Shaman Guide

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Elemental	Enhancement	Restoration
Focuses on the shaman's offensive spell casting ability increasing damage and critical strike chance	Besides offering substantial DPS, an Enhancement Shaman brings valuable totem buffs to a raid	Well suited for any healing situation offering mana regen and the best multi-target heal

Elemental

57-14-0
Hit Cap = 17% Total (hit cap should be your first priority)
- 446 from gear alone
- with 3 points in Elemental Precision, cap is 368

Stats to Stack
1. Spell Power
2. Haste
3. Crit Chance
4. Intellect

Glyphs
Rotation
- Flame Shock
- Lava Burst
- Chain Lightening
- Lightning Bolt (until Lava Burst cooldown is up)

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Enhancement

16-55-0
Spell Hit Cap = 17% (hit cap should be your first priority)
- 446 from gear alone

Stats to Stack
1. Expertise
2. Crit Chance
3. Agility
4. Intellect
5. Haste

Glyphs
- Glyph of Stormstrike

Rotation
- Lightning Bolt (when Maelstrom Weapon is at 5 stacks)
- Stormstrike
- Earth Shock
- Lava Lash

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Restoration

0-16-55
Stats to Stack
1. Haste
2. Spell Power
3. Mana/5
4. Intellect
5. Crit

Glyphs
Spells
- Chain Heal (most efficient heal)
- Healing Wave (largest heal when needed)
- Earth Shield (HoT while absorbing damage)
- Riptide (instant heal proc'd by Chain Heal)

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3.3.2 Patch Notes Recap
Shaman

Elemental Combat

Shamanism: talent now provides 4/8/12/16/20% extra spell damage to Lightning Bolt/Chain Lightning, up from 3/6/9/12/15%, and 5/10/15/20/25% to Lava Burst, up from 4/8/12/16/20%

complete patch notes