Classic Enhancement Shaman DPS Guide (2024)

Last updated on Dec 01, 2020 at 14:11by Seksixeny24 comments

Shamans are, arguably, the best support class in WoW Classic. With their powerfuland flexible totems, such as Windfury Totem, Tremor Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem, they keep their allies safe and increase their damagepotential significantly.

While only Horde players can be Shamans, every group will benefit immensely fromhaving at least one, and due to totems only being able to affect one group at a time,a 40 man raid will want to have at least 8 Shamans to have totems in every group.

This guide will be covering Enhancement Shamans, the Windfury Weaponhigh rollers of WoW Classic and, arguably, the best support spec for melee in thegame with Improved Weapon Totems and Enhancing Totems being a stapleof its talent tree. They also make for great users of the debuffing weapons Annihilatorand Nightfall in the later phases.

Although the Season of Mastery brings with it a number ofchanges to how you may experience the content of WoW Classic, these tweaks donot include any adjustments to how you play Enhancement Shaman. As such, this guidewill cover all you need to know regardless of which version of Classic you wishto play.

However, due to certain pieces of content from later Phases now being availableat an earlier date, gearing recommendations for Enhancement Shaman will be different.Because of this, we have created additional pages detailing your best in slotitems for both pre-raid gear and the current raids available.

• Great burst damage potential with Windfury Weapon, Stormstrikeand Earth Shock. While Enhancement is primarily a melee spec, it can alsodo significant damage from range when needed.
• Totems for every type of situation, which will always be buffed by Improved Weapon Totemsand Enhancing Totems, making them the most powerful a melee player can have.
• Great support tools even outside of totems, such as Earth Shock and Purge, which contribute to the high skill cap of the class.

• Weak sustained damage-dealing potential due to its attacks having a much largercooldown than those of a Warrior / Rogue.
• Mana hungry, especially while leveling, which forces you to rest or drink often.
• Squishy and has no real escapes once focused.

Unlike other classes, Shamans can only be played in the Horde faction,so plan accordingly and search for a Horde guild if you want to roll one.

Orc is the best race for PvE and PvP. Trolland Tauren are slightly behind but have their own perks which youcan read about below.

• Axe Specialization increases your skill with axes by 5, whichincreases your chance to land a blow on a target with axes.
• Blood Fury is a 2-minute cooldown that increases your base melee attackpower by 25% for 15 seconds and reduces healing effects on you by 50% for 25 seconds.
• Command increases your pet damage by 5%.
• Hardiness increases your chance to resist stuns by 25%.

Orc is the best race choice for Enhancement Shamans. InPvP, Hardinessallows you to often ignore stun effects. This is a deal-breaker effect, especiallyagainst Rogues. In PvE, Axe Specialization and Blood Fury areincredible bonuses to have as a melee DPS, granting you a much better chance to hitbosses with axes and a DPS cooldown.

• Cultivation increases your Herbalism skill by 15.
• Endurance increases your total health by 5%.
• Nature Resistance increases your Nature Resistance by 10.
• War Stomp is a 2-minute cooldown that stuns up to 5 enemieswithin 8 yards for 2 seconds, with a 0.5 second cast time.
• Due to their large sizes, Tauren have a larger hitbox than other races, whichallows you to hit, and be hit from further afar. This can be great when trying tochase a target or problematic when trying to flee from melee enemies.

War Stomp can be a great ability for PvP, allowing you to get Lesser Healing Waveoff in an emergency, and the 5% increased health from Endurance isnice. The increased hitbox range is also good for a melee character, allowing youto hit enemy players from further away. Overall, Tauren is a decent all-rounder choiceif you dislike Orc.

• Beast Slaying gives a 5% damage bonus against Beasts.
• Berserking is a 3-minute cooldown that gives you between10-30% increased attack and casting speed depending on your health, with theeffect being greater the more hurt you are.
• Bow Specialization increases your skill with Bows by 5, whichincreases your chance to hit with a bow.
• Regeneration gives +10% passive health regeneration andallows you to regenerate 10% of your total health regeneration during combat.

Berserking makes Trolls a decent choice, as it increases your attackand cast speed significantly when used, especially if you were low health. Unfortunately,none of the other bonuses is very impactful, and Orc has some really good bonuses,so only pick Troll if you like its aesthetics.

The best profession for Enhancement Shamans who care about maximizing theirperformance in combat is Engineering.

Any of the other professions is fine for the second primary profession slot,but Mining synergizes the best with Engineering, allowing you tofarm materials to feed it.

If you wish to learn more about the available professions in WoW Classic we recommendthat you read our profession guides.