Classic WoW: Playing To Your Classes Strengths: 💪 SHAMAN

2/9 You guys voted Shaman, here we are! Hybrid Power to start the series! Tell me what you want next!
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Macros
Stopcasting Interrupt Macro
#showtooltip Earth Shock(Rank 1)
/stopcasting
/cast Earth Shock(Rank 1)
Stand/ Ghost Wolf
#showtooltip Ghost Wolf
/stopcasting
/stand
/cast Ghost Wolf
One Button Lightning Shield + Weapon Buff
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=3 Lightning Shield(Rank X), Windfury Weapon(Rank X)
Mouseover Macros
#showtooltip Purge
/cast [target=mouseover] purge
#showtooltip lesser healing wave(rank x)
/cast [target=mouseover] lesser healing wave(rank x)
#showtooltip Earth Shock(Rank 1)
/stopcasting
/cast [target=mouseover] Earth Shock(Rank 1)
Addons recommended:
WeaponSwingTimer
ClassicCastBars
WeakAuras 2 / TellMeWhen
Shaman How Good, Shaman Guide, Gold, Dire Maul, Phase 2, Gold Grind, Epic Mount.

[@WillEmmo]

SHAMAN POWER!! TELL ME WHAT CLASS YOU WANT NEXT BELOW! Drop me a follow on Twitch I stream every day apart from Monday and Thurs 7pm - 10pm-ish CEST Getting close to 1k Followers! Lets make it happen! www.twitch.tv/wille_live

[@ryalin6992]

Paladin! FOR THE LIGHT!

[@TopHop100]

Priest please. love the videos!

[@Talon323]

I say warlock

[@theavocadoguitarist.1823]

Do rogue please.

[@ShakerGER]

Priest please!

[@farshm.7400]

2:40: The reason the Elemental talents that reduced casting time for Bolt and Chain were put near the end is probably because Blizzard did not want Ench or Resto to benefit from it. Otherwise, Ench rotation may in at least some cases involve spell casts, and Resto Shamans may have too many DPS options available to them. Blizz probably did not want this.

[@tomat8]

You can go ele/ench spec. Makes you have the 1 sec reduced cast time and a 2h at the same time.

[@WillEmmo]

It does make sense, just a bit wierd at first glance eh

[@sindriardal5283]

@@tomat8 its called elemental flurry :D

[@spooky_zen]

through healing I gain rage, through rage i gain grief, through grief i spend 50g respecing to ele, through ele my chains are broken;

[@emperorpalpatine6080]

Did you also add a macro on chain light , /yell unlimited pooooooweeer

[@LukasOnStonespine]

No matter what people say, the true way is enhancement for leveling, enhancement for raiding, enhancement for pvp and thats it.

[@panther6330]

Elemental is great at duels, look some videos up of elemental pvp

[@BadPojo]

I don't want to be optimal I wanna slap hoes.

[@WillEmmo]

Live your dreams

[@immie1709]

Ah I see you too are a man of good taste.

[@BadPojo]

So honored to have the video's author here ^_^

[@ragbrogaming]

PRIEST GO PRIEST!!!! Much love and support to you @WillE

[@gennadiyderevyanchenko3363]

Thanks for another interesting class overview. Imo "playing to your classes strengths" is the best overview series about classic, and there are a lot of them. As you mantioned, you should cover last hybrid in next video of this series. That would be awesome! I would like to hear about dozens of paladins builds. Like you can trully by hybrid with paladin, doing muliple roles at once.

[@RRR-wd3pl]

I'm really looking forward to see the next episode!

[@avargs3505]

Another solid and well thought out and insightful video.. You should choose the next one and alternate between fan favorites and what you'd like to do next

[@WillEmmo]

cheers!

[@user-cp2vg7gn1h]

Enh main here. Some info for people who are going for full enh: 1) DO NOT rely on kiting with 2h+EB totem. This method is rarely working, to say the least. Moreover, after Barrens you will encounter packs of mobs, which are very close to each other and you won't have enough space to do it (again, regardless of the fact, that this method is useless by itself); 2) Your 3 main rules for choosing weapons AND spells for pretty much non stop killing mobs via leveling: - fast 1h (but better with good dmg) +shield + WF (switch to RB if you are tanking in dungeons. And yeah, you can tank anything till Maraudon. Same applies to the mid speed 1h) - mid speed 1h + shield + RB (wf is much less consistant with slow speed) - 2h + WF for DPSing in dungeons; GEAR: forget about spirit (also about swapping it). It's just ineffective. Your stats prio are str-stam/agi-int-spirit. 3) be manaeffective and don't use Lighting Shield mindlessly on CD. Your way-to-go rotation for 1 mob the same lvl as you: 50% Autoattacks + 1LS + 1 searing totem + 1 mana totem + lvl 1 earthshock for interrupts (if needed). Heal your self with downranked lesser heal (don't spam it to full hp, it's mp inefficient). With the rare use of mp pots you will sit almost never. 3) Get 5 talents in shield block ASAP. If you look at another choice, where you spend 5 precious points on + 5% max mp...just 1th grade math and you will realize that its not enough for even casting 1 spell of a proper lvl. Shield, on the other hand, with stacked str will mitigate SO MUCH DAMAGE, believe me. Instead of going from full HP to half with killing 1 mob, you will go to 1/3 or even 1/4. 4) Think with your head. Test things that you read about. I spent 30 gold just to test other guides. If you have any questions about Enh shamy - feel free to contact me via Battletag Skjal. Cheers)

[@mariateresa1415]

Lightning shiels is basically the most manageable efficient dmg spell you have so yeah, you want that up a the time Except for that I think everything else is pretty spot on

[@user-cp2vg7gn1h]

@@mariateresa1415 you misunderstood my point. Why do you think LS is the most manaEFFECTIVE spell of enh? Because with a wise mana management you almost never run out of mana while doing consistant dps. And for 1 mob (survivability + mana saving wise) 1LS+MP totem+ searing totem is just far more superior then double LS/per mob. My words come from a long personal experience)

[@mariateresa1415]

@@user-cp2vg7gn1h it's simple math, it's dividing the average damage done by the spell by the mana cost, if you do that you will see that lighting shield does more damage per mana point than any shock

[@user-cp2vg7gn1h]

@@mariateresa1415 I didn't say anything about using shocks for dmg (only 1st lvl ES for interrupts) :). And it costs pretty much no mana. And I did math, my method worked for me)

[@mariateresa1415]

@@user-cp2vg7gn1h I think I kinda assumed you were using shocks tbh Well if you basically avoid using any spell then yeah I get your point

[@Mixwell1983]

I absolutely loved duel wield enhancement in tbc. Played rogue in vanilla and quit then came back tbc on horde. Dont even know why i rolled shaman, perhaps because i had came from alliance.. Sucked i ended as resto for arena so i basically shelved it and finished leveling and gearing my warrior.

[@simon7762]

Great series! Thanks for your good content

[@MrDangor23]

Totem timers is a great add on too!

[@ardentword508]

This series is awesome, looking forward to more mate!

[@WillEmmo]

Thanks!

[@TwoBaze]

playing to you class strengths; im enhancer, i wont heal you.

[@Macroman595]

This reminds me of my early days playing a dranei shaman and my human warrior. I'd enter a dungeon group then one player would say they're not the X role they joined for and then ask me to be tank or healer respectively when I was dps specced. I also recall one time I did Scarlet Monastery and a shaman was tanking, can't remember if we succeeded or fell apart mid way. Pretty sure we fell apart because that happened a lot in Magisters Terrace.

[@kevinkay9215]

10:44 he got killed by a human called lazyandgay😂

[@Giliver]

Paladin or mage please! I love these videos!

[@reval1989]

Every time I try to use that Lightning Shield macro I get the text "You aren't in a party" and my weapon enchant doesn't cast

[@Rohan_Trishan]

Good guide and overview. Enhancement Shaman is my fav spec/class in the game. I just love the playstyle.... even tho it doesn't really get good improvements or development until later xpacs like bc/wrat/cata. Shaman is technically a "offensive support" class and was the opposite of alliance "defensive support" paladins. If it were a duel between shaman vs pally, I think shaman wins cause of purge shocks totems. Purge is awesome and very useful vs most classes especially the casters.... they don't know what to do when they lose their absorb shields or important buffs... even stuff like pally wings can be purged. Totems like grounding and tremor can be very useful to counter spells/cc, and cleansing totems for the other annoying debuffs or slows. Shocks are great too.... frost shock for a good snare and earth shock is great for the interrupt..... a ranged interrupt on 6sec cd that does damage? Awesome. Helps alot in PVP and also in PVE for all the pesky caster mobs that stand in the back or for those healers. An ofcourse weapon imbues like WF can help alot with some bursty melee swings. The Shaman class has many strengths, but also some glaring weaknesses. Weak mobility (ghost wolf is decent if instant but doesn't get the minifreedom/antisnare effect until wrath or cata). Lack of defensives.... which really sucks and also only gets fixed in later xpacs with stuff like Sham Rage or Astral Shift. And then the lack of any good CC/stuns.... until we eventually get HEX and capacitor stun totem.... also the short lived Bind Elemental that only lasted for 2 xpacs before they removed it for some reason. There was the frost shock root talent too whcih was fun but that only lasted for 1-2 xpacs also.... but tthen ebind totem gave a root so I guess it worked out. OFcourse as one of the hybrid dps classes u had the hybrid tax, and gear was horrible itemized in vanilla and tier set bonuses sucked, but that is just how vanilla is. They got alot of much needed development and improvement to class design, abilities, talents, ect in BC and Wrath and onward thru cata and the rest. But still, Overall a great class, fun playstyle with some unique lore. I have always loved the avatar style master of elements archetypes. Their hybrid role works very well in classic and is great addition to any party or raid. You will help make any dungeon/raid run go smoother (esp if you take full advantage of purge, earthshock interrupt, and totems)..... and can be a force on the battlefield in BG's or arenas as a disruptor+support style class.

[@alikengi17]

Great vid!

[@Dioxane]

Sadly, the leeway mechanic has destroyed the earthbind 1:1 hits to about half as effective as it should be. To that effect I found that dagger and shield in deep enhancement was a lot smoother than the heavy hits of wf. The flurry and the fast dagger put attacks to 1.03 speed, and was getting a wf proc every few seconds keeping flurry up 100%

[@driiifter]

Elemental is good but you will struggle against the other ranged classes 1v1. Mages can force you into a defense, which is basically a mana drain on yourself and warlocks can 2 shot you while you struggle to use your interrupt and fear breaks on them, when you need the GCDs to deal damage. I choose enhance at the end of the day because you're versatile against everything. You can defend yourself against mages because you can deal damage and not be counter-spelled and you have a chance to blow up locks if they mess up CCs on you.

[@dalecollins2268]

Would love a warlock tutorial please

[@henrikh3089]

Finish the hybrids first; paladin next!

[@asladan7566]

Do warrior next!

[@patrickweidmann4626]

1 Year later. Ele is pretty good in Raids. In AQ40 Eles were above Hunters and Warlocks in dps.

[@MrArrgghh]

About damn time!

[@doneinnj]

NS ele/resto pvp Spec best way to go. U Can burst dps and heal. I go full glass cannon in BG’s.

[@DuskSorrow]

I would like to see warrior next plz and ty

[@PrivatePrinny]

Paladin next please! :D

[@h0tsex0r]

Vanilla talents were created by Kevin Jordan, after whom the Staff of Jordan is named. The man is a legend and a visionary.

[@WillEmmo]

Learn something new every day! I didnt know that cheers

[@nicklasg87]

Was he in d2 also ? Soj ( Stone of Jordan )

[@schwann145]

Lol, the true story of how many of the talent trees were last minute and full of bad decisions makes that "legend" status pretty questionable 🤣

[@grilledleeks6514]

​@schwann145 you smoke crack lol

[@GustavoNoronha]

Or Druid if you're doing a string search xD

[@jerrybaton766]

3:43 do these 55 elites really have 1,3k hp?

[@Lucy-dk5cz]

But is it any good?

[@draimondi21]

Priest or Mage please!

[@collingallardo5280]

lol @ 7min i know so many players shown from retrowow

[@Hexisu]

I was an enhance shaman in vanilla for raiding and easily kept up with other melee dps

[@LeCaptRage]

They were bad ,because there is no way you a constant dps ! Enhancement get oom so quick and most raids wont let u stormestrike.

[@Hexisu]

@@LeCaptRage No they definitely werent,there was just bad players. But this is just my experience

[@GamingChild]

@@LeCaptRage easy to not cast/downrank for clearcast procs so u don't oom. Ele have better dps but if ur not a reee reee enhancement can last longer. Stack spirit and auto attack and regenerate. Not losing much of ur dps but getting a lot of mana back

[@TrairFrair]

Bubble trouble, do the paladin!

[@Tomivee03]

Mage next?🙌

[@billietalley5891]

Please do Warrior next!

[@austinsmith6340]

Shampoo for men is the best youtube commercial ever js

[@wakofish]

Priest next pls

[@VileVamp]

Do hunter next. The bugs make it much more interesting.

[@ShakerGER]

DO PRIEST NEXT!

[@EreniorTV]

Make this for Warrior pls.

[@derekarnold3767]

Shaman tanking rules. The most fun tank in classic. Its a shame it isnt complete

[@kdubs9111]

Shamans are walking world buffs; every single melee with WF makes the shaman bring 400dps (4 melee in your group) No matter the gear or spec.

[@kadota6563]

Rogue next!

[@evan.elliott3175]

Warlock next pls

[@KorporateKotoo]

I'm still upset that the warlock in the intro is a gnome

[@horsthooden4600]

Gnomes are the best Warlocks. De-snare and 5% int dont lie bro, for the horde!

[@sindriardal5283]

I play enhancement shaman as my main char. And i am usually one of the 3 top dps. Yes it takes abit more prep with mana pots and all the stat pots. It is a rng spec so sometimes you get sick af Wf crits and sometimes im unlucky and stay somewhere above the middle of the dps chart but its the rng element that makes the spec fun to play. And with the right gear and prep and with a good guild you can easily beat a well geared warrior on the dps chart in most cases. (Especially when you cheat him out of his wf totem and throw down agi totem instead xD).

[@aranys5982]

Do Hunter next, please :P

[@laszloneumann500]

Enchancement shaman is viable in pvp, funnily enough the key is to not use windfury all the time vs any class. Its challenging to play, sure, but the shaman toolkit lets you outplay almost anyone

[@carlpowell0]

How about how to gain gold as shaman....

[@edwardtherhea6818]

Hunter next

[@jeffjacob5479]

Best class in game. Thrall is a shaman. #micdrop!

[@Bloodsoldr]

Attack: 3 stars have you seen elemental?

[@juliogonzalez7773]

movility 2 stars bruuuh do you even know ghost wolf? kill me lol

[@schoeii]

Warrior next please

[@ultimasurge]

Chaining far sight is possible.

[@GoblinLord]

Utility: Infinity Star

[@anticitizenjuan]

Paladin next pls

[@WarsunGames]

No. Windfury NEVER procced from itself. That was a misunderstanding of how Windfury works. They where counting Critical hits as Windfury strikes. This was due to mods. When Windfury would proc it would give 1 to 2 additional attacks. So there is 1 Hit then 2 Windfury attacks followed by an additional attacks because it resets attack. Resetting attacks is normal Same with rogues Warriors and other classes. It did not give additional attacks. That was incorrect.

[@joaopedro-un6tb]

Priest next plis

[@DestroDee]

Please do paladin nobody ever reviews paladin specifically gold making since it's so hard :-(

[@samsungtab8317]

Warlock!

[@boomerpaschall]

GG

[@tayseer1988]

Mage please

[@Matt-Blackburn]

Mage next

[@brandonowens9952]

Do Hunter!

[@ducklingswarm5457]

Paladin please pleaseeeeee

[@GustavoNoronha]

Drood!

[@brianoconnor4381]

hunter next

[@nofear7578]

Mana spring isnt mp5 its mp2 so its actually more than double the mp5 you said

[@nofear7578]

@gardakan936 but he said the mp2 number as mp5 without multiplying. You are inbred my guy

[@nofear7578]

@gardakan936 bruv how dense are you. He said mana spring gives 12 mp5 when its 12 mp2 you dimwit. How can it be this hard for you to understand

[@nofear7578]

@gardakan936 You started the insults here in the same comment where you made yourself look like an ass. I never said it wasnt simple. I just said he said the wrong number in the video. My god it amazes me that you know how to breath.

[@ViciousViscount]

My crippling depression next time please.

[@Giesus3]

I'm gonna be the best damn shaman player now!

[@OpPenguin24]

Warrior will probably be last won't it.

[@sekroz896]

Enhancement today, enhancement tomorrow, enhancement forever.

[@rook6591]

some serious copemium in that intro

[@JSeminole56]

Not sure why people try hiding in the bushes during Warsong that aren’t Rogues lol…we can see you

[@NoZignature]

A hybrid class that needs a hybrid build. Come on why does no one talk about ele/enha

[@BryanDenham]

Hunter soon pls

[@Jtgotthesauce]

addons are killing this game!

[@kobbehh]

I could not disagree more with mages being a tough fight for shamans. Elemental shammy hard counters mage in my expirience like you said grounding , shock , purge if you lose you got outplayed hard

[@WillEmmo]

I get what you are saying but polymorph out ranged shocks mages can just reset so easily

[@kobbehh]

@@WillEmmo Yea you've got a point let's just agree upon fuck mages

[@vegardkallhovd7580]

Paladin

[@elevatedredd1749]

earthbind kiting dont work. the enemies will still hit u

[@n0rfil99]

talking about shamans while playing the most meh race for shamans lol

[@Akeche]

Windfury DOES proc off of itself. Coming from someone that's been on the other end of that.

[@Icham96]

No it does not on classic wow.

[@fernybern]

When he puts attack as 3 stars.... like okay you casual

[@57tigey]

hunter

[@petarkarchev168]

Priest

[@arronesquire8105]

Hunter

[@Stray3d]

Is anyone else just upset over the use of “Classes” in the title and thumbnail when it should be “Class’ “? Cool vid though.

[@landespyrenees]

It should be classes' strengths if you have more than one class

[@Stray3d]

Janet Langman agreed yet he is doing one class at a time hence the singular. ANYWAYS grammar is fun.

[@landespyrenees]

I love grammar. And WillE!!

[@famedgaming1865]

says " Shamans have many problems with enhancement dps in raids". me " always in top 5 chart for dps done to all bosses with my enhancement shaman". These kind of videos make it harder for enhancement shamans to get into raid partys.

[@Happojee]

Just means everyone else is trash, still just play what you enjoy.

[@craftcix]

Same here. I'm playing enhancement, MC and ony clear. Resto shaman would be better. But it doesnt matter if you kill ragnaros with 30 or 40 man,so you can fill up the last spots with meme speccs

[@o0TraceuR0o]

But this class is africa only, why make a showcase about it?

[@leventeszaszko796]

When you say play to your classes strengts, you mean get improved WF totem, put it down and go watch netflix, right? Btw you should do warlock next since thats what you play

[@grabeck666]

And be cause of this type of thinking shamans have harder in life.

[@LS-wy4bk]

Yes cuz its not like shaman is the class with 45 abilities..

[@leventeszaszko796]

Chill guys, I just tried to be funny, I l know how hard shaman is since I play a shaman. It was just a joke

[@WarsunGames]

8:38 Dude. Put on defense gear and a Shield. Your embarrassing Shaman.

[@EmperorNergal]

Nothing about tanking. :(

[@ChildofC-53]

Blizzard ruined shaman and have been ever since classic.

[@freedom1856]

Most utility is HAND DOWN the paladin. Shaman is nice but nothing on pally sadly. Especially for raids and BGs.

[@carelesscribo3072]

Druid please.

[@akhsdenlew1861]

Wish horde had paladin and alliance had shamans... paladins are so much better... They are always healing and being insanly OP with their support in general while the shamans do nothing :(