Shaman Class Overview (2024)

Last updated on May 31, 2021 at 15:44by Seksixeny3 comments

In TBC Classic Shamans can be Draenei if you are playing Alliance or Orc,Troll, and Tauren if you are Horde.

Shamans are the best support class in TBC. All three Shaman specializationshave a raiding spot and perform well in 5v5 Arena. Between Bloodlustand the multiple spell and physical support totems, all groups benefit greatlyfrom having multiple Shamans.

You should use Rockbiter Weapon until you unlockWindfury Weapon at level 30, at which point you will be using iton all of your weapons, including when dual-wielding.

Windfury Weapon has a 3 second internal cooldown, and procs offof your attacks, which include the extra Stormstrike hits. This meansthat, ideally, you will want to use Stormstrike when outside the Windfury internalcooldown period to maximize its chances of happening!

Even though they have a few abilities that cause extra threat and can useshields, Shamans lack a taunt ability and are not very durable against bosses,so we would not recommend you to try tanking anything higher than normal dungeons.

If you are playing in the Alliance faction, you can only be Draenei who are aweak race for personal DPS, but do bring a valuable spell hit aura racial. In theHorde, Orcs are the best for PvP and Enhancement and Trolls are the best for PvERestoration and Elemental.

Leatherworking is always a strong profession that provides you with someunique armor, Enchanting also always has great value due to the ring enchants.Blacksmithing enables some great weapons but only for Enhancement. Engineeringprovides area of effect damage consumables. Finally, Tailoring and Alchemy aregood gold makers but do not have much in terms of useful, long lasting, gear.

Shamans are able to choose from 3 specializations: Elemental, Enhancement,and Restoration.

• Elemental is a caster-DPS specialization that deals damage throughspells such as Lightning Bolt and has caster support totems such asTotem of Wrath.
• Enhancement is a melee-DPS specialization that deals damage throughauto-attacks and melee abilities such as Stormstrike while dual wielding.It provides physical support totems such as Grace of Air Totem.
• Restoration is a healer specialization that heals allies throughspells such as Chain Heal and provides general support totems such asHealing Stream Totem.

While every class has some kind of class-specific questlines, Shamans needto earn their four elemental totems through questing, and cannot use any totemsof an elemental they have not quested for beforehand.

Earth, Fire, Water, and Air are the elements you will pursue across Azeroth.We have every single step of the way detailed for you in our Shaman Questingguide below:

Shamans are relatively easy class to gear, especially when performing casteror healer roles, as Spell Damage or Spell Healing Mail armor is only used byShamans and Paladins.

Enhancement Shamans might have a harder time, as their physical damage lootis also often used by Hunters, Rogues, Warriors, Retribution Paladins, and FeralDruids.

Shamans are able to wear Cloth and Leather, and can also learn how to useMail armor at the class trainer after reaching Level 40.

Shamans already know, or can learn, how to use staves, daggers, one-handedand two-handed maces, one-handed and two-handed axes, and fist weapons.

You can learn more about weapons for Shamans in our specialized guide below:

Using addons and macros can simplify your life in Azeroth immensely. We havemultiple recommendations for both categories in our Shaman Addons and ShamanMacros guides linked below:

If the rest of the page caught your attention, make sure to check out ourin-depth guides for leveling a Shaman and how to get on your feet running as afresh Level 58 boosted character in the links below!

• Shaman Leveling Guide
• Elemental Shaman Leveling Guide
• Elemental Shaman Level 58 Guide
• Enhancement Shaman Leveling Guide
• Enhancement Shaman Level 58 Boost Guide
• Restoration Shaman Leveling Guide
• Restoration Shaman Level 58 Boost Guide

You might also want to check out our full class guides, which teach you howto play your class at the new Level 70 cap!

• Restoration Shaman Guide
• Elemental Shaman Guide
• Enhancement Shaman Guide