| So, in the World of Warcraft, one great class is the | | | | want to make sure you have flame tongue totem |
| shaman. They are extremely fun to play, can be | | | | and wrath of air totems down, as well as mana |
| very engaging, and a great asset to any raid, | | | | spring. The flame tongue will boost the amount of |
| instance, or battleground. If you are an enhancement | | | | DPS the casters do, and it will also increase the |
| shaman (melee DPS) then there are a few things | | | | amount of damage you do from your shocks and |
| that you should always remember, in order to help | | | | lightning bolts. The main totem you will always want |
| your DPS: | | | | to keep down as well is the strength of earth totem, |
| 1. Whenever your maelstrom weapon procs to rank | | | | which will increase the raids melee DPS, especially |
| 5, either cast chain lightning or lightning bolt | | | | yours. |
| immediately (depending on how many targets there | | | | 4. Watch your health! Whenever you see that you |
| are). This is a necessity because if you don't utilize | | | | are getting slightly low on health, make sure you |
| your maelstrom weapon, then you are wasting it! | | | | keep maelstrom weapon stacked to 5, this will give |
| 2. Always use shocks effectively! This means that | | | | you an instant cast heal. If you are in a raid, and |
| you use flame shock to add a DoT (Damage over | | | | there are quite a few melee DPS that are getting |
| Time) effect on the enemy, followed by a consistent | | | | low on health, use your chain heal to help alleviate |
| use of earth shock to keep the nature damage | | | | the healing for the healers. They will surely thank |
| debuff on the target. This debuff increases the | | | | you, and your DPS shouldn't drop too considerably. |
| amount of damage nature spells and attacks do, | | | | After all, it is more important to stay alive and do |
| which is what your lightning bolt/chain lightning | | | | less DPS than have a bunch of people dead. When |
| attacks are. | | | | you're dead, you aren't doing any damage! |
| 3. Use totems! This is a huge mistake most shamans | | | | To sum it all up, enhancement shamans are a great |
| make. They go into a raid as enhancement, and just | | | | asset to any raid or group, because of their |
| begin doing DPS right out of the gate. If you take a | | | | versatility and the boost from the totems. You can |
| few seconds to lay down the proper totems for the | | | | do great DPS, help alleviate the healing, and increase |
| group, you not only benefit your DPS numbers, but | | | | the amount of DPS for the entire raid/group. Enjoy |
| also the entire raid gets buffed as well. For example, | | | | playing an enhancement shaman, since the purpose |
| if your group primarily consists of casters, you will | | | | of the game is to have fun! |