The Classic Armory #7 - Enhancement Shaman

We're already on episode 7! This time we're checking out the enhancement shaman and see what two handers and dagger + shield combos they can bag while getting from 1 to 60. Enjoy!

[@MrZarewna]

How fun. I've been thinking about making enhancement shaman next week when classic starts and I thought to myself "Hamsterwheel has made a video about this subject, I'm certain" and went to search from youtube with "Hamsterwheel enhancement shaman" and saw this literally uploaded 45mins ago :D

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

Haha youre welcome buddy!

[@nsg1911]

thank you so much for this video bro, i was having a bad time as i couldnt decide which class roll as my main in classic, now im 100% going enhancement shaman as i did back in the day, thank you so much!

[@joedarling5175]

Level as enhancement with a 1h n shield really helped me tank dungeons and kept me alive really well in pvp I loved it. I didn't go 2h until my late 40s when weapons had really good stats.

[@qzl9]

1 handed + shield is way better in this situation. there will be so much pvp i the start the shield will be our best friend :)

[@SuacoRV]

I also lvled a shaman till like lvl 50 once. 2H windfury is fun when it procs but not reliable. 2h rockbiter or 1h/shield windfury felt the best.

[@toxicitzi357]

Don't forget faster flurry procs too.

[@javierpet305]

Nothing better than a 2h wf proc on a gnome drinking water in the 30s

[@cosmicthanos4977]

great video loved the staff n 2h n dagger with shield part the most. So much info for each lv. I only with u showed your talent teee for 2h n dagger with shield.

[@gas5419]

No honorable mention of Hand of Edward the Odd? Great video!

[@stormd]

If you're a shaman and want to roll on Ravager in SM, remind the warrior that whenever it procs, he'll be locked in whatever stance he's in, and generate 0 rage for 9 seconds every time it procs. It's really cancer for warriors, and much, much better for Shaman.

[@Industrious420]

Why would you need to change stances? And secondly, it's not terrible if you've already got rage built up. Somebody sounds salty

[@stormd]

@@Industrious420 No, I play warrior, and I'd never take that axe, it's cancer. If you could control when it procced, maybe, but as it is, no.

[@Industrious420]

@@stormd it's not as bad as you're making it out to be. And if it's a huge damage upgrade who cares. You keep weapons for like 5 levels

[@kurtkrusader]

Ravager is god tier wtf you don't generate rage, but you don't use it either, which is even better. Great for between whirlwinds.

[@stormd]

God tier my ass, the thing is hot garbage.

[@mikehagan5938]

nice video. I plan to level an enhancement shaman as my main. I think its best to go 1h and shield from 1-20. Get 2H as your level 20 talent. level with 2H from 20-29. Then at 30 you get windfury and go back to 1h and shield. At least that's what I plan on doing. This will help enhancement shaman to heal, tank, and dps basically every dungeon up until BRD.

[@ferno9979]

That was super quick my guy thanks a lot

[@Auriel17]

Loved this video!

[@Atacas]

Hell yes enhance sham!!!

[@patrickb.8485]

Very helpful vid, thanks.

[@dardo1201]

At lvl 60 I originally combined a reg blue axe with a shield against warriors, and a lvl 60 2H blue axe against most others. After that I grinded AV for the UF and the IO + the blue axe

[@cosmicthanos4977]

I'm a Shaman n because of this video I used as my weapons encyclopedia I got (RAVAGE) from SM Armory. 😍 THANKS I'm using this video till LV 60.

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

You're welcome man!

[@KingMonkeyMon]

nice cant wait to watch this :D

[@g.fonseca6402]

Well 1h+shield is pretty much my elemental shaman weapons guide lol thanks

[@Wikidsik]

Good video was looking for something g like this. However I noticed you missed a potential weapon in scarlet monastery you didn't mention the 2h mace from mograine I think it was called migraines might. I remember having this back in vanilla.

[@jonathasjanjao1237]

Hamsterwhell you have the best channel of wow classic

[@simonlundh]

What about Frostadamus and Punkrat? ;O

[@jonathasjanjao1237]

@@simonlundh i never see this channel

[@yargotkd]

"Gahz'rilla Fang is no hard to get" KEK

[@user-oi5we6rb8y]

Thanks a lot. It is useful

[@antoninjanku3358]

500th like, well deserved!

[@theshaman415]

God I can't wait

[@clouds2589]

You and me both. Im having trouble sleeping with how close it is

[@GamingChild]

Feel like you'd rather the Chief's Enforcer from ZF than the Resurgance rod. That stun procs more than most other weapons with that stun, and very high damage windfuries since it's a slowboi

[@Kvothe1994]

no way, resurgence rod dps and speed (3.8) is superior to Mara drops (princess hammer and rotgrip axe), on top of that you get mp5 and hp regen.

[@hoffyc.h393]

I have the Dreadforage axe on my Enhance lvl 60 on Classic now :)

[@jsoska88]

Isnt Mograines might a good consideration?

[@psylou8xx30]

Great video hamster! If i had a pc i would roll a shammy as an alt. I assume you will be steaming a shitload aswell?

[@FtwSk8r]

Da Voodo is not in the game until Phase5

[@Kvothe1994]

You love daggers too much, you should put the hammer from mara that gives 50 mana back, and slow axe from ZF, ideal for stormstrike and orc.

[@Kvothe1994]

@NizzyNizerson for leveling speed doesnt matter, for tanking 5 mans faster is better (more consistent threat and changing targets) unless you use stormstrike, where you want slower weapon

[@brandonspengel5727]

Curious as to why you didnt include Illusionary Rod in there. Stats are great, and the dmg is WAY better than Loki's

[@theJakal137]

Arent warrior tanks going to want Ghazrilla's fang?

[@manimal9871]

Enhancement will always have a place in my heart, I hope on Classic they will be more viable in pve than on private servers....I been hearing Shamans were a bit under tuned only time will tell.

[@WickdGamr]

You must of looked at the wrong private servers. They are better on private.

[@candjnutrition2752]

Why not the mace from cathedral? It's a slow one hand windfury beast. Like it owns in pvp. Hits as hard as green 2 hangers with windfury.

[@Skippy2083]

No mention of the epic dagger that drops off of Princess in Mara? Forgot the name.

[@germmanator]

blade of eternal darkness?

[@Jackaroo.]

Rockbiter is usually better than WF in PvE. Melderon has a great video analyzing the math behind each weapon enhancement. Rockbiter is the best. WF is great in pvp due to potential burst rather than consistent damage.

[@loadnlock357]

Accept unless you are a tank rockbiter pulls too much agro.

[@andrewvader1955]

1 hander's is not but need to keep in mind with limited windfury procs. Should have guide when to switch to rockbiter vs windfury doing 2 hander's.

[@WickdGamr]

That's simple... Consistent dmg >rockbiter Rng > windfury. There is no when to use what. You either want one or the other.

[@phatymcdaddy]

I pretty much use RB when I'm not in a dungeon group

[@RyanNickelsPK]

Would you advise following the 1hand+shield segment if the goal is Enhancement tanking? I plan on tanking as enhancement shaman all through the leveling process. Or is it better to roll for warrior shields and stamina based axes/maces

[@ryuno2097]

Do you mean you want to tank in dungeons as a enhancement shaman? Leveling with 1h+shield is good as your survivability would be better, I've leveled a shaman to 60 using 2h weapons once I got the talent. Leveling using both weapon types are viable it just depends on what's your play style.

[@RyanNickelsPK]

@@ryuno2097 i will be tanking dungeons as i level yes.

[@ryuno2097]

@@RyanNickelsPK Lower level dungeon will be fine, but once you get to the higher level dungeons it's going to be harder because Shamans dont have a lot of armor mitigation to suck up the damage. Your only option to manage your threat is using Rockbite weapon, Earthshock and Stoneclaw Totem. I've personally never tried tanking as a Shaman in the higher level dungeons, who knows maybe you can pull it off the the right tanking gear. Best of luck and have fun. :D

[@RyanNickelsPK]

@@ryuno2097 from what Ive seen. Shamans can easily handle the threat required for tanking. With proper gear itemization, consumables, and enchants, they can tank any dungeon in the game, all the way up to molten core. I havent heard of a shaman main tank for the entirety Of molten core but I know they are capable of tanking at least a few bosses. Thats my goal. Balls to the wall as a shaman tank and main tank an entire MC run.

[@ryuno2097]

@@RyanNickelsPK Niceeeeeee! Do a video of you tanking a MC or any raids when you can. I'd like to watch it. :D

[@Silenced_by_nazi_youtube]

I've been elemental since classic came out. I like the burst but I'm always ooming. I recently got all Cath/Arm gear + Ravager. Should I go enhance now or should I continue as ele?

[@nickvansleet8189]

Definitely go enhance.

[@hvdiv17]

i love my classic 2hd enhancement shaman im pretty geared and the windfuries are great......if i wasnt playing 2hd enhenhancement in classic i wouldnt play classic wow at all. a little advice for 2hd enhancement get good 2hd weapons you damage comes from your weapon the gear from raids is minuet .i stopped at the unstoppable force range 8 4 piece [v[ set zg gear and black dragon scale shoulders with the crown of destruction..again if you play an enhancement shaman make sure you get the best 2hd weapon you can get.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Also at late 50s if you're very lucky and for whatever reason your tank or some other Melee DPS don't beat you to it there's always Ironfoe.

[@blalink6458]

You don't roll on ironfoe as shaman, if there's a warrior or rogue in your group and u roll on it u basically ninja that item

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@blalink6458 Well yeah the Warrior gets priority, arguably rogues too.

[@jamesbaggett3655]

Only if its a guild run, no one has a priority over an item you want in a pug unless it is agreed upon at the start. When a super rare drops unexpectedly I would only back off an item if its the tank or healer saying they need it for tanking or healing....fuck your off spec.

[@Kvothe1994]

@@blalink6458 it's BiS for shaman tanks, sorry. Rogues and warriors can always find other weapons too.

[@DIEGhostfish]

There's also Kang the decapitator, if you have a Warlock friend and are willing to risk getting caught in Duskwood there's actually a way to get very good droprates on a lot of 40+ BoE epics.

[@manimal9871]

DIEGhostfish that sounds interesting, do you mind elaborating?

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@manimal9871 Here's a hint: when leveling in Duskwood do NOT randomly AoE in Raven Hill.

[@soulcleric]

No mention of illusionary rod? I'm about to whoop some ass when I hit lvl 34 and can use it. 3.5 speed better top dmg then the corpse maker. And good stats

[@soulcleric]

Also I replaced crescent staff with sleepwalker rod from BFD

[@Maskedman167]

No mograines might? SM cathedral drop req lv 39

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

well ravager is just better.

[@melorate]

Impervious Giant is missing

[@Luce166LP]

My guild on lucifron pvp is in Search for a good enhancement shaman so if any Other German Happens to See this Video answer this Comment:) also Hamsterwheel thanks for the nice content from germany !

[@WoWMadCowKing]

It's good to see people actually considering offering a raid spot to us enhancers this time around :)

[@Luce166LP]

Dimitrios Xenakis of Course why Not if someone is dedicated

[@WoWMadCowKing]

@@Luce166LP there is still a stigma on the enhancement spec even to this day :( doesnt matter if you are dedicated and bring twice as much consumables and know how to properly totem twist (more int based gear and major focus on mp5 sacrifising even more dps) you still "sucked balls" because you chose to spec enhance.

[@benjijagermeister2956]

Wie oft in der Woche werdet ihr raiden?

[@Luce166LP]

Benji Jägermeister hiho wir raiden 3 mal die Woche mi fr und so jeweils 19-22 Uhr

[@budycelyn]

personally i prefer the 1h and shield shaman

[@lisavauhti7675]

If the earthbind kiting works, then 2 handed weapon is superior and also if it's true that 1 strength is 2 attack power, the 2 hander is a must. Enhance is definitely better dps spec than mages and warlocks in molten core phase. After that get ready for bench.

[@MrDanielWP]

Rofl. A Frostbolt every 2.5 seconds, at ave base dmg of 535+spellpower+6% (with +100% crit dmg) is going to out-dps an Enhancement Shaman substancially. And, Curse of Elements really improves Mage DPS. A good raid leader will maximize Mage DPS. The entire Enhancement build is proccing Windfury and Flurry. Windfury will help Warriors stay #1 on the meter, but it won't make a shaman do 350+ DPS for an entire raid.

[@phatymcdaddy]

Mage and locks have ways to get mana back quickly, enhance has a potion every 2 min. You will do good dps for 10-20 seconds then be SOL for 2 min

[@robertdeniro4017]

What a bullshit

[@EpictheEpicest]

1h/shield is better for leveling because enhancement shamans are viable tanks. It's good for the faster dungeon queues and you will have less competition for the shield drops.

[@PinePizza]

So better spec into better blocking?

[@WickdGamr]

@@PinePizza it's more useful than the mana talent early on. If you'd like the option to tank or want more survival against warriors, rogues, feral druids and paladins then 1h and shield is a decent choice. I've done a few dungeons with a fellow enhance. I had 2h and they had 1h. We were neck and neck most of the time (unless I crit) because where he lacked as much melee his weapon buff more than made up for it.

[@dageris9639]

So what is more important for enh shaman, Agi or Str?

[@BrunoSenra]

Strength is what fuels your dmg in vanilla (same for feral druids)

[@dageris9639]

@@BrunoSenra Ok, thanks

[@WickdGamr]

@@BrunoSenra for tank ferals yes. You want agil for cat.

[@BrunoSenra]

@@WickdGamr I thought it was half the ap for agi than str, no? Hmmm

[@WickdGamr]

@@BrunoSenra they are the same as rogues. Besides the fact that weapon DPS doesn't matter.

[@okaysobasicallyiamchase9139]

I cry every night because everyone i know is alliance so i cant play shaman 😭 someone hold me please

[@WickdGamr]

Yeah all my friends are alliance. I was miserable trying to level a few things on Ally. I started leveling a shaman and feel sooooo much better

[@abarbar06]

I don’t get how slow attack speed is beneficial for enhance... you’re just more likely to overkill. Faster attack speed means more chances to crit and proc flurry, and it’s always 20% for wind fury proc anyway

[@Kvothe1994]

slow attack is important, but what really matters is one hit dmg on a weapon, because stormstrike is just an instant attack (if you use a fast dagger you will hit for 50dmg, if you use a slow axe maybe 250 for the same mana spent)

[@Dantehhhhh]

It’s just because of Stormstrike. If it weren’t for Stormstrike, fast 2-handers are actually better due to more Flurry uptime. But SS is key in an Enhance’s rotation.

[@Finnmitten]

As much as I love 1h shield combo i think it was defcamp who tested damage of different weapon enchantment with different weapon speed on the beta. Apparently flametongue was worst than frostbrand and 100% of the time no matter what the speed.of the weapon was, Rockbiter was always superior.

[@MrDanielWP]

I don't understand what your love for 1h+shield has to do with rockbiter being better, no matter what speed of weapon.

[@Finnmitten]

@@MrDanielWP because I wish it was true. I wish 1hander flametongue would be the meta like it was on all private servers but in his video advanced shaman guide part2 he shows how Rockbiter outperforms all others in every situation

[@MrDanielWP]

@@Finnmitten - That doesn't really provide insight a out what Rockbiter has to do with using a shield.

[@WickdGamr]

@@MrDanielWP because it's about 1h.. not the shield.

[@MrDanielWP]

@@WickdGamr no, he made two statements that have no relationship to eachother. He just doesn't want to admit it.

[@trooperz137]

rip u didn't do any ally vids

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

I got horde priest lined up next and after that its going to be all alliance

[@trooperz137]

@@HamsterWheelGaming wicked

[@DIEGhostfish]

Wait you did ranged weapons for the other classes, shouldn't you do Relics for Shaman and Druids?

[@Audon4150]

*facepalm*

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@Audon4150 I'm mainly joking, there's so few relics It's silly to even include them.

[@WickdGamr]

@@DIEGhostfish I really wish there was a ranged weapon options for shaman and druids...

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@WickdGamr A pure statstick would definitely be better than most relics, and provide something for Shaman when they're OOM from bursting.

[@jeffjacob5479]

Not a single mention of a 1 handed mace.

[@virulentskills225]

for leveling its slow 2h with rockbiter or fast 1h with shield. Everything else is suboptimal

[@AdJacMusic]

ravager doesn't procs WF! :'( the proc counts as a special attack not a melee

[@HamsterWheelGaming]

is that true for classic wow? cause on my own server which is based on the 1.12 core I could proc it no problem

[@TheHahanicevideo]

Hamsterwheel I’ve never had it proc windfury during the spin, it does however proc frostbrand which is laughably retarded. I did a shitton of SM arms and SM cath runs, windfury is by far the worst option for ravager since the damage output with rockbiter or frostbrand while spinning is insane.

[@gerrieherwijnen1088]

To al enh shamans follow Holderhek !!

[@arttu7354]

And with my luck i Will get none of these

[@DIEGhostfish]

10:06 What the fuck is a Samophlange?

[@codyray3344]

any warrior that competes with an enhancement shaman for corps maker is just an inconsiderate a-hole. you literally get your whirlwind weapon in 1 more level and besides the final part of the chain it is not to difficult to complete and farm all the mats yourself under lv 35.

[@Kvothe1994]

it's okay, you can always get illusionary rod from SM lib, it's dps is wasted on casters :p

[@mateuszbok4466]

I've never played vanilla and seeing Enh Shaman without dual wield feels so wrong, hah.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

worst spec in vanilla

[@ProstoTelo]

All you have to know about Enhancement Shaman - it's a piece of a crap.