| Wrath of the Lich King has finally arrived and most of | | | | of macros) to a "priority list" rotation. This huge |
| the players are probably already level 80 and gearing | | | | change results in the wide range of DPS potential of |
| up for raids. The following guide is written after | | | | an enhancement shaman. A good enhancement |
| countless people on my realm asking me questions | | | | shaman can dish out 4.1k DPS on patchwork in Naxx |
| about enhancement shamans and I thought of writing | | | | 25 man raid whereas a mediocre one might only dish |
| one for the general WoW population that might be | | | | out as low as 2k DPS on the same fight with the |
| interested in enhancement shamans. Without further | | | | same setup. |
| delay, lets get on to the main part of this article. | | | | So what is this "priority list" rotation that I have been |
| Blizzard has modified / shifted some of the shaman's | | | | talking about ? Basically, you will have to press the |
| talents and it resulted in some insane DPS potential of | | | | right spells once their cooldown is up or when they |
| enhancement shaman. And the best part is the DPS | | | | become available. |
| potential of an enhancement shaman scales rather | | | | The priority list is as follows : |
| good with the right gearing and raid setup ! | | | | Maelstorm x 5 ( Lightning Bolt ) |
| How so ? Some of you might question. Basically, an | | | | Stormstrike |
| enhancement shaman stands to gain almost every | | | | Earth Shock |
| debuffs that are casted on the boss by other | | | | Lava Lash |
| classes. Debuff that reduces boss's armor, debuff | | | | There will be situations when they are close to |
| that increases magical damage, debuff that give | | | | overlapping each other. This is where experience and |
| extra hit rating to the raid, etc. All these boost the | | | | skill comes in for the enhancement shaman. Should I |
| DPS of an enhancement shaman due to the fact that | | | | wait for 1 sec and cast the higher priority spell or |
| an enhancement shaman uses both melee and spell | | | | should I just cast the lower priority spell and wait for |
| components in their DPS ! | | | | 1 global cooldown to cast the higher one? There are |
| Raiding as an enhancement shaman have evolved | | | | no right or wrong answers in that, though the |
| from the "one button smashing" days (with the use | | | | generally preferred answer would be the former. |