Shaman · Healer
Shaman leveling guide (1–70)
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Overview
The Shaman is a Classic Anniversary class that can play healer, ranged DPS, melee DPS. It is B tier on our ladder: 12.1% of the top players, average rating 2318, average item level 138.
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Builds
Shaman · 3v3 Arena
When to use it
What the 28 top 3v3 Arena players we read are using. Average item level 138. Talent points 10/46/4.
3v3 arena build
28 top profilesAverage item level 138Enhancement 10 · Restoration 46 · Elemental 4Talent trees
Elemental
0
14%
11%
0/2
7.1%
3.6%
11%
0/5
11%
7.1%
7.1%
0/3
11%
11%
7.1%
3.6%
11%
11%
7.1%
11%
3.6%Enhancement
9
5/5
36%
2/2
0/5
2/2
3.6%
14%
0/1
21%
0/5
21%
0/2
0/1
0/3
0/3
0/5
0/3
0/1
0/1
0/5
0/1Restoration
52
25%
5/5
3.6%
1/3
5/5
3/3
5/5
1/1
3/3
5/5
5/5
11%
1/1
3/3
5/5
1/1
5/5
3/3
25%
1/1Gold, what most of the top players take (with its rank); the rest shows the share of players who take it.
Secondary stat split
- 1. Resilience 96%
- 2. Spirit 4%
Most socketed gems
- 189%Teardrop Living Ruby+18 Healing and +6 Spell Damage
- 186%Royal Nightseye+9 Healing +3 Spell Damage and +2 Mana every 5 seconds
- 118%Luminous Noble Topaz+9 Healing +3 Spell Damage and +4 Intellect
- 71%Mystic Lionseye+10 Resilience Rating
- 57%Royal Shadowsong Amethyst+11 Healing +4 Spell Damage and +2 Mana every 5 seconds
- 57%Insightful Earthstorm Diamond+12 Intellect & Chance to restore mana on spellcast
Gear by slot
Main hand
- Crystal Spire of Karaborilvl 151 · 25%
- Vengeful Gladiator's Salvationilvl 146 · 25%
- Lightfathom Scepterilvl 141 · 21%
✦ +81 Healing Spells and +27 Damage Spells (89%)
Off hand
- Vengeful Gladiator's Redoubtilvl 146 · 43%
- Merciless Gladiator's Redoubtilvl 136 · 25%
- Bastion of Lightilvl 141 · 14%
✦ +18 Stamina (50%)
Ranged / relic
- Merciless Gladiator's Totem of the Third Windilvl 136 · 36%
- Vengeful Gladiator's Totem of the Third Windilvl 146 · 18%
- Totem of Healing Rainsilvl 115 · 18%
Trinket
- Direbrew Hopsilvl 141 · 29%
Head
- Vengeful Gladiator's Ringmail Helmilvl 146 · 36%
- Skyshatter Helmetilvl 146 · 25%
- Merciless Gladiator's Ringmail Helmilvl 136 · 18%
✦ +35 Healing +12 Spell Damage and 7 Mana Per 5 sec. (79%)
Neck
- Vindicator's Pendant of Reprieveilvl 141 · 46%
- Vindicator's Pendant of Salvationilvl 141 · 25%
- Lord Sanguinar's Claimilvl 138 · 11%
Shoulders
- Vengeful Gladiator's Ringmail Spauldersilvl 146 · 39%
- Vengeful Gladiator's Mail Spauldersilvl 146 · 25%
- Cataclysm Shoulderguardsilvl 133 · 14%
✦ +33 Healing and +11 Spell Damage and +4 Mana Regen (75%)
Back
- Stainless Cloak of the Pure Heartedilvl 125 · 29%
- Shroud of the Final Standilvl 141 · 21%
- Sunshower Light Cloakilvl 138 · 18%
✦ +20 Spell Penetration (86%)
Chest
- Vengeful Gladiator's Ringmail Armorilvl 146 · 46%
- Cataclysm Chestguardilvl 133 · 25%
- Merciless Gladiator's Ringmail Armorilvl 136 · 14%
✦ +15 Resilience Rating (61%)
Wrists
- Living Earth Bindingsilvl 141 · 36%
- Vindicator's Ringmail Bracersilvl 141 · 29%
- Blackfathom Warbandsilvl 128 · 14%
✦ +30 Healing and +10 Spell Damage (82%)
Hands
- Vengeful Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntletsilvl 146 · 50%
- Vengeful Gladiator's Mail Gauntletsilvl 146 · 25%
- Worldstorm Gauntletsilvl 128 · 14%
✦ +35 Healing Spells and +12 Damage Spells (75%)
Waist
- Girdle of Fallen Starsilvl 128 · 39%
- Vindicator's Ringmail Girdleilvl 146 · 29%
- Naturalist's Preserving Cinchilvl 141 · 11%
Legs
- Sunhawk Leggingsilvl 138 · 32%
- Sun-touched Chain Leggingsilvl 141 · 21%
- Vengeful Gladiator's Ringmail Leggingsilvl 146 · 18%
✦ +66 Healing +22 Spell Damage and +20 Stamina (89%)
Feet
- Vindicator's Ringmail Sabatonsilvl 146 · 46%
- Tempest-Strider Bootsilvl 128 · 25%
- Orca-Hide Bootsilvl 128 · 11%
✦ Minor Speed and +9 Stamina (57%)
Ring
- Blessed Band of Karaborilvl 151 · 36%
- Band of the Eternal Restorerilvl 152 · 36%
- Vindicator's Band of Salvationilvl 141 · 32%
✦ +20 Healing and +7 Spell Damage (143%)
Abilities
- Totem of WrathSummons a Totem of Wrath with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the chance to hit and critically strike with spells by 3% for all party members within 30 yards. Lasts 2 min.
- Shamanistic RageReduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 30% of your attack power. Lasts 15 sec.
- Earth ShieldProtects the target with an earthen shield, giving a 30% chance of ignoring spell interruption when damaged and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for 150. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 6 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.
Strategy
1Spending your points
Average talent points: Enhancement 10 / Restoration 46 / Elemental 4.
- Tidal Focus (rank 5) — 100%
- Totemic Mastery (rank 1) — 100%
- Totemic Focus (rank 5) — 100%
- Nature's Swiftness (rank 1) — 96.4%
- Healing Grace (rank 3) — 96.4%
- Ancestral Healing (rank 1) — 92.9%
2While leveling
Pull one enemy at a time, eat and drink between fights and keep your weapon skill up: dying costs more time than resting.
- Spending all your mana at the start of a long fight.
- Pulling threat off the tank: in Classic, threat is slow to build and a dead damage dealer deals no damage.
Tips
- Learn the downranked versions of your heals: they cost less mana and heal enough outside the spikes.
- Spend your talent points in the order of this guide and only change the rows the content asks for.
- Hit rating comes first until you reach the cap for your content: missed spells and swings are wasted damage.
- Watch your tank's health bar, not the damage meter.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 2.5.6.
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