Shaman specialization

Enhancement Shaman in WoW Forever

Weapons empowered by elemental magic.

  • Your role: Melee damage
  • Advice for every level to 60
  • Class notes checked

Tanking builds use the Enhancement talent tree. They are not a separate specialization.

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Level 45 · Damage in a group

How to play dungeons at level 45

Your combat loop

Press the first one that is ready.

Enhancement’s own loop, from level 18. Before that every Shaman plays the same loop.

Own loop from: Elemental level 14Enhancement level 18

Use Windfury Weapon. It does 11% more than Rockbiter Weapon and 12% more than Flametongue Weapon.

Blizzard’s November 10 hotfixes cut Stormstrike to 100% weapon damage on an 8 sec cooldown, Mental Dexterity to 33/66/100% of Intellect and Maelstrom Weapon to 6 to 10 procs a minute. The game files do not hold these yet, so this page still ranks with the old values. It updates when they do. Blizzard’s notes

  1. Rage of the Farseer Cooldown · every 3 min

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 180 sec. It raises the rest.

  2. Stormstrike Every 6 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 6 sec.

    16% of your damage
  3. Earth Shock Rank 5 Every 6 sec

    Use it whenever it is ready, every 6 sec.

    19% of your damage
  4. Lightning Bolt Rank 8 When it lights up

    Use it when Maelstrom Weapon makes it ready (free).

    5% of your damage
  5. Windfury Weapon Rank 2 Main hand

    Keep it on your main-hand weapon.

    24% of your damage
  6. Windfury Totem Rank 2 Totem

    Keep the totem down near you; it adds to your main-hand hits, on top of your weapon’s imbue.

    12% of your damage
  7. Searing Totem Rank 4 Totem

    Keep the totem down near the fight; it attacks by itself.

    4% of your damage
  8. Auto attack All the time

    Your weapon swings on its own. Stay in melee range.

    20% of your damage

The first 30 seconds

When to press each one from the pull. The blue line under a press is the global cooldown (1.5 sec) or cast it holds: nothing else on the global cooldown can go until it ends, so of two that are ready together the higher one goes first. Rage of the Farseer is off the global cooldown, so it has no line and goes alongside.

In the gaps
Lightning Bolt

How MaxDPS works this out

Talents at level 45

36 points at level 45: the first at level 10, then one every level.

The MaxDPS build at this level, in the game’s talent frame. Click a talent to learn it and right click to unlearn it, as in the game.

Talents
Unspent Talents
Point order: when each point goes in
  1. Thundering Strikes 5/5 · levels 10–14 +4.9% damage
  2. Mental Dexterity 3/3 · levels 15–17 +13.3% damage
  3. Ancestral Knowledge 5/5 · levels 18–19, 24 and 33–34 +1.4% damage
  4. Shamanistic Focus 1/1 · level 20 +0.4% damage
  5. Elemental Weapons 3/3 · levels 21–23 +1.1% damage
  6. Stormstrike 1/1 · level 25 +53.3% damage
  7. Flurry 5/5 · levels 26–29 and 32 +2.5% damage
  8. Mental Quickness 2/2 · levels 30–31 +2% damage
  9. Maelstrom Weapon 3/5 · levels 35 and 38–39 +5.2% damage
  10. Improved Stormstrike 2/2 · levels 36–37 not counted here
  11. Rage of the Farseer 1/1 · level 40 +1.9% damage
  12. Concussion 5/5 · levels 41–45 +1.1% damage

Every Shaman talent

Preliminary item rankings · Dungeons

Enhancement Shaman gear rankings

Weapon damage, imbues and shocks · Level 45 · Calculated defaults

Hunt list
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Legs 451 items · Updating…

Where it comes from
Auction prices from

Materials: . Each reagent counts at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout.

Key stats show the stats behind the three largest score contributions, as the game tooltip states them; open an item’s details for every value and source.

Legs items with imported stats, weighted scores and acquisition sources.
Rank Item Score (pts) Where to get it Actions
1 in this filtered list
Ferine Leggings Leather · iLvl 34 · Req. 29 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 26 Attack power12 Intellect96 Armor
17.61

Score breakdown

  • Attack power: 26 × 0.339 = 8.81 pts
  • Intellect: 12 × 0.7078 = 8.49 pts
  • Armor: 96 × 0.0031 = 0.30 pts

Rare

Source

2 in this filtered list
Scarlet Leggings Mail · iLvl 44 · Req. 39 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 21 Strength10 Stamina236 Armor
17.02
HerodNPC drop · 14% · Scarlet Monastery

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 21 × 0.6781 = 14.24 pts
  • Stamina: 10 × 0.2044 = 2.04 pts
  • Armor: 236 × 0.0031 = 0.73 pts

Rare

2 sources

HerodNPC drop · 14% · Scarlet Monastery
3 in this filtered list
Gnoll Crusher Leggings Mail · iLvl 40 · Req. 35* · Quest · Horde only Key stats: 11 Intellect11 Strength202 Armor
15.87
Snargl's SnoutQuest choice · Riverglades

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 11 × 0.7078 = 7.79 pts
  • Strength: 11 × 0.6781 = 7.46 pts
  • Armor: 202 × 0.0031 = 0.63 pts

Uncommon

Source

Snargl's SnoutQuest choice · Riverglades
4 in this filtered list
Doomcaller's Pants Leather · iLvl 42 · Req. 37* · Quest Key stats: 13 Strength9 Intellect101 Armor
15.50
Solution to DoomQuest choice · Uldaman

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 13 × 0.6781 = 8.82 pts
  • Intellect: 9 × 0.7078 = 6.37 pts
  • Armor: 101 × 0.0031 = 0.31 pts

Uncommon

Source

Solution to DoomQuest choice · Uldaman
5 in this filtered list
Firemane Leggings Mail · iLvl 39 · Req. 34 · Other drop Key stats: 19 Strength5 Stamina218 Armor
14.58
Large Iron Bound ChestObject loot · 0.3%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 19 × 0.6781 = 12.88 pts
  • Stamina: 5 × 0.2044 = 1.02 pts
  • Armor: 218 × 0.0031 = 0.68 pts

Rare

36 sources

Large Iron Bound ChestObject loot · 0.3%
Large Solid ChestObject loot · 0.2%
Hoard of the Black DragonflightContainer loot · 0.1%
Twilight RitualistWorld drop · <0.1%
Murloc OracleWorld drop · <0.1%
Outcast NecromancerNPC drop · <0.1% · Desolace
Strong Iron LockboxContainer loot · <0.1%
Solid ChestObject loot · <0.1%
Shadowforge TunnelerNPC drop · <0.1% · Badlands
All 36 sources
6 in this filtered list
Totemic Leather Leggings Leather · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Crafted Key stats: 9 Strength6 Intellect8 Spell power
14.35
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 9 × 0.6781 = 6.10 pts
  • Intellect: 6 × 0.7078 = 4.25 pts
  • Spell power: 8 × 0.2857 = 2.29 pts
  • Stamina: 7 × 0.2044 = 1.43 pts
  • Armor: 90 × 0.0031 = 0.28 pts

Rare

Source

7 in this filtered list
Twilight Enforcer's Legs Leather · iLvl 44 · Req. 39 · Other drop Key stats: 33 Attack power12 Stamina115 Armor
14.00
Twilight PeonNPC drop · 0.8%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Attack power: 33 × 0.339 = 11.19 pts
  • Stamina: 12 × 0.2044 = 2.45 pts
  • Armor: 115 × 0.0031 = 0.36 pts

Rare

Source

Twilight PeonNPC drop · 0.8%
8 in this filtered list
Legguards of the Vault Mail · iLvl 39 · Req. 34 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 13 Strength13 Stamina5 Agility
13.64
Stonevault MaulerNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 13 × 0.6781 = 8.82 pts
  • Stamina: 13 × 0.2044 = 2.66 pts
  • Agility: 5 × 0.2984 = 1.49 pts
  • Armor: 218 × 0.0031 = 0.68 pts

Rare

7 sources

Stonevault MaulerNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Stonevault RockchewerNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Earthen SculptorNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Stonevault BrawlerNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Shrike BatNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Stonevault OracleNPC drop · <0.1% · Uldaman
Shadowforge SurveyorNPC drop · <0.1% · Badlands
9 in this filtered list
Kodohide Legguards Leather · iLvl 29 · Req. 24 · Other drop Key stats: 11 Intellect10 Spell power4 Strength
13.63
BrontusNPC drop · 3.3% · The Barrens

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 11 × 0.7078 = 7.79 pts
  • Spell power: 10 × 0.2857 = 2.86 pts
  • Strength: 4 × 0.6781 = 2.71 pts
  • Armor: 88 × 0.0031 = 0.27 pts

Rare

Source

BrontusNPC drop · 3.3% · The Barrens
10 in this filtered list
Hippogryph Down Leggings Cloth · iLvl 50 · Req. 45 · Other drop Key stats: 16 Intellect7 Spell damage57 Armor
13.50
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 16 × 0.7078 = 11.32 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.2857 = 2.00 pts
  • Armor: 57 × 0.0031 = 0.18 pts

Uncommon

Source

11 in this filtered list
Blackforge Leggings Mail · iLvl 46 · Req. 41 · Other drop Key stats: 13 Intellect12 Agility222 Armor
13.47
Lard's Special Picnic BasketContainer loot · 0.6%
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7078 = 9.20 pts
  • Agility: 12 × 0.2984 = 3.58 pts
  • Armor: 222 × 0.0031 = 0.69 pts

Uncommon

63 sources

Lard's Special Picnic BasketContainer loot · 0.6%
Dark CofferObject loot · 0.6% · Blackrock Depths
Reinforced Steel LockboxContainer loot · 0.4%
Cuergo's Hidden TreasureContainer loot · 0.4%
Murk SpitterNPC drop · 0.2%
Cursed Atal'aiNPC drop · 0.1%
Mummified Atal'aiNPC drop · 0.1%
Shadowforge DarkcasterNPC drop · 0.1% · Uldaman
Murk SlithererNPC drop · <0.1%
Atal'ai PriestNPC drop · <0.1%
All 63 sources
12 in this filtered list
Turtle Scale Leggings Mail · iLvl 47 · Req. 42 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Intellect11 Spell power11 Stamina
13.17
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 10 × 0.7078 = 7.08 pts
  • Spell power: 11 × 0.2857 = 3.14 pts
  • Stamina: 11 × 0.2044 = 2.25 pts
  • Armor: 226 × 0.0031 = 0.70 pts

Uncommon

Source

13 in this filtered list
Tough Scorpid Leggings Mail · iLvl 49 · Req. 44 · Crafted Key stats: 10 Intellect17 Agility235 Armor
12.88
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 10 × 0.7078 = 7.08 pts
  • Agility: 17 × 0.2984 = 5.07 pts
  • Armor: 235 × 0.0031 = 0.73 pts

Uncommon

Source

14 in this filtered list
Violet Sorcerer's Leggings Cloth · iLvl 34 · Req. 29 · Other drop Key stats: 13 Intellect12 Spell power44 Armor
12.77
Fallen MageNPC drop · 0.4% · Alterac Mountains
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 13 × 0.7078 = 9.20 pts
  • Spell power: 12 × 0.2857 = 3.43 pts
  • Armor: 44 × 0.0031 = 0.14 pts

Rare

2 sources

Fallen MageNPC drop · 0.4% · Alterac Mountains
Dark CasterNPC drop · 0.2% · Alterac Mountains
15 in this filtered list
Red Mageweave Pants Cloth · iLvl 43 · Req. 38 · Crafted Key stats: 12 Intellect14 Spell power49 Armor
12.65
TailoringCrafted
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 12 × 0.7078 = 8.49 pts
  • Spell power: 14 × 0.2857 = 4.00 pts
  • Armor: 49 × 0.0031 = 0.15 pts

Uncommon

Source

TailoringCrafted
16 in this filtered list
Infernal Trickster Leggings Mail · iLvl 50 · Req. 45 · Dungeon drop Key stats: 20 Agility8 Intellect263 Armor
12.45
Lord VyletongueNPC drop · 55% · Maraudon

Score breakdown

  • Agility: 20 × 0.2984 = 5.97 pts
  • Intellect: 8 × 0.7078 = 5.66 pts
  • Armor: 263 × 0.0031 = 0.82 pts

Rare

Source

Lord VyletongueNPC drop · 55% · Maraudon
17 in this filtered list
Orcish War Leggings Mail · iLvl 42 · Req. 40 · Crafted Key stats: 17 Strength208 Armor
12.17
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 17 × 0.6781 = 11.53 pts
  • Armor: 208 × 0.0031 = 0.64 pts

Uncommon

Source

18 in this filtered list
Windchaser Woolies Cloth · iLvl 46 · Req. 41 · Other drop Key stats: 12 Intellect5 Strength53 Armor
12.05
Sister of CelebrianNPC drop · 0.3% · Maraudon
Alliance: Horde: None on the auction house

Score breakdown

  • Intellect: 12 × 0.7078 = 8.49 pts
  • Strength: 5 × 0.6781 = 3.39 pts
  • Armor: 53 × 0.0031 = 0.16 pts

Uncommon

79 sources

Sister of CelebrianNPC drop · 0.3% · Maraudon
RuuzluBoss drop · 0.2% · Zul'Farrak
Celebrian DryadNPC drop · 0.1% · Maraudon
Lurking Feral ScarNPC drop · 0.1% · Feralas
Sandfury ShadowhunterNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Hydromancer VelrathaBoss drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Constrictor VineNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
Sandfury Soul EaterNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Sul'lithuz SandcrawlerNPC drop · <0.1% · Zul'Farrak
Creeping SludgeNPC drop · <0.1% · Maraudon
All 79 sources
19 in this filtered list
Totemic Leather Pants Leather · iLvl 25 · Req. 20 · Crafted Key stats: 9 Strength4 Intellect7 Spell power
12.01
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 9 × 0.6781 = 6.10 pts
  • Intellect: 4 × 0.7078 = 2.83 pts
  • Spell power: 7 × 0.2857 = 2.00 pts
  • Stamina: 4 × 0.2044 = 0.82 pts
  • Armor: 82 × 0.0031 = 0.25 pts

Rare

Source

20 in this filtered list
Veteran's Silvered Chain Leggings Mail · iLvl 30 · Req. 25 · Crafted Key stats: 11 Strength7 Agility8 Stamina
11.78
Materials about

Score breakdown

  • Strength: 11 × 0.6781 = 7.46 pts
  • Agility: 7 × 0.2984 = 2.09 pts
  • Stamina: 8 × 0.2044 = 1.64 pts
  • Armor: 191 × 0.0031 = 0.59 pts

Rare

Source

Item stats from the WoW Forever game files; sources from data collected from the live game. Auction prices are the lowest buyout on the Americas · Normal auction houses, read from Blizzard every hour; pick another region or ruleset under Filters. Which house is which ruleset is matched by size and still being confirmed in game.

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