You should also look to run a spec like this https://classic.wowhead.com/talent-calc/shaman/-5005202105023151-05005351 and be an actual hybrid with a set of gear for spamming Chain Heal on fights or nights you guys are short healers or there is big raid damage.
For weapons you're pretty much done in Phase 1. You get your Nightfall from the guild ASAP and then you just wait for Hand of Rag, but even when you get Hand of Rag you can't use it in PvE, only PvP.
Also be sure and roll Orc for axe spec.
Also the top DPS for phase 1 Horde will be a 2h Fury warrior with OEB and Edgemsters.
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Accepting Enha shamy in raids cuz they have totems is like accepting a kid with a ball to a soccer game just cuz he brought the ball, it was always a kid that does not know to play.
- If raids have 5+ resto shamans, and 40+ good players, enhancement will not be in the setup
- If raids have a lot of very good melee, and lack shamans, they will bring suboptimal melee to boost overall dps, and ignore his numbers
The problem here is that most players who rolled shamans in vanilla rolled it without intention to heal, and without a healing mindset. Some of them didnt even think about the endgame, but just rolled it, got in love with how powerful class is in open world. Since most dungeons are based on Magic damage, it is perfectly fine that the group brought shaman AND a priest. What happens, in the end, is that shaman is completely unaware of what is going on around him, not dropping a single heal even in dire situations. Those players will not enjoy endgame. Guilds will recruit over time more shamans with a healing mindset, and slowly ignore those that want to dps, or advise them to reroll some pure dps class.
There should be a shaman guide starting with:
- Shaman is one of THE MOST POWERFUL HEALERS in the endgame
- Shaman levels as melee, raids as resto, and endgame PVP is in hybrid Ele/Resto range, so if you want to enjoy all aspects of the game roll one, but be ready to adapt to different needs.
- While Alliance early buffs are amazing, WF totem scales with every single melee dps upgrade
- While Alliance early buffs are amazing, Shaman totem trivialize some of the endgame mechanics on heavy poison fights
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