Shaman are spiritual guides and practitioners, not of the divine, but of the very elements. Unlike some other mystics, shaman commune with forces that are not strictly benevolent. The elements are chaotic, and left to their own devices, they rage against one another in unending primal fury. It is the call of the shaman to bring balance to this chaos. Acting as moderators among earth, fire, water, and air, shaman summon totems that focus the elements to support the shaman’s allies or punish those who threaten them.

These masters of the elements can also call upon elemental forces directly, unleashing torrents of lava and bolts of lightning against foes. The elements can create, destroy, support, and hinder.

The experienced shaman balances the vast spectrum of these primordial forces into an array of diverse abilities, making shaman versatile heroes and valued members of any group.

Shaman Information

During combat, shaman place damaging and controlling totems on the ground to maximize their effectiveness while hindering their enemies. Shaman are versatile enough to battle foes up close or at range, but wise shaman choose their avenue of attack based on their enemies’ strengths and weaknesses.

  • Type Healer, Ranged Magic Damage Dealer, Melee Damage Dealer
  • Standard Bars Health, Mana
  • Available Armor Cloth, Leather, Mail, Shields
  • Available Weapons Daggers, Fist Weapons, One-Handed Axes, One-Handed Maces, Staves, Two-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Maces
Shaman Talents

Shaman talents can strengthen their ability to heal the wounded, empower their melee attacks with natural force, or call upon blistering elemental spells.

Shaman Talent Specialization
Shaman Features
Healing

By calling on their spiritual power, shaman can restore health to injured allies.

Melee damage

Shaman enhance their weapons with elemental effects, empowering their blows with the power of fire, wind, or ice.

Ranged damage

The elemental force of the shaman can be used to damage enemies from afar with lightning strikes, earthquakes, and lava bursts.

Totems

Shaman can choose to deploy a wide array of different totems, each providing allies with a unique effect, including improved restoration, greater damage, faster attacks, and more.

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Lavabolt
Sylvanas
Lavabolt
16/04/2012
The Best Class
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Ganom
Vek'nilash
Ganom
14/04/2012
@Kialei: wudent be so !@#$%^
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Kialei
Darksorrow
Kialei
10/04/2012
!@#$%^
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Shellies
Laughing Skull
Shellies
05/04/2012
Shaman are awesome x i reckon one of the most popular classes, i have been every class and made my shaman my Main, i think it is most powerful class to be honest possibly drawing with druid!
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Soumanos
Chromaggus
Soumanos
02/04/2012
i love lava burst!!!!!!!!!!! even the sound of it!
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Chíamera
Nordrassil
Chíamera
26/03/2012
With my elemental i look like a sith lord...nvm that u get owned in bgs..u look damn cool casting chain lightning.
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Ganom
Vek'nilash
Ganom
24/03/2012
i love shaman they ar cool beckus they hav totems and i love Elemental
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Småsteen
Bladefist
Småsteen
22/03/2012
shaman ftw
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Blackwoolf
Terokkar
Blackwoolf
21/03/2012
look at shamanbuild
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Duannaqt
Sylvanas
Duannaqt
20/03/2012
Hello shaman fellows. i'm pretty new to the shaman stuff and i'm thinking about doing a 31/7/3 or a 32/7/2 in my talents is that good?
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Wolfgoblin
Sylvanas
Wolfgoblin
17/03/2012
Blizz may remove feral spirit in mop I hope they won't cuz it's the best attack shamans have.
Try posting coments to stop them I really want it
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Venka
Tarren Mill
Venka
16/03/2012
who agrees that shamans should get more powerful ? i do but do u ?
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Oneshotter
The Maelstrom
Oneshotter
31/03/2012
@Venka: As resto or overall? Because atm the strongest healer in the most comps (in specific comps its a paladin) But indeed not many play ele or ench in high lvl pvp...
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Venka
Tarren Mill
Venka
03/04/2012
@Oneshotter: as resto i think they can stay that powerful , but in ele and enhancement i havent seen so good dps from all the shamans i havem meet
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@Venka: That's not totally true, during Fireland, elemental shaman, as long with shadow priestest, was 1 of the best dps classes, because of the 2 set bonus from fireland tier, that made it posibel for ele shamans that have their fire elemental up 24/7 during a boss fight, wich gave a dps increash around 6-8k, deppingen on your gear. with my shaman i could do around 30k dps :) only beaten by shadow priestest. Now that we have lost this tier set bonus, elemental could be boostet a little bit, not much. The other way around is that enchanments shamans, now is !@#$ing OP! in pve that is.
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Shamasutra
Stormscale
Shamasutra
13/03/2012
lol
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Skyblast
Ghostlands
Skyblast
08/03/2012
Hello, im kinda bored of enhancement in PvP, how are elemental shamans in PvP? ;)
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Duannaqt
Sylvanas
Duannaqt
20/03/2012
@Skyblast: good, really good
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Flaskepus
Darksorrow
Flaskepus
23/03/2012
@Skyblast: i only use enhancement in pve, elemental in pvp is better tbh
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Iclassicz
Al'Akir
Iclassicz
28/03/2012
@Skyblast: theyre OP
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Hildevix
Aggramar
Hildevix
07/03/2012
But....why, two onehands are better in every way!! they're essential to enhancement.....even though enhancement sucks. WHY DO BLIZZ MAKE STAVES BETTER THAN A ONEHAND AND A SHIELD TO SHAMANS ! IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!
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Wuss
Sunstrider
Wuss
07/03/2012
They should make 2Handed enhance optional again! without it being underpowered :P
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Dreamtusk
Stormrage
Dreamtusk
20/03/2012
@Wuss: agreed, 2h weapons for enchence back in lvl 60 WoW was awesome en gave a feeling of actualy doing damage. I dont mind having 2 one handed weapons, but alteast make 2h weapons as good, so ppl have an option, like wuss said:)
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Papertonk
Twisting Nether
Papertonk
05/03/2012
ok i know this will upset many people. but WHY??? do people play enhancement instead of elemental????
i dish out more dps with my 380 ele shammy then my guildies 395 enhancement shammy ( no he is not a noob, he proly did more class research then any of you ever will, and curently rerolling ele)
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Venka
Tarren Mill
Venka
16/03/2012
@Papertonk: i do enhancement because my ele was not good dps for me
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Grommax
Alonsus
Grommax
08/06/2012
@Papertonk: thanks m8!!!! i am ele and was about to respec to enhance.... But you made me change my mind :) ELE rules!
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Hildevix
Aggramar
Hildevix
01/03/2012
I wish there was some way blizz could make it worth it for shamans to wear shields.. like a passive ability or something
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Mêlêr
Dun Modr
Mêlêr
26/02/2012
Espero que para la expansion que biene nos pongan un tier decente por dios q no se quiien es el que saca esos tiers tan horribles para chaman y ya que estamos por q no una arma exclusima para nosotros como avia en nax25 arma de mano de spel q es la unica q emos tenido en todo el juego rollo civor xD
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Deathsilva
Mazrigos
Deathsilva
26/02/2012
wats better range or melee for pve?
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Donix
Lightning's Blade
Donix
18/02/2012
just ding lv 80 and really start to like it have play mage for more then 4 years and this is the first healer class i like :)
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Dimpster
Earthen Ring
Dimpster
15/02/2012
ello, i am still a wow noob imo ,cause i only play this game for 10 months or so :P i like pvp but still struggling with my talentrees...i am a 10/31/0 enhancemant shaman, not sure if this is the best ...any suggestions?
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Iccarium
Kazzak
Iccarium
20/02/2012
@Dimpster: 7/31/3 is how i play. check my armoury if ur confused on gems or anyfing or stats
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Tótishaman
Trollbane
Tótishaman
08/02/2012
Tótishaman time you to dieeeeeeee duel xD (-:-)
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Tótishaman
Trollbane
Tótishaman
08/02/2012
I LOVE MY SHAMAN :-)
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Pivorad
Drak'thul
Pivorad
07/02/2012
i love my shaman :)
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Blackblade
Kor'gall
Blackblade
03/02/2012
I dont remeber Dwarf Shamnistic story in WoW...
And why is there Dreani shaman picture lol...
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Onyxxa
Frostmane
Onyxxa
18/02/2012
@Blackblade: Actually there were 3 different dwarf race dark iron, explorer's legue and wild hammer
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Dwarvion
Baelgun
Dwarvion
28/01/2012
enhancement shami
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Degenro
Sunstrider
Degenro
25/01/2012
hello
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Mageventura
Nagrand
Mageventura
25/01/2012
dm why not a human sham??????