Enhancement Shaman
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Enhancement
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Restoration
0Enhancement Shamans are a highly valued melee DPS spec in TBC Classic. You bring Windfury Totem (the most powerful melee buff in the game), Strength of Earth Totem, and Grace of Air Totem to your melee group. With Unleashed Rage providing 10% melee attack power to the party, an Enhancement Shaman dramatically multiplies the effectiveness of every melee DPS and tank in the group. The 0/45/16 build maximizes Enhancement damage with Shamanistic Rage and Dual Wield while dipping into Restoration for Nature's Guidance and Totemic Focus.
Key Talents
Stormstrike
Gives you an extra attack. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Your signature melee ability.
Unleashed Rage
Causes your critical hits with melee attacks to increase melee attack power of all party members by 10% for 10 sec. One of the strongest group buffs in the game.
Shamanistic Rage
Reduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 30% of your attack power. Incredible sustainability cooldown.
Dual Wield
Allows you to equip one-handed weapons in your off-hand. Combined with Dual Wield Specialization, this dramatically increases your damage output and Windfury proc rate.
Stat Priority
- Hit Rating (until 9% / 142 rating for specials, 28% for white hits)
- Expertise (until 6.5% / 26 rating)
- Attack Power
- Critical Strike Rating
- Strength / Agility
- Haste Rating
Enhancement Shaman DPS revolves around Stormstrike on cooldown, using Earth Shock to consume the Stormstrike Nature damage debuff, and maintaining your totems. Weapon imbue twisting (weaving Windfury and Flame Tongue on weapons) adds significant DPS at higher skill levels.
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Stormstrike — Use on cooldown. Your primary melee ability that debuffs the target to take +20% Nature damage for 2 charges. -
Earth Shock — Use when the Stormstrike debuff is active on the target to benefit from the +20% Nature damage bonus. -
Shamanistic Rage — Use on cooldown for mana regeneration and 30% damage reduction. Essential for sustain in long fights.
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Totems — Maintain Windfury Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, and Grace of Air / Wrath of Air Totem. Re-drop when moving or after they expire.
Best gear obtainable from heroic dungeons, crafting, reputation, and quests before entering Karazhan.
| Slot | Item | Source |
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| Head | Wastewalker Helm | Heroic Shattered Halls — Warbringer O'mrogg |
| Neck | Choker of Vile Intent | Heroic Shadow Labyrinth — Murmur |
| Shoulders | Wastewalker Shoulderpads | Heroic The Steamvault — Hydromancer Thespia |
| Back | Blood Knight War Cloak | Heroic Shattered Halls — Warchief Kargath |
| Chest | Wastewalker Tunic | Heroic Slave Pens — Quagmirran |
| Wrists | Primalstrike Bracers | Leatherworking (Crafted) |
| Hands | Wastewalker Gloves | Heroic Underbog — The Black Stalker |
| Waist | Primalstrike Belt | Leatherworking (Crafted) |
| Legs | Wastewalker Leggings | Heroic Shadow Labyrinth — Murmur |
| Feet | Edgewalker Longboots | Heroic Mana-Tombs — Nexus-Prince Shaffar |
| Ring 1 | A'dal's Command | Sha'tar — Exalted |
| Ring 2 | Ring of Umbral Doom | Heroic Shadow Labyrinth — Ambassador Hellmaw |
| Trinket 1 | Abacus of Violent Odds | Heroic Mechanar — Pathaleon |
| Trinket 2 | Bladefist's Breadth | Quest — Overlord (Hellfire Peninsula) |
| Main Hand | Gladiator's Right Ripper | Arena Season — PvP Reward |
| Off Hand | Skyforged Great Axe | Blacksmithing (Crafted) |
Best endgame gear from SSC, Tempest Keep, Hyjal, Black Temple, and Sunwell Plateau. Focus on Hit (9% special, 28% white) > Expertise > AP > Crit > Agi/Str > Haste.
| Slot | Item | Source |
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| Head | Skyshatter Cover | Black Temple — Archimonde (Hyjal T6 token) |
| Neck | Choker of Serrated Blades | Zul'Aman — Nalorakk |
| Shoulders | Skyshatter Pauldrons | Black Temple — Mother Shahraz |
| Back | Thalassian Wildercloak | Sunwell Plateau — Trash Drop |
| Chest | Skyshatter Breastplate | Black Temple — Illidan Stormrage |
| Wrists | Bracers of the Pathfinder | Sunwell Plateau — Kalecgos |
| Hands | Skyshatter Gauntlets | Black Temple — Azgalor (Hyjal T6 token) |
| Waist | Belt of One-Hundred Deaths | Sunwell Plateau — Brutallus |
| Legs | Skyshatter Pants | Black Temple — Illidari Council |
| Feet | Boots of Utter Darkness | Black Temple — Teron Gorefiend |
| Ring 1 | Hard Khorium Band | Jewelcrafting (Crafted) |
| Ring 2 | Band of the Eternal Champion | Hyjal Summit — Exalted |
| Trinket 1 | Madness of the Betrayer | Black Temple — Illidan Stormrage |
| Trinket 2 | Berserker's Call | Zul'Aman — Timed Chest (4th boss) |
| Main Hand | Claw of Molten Fury | Sunwell Plateau — Brutallus |
| Off Hand | Shard of Contempt | Heroic Magisters' Terrace — Priestess Delrissa |
Essential Enhancement Shaman macros for TBC Classic. Totem twisting is the key advanced technique.
Totem Twist
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=10 Windfury Totem(Rank 1), Grace of Air Totem
Alternates WF and GoA totems every 10s to maintain both buffs. Core raid DPS technique.
Stormstrike + Trinkets
#showtooltip Stormstrike
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Stormstrike
Pops trinkets with Stormstrike for burst windows.
Shock Rotation
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target/combat Earth Shock, Flame Shock
Alternates Earth Shock and Flame Shock for optimal DPS.
Shamanistic Rage
#showtooltip Shamanistic Rage
/cast Shamanistic Rage
/cast Blood Fury
Combines Shamanistic Rage with Blood Fury (Orc racial) for burst + mana regen.
- Master totem twisting — maintaining both Windfury and Grace of Air on your melee group is a massive raid DPS increase.
- Use Shamanistic Rage on cooldown for mana regen — Enhancement is very mana-hungry.
- Don't forget to place totems — your raid utility from totems is a major reason you're brought to the raid.
- Don't weapon swap mid-fight — Windfury procs are based on your main-hand weapon and swapping resets timers.
- Hit cap is 9% melee (142 rating) + 16% spell (202 rating). You need both since you use spells and melee.
- Enhancement Shamans are primarily brought for Bloodlust/Heroism and melee group totems — your utility is immense.
Meta Gem
— +12 Agility, +3% Critical Strike Damage. Requires more red gems than blue.
Gem Priority
Use Delicate Living Ruby (+8 Agility) in red sockets. Use Glinting Noble Topaz (+4 Agi / +4 Hit) in yellow sockets when you need hit rating. Ignore blue sockets unless the bonus is +4 Agility or better — use Shifting Nightseye (+4 Agi / +6 Stamina) to activate meta requirement.
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