WoW Classic Enhancement Shaman Leveling Guide 1-60 (2024)

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Level: 60

Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

1. Levels 10 to 14 — 5 points in Shield Specialization
2. Levels 15 to 19 — 5 points in Thundering Strikes

Shield Specialization is greatearly on, as you are likely to be using a 1H + Shield setup until you get Two-Handed Axes and Maces.It is also the best talent for tanking in dungeons, which you can do very well with Rockbiter Weapon's extra threat, or when dealing with elites / high levelenemies. Thundering Strikes is a good damage increase and is required for Flurry later on.

1. Level 20 — 1 point in Two-Handed Axes and Maces
2. Levels 21 to 23 — 3 points in Improved Lightning Shield
3. Level 24 — 1 point in Anticipation
4. Levels 25 to 29 — 5 points in Flurry

Two-Handed Axes and Maces allows to useimportant leveling weapons such as Ravager from Scarlet Monastery: Armory. Improved Lightning Shield is a decent damage increase, Anticipationis preferable to Improved Ghost Wolf because it will reduce your damagetaken during combat, thus gaining you more time in the long run than casting Ghost Wolfone second faster. Finally, Flurry is a great damage increase withsynergy with Thundering Strikes.

1. Level 30 — 1 point in Parry
2. Levels 31 to 33 — 3 points in Elemental Weapons
3. Level 34 — 1 point in Anticipation
4. Levels 35 to 39 — 5 points in Weapon Mastery

Parry is an amazing survivabilityincrease, as it will give you almost 5% parry with a single talent, and parry isa superior stat to dodge because it makes your next-auto attack faster when it happens. Elemental Weapons is a good damage increase, the second point into Anticipationimproves your survivability further and maximizing Weapon Mastery providesa great damage increase with your melee attacks.

1. Level 40 — 1 point in Stormstrike
2. Levels 41 to 45 — 5 point in Improved Healing Wave
3. Levels 46 & 47 — 2 points in Improved Reincarnation
4. Levels 48 & 49 — 2 points in Totemic Focus

Stormstrike will be your main attackfrom here on and a nice damage increase, although it has a long 20 second cooldown. Improved Healing Wave allows you to heal faster with your efficient Healing Wavewhen needed, Improved Reincarnation provides a better cushion from Reincarnationfor when things go terribly wrong. Finally, get two points into Totemic Focusto increase your Mana efficiency.

1. Level 50 — 1 point in Totemic Focus
2. Levels 51 to 53 — 3 point in Nature's Guidance
3. Levels 54 & 55 — 2 points in Enhancing Totems
4. Levels 56 to 58 — 3 point in Anticipation
5. Levels 59 & 60 — 2 points in Improved Weapon Totems

Get one more point into Totemic Focusand proceed to the main reason why we went down the Restoration tree, Nature's Guidance.This talent is a great damage increase as it provides hit for both melee and spellattacks. Maximize Enhancing Totems, as the extra stats from Strength of Earth Totemand Grace of Air Totem will come in handy against tough mobs and while farmingdungeons for end game gear. Three points into Anticipation will furtherimprove your toughness while dungeon tanking and out in the world. Finally, get Improved Weapon Totems to make yourself the ultimate melee Shaman supportjust in time for a raid invite!

Your talents should roughly look like this, but keepin mind there are plenty of individual points that can be swapped around basedon preference. For example, Enhancing Totems and Improved Weapon Totemswill be great if you are leveling in a group, and if you never, ever intend onusing a shield, you should get Ancestral Knowledge instead of Shield Specialization.

Earthbind Totem kiting can help you avoida lot of damage. Simply drop Earthbind Totem next to an enemy to slow it,then run out of melee range until your swing timeris ready again. Once this happens, return to melee range, hit the mob and runout of melee range again. Rinse and repeat until the enemy is dead.

Windfury Weapon is a strong weapon enchantthat can allow you to one shot an enemy out of nowhere, but is generally outclassedby Rockbiter Weapon during leveling, which does more overall damage andalso has less potential to waste damage when an enemy is low health.

1. Make sure to always heal yourself with Healing Waveif you are low health after a pull, this will allow you to quickly get back to actionwith minimal downtime, as you will be able to regenerate that Mana until you nextneed to heal again.
2. Make sure Rockbiter Weapon is active onyou at all times, to maximize your potential damage output.
3. Make sure both Rockbiter Weapon and Lightning Shieldare active on you at all times, to maximize your potential damage output. RefreshLightning Shield when engaging enemies or immediately after shocking, in order tomess as little as possible with your 5-second rule Mana regeneration.
4. Drop Strength of Earth Totem and Searing Totemas your main totems, when grinding in a small space for a prolonged amount of time,in dungeons, or when facing hard enemies.
5. Drop Strength of Earth Totem, Healing Stream Totemand Searing Totem as your main totems, when grinding in a small space fora prolonged amount of time, in dungeons, or when facing hard enemies.
6. Drop Strength of Earth Totem, Healing Stream Totemand Searing Totem as your main totems (also Windfury Totem whenplaying with Warriors or Rogues),when grinding in a small space for a prolonged amount of time, in dungeons, or whenfacing hard enemies.
7. Drop Strength of Earth Totem, Healing Stream Totem , Searing Totem and Grace of Air Totem ( Windfury Totem whenplaying with Warriors or Rogues)as your main totems, when grinding in a small space for a prolonged amount of time,in dungeons or when facing hard enemies.
8. Use Lightning Bolt (rank 1 if Mana is an issue)to initiate combat against mobs placed in dangerous places to body pull.
9. Use Stormstrike whenever possible, forits damage and to increase the damage of your next two Earth Shocks.
10. Use Earth Shock whenever possible forextra damage.
11. Auto-attack the enemy until he dies. This idle timewill allow you to regenerate some Mana, as you will not be casting any more spellsuntil you are pulling the next enemy.

Windfury Totem and Ancestral Spiritshould always be bought if you will ever be playing in a group at all. Wedo not list them down below because, if you are a pure solo player, you will be ableto easily do without them and get your level 40 mount and Runecloth Bagsa little bit earlier.

• At Level 1, as soon as you have the copper, buy Rockbiter Weapon. It provides a significant damage boost that lasts for 5 minutes.Also, buy Healing Wave, allowing you to heal, when needed.
• At Level 4, buy Earth Shock. Earth Shockis an instant, high damage spell that also interrupts any casts the target was doingwhen it hits. You will be using it to interrupt enemies and activate Elemental Focus/ Elemental Devastation in the process throughout all of the leveling process.
• At Level 6, buy Earthbind Totem andRank 2 Healing Wave. Earthbind Totem slows enemies around itself, enablingkiting strategies.
• At Level 8, buy Lightning Shield, Rank2 Lightning Bolt, Rank 2 Earth Shock and Rank 2 Rockbiter Weapon.Lightning Shield is a Mana-efficient way to damage enemies you are in melee combatwith, and should always be kept up on yourself.
• At Level 10, buy Strength of Earth Totemand Searing Totem. Strength of Earth Totem increases your strength, andthus your damage. Searing Totem deals damage to enemies by itself.
• At Level 12, buy Rank 3 Healing Wave.
• At Level 14, buy Rank 3 Lightning Boltand Rank 3 Earth Shock.
• At Level 16, buy Rank 2 Lightning Shieldand Rank 3 Rockbiter Weapon.
• At Level 18, buy Rank 4 Healing Wave.
• At Level 20, buy Ghost Wolf, Rank 2 Searing Totem, Healing Stream Totem and Rank 4 Lightning Bolt.Ghost Wolf allows you to transform into a Wolf while outdoors which moves much fasterthan your normal run speed. Use it to speed up your leveling, especially beforea mount is available. Healing Stream Totem will provide some steady healing whenyou are at the same place for a while.
• At Level 24, buy Rank 3 Lightning Shield,Rank 4 Rockbiter Weapon, Rank 5 Healing Wave, Rank 2 Strength of Earth Totemand Rank 4 Earth Shock.
• At Level 26, buy Rank 5 Lightning Bolt.
• At Level 30, buy Reincarnation, Rank3 Searing Totem, Rank 2 Healing Stream Totem and Astral Recall.Reincarnation allows you to recover instantly from dying, saving time in the process.Finally, Astral Recall allows you to get a second Hearthstone, but with half thecooldown, allowing for a lot of extra mobility.
• At Level 32, buy Rank 4 Lightning Shield,Rank 6 Healing Wave and Rank 6 Lightning Bolt.
• At Level 36, buy Rank 5 Earth Shock.
• At Level 38, buy Rank 7 Lightning Boltand Rank 3 Strength of Earth Totem.
• At Level 40, buy Rank 5 Lightning Shield,Rank 4 Searing Totem, Rank 3 Healing Stream Totem and Rank 7 Healing Wave.
• At Level 42, buy Grace of Air Totem.Grace of Air Totem increases your agility, and thus your damage. Use it when in agroup or facing dangerous enemies.
• At Level 44, buy Rank 8 Lightning Bolt.
• At Level 48, buy Rank 6 Lightning Shield,Rank 8 Healing Wave and Rank 6 Earth Shock.
• At Level 50, buy Rank 9 Lightning Bolt,Rank 4 Healing Stream Totem and Rank 5 Searing Totem.
• At Level 52, buy Rank 4 Strength of Earth Totem.
• At Level 56, buy Rank 7 Lightning Shield,Rank 9 Healing Wave, Rank 2 Grace of Air Totem and Rank 10 Lightning Bolt.
• At Level 60, buy Rank 7 Earth Shock,Rank 5 Healing Stream Totem and Rank 6 Searing Totem.

By setting yourself up with an upgraded user interface and macros from the getgo, you will make your leveling process much easier. Check out our Enhancement ShamanMacros and Addons guide in the link below for the full list.

When leveling, stay alert for weapon upgrades you might encounter, as these willimprove your experience significantly. You will also need to complete various classquests in order to be able to use your totems, Windfury Totem. To help youwith both of those pursuits, we have made two dedicated guides.

Now that you are max level, we would recommend you to read our Enhancement Shaman Guide,which covers every detail of maximum level gameplay extensively.

Pay special attention to these pages, as they deal with the most pressing issuesyou will face at level 60:

• In our Enhancement Shaman Talent builds guideyou will find multiple builds, some focused on being as offensive as possible, othersfocused on being as good of a support as possible, at the cost of your personal DPS;
• Inside the PvP Shaman guide, you canread on various recommended PvP builds, including an Enhancement focused one. Bestof luck with your Windfury Weapon critical strikes!
• Goldmaking Guide for Enhancement Shamanshas all the information you need in order to farm efficiently as an Enhancement Shamanat maximum level;
• Our Enhancement Shaman Rotation guideexplains how to use your spells in order to produce maximum damage, and most importantly,how to be the best support you can be to your group at the same time, including someadvanced tips on totem twisting;
• Check the Enhancement Shaman Stats guideif you require more information on Enhancement Shaman's stat priority and the reasoningbehind each stat's power;
• Last but not least, our Gear guide for Enhancement Shamanshas all the gear pieces you should look for, some for damage, others for better supportability, and where you can find them at.