Shaman Enhancement guide
How to play Enhancement in WoW: Forever: what to press, which stats to chase, the talent build level by level, and the gear and dungeons to aim for.
Overview
Enhancement is the shaman's melee spec. You hit with a big two-hander, proc Flurry on crits and use shocks and totems on top. Forever lets every shaman use two-handers without a talent, and Stormstrike opens at 30.
Good at
- Strong with a slow two-hander
- Can heal yourself between pulls
- Mail and shields for safety
- Ghost Wolf works indoors with the talent
Watch out for
- Needs a good weapon
- Mana limits how many shocks you use
- Packs are hard before Magma Totem
How to play it
In order of priority for levels 20 to 30, on one target:
- Rockbiter WeaponKeep it on your weapon until Windfury Weapon at 30.
- Searing TotemDrop it before the pull.
- Flame ShockOpen with it for extra damage over time.
- StormstrikeUse it on cooldown at 30. It makes your next Earth Shock or Lightning Bolt hit 20% harder.
- Earth ShockUse it after Stormstrike, or to interrupt.
- Lightning ShieldKeep it on. Shamanistic Focus makes it and your shocks much cheaper.
Several targets
- Fire NovaBursts at your fire totem. Drop the totem in the pack first.
- Magma TotemFrom level 26 for packs that stand on you.
Stat priority
- Crit
- Hit
- Strength
- Attack power
- Weapon DPS
- Agility
- Weapon skill
This is the order ONN ranks gear by for Enhancement. Your weapon matters more than anything for melee.
Talents
0 / 21 / 0 at level 30. One point every level from 10. Take them in this order:
- 10
Thundering Strikes1/5 - 11Thundering Strikes2/5
- 12Thundering Strikes3/5
- 13Thundering Strikes4/5
- 14Thundering Strikes5/5
- 15
Mental Dexterity1/3
- 16Mental Dexterity2/3
- 17Mental Dexterity3/3
- 18
Improved Ghost Wolf1/2 - 19Improved Ghost Wolf2/2
- 20
Elemental Weapons1/3
- 21Elemental Weapons2/3
- 22Elemental Weapons3/3
- 23
Shamanistic Focus1/1 - 24
Anticipation1/3 - 25
Flurry1/5
- 26Flurry2/5
- 27Flurry3/5
- 28Flurry4/5
- 29Flurry5/5
- 30
Stormstrike1/1
Gear at level 30
The best item for each slot. Hover for the full tooltip.
- Head
Humbert's Helm - Neck
Kaleidoscope Chain - Shoulders
Forest Tracker Epaulets - Back
Hawkeye's Cloak - Chest
Spirewind Fetter - Wrists
Hawkeye's Bracers - Hands
Shepherd's Gloves - Waist
Highlander's Chain Girdle - Legs
Ferine Leggings - Feet
Feet of the Lynx - Ring 1
Legionnaire's Band - Ring 2
Protector's Band - Trinket 1
Rune of Perfection - Two-hand
Viscous Hammer
Dungeons to run
Where most of your best gear drops, best first.
- Razorfen Kraul levels 29 to 381 best-in-slot item: Ferine Leggings
- Blackfathom Deeps levels 24 to 32
- Wailing Caverns levels 17 to 24
- Shadowfang Keep levels 22 to 30
- Gnomeregan levels 29 to 38
Tips
- Mental Dexterity turns your Intellect into Attack Power, so mail with Intellect is fine.
- Flurry procs from melee crits, so Thundering Strikes and crit gear make it go off more.
- Windfury Totem comes after level 30. In Forever it is a group buff and does not work with your own Windfury Weapon.
- Get Improved Ghost Wolf early for an instant cast and indoor use. It saves a lot of time.
- Weapon imbues last an hour, and you can use sharpening stones with them.
Macros
Make a macro with /macro in game, paste the text, and drag it to your bar.
Starts auto attack and uses Stormstrike.
#showtooltip Stormstrike /startattack /cast Stormstrike
Earth Shock on your mouseover, or your target.
#showtooltip Earth Shock /cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] Earth Shock
Sources
Written by ONN for the WoW: Forever beta (level 30 cap). Talents, stats and gear update from the live data; the beta is still changing, so details may be different at launch on November 4. Something wrong? Tell us in #help.