| Congratulations, you have chosen to play a Shaman. | | | | Shaman can be quite a challenging class to play. You |
| If this is the first time you have played a Shaman | | | | will have to be able to shift gears very quickly, being |
| you should find this information helpful to help get | | | | able to be a caster one second and then become a |
| you going. Here we will give a general overview of | | | | melee fighter the next. If your looking to play a |
| basic Shaman play and some points on getting your | | | | simple uncomplicated character the Shaman might |
| Shaman on it's way too the higher levels A.S.A.P. | | | | notbe the way to go, especially if your new to World |
| If your interested in playing a character that can | | | | of Warcraft. But it certainly is a fun class to play. |
| pretty much do it all, then the Shaman is the class | | | | Some points to consider when choosing a Shaman |
| for you. The Shaman is the most versatile character | | | | race: |
| class in World of Warcraft. Not only does the | | | | Being that the Shaman is such a multi faceted |
| Shaman have healing capabilities and magical | | | | character, any race works well as a Shaman |
| properties, but it is able to hold its' own in hand to | | | | character. |
| hand combat, is able to use buffs, can do damage | | | | The Shaman can be only be a tauren, orc, troll or |
| over time magic, and can use many weapon's. The | | | | draenei (draenei available with the Burning Crusade |
| Shaman is also very good at playing solo and equally | | | | expansion). |
| valuable playing within a multi player group. | | | | The taurens War Stomp is nice as it stuns the |
| So why even bother considering playing anything but | | | | Shamans enemies making it easier for the Shaman to |
| a Shaman? Everyone would want a character that | | | | handle multiple foes. |
| can do everything, it must be virtually unbeatable | | | | The orcs Blood Fury gives the Shaman bonuses both |
| right? | | | | in attacks and magic, and Hardiness reduces the |
| Well not exactly.As you might guess, the Shaman | | | | duration of incoming stun attacks. |
| can't do anything all that well and never will. No | | | | The troll race doesn't bring anything of much value to |
| matter how high of a level you attain. | | | | the Shaman, but can still be fun to play. |
| Naturally, to keep the Shaman class in balance with | | | | The draeneis Heroic Presence helps the Shamans |
| the other classes, it's abilities are only moderate at | | | | chance to hit and Gift of the Naaru helps to keep the |
| best. But the Shaman is not a second rate class by | | | | Shamans mana up. |
| any means. Its' wide variety of talents combine very | | | | In the first few levels your Shaman will not have |
| nicely, enabling it to adapt to most situations in World | | | | much of a choice of how to play. You start off with |
| of Warcraft. | | | | one long range attack (Lightning Bolt)and basic healing |
| If you are familiar with auras as used by the paladin | | | | abilities(Healing Wave). |
| class then you will appreciate the Shamans use of | | | | At level 4 Earth Shock becomes available to you |
| totem's. The Shaman places these totem's in | | | | (very cool for such a low level). And Rockbiter to |
| strategic locations to feed off their resonating | | | | help you defensively. Keep using Lightning Bolt most |
| offensive or defensive magic. These totem's can be | | | | of the time to save mana. |
| used to benefit the Shaman and the Shamans' group | | | | Once level 6 is reached Earthbind Totem becomes |
| or to hinder the Shamans' enemies. The only | | | | available to you, which hinders your enemies. And |
| drawback of these totem's is that they are | | | | then you will get Stoneskin Totem which naturally |
| stationary, but a skilled Shaman learns where to best | | | | buffs your defensive status. |
| place the totem's to be most effective. Fortunately | | | | After that leveling up comes pretty easily, just use |
| the Shaman is able to create up to 4 totem's at | | | | some common sense and think ahead about which |
| once which helps to overcome their stationary | | | | direction you want to build your Shaman, you can |
| limitation. | | | | specialize in caster DPS, healing or melee DPS. |
| Having this wide variety of skills and talents, the | | | | Hope you found this helpful. |