Enhancement Shaman Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade

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, Player versus player, Leveling
Top talent: Shamanistic Rage
Popular builds: 3
Version: WoW Burning Crusade

How to play

Enhancement in The Burning Crusade dual-wields: Dual Wield Specialization adds hit, Stormstrike hits with both weapons, Unleashed Rage raises your party's attack power after your crits, and Shamanistic Rage restores mana and cuts the damage you take.

Put Windfury Weapon on the main hand and Flametongue on the off-hand, keep your totems up, Stormstrike when ready, Earth Shock between Stormstrikes, and Shamanistic Rage when mana runs low.

Group support is why raids take Enhancement: Unleashed Rage, Windfury Totem, Strength of Earth, Grace of Air and Bloodlust make a melee group much stronger.

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 Burning Crusade.

Rotation and priorities

1Windfury Weapon on the main hand, Flametongue Weapon on the off-hand.
2Windfury Totem, Strength of Earth and the totems your group needs; some shamans alternate Windfury with Grace of Air.
3Stormstrike whenever it is ready.
4Earth Shock between Stormstrikes.
5Shamanistic Rage when mana runs low.
6Bloodlust or Heroism when called.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Unleashed Rage and totems make melee groups much stronger.
Strong burst with Windfury and Stormstrike.
Can heal itself.

Weaknesses

Mana-hungry.
Alternating totems is fiddly.
Needs two good weapons.

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
Hitto 142 rating, less Dual Wield Specialization
2
Expertise
3
Strength2 attack power each
4
Critical strikekeeps Flurry and Unleashed Rage up
5
Haste
6
Agility

What to look for

Two slow one-handed weapons: Windfury and Stormstrike hit harder with slow weapons.
Hit and expertise first, then Strength and crit.
Some Intellect for shocks.

Items worth chasing

Dragonspine TrophyAttack power and a haste proc in a trinket.
Bloodlust BroochA burst of attack power on use.
Hourglass of the UnravellerHit, and attack power after crits.

Builds

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

Elemental
Enhancement
Restoration

Unleashed Rage Warden
DamagePvE
4414
3/44/14
Enhancement for melee groups: Unleashed Rage raises the group's attack power, Dual Wield and Stormstrike carry damage, and Shamanistic Rage restores mana.
- Dual Wield Specialization 3/3
- Dual Wield 1/1
- Stormstrike 1/1
- Unleashed Rage 5/5
- Shamanistic Rage 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level
Stormstrike Gladiator
DamagePvP
4714
0/47/14
Enhancement/Restoration for PvP: Stormstrike and Dual Wield for burst, Shamanistic Rage to cut damage taken, and Restoration for stronger self-heals.
- Dual Wield Specialization 1/3
- Dual Wield 1/1
- Stormstrike 1/1
- Unleashed Rage 5/5
- Shamanistic Rage 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level
Stormstrike Wanderer
DamageLeveling
1645
16/45/0
Enhancement leveling to 70: Dual Wield, Stormstrike and Flurry for melee, Shamanistic Rage for mana, and Elemental for shocks.
- Dual Wield Specialization 3/3
- Dual Wield 1/1
- Stormstrike 1/1
- Unleashed Rage 5/5
- Shamanistic Rage 1/1
Open in the talent calculator Theorycrafting Talent order by level

Key talents

Shamanistic Rage · top talent, up to 1
Reduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 30% of your attack power. Lasts 15 sec.
Improved Weapon Totems · tier 5, up to 2
Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Windfury Totem by 30% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Totem by 12%.
Spirit Weapons · tier 5, up to 1
Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks and reduces the threat generated by your melee attacks by 30%.
Elemental Weapons · tier 5, up to 3
Increases the damage caused by 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%.
Mental Quickness · tier 6, up to 3
Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast Shaman spells by 6% and increases your spell damage and healing by an amount equal to 30% of your attack power.
Weapon Mastery · tier 6, up to 5
Increases the damage you deal with all weapons by 10%.
Dual Wield Specialization · tier 7, up to 3
Increases your chance to hit while dual wielding by an additional 6%.
Dual Wield · tier 7, up to 1
Allows one-hand and off-hand weapons to be equipped in the off-hand.
Stormstrike · tier 7, up to 1
Instantly attack with both weapons. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.
Unleashed Rage · tier 8, up to 5
Causes your critical hits with melee attacks to increase all party members' melee attack power by 10% if within 20 yards of the Shaman. Lasts 10 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.