SHAMAN in Burning Crusade Classic: Is It Any Better Now?

[@tailez606]

Timestamps! I used to play Shaman back in TBC - super fun! 0:00 Intro 0:51 Shaman Overview 2:28 What's New? 6:08 Leveling 6:58 PVE - Overview 7:26 PVE - Enhancement 9:21 PVE - Elemental 10:48 PVE - Restoration 11:56 PVP - Overview 12:36 PVP - Elemental 13:49 PVP - Enhancement 14:45 PVP - Restoration 16:39 Tier Gear 18:43 Conclusion

[@WillEmmo]

man i should really do these - thanks for this!

[@athanasiosdemertzis8847]

@@WillEmmo Can't you just do it on the KZbin bar though? I understand it adds time in post-editing but it seems "cleaner"? Either way, I watched it from start to finish.

[@WillEmmo]

​@@athanasiosdemertzis8847 you can yep, I guess the video is more aimed at an overview of the class though so i'd hope people would want to watch the majority of the points!

[@tailez606]

@@WillEmmo Cheers for the pin and heart! I watched the whole thing as well, but I figured time stamps would be nice for easy future reference. Books have a convenient table of contents as well, even if many are meant to be read back to back. As for editing, feel free to paste my comment in your description - I think it should generate the markings on the player automatically. I try to make a timestamp comment asap for each of the Is it any better videos.

[@Cooldito1111]

@@WillEmmo Even when I watch the whole video I appreciate the 'chapters' in case I have to take a break or want to come back later. Plus they just seem next-level and your content deserves them!

[@rainerzufall5916]

I recommend to set all ur RGBs to a dark blue when playing as an elemantal shaman. This will increase your spellpower by 30%

[@messdpmessdp2192]

The draenai shaman lore is actually very cool. Every shaman trainer is "broken" because they are all veterans of the major battles in outland. They were all paladins, and the orcs basically counterspelled them, but permanently, so they can never cast holy spells again. After months or years of not being able to cast spells, they started to go crazy, and their bodies degenerated, many becoming "lost ones", which are common in outland but also appear near the dark portal even vanilla/classic wow. But finally, the elements noticed them and basically said "look bro I know you want to cast flash of light and seal of command but what about chain heal and windfury instead??"

[@marcusswedo5217]

Tier 4 2 set bonuses are actually really good. The buff to totems is party wide, so its +60 str, +100 spell dmg, and 38 mp5

[@Sakkura1]

And the tier 5 bonuses are worse than stated. Enhancement shamans getting a faster heal proc is useless in raids, as is elementals getting a cheaper heal proc.

[@Petter1900]

True. T4 shoulders and chest is bis for the first phase to that end.

[@WillEmmo]

oh its party wide? I totally missed that.. very strong in that case!

[@_keerp]

5v5 arena: is for fun blizzard: D E L E T

[@bangovic]

I remember being one of a few elemental shamans on the server back in TBC getting mad burst dmg with my T6 up to a point poeple thought something is broken with their meters. Been such an amazing time of my life, will relieve it hopefully this year again. (Quit WoW after TBC, so really hyped to go back)

[@Stef-an]

My mind was set on shaman before this video. Nothing has changed after the video :) I love shaman and pala in older expansions :)

[@bonomagno4]

Shaman is my favourite class in the game. Too bad alliance couldn't play it on classic, now that its TBC time, imma go enhance.

[@colinhobbs7265]

The tier 4 2set bonuses all apply to your entire group, making all of them actually be quite good. (Although the ele bonus is still clearly the best.)

[@Stutzi152]

Just what I wanted to write as well, 70 strength and 35 mp5 is really good

[@TABandiTA]

17:04 thats 3 mana per 2 sec. So about 8mp5 for the whole group.

[@Chopah94]

Found 2 WillE Gnomes in the intro, we have one next to the water elemental popping out front the lil spire and 1 hidden in the clouds of nagrand being a weather chad

[@WillEmmo]

Glitch in the gnome Matrix

[@C.JL1090]

respect for using footage of muspk, legendary enhancement shaman.

[@muSPKwow]

[@Rohan_Trishan]

BC was a good start to upgrade the Shaman talents and toolkit but Wtolk really helped finish fleshing out shaman as an all around better designed class.... in pve but esp pvp related, they got the instant heal with riptide for resto, elem got lava burst crits plus chance to proc instant lvb, and enhance got some extra melee abilities like lava lash and feral spirits plus maelsrotm weapon instnat LB or heals. Shaman also finally get a CC with HEX, which was much needed. Still not great on the defensives tho. But BC was a good upgrade from vanilla and they did get some major improvements..... BC is when I started to main Enhancement Shaman and I still love the class and playstyle.

[@spiritedjourney5447]

I wanna go back to where I started my journey on my sham still playing it in current now and still loving resto

[@SvenS2]

I love Shamans. Chain Heal is my favorite spell in the game!

[@frogs3384]

this THE one i been waiting on

[@WillEmmo]

hope i did good!

[@frogs3384]

@@WillEmmo you always do bro!

[@BigHeadClan]

Ele 100% scales in late game Content, they are probably only behind warlocks in terms of caster dps. Don't sleep on the spell haste and Crit combo in BT and Sunwell.

[@revilomoore]

Love your videos WillE - they get me so excited to play the game again and everytime you upload I know it's gonna be a good watch! So excited for TBC even though I still haven't hit 60 on Classic!

[@Thornbeard]

I was a Draenei Resto Shaman for all of BC, cleared Sunwell then pretty much changed mains for Wraith because I loved DK's. I have fond memories of this time in the game with our raid group. Killing M'uru for the first time was amazing, good times.

[@ManoloRibera070]

shaman for me was the best part of playing wotlk imo, you had riptide, lavaburst. Wolves. although TBC was the best era

[@Hifcrea]

A reasonable switch off. The DK was just so dam amazing and fun to play

[@recklez8131]

I started playing in TBC all those years ago. I didnt really play classic much. I leveled to 40 or so and stopped playing. But when TBC comes out I will make my Draenei Enhancemeng Shaman and relive the old memories of raiding black temple and sunwell :D

[@TheMetalGuitar360]

It's 3 mp2, not 3 mp5 on the resto T4 set bonus. It's actually pretty decent since you get it for free when gearing for BiS

[@ZGTGaming]

I love the b-roll struggle, only have a few zones to cycle through in this expansion tough to keep it interesting

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

A little WillE from the clouds, my man! Always love to see a new video as well.

[@Davivd2]

It's going to be interesting to see how enhancement threat works out. The game is using the Legion client, but I remember back in the day that there was a multiplicative threat effect with shaman totems and with windfury proccing enhance would be cruising along and then BAM...aggro. I really hope that the totems don't generate threat the way that that they used to. Enhance shamans are going to be in for a lot of pain if the threat is exactly like it used to be in TBC.

[@eyeofhorus1301]

So you're hoping enhance shamans do not work exactly the way they did in real TBC? Struggling to understand your point, what do you mean by game using Legion client does that have some kind of effect?

[@thomaswilliams1533]

Loving this series, Wille! Thoroughly enjoyed watching you grow and better your channel over the past year, keep it up!

[@Quitarstudent]

tbc is the peak expansion for me, no soft resets, no too many dailies, all classes seems to be fun and still have their key abilities/strengths, raids are still just one lock outs, not that 1025hc shit clearing same raid 4x a week with 1 char etc

[@Keep_Feeding_Me]

Have you been playing TBC since you watched the video? If so, do you like it still?

[@Quitarstudent]

@@Keep_Feeding_Me yes, its awesome though i dont like paid boosts and bots, now the game is in sweet spot for me, where i can focus on alts

[@delirium1326]

Ele shaman in tbc was the most fun I've ever had in wow. Just completely blowing someone up with a chain lightning crit in alterac valley was so satisfying 😜

[@chadmtemple]

Preach

[@chrisbreen6484]

You can do that in Classic better than in tbc. In tbc resilience becomes a thing so you can’t one shot people so easy.

[@Turtlemilk]

@@chrisbreen6484 facts.

[@delirium1326]

@@chrisbreen6484 yeah but it was much easier to gear an ele shaman in tbc with arena items

[@bmcginnis6543]

During SWP, I used to help my guild with recruiting. I spent hours searching the boards for shamans. It was non-stop.

[@gishathosaurus6828]

This, this is fucking noise that defines WoW 4:50

[@ScudX]

As a Shaman Assassin all Classic long, Yes - except for Elemental PVP. :(

[@Xamanez]

I would add this video had a serious lack of horde footage. Blue monkey shaman = fake shaman.

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

he didn't even mention that the master race is orc by long shot. bloodfury being buffed, hardiness, axe spec. just so much better than anything the other races have to offer.

[@AbandonSafety]

"I read the lore for this you know."

[@WillEmmo]

hey i didn't say i read it well

[@namelessnpc6689]

The one I was waiting for. Thank you!

[@Rasorrowful]

Found WilllE! Sneaky sneaky :D 0:33 hidden in the clouds.

[@findorbed]

There is another one at 0:23 on the right

[@muSPKwow]

I'M ON TV AGAIN!

[@herrmannnachnahme9456]

"You might wonder why I bring up 5s ..." Flashbacks of multiboxed elementals sending instant chainlightning and shocks intensify.

[@whiteCDN]

"So the chance you'll actually be able to play the game is much higher" 😂

[@WillEmmo]

feels bad as enhance raiding with stormstrike and flame shock sitting there afk

[@whiteCDN]

Your satire commentary is the best. Keep up the awesomely entertaining videos!

[@chrisbreen6484]

‘This is why everyone wants a shaman, this noise right here...’ Advert starts. Poor form Willy.

[@WillEmmo]

youtube algorthim giveth, youtube algorthim taketh away

[@CLOSEETV]

Warrior next plz ? :D Amazing video as always

[@laycedjayce7952]

You explained everything so well and short to the point. Great informational content

[@ympkilla]

I think the title should be "shamans: is there anything better now?"

[@JustaSmilingHedgehog]

Yes, lock, druid and paladin.

[@Drain_Life_Archive]

Good title because shaman will be top pick for raid slots. A raid will never have too many totems or bloodlusts.

[@ryanmartin674]

Mixed up bloodlust and heroism

[@Sqied]

@@JustaSmilingHedgehog don't forget huntards

[@joshuaroe1402]

@@JustaSmilingHedgehog I will give you lock maybe but paladin and druids won't be getting stacked anything like shamans will.

[@petreaandrei8636]

Haha 0:22 the gnome in the right side XD

[@masonjones8527]

Perfect tinting! I've just begun gearing up my Shaman!

[@masonjones8527]

*timing

[@carlos31389]

Had fun being the only ele in our guild raid group. Hopefully it will stay the same in TBC

[@shabbytub7378]

Don’t forget us chad warriors ... I noticed 2 shaman videos but no warrior videos this make me el sad

[@ems6706]

I played a Pally Dwarf my first time through TBC, and I really wanna play a Troll Shaman in TBC classic just to complete the circle.

[@heheWoWrules12]

I fucking loved my dwarf shaman in Cataclysm, lava burst was just a monster. I know this is a TBC video, just nostalgia things. Defo be rollin' a shaman in TBC when i get on it

[@s0niku4ia]

Hi. I just found your Vid. I'm going to play an Ele Shaman now. Thanks so much for everything.

[@ben6325]

Perfect timing with the beta ^^

[@LittleRedRubberDuck]

Very good quick lore guide at the start 🤭👌

[@darraghwalsh8534]

I remember playing one of my first arenas as priest against a team called warpalhero. They just run it down hero, avenging wrath. That was a quick lesson.

[@ModeKaioken]

What if 5s PvP takes off as the "new thing" some people are looking for in PvP..

[@bert3064]

Looking forward to shadow priest!

[@joedarling5175]

Elemental is a solid lvling at 60+ so many good greens from the first few quests.

[@TBeare]

The intro has me so hype for launch of BCC. Vanilla was awesome but BCC is gonna be so much fun.

[@schinkenwurst05]

lust is just insane probably the most busted spell they've added for raiding in tbc

[@Drain_Life_Archive]

Indeed it is, and that's why they put in a debuff to stop it from stacking after BC. But this wasn't in BC, so here, 5 shamans literally means you can have 5 bloodlusts.

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

Haste is added in BC, but you dont get to gem/items with it until T6. Bloodlust/Hero benefits there for everyone.

[@PaperiLiidokki]

Man, really struggling weather to keep going with a level 60 druid or switch for Shaman or Paladin and start from scratch, originally picked druid because it seemed fun and had never played one in vanilla, versatile (was thinking BC in future), has skip content button (stealth), good solo leveling but then again, just something in the class just doesn't quite feel ''mine'' so to speak

[@bradentrimble2092]

Can't wait! Bringing my ele raid sham from classic to the tbc servers.

[@1un4cy]

I once tanked a lv65 normal dungeon my lv70 shaman. Was like mana tombs or something. No raid gear, was an alt.

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

they are more capable than you think with the right investment. even now. i got a buddy who plays enhancement shaman tank in classic, and while he can't exactly main tank, offtanking in AQ40 and BWL is something he is very much capable of. dunno if he would be able to do it in nax, leadership of old guild never wanted to let him try.

[@Kiobao]

Been looking forward to this video. Tough choice ahead for me. One thing I've been wondering was how / if spell batching was going to effect Ele shaman. Loved my hunter in Tbc, skipped out playing it in classic to try something different, but tbc hunter was great, so hard time choosing between ele, druid, and hunter. Felt like I missed out on shaman in TBC but leveling a shaman during TBC launch sounded tough, now we got prepatch so I'm considering it.

[@dairallan]

The thing people always miss about Enhancement in TBC is that you are actually a top dps class at this stage, you don't need to wait for Wrath to top the meters. It just didn't always show because of shorter fights in instances and needing to twist. Any extended fight where other dps classes are not being externally fed mana, Enhancement will push towards the top of the meter the longer the fight. Now obviously, if you're somehow stuck twisting because your the second ENH then you won't be competitive but in the Hunter group without the need to twist, you will approach the top of the meter the longer the fight goes.

[@eddiebarton7217]

Excellent video. You've got me excited to play shaman

[@ArenaHealer]

I bought nearly every blue quality shaman gear off the AH from 1 to 60 and going to relist during pre-patch when people are leveling. demand for gear will be so high.

[@mugenshinryu]

This is the reason I'm going to reroll a shaman > Enh

[@roncadwallader6410]

T4 set bonus for Enhancement and Elemental are better than you think. They are personally a little underwhelming but in a full raid group the are much more impactful. Think of it as 60 Strength or 100 Spell Power

[@oskarmeier9850]

Bro I have to say, that was one of the funniest "overviews" I've ever seen in a video. "Second most obvious choice; have a race of space goats crash their spaceship into Azeroth."

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

As someone that mained Shaman (rerolled in BC), yes they are really gud. All specs are viable and any raid will want 4-5 of them. Not to mention Bloodlust/Heroism with no debuff.Definitely not broken. As Ele you can get 12% hit chance (3% extra in early Resto tree) and Ench get 9%. So gearing is not hard compared to other classes.

[@kripes8]

Great vid, ele shaman will be just fine in arena as long as you play a good comp. Any shaman with a brain will do fine, mages/locks are still able to cast especially if you healer also knows how to play.

[@gringgles2633]

lol fury warrior saltmines open in tbc, they are now just there to give enhance battle shout.

[@andycarr3711]

Essential watch as always, good job dude. Did you get Tbc beta?.

[@brandonjoncas1582]

actu7ally show said class leveling not just screenshots of them show the numbers they hit or just them doing tbc zones and questing with the moves in their bars showing

[@1999evo]

Priest next!!!

[@cristhianmlr]

Thanks for pointing out the utter nonsense that was adding draenei instead of dwarves as shamans! On my Alliance realm, the first thing I did after making a worgen, was precisely making a dwarf shaman back in Cata.

[@ryantwomey3463]

the thing you didn't touch on thats 12 strength to totems so thats an extra 12 strength to all party members so 12 strengthx5=60 extra strength provided total

[@FAILoZOFF]

2:41 its only wrong cause you are used to pink-pala blue-shammy, imo it should be red-shammy, and blue for palliies, mage- pink(arcane)

[@webapple1]

erm as a hunter my memory of ehance shammy , dont even bother , frost shock , smack smack animation , dead.

[@jonathanhines7733]

fresh TBC hype

[@littledoseTM]

This noise right here....and the advertise started :D

[@CocorumbaWins]

Commenting for algorithm... but also, when are we getting the warrior edition? Great vid as always WIllE

[@carsonwilson4542]

I am so hyped to play enhancement again in BC.

[@thedootlord]

Gnome in the fire in the intro

[@CautionCU]

Sounds sweet!

[@Tronder_91]

making a warrior in Burning Crusade Classic video?=)

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

also, i'm fairly sure you don't count as a beast in ghost wolf. unless they fixed that.

[@chrisbreen6484]

I think 5v5 would’ve been much better if there was specific 5v5 arena maps instead of stuffing 10 people into a small arena.

[@carstenhellmuth2459]

V

[@jbshbsskskhbs6713]

Missed the point with some of the tier set bonuses, they are party wide, so try thinking of them as 5x

[@roflcoptorz1331]

Can't wait for my enhancement space goat!

[@theRavePants]

So we're obviously going for no changes this time around, or at least changes up until the latest patch of that expansion. However, I think it would be wise for Blizzard, and better for players hardcore or otherwise, to look at adding exhaustion/sated debuff and making heroism/bloodlust raid-wide. It's what a lot of people will be used to as well as helping the min/max hardcore players have more manageable numbers. Not to mention I think a bit easier to deal with as far as balancing goes from blizzards perspective.

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

you trying to rob shamans of their raid spots? because that's how you rob shamans of their raid spot.

[@theRavePants]

@@ZugzugZugzugson exhaustion/sated was added in the very next expansion. Also, min/max.

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

@@theRavePants yeah i know. they should only have done that with drums.

[@spooky_zen]

people are so good nowadays in pvp that i think the meta will change i think were gonna see alot more restro at the top

[@IRumburakI]

Stunherald enters the room: "I am about to start this mans whole career."

[@SoulLessOne666]

@:34 gnome

[@ramza675]

Hold on WillE I know what this videos really about. You trying to get me interested in space goats.

[@supanami2603]

Enhance shaman back in TBC was way OP ... loved it tho

[@GrimJRS]

Weren't humans some of the first shamans? According to the lore anyway.

[@Casualkev_91]

Bring up dat Priests 😍 love your videos! Big up man! Massif probs from Germany 🤙🏼

[@athanasiosdemertzis8847]

Quick Questions here. - The Sated debuff was added in Wrath, right? - With the devs saying that they are looking into #somechanges will the tweak in Drums affect BloodLust/Heroism as well? - I mean they could just keep both of these effects unchanged and just add Tinnitus(spelling?) debuff for Drums and Sated debuff for BL/Hero, right?

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

don't give blizzard ideas.

[@AzuraiAeon]

Oh baby. Let's gooooo

[@Velimirius]

cant wait to roll my drae shamy

[@Drprophetius]

7:54 Actually, tanking with shaman is even easier/better in TBC so you will see more of it.

[@masonjones8527]

How so? In order to be able to parry they need to get the talent which also reduces their threat by around 40% I think.

[@sparkoceanic]

Female draenei's swing their hips and shoulders so drastically when they walk lol. I never liked the race too much on release, but the male and female draenei models grew on me over the years.