in melee with weapon enchantments. More about the shaman

Class
Shaman
Roles
Damage
Used for
Raids and dungeons, Leveling
Top talent
Rage of the Farseer
Popular builds
2
Version
WoW Forever

How to play

Enhancement in WoW Forever weaves melee and lightning: Maelstrom Weapon stacks from your melee hits, each stack making your next Lightning Bolt faster and cheaper, Stormstrike boosts your nature damage, and Rage of the Farseer adds attack speed. Mental Dexterity turns Intellect into attack power and Mental Quickness turns it into spell damage.

Windfury Weapon on your weapon, Stormstrike when ready, Earth Shock or Flame Shock between, and a quick Lightning Bolt at five Maelstrom stacks. Improved Stormstrike restores mana and can reset Stormstrike when you dodge or parry.

Spirit Weapons gives you a chance to parry and adjusts your threat, so Enhancement can deal damage or hold enemies in a pinch.

At a glance

Single-target damage
Damage to groups
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Forever.

Rotation and priorities

  1. 1Windfury Weapon on your weapon; your totem set down.
  2. 2Stormstrike whenever it is ready.
  3. 3Earth Shock or Flame Shock between Stormstrikes.
  4. 4Lightning Bolt at five Maelstrom Weapon stacks.
  5. 5Rage of the Farseer for burst.
  6. 6Heal yourself between fights.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Melee and spell damage from one set of stats.
  • Intellect does triple duty: mana, attack power and spell damage.
  • Sturdy leveling with heals and Spirit Weapons.

Weaknesses

  • A busier rotation than Classic Enhancement.
  • Mana-hungry.
  • Damage swings with Windfury procs.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

  1. 1

    Intellectattack power, spell damage and mana

  2. 2

    Weapon damageslow weapons for Windfury and Stormstrike

  3. 3

    Strength

  4. 4

    Critical strike

  5. 5

    Hit

  6. 6

    Agility

What to look for

  • A slow weapon with high damage: Windfury and Stormstrike hit harder with it.
  • Intellect is a main stat for Enhancement now, alongside Strength and crit.
  • Mail with Intellect and Strength is the best fit.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

  • Elemental
  • Enhancement
  • Restoration

  • Maelstrom Weaver

    DamagePvE
    8/33/10

    Melee and lightning woven together: Maelstrom Weapon builds toward a fast, cheap Lightning Bolt, Stormstrike boosts it, and Rage of the Farseer adds attack speed.

    • Stormstrike 1/1
    • Spirit Weapons 1/1
    • Mental Quickness 2/2
    • Maelstrom Weapon 5/5
    • Rage of the Farseer 1/1

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  • Stormstrike Wanderer

    DamageLeveling
    0/43/8

    Enhancement leveling: Improved Stormstrike restores mana and resets on dodges and parries, Maelstrom Weapon speeds up Lightning Bolt, and Rage of the Farseer adds haste.

    • Stormstrike 1/1
    • Spirit Weapons 1/1
    • Mental Quickness 2/2
    • Maelstrom Weapon 5/5
    • Rage of the Farseer 1/1

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Key talents

  • Rage of the Farseer · top talent, up to 1

    Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

  • Elemental Weapons · tier 3, up to 3

    Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 20%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 40% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 15%.

  • Shamanistic Focus · tier 3, up to 1

    Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.

  • Toughness · tier 4, up to 5

    Increases your Stamina by 10%.

  • Flurry · tier 4, up to 5

    Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

  • Stormstrike · tier 4, up to 1

    Instantly strike for normal weapon damage and increase the damage you deal to the target with your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Earth Shock spell by 20% for 12 sec.

  • Spirit Weapons · tier 5, up to 1

    Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.

  • Mental Quickness · tier 5, up to 2

    Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.

  • Improved Stormstrike · tier 5, up to 2

    When you Stormstrike, you have a 100% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 100% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.

  • Maelstrom Weapon · tier 6, up to 5

    When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Enhancement abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.

What WoW Forever changed

New talents in this tree

  • Mental DexterityIncreases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect.
  • Shamanistic FocusReduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
  • Spirit WeaponsGives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.
  • Mental QuicknessIncreases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.
  • Improved StormstrikeWhen you Stormstrike, you have a 100% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 100% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.
  • Maelstrom WeaponWhen you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.
  • Rage of the FarseerIncreases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

Classic Era talents the class no longer has

  • Shield Specialization
  • Enhancing Totems
  • Two-Handed Axes and Maces
  • Improved Weapon Totems
  • Parry
  • Weapon Mastery

Spells

New: Totemic Projection, Rage of the Farseer. Changed: Rockbiter Weapon, Stoneskin Totem, Lightning Shield, Flametongue Weapon, Strength of Earth Totem, Frostbrand Weapon, Frost Resistance Totem, Fire Resistance Totem, Flametongue Totem, Nature Resistance Totem, Windfury Weapon, Windfury Totem, Windwall Totem, Stormstrike, Grace of Air Totem.

Related

Other shaman specs: Elemental, Restoration