Solo Shaman Leveling

[Tonuss]

This is a bit quick and dirty, but a spec similar to this should work:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#hxbhoZ0xxIotzIhuoRuVo

The idea is to increase DPS and mana efficiency from shocks. Maelstrom weapon will give you one or two insta-casts during each fight, which you can use to insta-heal yourself. Or, if you don't need a heal, pop an insta-lightning bolt or chain lightning instead. Shamanistic Rage can be used as a way to quickly fill your mana bar or with Feral Spirit for those times when the shit hits the fan. Hell, an enhance shaman has so many get-out-of-jail free cards that it's kind of silly, really.

Edit- Use water shield, windfury on your MH and flametongue on your OH. Simple DPS cycle would be Stormstrike --> Earth Shock --> Lava Lash --> and then just hit whichever of those comes back up first, remembering to refresh water shield when it's down.

[Souca]

This is a bit quick and dirty, but a spec similar to this should work:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#hxbhoZ0xxIotzIhuoRuVo

The idea is to increase DPS and mana efficiency from shocks. Maelstrom weapon will give you one or two insta-casts during each fight, which you can use to insta-heal yourself. Or, if you don't need a heal, pop an insta-lightning bolt or chain lightning instead. Shamanistic Rage can be used as a way to quickly fill your mana bar or with Feral Spirit for those times when the shit hits the fan. Hell, an enhance shaman has so many get-out-of-jail free cards that it's kind of silly, really.

Edit- Use water shield, windfury on your MH and flametongue on your OH. Simple DPS cycle would be Stormstrike --> Earth Shock --> Lava Lash --> and then just hit whichever of those comes back up first, remembering to refresh water shield when it's down.

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. Once my downloader actually finishes the patch and servers come up I'll be ready to become a blue space goat tornado of death.

- Souca -

[Drew]

This is a bit quick and dirty, but a spec similar to this should work:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#hxbhoZ0xxIotzIhuoRuVo

Edit- Use water shield, windfury on your MH and flametongue on your OH. Simple DPS cycle would be Stormstrike --> Earth Shock --> Lava Lash --> and then just hit whichever of those comes back up first, remembering to refresh water shield when it's down.

Thanks for the info and for taking your time to offer up much-needed advice.

I took a look at the shaman builds on talentchic.com and this was the top Enhancement build. Do you have any thoughts/opinions on that one?

Also, now that we can drop 4 totems at once, and have 3 sets we can make and store with the level 30/40/50 skills, what would be good sets to put together for solo or dual shamen?

[Tonuss]

Thanks for the info and for taking your time to offer up much-needed advice.

I took a look at the shaman builds on talentchic.com and this was the top Enhancement build. Do you have any thoughts/opinions on that one?

Also, now that we can drop 4 totems at once, and have 3 sets we can make and store with the level 30/40/50 skills, what would be good sets to put together for solo or dual shamen?

I can't say about that talent build, as I only ever solo with my shaman anymore, and not that often. My build might be more appropriate for pre-WotLK for all I know (at least for dungeons and raids). I use water shield to maximize mana regen, but based on that talent spec, it's possible that mana regen is good enough now that you can substitute lightning shield for extra damage.

As for totems, I'd drop Strength of Earth (extra str/agi), Flametongue (extra spell damage), either healing stream or mana spring (whichever you find you need more of), and Windfury totem (+melee haste). For duo/groups, it depends on who you are with, the extra spell damage from flametongue won't help most melee characters, while windfury and SoE won't help a caster. You just check which ones help your groupmates the most and use those.