Shamans - Gearing up Fresh 70's

[zanthor]

So I've got 4 of my 5 to 70, the 5th is 69.6 now... Figure I'll finish that out this week.

I spent yesterday getting honored with Cenarion and Keepers of Time, so now I have 3 elemental blue pvp armor pieces and two resto blue pvp armor pieces... I was thinking this is a good choice for the fact that it saves me from running two more factions to honored in the limited time left before the expansion, and it gives me an additional 35 resiliance two piece bonus.

So, I'm sitting here on all 5 (well, 4, the 5th will be there once he dings, the gears already bought and gemmed).

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...ckhand&n=Samam

I plan on doing enchants after two days of dailies, since after 5 mounts, 5 PVP sets, 5 sets of blue gems for all of them, I'm a tad broke...

Anyhow, I'm trying to put together a shopping list for the next 4 weeks, and I was interested in any feedback on what folks thought my weak spots in my current gear are...

The GOOD PVP Trinket for 17K honor...
Boots - Vindicators Mail Sabatons for 14K honor and 40 eye of the storm marks...
Shield - Vengful Gladiators Barrier for 1500 arena points ... 4-6 weeks if I don't suck... hrm...
- Another choice... Shield - Merciless Gladiators Barrier for 15k honor and 20 eye of the storm marks...
Bracer - Guardians Mail Bracers for 11K honor and 20 WSG marks...

[magwo]

For 2 easy epics, get brewmaster (spell dmg and healing) trinkets.

[Schwarz]

For 2 easy epics, get brewmaster (spell dmg and healing) trinkets.

that was sooooo two days ago. Not really an option to get these items now that the event is over.

I think the biggest upgrade I made when I dinged 70 was the s1 (now s2) spell damage weapon.

[magwo]

Oh yes. Indeed, your 1h weapon is THE item with the most bang for your buck.

[hardcoded]

I was in the same boat a couple of days ago:

Merciless gladiator's set (
http://www.wowwiki.com/Merciless_Gla...7s_Thunderfist )

all the vindicator complements ( http://thottbot.com/c24520 )

For anything I missed I go roughly off of the gear from another boxer:
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...aomarush&n=Fii

For being a total noob, I'm doing pretty well in most BGs and very well in AV with just some gloves and a helm so far. Mostly just go down and defend our boss, then defend graveyards in AV for honor.

I really need the weapon and shield upgraded. Hopefully today or tomorrow I'll have the honor/marks.

oh, and for anything beyond that, I look at http://www.maxdps.com/shaman/elemental.php , but I doubt I'll have much time to do anything beyond s2 gear. It'll be a good place to start at wotlk, I hope

[zanthor]

the big thing is getting my worst gear replaced before lich king releases... once there ill just level and get new toys as I go.

[emesis]

Farm your Totem of the Voids - that's +55 damage; and not likely to be replaced until quite far into the expansion.

I'm at a pretty similar point in my progression as you; just dinged 70. Headed to Mech as soon as I run my dailies today to get the finish up the cash for the mounts.

[Ellay]

My current path on my newly Alliance leveled Shamans was Totem of the void first, followed by the 5 piece seer set being honored in each category ( this should be pretty easy and almost capped at each spot).
Weapon is first followed by the shield.
S2 Legs then Head then Shoulders ( Going for the 4 piece bonus)
at this point either purchase the S4 chest or S4 gloves pending on how much arena points you have.
At this point focus on the accessories i.e. Belt/Bracer/Rings with Honor and leave the rest to Arena Points.


My current state is working on Shoulders and buying Chest piece tomorrow, once both of these are obtained 2k rating is a possibility

[Thulos]

My current path on my newly Alliance leveled Shamans was Totem of the void first, followed by the 5 piece seer set being honored in each category ( this should be pretty easy and almost capped at each spot).
Weapon is first followed by the shield.
S2 Legs then Head then Shoulders ( Going for the 4 piece bonus)
at this point either purchase the S4 chest or S4 gloves pending on how much arena points you have.
At this point focus on the accessories i.e. Belt/Bracer/Rings with Honor and leave the rest to Arena Points.


My current state is working on Shoulders and buying Chest piece tomorrow, once both of these are obtained 2k rating is a possibility

Hrm I did the Rep PvP blues and went for weapon, shield, accessories and then I wanted to start on the actual armor pieces. My thinking was to get as much Resilience as possible as quickly as possible. Was this bad thinking?

[zanthor]

[quote='Ellay',index.php?page=Thread&postID=130894# post130894]My current path on my newly Alliance leveled Shamans was Totem of the void first, followed by the 5 piece seer set being honored in each category ( this should be pretty easy and almost capped at each spot).
Weapon is first followed by the shield.
S2 Legs then Head then Shoulders ( Going for the 4 piece bonus)
at this point either purchase the S4 chest or S4 gloves pending on how much arena points you have.
At this point focus on the accessories i.e. Belt/Bracer/Rings with Honor and leave the rest to Arena Points.


My current state is working on Shoulders and buying Chest piece tomorrow, once both of these are obtained 2k rating is a possibility [/quote]Currently I have nearly zero lower city faction and despise the dungeons... I planned on going for totem of the void between PVP (arena/bg grinds) to break the pace... so getting honored there should be fine to get me the piece of seers from there..

Question is it worth chasing the 5th piece from Lower City before the patch? 8 damage more, minor stam/int difference, etc... I'd already have the 4 piece bonus...

Any suggestions on boots?

[b]Revised shopping list...[/b]
[list=1][*][url='http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30345']The GOOD PVP Trinket[/url] for 17K honor... or am I OK not using this since I should have tremors down most times?[*]Merciless Gladiators Gavel for 25k honor and 20 eye of the storm marks...[*]Boots - Vindicators Mail Sabatons for 14K honor and 40 eye of the storm marks...[*] Shield - Vengful Gladiators Barrier for 1500 arena points ... 4-6 weeks if I don't suck... hrm...[*] - Another choice... Shield - Merciless Gladiators Barrier for 15k honor and 20 eye of the storm marks...[*] Bracer - Guardians Mail Bracers for 11K honor and 20 WSG marks...[/list]