4x elemental or 3x elemental 1x resto?

protadin with 20k bare minimum really, preferably 23-25k. And as close to critimmune as you can get. As crits can totally screw you over in heroics. But I think you wont be able to reach critimmune without heroic epics and such, so just get as close as you can get. Might save a lot of frustration.

4x elemental you should aim to have at least 1600 self buffed Spellpower. Taletn builds that include all mana conserving talents and preferably 14k mana minimum.

3x elemental shaman and 1x resto, similar stats then previous for the resto but I believe you can slack a bit on the other three shamans quite a bit however. And overall in worse gear you will be able to handle heroics better overall with this set up as opposed to 4x elemental. Which really doesn't start to shine until you start to gear up.

4x elemental is more gear dependant than 3x ele + 1x resto.

Kirin tor revered is good for elemental shamans, cloak+belt+weapon. so focus on getting some factions to revered first, for some decent blue gear. at least. There are some pretty decent craftable blues either, should totally take a look into that. Basicly, rep rewards and craftables are multibox wise the easiest to get and will get you quite some stuff.


Just my two cents.