The Shamans are a hybrid class that can do everything from dealing massive damage within melee range to casting destructive spells, healing buffs and weapon buffs from a distance. They also can use the Reincarnation ability which practically leaves the dreadful corpse run to other classes. But, despite the vast pool of Shaman talents, there’s still one thing that they don’t possess – being the best at any of their talents. Being the jack-of-all-trades that they are, the Shamans can never be as good as other classes in their primary talents although shamans do generally well in almost everything.

So what are the talents that Shamans do exceedingly well at?

{Elemental Shamans}
The DPS caster spec of the Shamans, the elemental shamans harness the elements to send their opponents to their graves. This build is for Shamans who prefer casting ranged spells.

At tier one, you can go either way or both ways. Convection is great for reducing the mana cost of casting chain lightning, lightning bolt, and shock spells. This is recommended if you’re rolling a PvE character. The talent sitting next to it is Concusion which is best for Shamans that want to go deep into the Elemental build. Concussion is the talent that suits any PvP Shaman.

At tier two, you can skip the Earth’s Grasp and Call of Flame and go the Elemental Warding talent. You must realize though that Elemental Warding could be quite useless at higher levels. Still, it comes in handy when warding off elemental forces.

In the succeeding tiers, you must distribute points to both the Call of Thunder and Elemental focus. At the fourth tier, you are best invested on the Eye of the Storm, if you didn’t use the Healing Focus. {Otherwise, skip it}. You can go whichever way at the fifth tier so you can do what you want with the Storm Reach, Elemental Fury, and Unrelenting Storm. All these talents can give your damage a boost. From this point forward, your focus should be on enhancing your ranged spells. After all, that’s where Elemental Shamans perform best.

{Enhancement Shamans}
If you are creating a melee character, the Enhancement Shaman provides all the necessary skills. Regardless of your tier, you should always pick talents that enhance your melee abilities in favor of other talents. A few of the most useful talents in this build are: Ancestral Knowledge for tier 1, Thundering Strike and Improved Lighting Shield at tier 2, and Enhancing Totems at tier 3. At tier 4, you should have the Flurry – never go without this – and for damage mitigation, you can go the Toughness way although this requires you to spread some talent points to Anticipation. From this point on, you should focus on improving your weapons, in reducing the mana cast of your instant cast spells, and basically on maxing up your melee weapons and other melee damage dealers.

{Restoration Shamans}
The Shaman talents in the Restoration build are all focused on creating character that can be great support members to any 5-man team, in terms of healing, that is. There really isn’t much to say about this build expcept that although some of the talents are useful during the initial levels, most of their powers wane at the higher levels. For players who want to roll the healer side of the Shamans, some very helpful Shaman talents include Tidal Focus, totemic focus, healing way, purification, focused mind, Earth shield, and improved chain heal.

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