Mists of Pandaria Classic Enhancement Shaman Guide
Welcome to our Enhancement Shaman guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic, tailored for PvE content. Here, you will learn how all you need to know to play Enhancement Shaman proficiently. Click the links below to navigate the guide or read this page for a short introduction.
Enhancement Shaman Guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic
Enhancement has a ton of utility and is powerful area damage
dealer, but is somewhat lackluster on single target, and is not the most intuitive
class to play. It also has good off-healing capabilities with
Maelstrom Weapon,
Healing Tide Totem, and talents such as
Ancestral Guidance.
Is Enhancement Shaman Viable in Mists of Pandaria Classic?
While Enhancement has great area damage potential and decent single target damage, a major weakness is that Agility gear is useless for Restoration and Elemental, forcing completely different gear setups for off-speccing. Enhancement still brings the strong baseline Shaman utility kit, regardless, including some excellent off-healing tools new to Mists of Pandaria.
Excellent large scale area damage with
Lava Lash spreading
Flame Shock into massive
Fire Novas;
High mobility with
Ghost Wolf and survivability with
Astral Shift and
Shamanistic Rage;
Strong off-healing potential with
Maelstrom Weapon procs,
Ancestral Guidance, and
Healing Tide Totem;
Good support capabilities with powerful tools such as
Stormlash Totem, and
Bloodlust/
Heroism.
Average damage potential on low target counts;
Using utility tools requires global cooldowns that are often needed for maximum DPS;
No unique utility like Restoration and no important raid buffs like Elemental;
Completely different gear than Restoration or Elemental makes off-speccing difficult.
Best Races for Enhancement Shaman
Without going too deep into detail, Orc is still the best race for Horde
Enhancement Shamans due to Axe Specialization,
Blood Fury
for more burst damage and
Command for more
Feral Spirit and
Fire Elemental Totem damage. In PvP they will also benefit from
Hardiness,
one of the best PvP racials in the game!
Goblin is also alright if you need extra mobility due to their Rocket Jump,
and you will also get 1% extra Haste while playing one.
Alliance Shamans benefit most from Draenei due to their free Hit from
Heroic Presence and some free healing from
Gift of the Naaru.
Best Professions for Enhancement Shaman
Engineering — Engineering is the best PvE profession in the game due to the extra burst DPS afforded by
Synapse Springs, and mobility increase of
Nitro Boosts.
Tailoring — Tailoring is also a great PvE profession due to
Swordguard Embroidery which is less controllable than Synapse, but fairly predictable due to its internal cooldown, allowing you to stack its large Attack Power boost with your DPS cooldowns and Synapse.
Shaman Addons and Macros
Addons and Macros can greatly improve your quality of life during Mists of Pandaria. Listed below are some of our recommendations on Addons and Macros to help get the most out of your time playing the game.