| 1. Shamans are the only class who have the ability to | | | | or caster DPS; they can shock to interrupt spells, |
| call forth totems. The Shaman's totems are | | | | slow movements speeds, or add a DoT; and they |
| extremely useful in any situation, whether they need | | | | can put different types of weapon enchants on their |
| more spell damage, more armor or need a | | | | weapons. This gives them versatility for all aspects |
| movement restriction to get away from mobs. | | | | of the game. |
| Totems are probably the number one perk to playing | | | | 6. Shamans can resurrect others and reincarnate |
| a Shaman. | | | | themselves. Shamans are one of the few classes |
| 2. Shamans have three unique specializations. | | | | able to resurrect others and the only class able to |
| Shamans can be an adept healer, a melee DPS and a | | | | reincarnate themselves, other than a Warlock's |
| caster DPS. All three are very useful in group and raid | | | | Soulstone. This is very useful on raids because it |
| situations. For example, Restoration specialized | | | | gives them a second life if they die or a way to |
| Shamans have a powerful mana regeneration totem | | | | save a raid or group from running back after a wipe. |
| as well as a shield they can cast on the tank that will | | | | 7. Shamans get two ways to Hearth. They are the |
| proc heals when hit. The melee DPS specialized | | | | only class in the game to have this ability. Astral |
| Shamans can boost your other melee DPS by using | | | | Recall is on a 15 minute cool down and is the same |
| their Windfury totem. Lastly, the caster DPS | | | | function as a Hearth Stone. It also shares separate |
| specialized Shaman can boost your caster DPS by | | | | cooldowns from the Hearthstone. This obviously has |
| using a totem that increases spell damage and spell | | | | its bonuses. |
| critical strike rating. | | | | 8. Shamans have the ability to bring forth a high |
| 3. Shamans are also one of two classes that get a | | | | amount of burst damage. With Heroism or Bloodlust |
| travel form. They get Ghost Wolf at level 20, which | | | | and totems, Shamans can do a very high amount of |
| makes travelling and leveling at lower levels much | | | | damage over a short period of time, especially with |
| easier and faster. With talents, the cast time of | | | | lucky Windfury procs and lucky critical hits. |
| Ghost Wolf can be reduced to instant, making it | | | | 9. Shamans are great to have on raids. They increase |
| identical to Druid's travel form. | | | | DPS for other players, they bring a decent amount |
| 4. Shamans are quite durable. Priests and druids are | | | | of DPS themselves, they are a great utility healer, |
| stuck with cloth and leather armor and cannot use | | | | and they have the ability to resurrect and ankh. Also, |
| shields. This makes them incredibly vulnerable to | | | | their unique ability of Heroism or Bloodlust increases |
| physical attacks both in PvP or in PvE. Shamans are | | | | the haste on caster spells and melee hits. |
| able to use both mail armor and a shield, making | | | | 10. Shamans are great healers to use on raids. With |
| them almost as durable as paladins. | | | | their unique Chain Heal ability, they're able to heal |
| 5. Shamans have a wide arsenal of spells. From their | | | | multiple targets with one cast. They also bring a |
| totems, to weapon enchants, to shocks, Shamans | | | | great mana regeneration totem and a shield to place |
| have one of the biggest ability books in the game. | | | | on the tank. All of this makes Shamans an incredibly |
| They can use totems to increase healing, melee DPS, | | | | powerful utility healer on raids. |