finally someone who isnt only covering tanking shamans

They are already making Enhancement-Shaman turning into a TBC/Wotlk Spec. They should give 2H-Shamans some love.

I’m voting for 2H shaman.

Iv been searchin the internet high and low for someone to talk about shamans and not only the tanking part of em, thank you for this (liked and sub) ❤

Looking forward to going Ele/Resto sham in SoD

Ghost Wolf could be interesting. In classic, outside of questing, it was really only used for preventing Rogue Sap openers. The damage reduction would be really nice paired with the new defensives. I'm hoping blizzard also changes the talent to 1.5 seconds, cause that 1 second cast was always clunky. I think the biggest love that shamans could use is the GCD on totem placement.

Id love for more people to go Alliance so we can show them how great Shaman is 😂

Way of earth only works with rockbiter active, so i wonder if you can swap weapon enchant effects like stance dancing so you can still use earth shock at range. Already had a pvp build idea for lvl 25 which would be doing shield mastery/way of earth/lava burst. Earth shock becomes melee range but also off cooldown with other shocks. Get fast ghost wolf and imp lightning shield in enhance then go ele tree for more shock damage and 1 point in elemental warding to be more tanky toward casters. Gear could be all int cloth with a good shield since most armor and effects come from that but could also go with a mix of agility to dodge more and better into melee. The idea though is to run at ppl and widdle them down with lightning shield/melee/shock spams. Lava burst for that nice range finisher or starter or when being kited. The ghost wolf dmg reduction plays into this and will prob make for a great flag runner. Full ele at 40 tho :)

I've had the idea for an ele/enh hybrid tank spec 21/30/0, with elemental gear, to make our spell based damage hurt more, as well as help fix mana issues. However Molten Blast working of AP throws a wrench into that, the other magical sources work off of spelldmg (shocks, imbues, fire totems, LS). I reeeeally hope that every source of magic damage across all classes can scale either off of attack power or spell damage, whichever is higher, to allow for more flexibility. For my spellhance tank concept, I also initially considered taking dw rune, but that'd cost him over 2/3 of his armor, lots of block (30% with rune, talents and gear), and tons of mana regen, so sadly no 5% spellhit and oh damage/imbue/spellpower enchant/weapon oil

Playing shaman on phase 2 - 3+ . Brd gear at 50 is gonna be lit to play ele in pvp!

i interpreted the dual wield thing as them just getting dual wield by default and i thought i remember seeing confirmation of this but theres a chance i could be misremembering

I will be rolling a shaman and for i see it's going to be awesome.

That hit rune could be good for ele if dual wield is universal. Elemental shamans could have 2 spell power weapons and an extra 5% hit they dont have to put on gear

Maelstrom Weapon hype! *starts to hyperventilate*

Shaman is the new Druid. Tank, Heals, Melee DPS, Caster DPS

Yeah I think I'm for sure going shaman now, so tough to choose a main class they all look great. Now which spec of shaman do i want to be lol

shaman best flag carry phase 1?

I hope they give us another instant attack with two hander.

aaaah too many classes are fun now :( priest first, coz im a sucker for healing then a shaman ( mellee/tank) ( ill prob make a 2nd sham for ele/healer speccs) then a hunter ( i prefer hutners for farming) druid ( feral) mage ( arcane/healer) ......

Pretty sure all the testing of ablilities and balancing has already been done. So a good chance that what you see is what you get.

I mean it’s a GHOST wolf. Maybe it should give some dodge instead of damage reduction. Just a theme suggestion.

I hope theres enough Horde because i really wanna roll alliance this go around, id hate to be locked out.

With this amount of %reduction and an improved stoneskin totem, rogues are gonna hit for 1, 1, 2!

Do you think racials are gonna be that big of a game changer? I want to roll resto/ele but as orc. What do you think?

We’re gonna get bloodlust and dogs!!! It’s over!!!

i just wish they'd implement some better totem management mechanics. move them once casted or desummon for mana regen or something. super clunky to use in classic

Don't forget the PvP helm that reduces damage too 😅

are there bg to play in seas of discovery hardcore ? do u lose ur char there ?

I don't know if each spec is going to be that good for phase one. It currently seems like ele is still going to have mana issues in pve and enhance dosen't have any strong abilities yet and probably will have pretty underwhelming DPS. Witht thqt being said I'll still roll a DD shaman.

Was hoping to see Hex, but these potential changes look good.

As much as I am looking forward to positive class changes, the thing they ABSOLUTELY have to add is better food and drinks, something that regenerates a set percentage per tick and not just a tiny amount while your mana bar is way bigger than your mana cookie could ever regenerate in one sitting... now is the time! :)

This is a little tanking defensive and a defensive as a whole. I hope rogues, warlock and shaman tanks have to also itemize for tanking too.

besides tanking, enhance is looking like wotlk

im getting worried they might try to give us WOTLK class design which was too much. Honestly just classic with few tweaks per class to make all the annoying things less annoying (not viable).

Good lord please give us 2h enhance!!!

Shaman only pvp guild

Paladins just got a major nerf. Look it up, also hunters got a major nerf to lone wolf. Still no warlock nerf though....

From my point of view. Shamans need Windwalk Totem and both resto shamans n druids need a way to cleanse magic. Pvp is what im most worried about. I have to see higher level runes.

If you say imbune one more time im losing my shit

Ghost wolf for resto and ele is still gonna be obsolete even with the "change" it's a good opinion for someone who has no idea what the pvp scene actually is so i can't really expect much

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Huuuuuuge faction imbalance coming to SOD horde is NOT looking appealing to play i can tell you id rather play wrath paladin with crusader strike,divine storm,bubble,plate armor and windfury from druids over enhance with lava lash 100% i will roll alliance for ret paladin if 2hd enhance is not looked at. Im going day 1 ret paladin alliance over horde JUST because of ret paladins.

too many changes to continue calling the game classic

Weapon imbue not “imbune”! Love the video regardless 🫡

Fuq it. playin sham.