| Starting new toons is never fun, but hopefully this | | | | XP is too valuable to waste! |
| shaman leveling guide and its shaman leveling spec will | | | | Use a good questing guide! |
| make leveling this particular character a bit less | | | | At later levels you won't need it, but early on keep a |
| difficult. | | | | good supply of Food and Drink. |
| Shaman has a wide variety of options available, and | | | | On to the shaman leveling guide specific tips: |
| can pretty much do everything well, tanking being | | | | Don't bother with totems when leveling unless you |
| the notable exception. For the purposes of leveling, | | | | are fighting a very strong mob or accidently pull a lot |
| though, there's really only one choice; Enhancement. | | | | at once; they aren't worth the mana or the time it |
| The basic Enhancement Shaman Leveling Spec is as | | | | takes to pull mobs to them. |
| follows: | | | | Use your cooldowns often; pulling a lot of mobs and |
| Ancestral Knowledge - Rank 5/5 | | | | letting loose with Spirit Wolves is a great way to |
| Thundering Strikes - Rank 5/5 | | | | speed up the leveling process. The same goes for |
| Improved Ghost Wolf - Rank 2/2 | | | | using Shamanistic Fury for mana and the like. |
| Elemental Weapons - Rank 3/3 | | | | Learn to kite! If things go bad, kiting a mob with |
| Shamanistic Focus - Rank 1/1 | | | | Frost Shock can let you whittle it down until it dies or |
| Flurry - Rank 5/5 | | | | you get a cooldown back up. |
| Spirit Weapons - Rank 1/1 | | | | Go for Hit Rating, Strength, Attack power, and |
| Mental Dexterity - Rank 3/3 | | | | eventually Int over other stats! Stamina isn't useless, |
| Unleashed Rage - Rank 3/3 | | | | but it's nowhere near as good as the others, since if |
| Weapon Mastery - Rank 3/3 | | | | you kill quicker you get hit less and things end up the |
| Dual Wield Specialization - Rank 3/3 | | | | same, but taking longer. |
| Dual Wield - Rank 1/1 | | | | Go for big, slow weapons, and use double Windfury |
| Stormstrike - Rank 1/1 | | | | while leveling; things get a bit more nuanced at level |
| Static Shock - Rank 3/3 | | | | eighty, but this is good advice for now. |
| Lava Lash - Rank 1/1 | | | | Always keep a shield up, but vary it based on what |
| Improved Stormstrike - Rank 2/2 | | | | you need; if you have mana problems, Water Shield |
| Mental Quickness - Rank 3/3 | | | | is better, but you can pick up your kill speed a good |
| Shamanistic Rage - Rank 1/1 | | | | bit once you reach the point that you don't need |
| Maelstrom Weapon - Rank 5/5 | | | | that mana by switching to Lightning Shield. |
| Feral Spirit - Rank 1/1 | | | | Now, how exactly do you play your shaman? It really |
| After you finish Enhancement, move on to Elemental | | | | varies based on what skills you have while leveling: |
| to round out your spec: | | | | Early on, you pretty much have nothing special to do. |
| Concussion - Rank 5/5 | | | | Pull with Lightning Bolt, hit the mob with whatever |
| Call of Flame - Rank 3/3 | | | | your highest damage Shock is, and autoattack them |
| Elemental Devastation - Rank 3/3 | | | | down(make sure you have Rockbiter on). |
| Elemental Focus - Rank 1/1 | | | | This stays the same for a long time, until you get |
| Elemental Fury - Rank 5/5 | | | | Stormstrike and Lava Lash and other abilities. |
| Improved Fire Nova - Rank 2/2 | | | | Windfury becomes much better once you have dual |
| So there's your shaman leveling spec; now for your | | | | wield and Stormstrike, and you'll notice a MAJOR |
| shaman leveling guide. | | | | increase in your kill speed; Shaman will go from |
| First, though, a few generic World of Warcraft tips: | | | | mediocre to incredibly good at leveling instantly. |
| Use keybinds instead of clicking your abilities. Clicking | | | | Once you get them, things stay mostly the same, |
| abilities is slower by far. Likewise, turning with the | | | | except you should use Stormstrike, then Earth |
| keyboard is far slower than turning using the mouse | | | | Shock, then Lava Lash, in that order of importance. |
| by right-clicking. | | | | After that, things are mostly the same; you'll gain |
| Keep your gear up to date; it's easy to afford the | | | | some extra cooldowns and other goodies, and |
| best gear off the AH as long as you send all your | | | | Maelstrom Weapon; use it to heal or drop a Lightning |
| white or better quality drops to an alt and auction | | | | Bolt, but ALWAYS use it as soon as it hits five |
| them off. | | | | stacks, as anything else is a waste. |
| Log out at an inn or in a major city; the extra Rest | | | | |