The Enhancement Shaman Leveling Build is one of the most powerful leveling specs in World of Warcraft. However, few players really know how to unlock the true potential of the Enhancement Shaman. Read on and you'll learn a few lesser known secrets about the Enhancement Shaman Leveling Build.
Why choose an Enhancement Shaman Leveling Build?
Quite simply, you have almost no downtime, and your potential for mass pulling is incredible. To sum it up, you have powerful strikes that restore your mana, so your downtime is non-existant. Your spell critical hits increase your melee critical hits. Your melee critical hits increase your attack speed, and faster attacks boosts the rate that you score critical hits. With Maelstrom weapon, you have an extra burst of damage or healing, whichever is more useful to you, and you have some incredibly powerful cooldowns, such as Fire and Earth elementals, Heroism/Bloodlust, Feral Spirits which heal you, and Shamanistic Rage which reduces spell cost and damage taken. The Enhancement Shaman is an unstoppable force of destruction.
Glyphs for an Enhancement Shaman Leveling Build
The glyphs you choose are just as important as your talent points. Choosing the wrong glyphs for your talent spec can mean the difference of hours or even days of play time. Prime Glyphs you want to choose are Lava Lash, Stormstrike, and Feral Spirit. These abilities are practically what make an Enhancement Shaman, well, an Enhancement Shaman. They are the trademark Enhance abilities, and you will be using them frequently. Buff them. Major Glyphs you want to use are Lightning Shield, Stoneclaw Totem, and Chain Lightning. Lightning Shield can expire quickly when you are in combat, so not having to refresh it can save you a few GCD's. Chain Lightning and Stoneclaw totem are essential for your Mass Pulling strategy, and having these on hand can save your life. Minor glyphs for leveling are Astral Recall, Renewed Life, and Water Walking. Astral Recall allows you to hearth every 7.5 minutes. This can drastically reduce your leveling time. Renewed Life allows you to not worry about whether you have any ankhs on hand, and Water Walking just makes life easier while traveling.
Gearing up for an Enhancement Shaman Leveling Build
Leather at low levels, and Mail after 40. You want to dual wield. If you're not doing it, you don't get the benefit of Lava Lash, and that's just a bad idea altogether. You want big, slow, one handed weapon. Enchant your main hand with Windfury, and off-hand with Flametongue.
Agility is your primary damage stat. It increases attack power, critical strike rating, and spell power through your mental Quickness ability. Stack as much Agility as you can. Stamina is the next most important stat. More stamina means you're less likely to die, and you don't level very fast when you're dead, do you? Hit is the most important secondary stat you want to have. And you need a lot of hit when you're dual-wielding. Critical Strike is the next stat you want to stack. Critical strike will proc Elemental Devastation from spells and Flurry from melee attacks. In addition to the flat damage increase of a critical strike, you have another layer of damage coming in from these buffs. Expertise is also beneficial but not absolutely mandatory until end game. Haste is not necessary because you have enough attack speed bonuses from Flurry and Unleash Elements.