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Shaman

The most versatile: damage, healing and even tanking early dungeons.

DamageHealerTank

A

For levelling

Levelling

Enhancement is much better, with a reworked Storm Strike, and totems are easier to use. It is versatile and solid, but mana is still the weak point, and Elemental usually only pays off later.

Strengths

  • Damage with shocks, Storm Strike and totems
  • Lots of utility and Ghost Wolf at level 20
  • Damage, healing and even tanking in early dungeons

Weaknesses

  • Mana problems while levelling
  • Many spells and totems to train (cost)
  • Damage may fall behind near level 60

The three talent trees

  • Elemental

    Damage

  • Enhancement

    Damage

    Best for levelling (in the beta)

  • Restoration

    Healer

Talent trees

The class's three trees as they are in the game: each row unlocks after spending 5 points in the tree, and the number in the corner is the talent's maximum rank.

Elemental

Convection5Convection
Concussion5Concussion
Earth's Grasp2Earth's Grasp
Elemental Warding3Elemental Warding
Call of Flame3Call of Flame
Elemental Focus1Elemental Focus
Reverberation5Reverberation
Call of Thunder5Call of Thunder
Trial by Fire2Trial by Fire
Eye of the Storm3Eye of the Storm
Elemental Devastation3Elemental Devastation
Elemental Reach2Elemental Reach
Elemental Fury1Elemental Fury
Elemental Alacrity5Elemental Alacrity
Elemental Mastery1Elemental Mastery

Enhancement

Ancestral Knowledge5Ancestral Knowledge
Shield Specialization5Shield Specialization
Guardian Totems2Guardian Totems
Thundering Strikes5Thundering Strikes
Improved Ghost Wolf2Improved Ghost Wolf
Improved Lightning Shield3Improved Lightning Shield
Enhancing Totems2Enhancing Totems
Two-Handed Axes and Maces1Two-Handed Axes and Maces
Anticipation5Anticipation
Flurry5Flurry
Toughness5Toughness
Improved Weapon Totems2Improved Weapon Totems
Elemental Weapons3Elemental Weapons
Spirit Weapons1Spirit Weapons
Weapon Mastery5Weapon Mastery
Stormstrike1Stormstrike

Restoration

Improved Healing Wave5Improved Healing Wave
Tidal Focus5Tidal Focus
Improved Reincarnation2Improved Reincarnation
Ancestral Healing3Ancestral Healing
Totemic Focus5Totemic Focus
Nature's Guidance3Nature's Guidance
Healing Focus5Healing Focus
Totemic Mastery1Totemic Mastery
Natural Grace3Natural Grace
Restorative Totems5Restorative Totems
Tidal Mastery5Tidal Mastery
Healing Way3Healing Way
Nature's Swiftness1Nature's Swiftness
Purification5Purification
Mana Tide Totem1Mana Tide Totem

Talent builds

This class's talent builds arrive with the launch, once the trees are final.

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