Mists of Pandaria Classic Enhancement Shaman Guide

Last updated on Jun 22, 2025 at 12:00 by Seksixeny

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.

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Enhancement Shaman Guide for Mists of Pandaria Classic

EnhancementEnhancement 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 Icon Maelstrom Weapon, Healing Tide Totem Icon Healing Tide Totem, and talents such as Ancestral Guidance Icon Ancestral Guidance.

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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.

Strengths icon Strengths
  • +Excellent large scale area damage with Lava Lash Icon Lava Lash spreading Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock into massive Fire Nova Icon Fire Novas;
  • +High mobility with Ghost Wolf Icon Ghost Wolf and survivability with Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift and Shamanistic Rage Icon Shamanistic Rage;
  • +Strong off-healing potential with Maelstrom Weapon Icon Maelstrom Weapon procs, Ancestral Guidance Icon Ancestral Guidance, and Healing Tide Totem Icon Healing Tide Totem;
  • +Good support capabilities with powerful tools such as Stormlash Totem Icon Stormlash Totem, and Bloodlust Icon Bloodlust/Heroism Icon Heroism.
Weaknesses icon Weaknesses
  • -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.
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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 Icon Axe Specialization, Blood Fury Icon Blood Fury for more burst damage and Command Icon Command for more Feral Spirit Icon Feral Spirit and Fire Elemental Totem Icon Fire Elemental Totem damage. In PvP they will also benefit from Hardiness Icon Hardiness, one of the best PvP racials in the game!

Goblin is also alright if you need extra mobility due to their Rocket Jump Icon 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 Icon Heroic Presence and some free healing from Gift of the Naaru Icon Gift of the Naaru.

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Best Professions for Enhancement Shaman

  1. Engineering Icon Engineering — Engineering is the best PvE profession in the game due to the extra burst DPS afforded by Synapse Springs Icon Synapse Springs, and mobility increase of Nitro Boosts Icon Nitro Boosts.
  2. Tailoring Icon Tailoring — Tailoring is also a great PvE profession due to Swordguard Embroidery Icon 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.
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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.