Post-3.0 Enhancement Raiding

Echoes of Doom Patch Ravages Shamans

By Makea “Wukki Aylii” Ukki
NaaruRule34.net Writer

Shattrath City, Terrokar Forest – Hundreds of thousands of Horde and Alliance shaman today marched in protest against Blizzard Entertainment, rulers of the World of Warcraft. After determining that Blizzard was never going to buff them, the Shaman community decided to march upon Shattrath and take over it with their totems. The city has been under their control now for over ten hours, and it doesn’t look like it will let up soon.

“Blizzard never listens to us,” said a Draenei Shaman named Oprah Windfury at the Terrace of Light, in which he added, “We carve their faces on our totems, and they then proceed to shove them up our ***. Enough is Enough!”

The situation is growing dire. Only a few details are coming out as they only let Shaman’s in, but word is they are planning to attack Blizzard themselves. Shaman’s have already made their move. Now what will Blizzard do?

Last Update: October 4th, 2008

Now that I have your actual attention, I sincerely hope that little joke of a article never comes to pass. 3.0 is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of the Shaman Class. If after this post, you still think Shaman are nerfed, I suggest you re-roll into a warlock or something.

This post will be focused soley on Enhancement Spec. Wait for your post, Restoration Specs.

Your Tools

DisqoDice is gone, and Wf3sec was never my cup of tea. So what do we have now? The answer is Shock and Awe. Shock and Awe is a Windfury, Shocks, Shield, and now Maelstrom Tracker. It is exactly like DisqoDice, just reborn and anew.

Your Gear

  • Strength = 1 Attack Power
  • Agility = 1 Attack Power
  • Intellect = 1 Attack Power
  1. The day of rogue leather is gone. Now we wear hunter gear. With three points in Mental Dexterity, one point of intellect is one point of attack power. 
  2. For gems, it hasn’t been completely decided yet by the theorycrafting community enhancement shamans should wear, but so far it is pointing to the Wicked Flawless Ametrine and Vivid Eye of Zul. The Eye is not nearly as important as the Ametrine, but some gear will need hit on it. 
  3. Your weapon Imbue will be Windfury on the main hand and Flametongue on the Offhand. It has not been decided yet if Slow / Slow is better than Slow / Fast. So far, it is pointing to Slow / Fast.

Your Rotation

Stormstrike -> If you have 5 stacks of Maelstrom then Lightning Bolt, else, skip to ES -> Earth Shock -> Lava Lash -> Earth Shock again if you have time before another Stormstrike.

Your Totems

What totems you are going to put down is largely dependent upon your group makeup. At 70, you do not need to worry much about which totems you need to put down. At 80, Death Knights can replace both your Strength of Earth and Windfury Totem effects with your own. The only exception is if you have improved totems and are glyphed to improve them.

Your Glyphs

At 70, you can have two Major Glyphs and three Minor Glyphs. Once you hit 80, you get another major Glyph Slot.

Since 3.0 is not out yet, things will change. However, I will keep this post up to reflect these changes. Now enjoy your dps kids, and don’t try to rebel against Blizzard!

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