L3g10nw's Enhancement Shaman PvP Guide
"Difficulty level: Very easy"
Introduction
hi, my name is legionw, im dominican.... fck this who cares lolz
Welcome again! (i thought i wouldnt ever say this)
Somehow, i got inspired to make another cool guide. this guide is rly detailed and in-depth. it teaches u how to get rdy for pvp and how to pvp as well. im serious about this guide, im not joking around so u should expect a lil boring but detailed guide, but its interesting tho. im only a troll when im drinking, if not, im always like this -___-
So, here we go again! *grabs a bottle of Vodka*
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Chair of Contents
1 - Talents
2 - Glyphs
3 - Stats
4 - Gems, Reforge, enchanting and profession
5 - Weapons and Gear
6 - Keybinds
7 - Power Auras
8 - Macros
9 - Add-Ons
10 - Rotation: Gereral tips
10.5 - Purge and Dispel
11 - 1v1 Rotation
11.0 - Warriors
11.1 - Paladins
11.2 - Death Knights
11.3 - Rogues
11.4 - Hunters
11.5 - Druids
11.6 - Shamans
11.7 - Mages
11.8 - Priests
11.9 - Warlocks
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Talents
Diff lvl: Intense
-They do not require any effort like in real life, so easy... just copy & paste. Minimize this window them maximize wow window and start getting talented. Make sure u do it the same way this pic tells u, otherwise u wont be talented.
Talent tree
Talent Calculator: Survival
for survivability, get toughness 3/3. get static shock 1/3.
in 4.0.6, u could do enh + focused insight and natures guardian for more survivability, but now in 4.3.4 you cant because of windshear nerf. so there arent so many variations in talents.
A note for starters (free gear or low item lvl)
If u die fast, i rly recommend u to get a lot of resil. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. dont mind ur dmg at all. just mind ur resil. get a lot of resil gems, trinkets, and enchs.
Get toughness 3/3.
Try to get off hand wep and shield as fast as possible. not one handed, OFF HAND WEP 2.6. so that u can macro shield and off hand wep easily. u need shield a lot.
read survivability tips below on rotation section.
Also, get mending enchant and always get healing totem. After u drop stoneclaw, drop stoneskin (macroed) if u are on bgs or fighting against melees.
Let me talk some stuff about talents.
Improved Lava Lash: Makes that when u have x5 Searing totem stacks, u will hit 100% more with LL. This means that u Must use first Unleash Elements, second Stormstrike, Them shock and lastly Lava Lash.
Try to do this like this always BUT remember that u are not a DMG class, ur job is to help with Wind Shears, Slows, CC, Freeze, Ground totem and Earth binding totem.
Play for Enhancement, not for Damagement.
Earthen Power: Its cool that u can remove any slow effect by hitting "C" (keybinded) without losing a GCD (global colddown)
BUT its Awesome that u can remove everyone's slow effects. this is a must.
Elemental Devastation: You can go for this spec and forget about lightning orb glyph and static shock, or you can forget about this talent and go for lb glyph and static shock 3/3 talent. its up to u. both are nice talents.
Feral Spirits: This is the last talent. when this talents is glyphed, it makes u get a BIG smile when wolves are on the field raping. Use this Glyph Early!!! the sooner the better! u want to cast it 2 times, dont u ?
StormStrike: its rly cool it makes ur WF proc a lot and makes u get ur Crit chance increased by 10% if glyphed.
Frozen Power: Best fcking talent EVER! love this beauty, makes u root ppl and increases your Dmg. Get used to freeze everyone 15 yards away from u. Get used to what a range of 15 yards feels like.
I miss this a lot cuz I always see toons on the screen, and my screen is less than one yard away from me.
Shamanistic Rage: Use this spell whenever is off CD. But if u are Facing a Paladin or a Mage or anyone that has Magic stuns, wait for them to stun u. Dont waste with Hammer of Justice, Deep Freeze, etc. use Shamanistic rage to remove those!
Maelstrom Weapon: This is why u are an Enhancement shaman. this is ur live... ur reason of hexing i mean of living. this beautiful talent, makes u get instant spells. I love to instant heal, instant hex, instant LB, Instant win, instant pizza, instagram, etc.
Spark of Life: Cant go wrong with 21% increased healings. this is not a must but where else will u spend last talents?
Reverberation: they nerfed windshear, now this talent is a 100% must... what a pain :/
i liked those days where u can go enh/healing for survivability, but now they made it so that we must go for this talent. oh well.
Glyphs
Diff lvl: Nasty
Get 'em.
Must have glyph:
Prime: Lava Lash
Major: STONECLAW (YEAH I USED CAPS), Shamanistic rage
Minor: Renewed life.
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Super Glyphs: Glyph of HeadShot, Glyph of Falcon Punch and
Glyph of Fatality.
They are hard to find but if u do find them ull be like chuck.
Let me talk a lil bit abt some good glyphs.
Glyph of Stoneclaw: this beauty, will safe ur *** sooo many times. it will absorb a decent amount of dmg. giving u time for u to cc, heal or run.
Glyph of Shamanistic Rage: isnt it awesome that u cant remove Hammer of Justice and Deep Freeze without wasting trinket? this glyph is a must.
Glyph of Lava lash: LL has become OP at cata... and even more with this glyph.
Glyph of Grounding totem: some ppl like it. its cool to reflect lava burst or frostfire bolt or any other spell ;P
Glyph of Lightning shield: i think its pretty cool that u dont go below 3 LS orbs. its even better if u got static shock talent.
Glyph of virginity: helps u to lose ur virginity by making u play less video games, and getting alone with more girls IRL.
Glyph of Falcon Punch: Whenever u die, ur character will resurrect like the Fenix Eagle, charging a super strong punch known as "Falcon Punch"
Falcon Punch video
Statistics
Diff lvl: GTL
Try to take it easy, remember that its a game after all, its not that serious.
Agility = As the name says, u will be more agile. nah, u will just hit harder and get more crits. so agility is better than crit chance and mastery. this is ur prime stat. keep that in mind.
Mastery = It means u will master all elements, thus, u will become god. with a lot of mastery u will hit hard like a warrior... i mean like an enh shaman specialized on mastery rating. this is ur second best stat. dont keep it in mind keep it in ur soul.
Resilience: "Provides XX.X (not porn) Damage reduction against all damage done by players and their sh.its, i mean pets."the more resil, the better. have this on every yellow socket. i know that ur *** socket color's is yellow but dont insert a gem in there, we dont want hax, ull get banned for 30 days.
Spell Penetration: an,al penetration is pretty good. it reduces enemy resistance. u should get about 180 spell pen. get it with blue gems.
Hit chance: 5%, thats all u need to hit everyone.
Crit Chance: dont mind this that much BUT try to get it on a decent % (that symbol means Percentage). u want to c Lava Lash hitting like a truck.
Expertise: don't be sad if u see this on ur gear, cry instead. nah jking u will do good with about 10/10, not sure abt what the hell is this but oh well.
Attack Power: This crappy stat was pretty good at LK. but know it has become pretty bad. never gem for this, u've been warned.
Stamina: dictionary says "The ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort." wow says "Increases Health by XX.X" (No, wow doesnt mean that ur health is increased by having sex. just no.)
Stamina doesnt rly matter if u have all the above capped or at a good percent.
Haste rating: **** it.
Agility> Mastery> Resilience> Crit
You must have hit capped and spell pen.
Geming, Reforging, Enchanting and Profession
Diff lvl: like cooking meth
Reforge
Reforge to Mastery.
Reforge haste to mastery
Reforge Crit to mastery (kinda optional, i personally love to see big numbers)
Reforge the hell to mastery but keep Hit chance capped.
Enchantments
Enh-chantment Priority= Agi>Mastery>Crit.
Weapon ench: Landslide/Landslide or Landslide/Avalanche*
and if u get disarmed a lot get Pyrium Weapon Chain enchantment.
Hair cut: Arcanum of the Ramkanhen
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of the Shattered Crystal
Superman's Cape: Greater Spell Piercing or Greater Critical Strike (depends if *need to cap hit rating)
T-Shirt: Peerless Stats
Casio's Wrist Watch: Greater Critical Strike or Precision (depends if *need to cap hit rating)
Gloves: Greater Mastery
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Jeans: Dragonscale Leg Armor
Sneakers: Major Agility*
Gems
Red: Agility
Blue: hit rating or spell pene.
Yellow: Agility and mastery or Resilience if u are having trouble with dying quick.
Meta: If u are an orc get stun reduction meta gem. otherwise, get agil meta gem.
Profession
As an Enhancement Human, u will want to become a Lawyer and a Teacher. Get those 2 professions.
Also as a secondary profession, u can be a Scientist.
Just get Enchanting or Jewelcrafting if u have time for professions. i personally dont like to lvl up professions.
Weapons and Gear
Diff lvl: Glock 40
Okey, now lets talk about weapons.
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated assault rifle, first developed in the USSR by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
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Weapon Imbues
WF/FT is awesome for bgs. but for 2v2 is not that good if ur team mate cant slow.
Unleash Elements will reduce speed by 70% if Frostshock or Frostbrand is on target.
so think good about having WF/FB if u need to slow ppl.
keep in mind also that WindFury attacks Do proc Maelstrom.
making u op at healing and CCing.
Weapon speed
Let me quote myself (i hope i dont get banned for copy right violation of myself)
"Okey, ill say it once, ill say it just ONE time, get an slow wep in one
hand and another slow in off hand. yea, another slow in off hand. lets recap: slow and slow. slow is for pro. slow is dah best. slow is the way. slow ma' *****. slow. sloooooowwwww.
Soulja Boy says: "slow mo' fo'. aint u gut itt, aintt quick it so slow no fo' so stfu cuz u mo' no pick slow ***** dah s*** cuz said so."
"What did he say?"
I think he wants u to get a fast wep..... try asking him."
You need an slow wep in both hands. Slow wep makes your Lava Lash (LL) crit higher and your Storm Strike (SS) crit even higher. so stick
with 2 slow.
Weapon type
If you are an Orc, u need axes or fist weps cuz of the orc racial passive.
If you are a Dwarf, get maces. 2.60/2.60 speed on both hands.
Gear
Needless to say shaman use mail with agility.
always keep in mind Priority List when getting a gear.
Agility> Mastery> Crit
Every pvp gear has resilience, if not, is not pvp gear.
just get vicious gear. you can buy them at AH for about 12k each. I myself am a leather worker. pm me, i haz gud prizes.
also get pvp trinkets that gives u resil.
buy all that with honor and make Arenas to earn conquest points.
Keybinds
Diff lvl: no mouse = impossible.
You can keybind any spell! you can even keybind a BJ! yea! just hit the B key and ur BJ should come handy.
Okey, so to be a very good pvp player, you need keybindings. i had like 4 years on wow without using keybindings and i always had a lot of problems like, looking at whats happening and looking at the action bar, losing time when abilities are off GCD, missing interrupts cuz it was too much for me to click counter spell before a lock cast Fear, etc.
When i started to play with keybinds, i really liked it. i can use counter spell so fast that i feel like cheating. i can use iceblock (as my main, a fire mage) and cancel it REAL fast to evade spells like lava burst, etc.
So, keybinding is the way to Pro. Here is an example about some keybinds.
You can use scroll Up, Scroll Down and middle mouse bottom. Here is my list of keybindings, to give you an idea.
You need to play like this: Walk forward with W, strafe with A, D and Turn left or right holding mouse right click. we need to put awesome spells on the remaining keys ( Q, E ,S).
F: Windshear
E: StormStrike,Lava lash (macroed)
Q: Frost Shock
S: StoneClaw
R: Tremor totem
G: Magma totem
Z: Shamanistic Rage
x: Nature resistance totem
C: Grounding Totem
T: Hex
1: Lighting bolt
2: Ghost wolf
3: PVP trinket
Caps: Healing Wave
Shift+F: Focused Windshear
Shift+T: Focused hex
Shift+S: Earthbinding totem
Shift+C: Focused Purge
Shift+R: Feral Spirits+Gift of the naaru (macroed)
Shift +E: Focused purge (to remove focused target dangerous auras/buff like pala buble or Mages shields)
Shift+Q: Focused Frost shock (to root ur focused target while keeping the main target slowed with FB)Q
Scroll Down: lightning shield
Scroll up: water shield
Mouse middle bottom: HERO/BloodLust
and so on... just make sure you can hit the key effectively and quick.
And convince yourself that this is not hard to learn, You can memorize the whole keyboard including the use of shift and Alt. NO, im not jk or anything, human brain is ftw. You need to give a keybind and memorize Every Shaman Spell.
i have memorized more than 100 Rubik's Cube patterns. and believe me, they are hard.
here is an example of 2 patterns.
R U') (R' U) (Lw U) (F U') (R' F') (R U' R U) (Lw' U R')
x' (R U') (R' D) (R U R') Uw'2 (R' U) (R D) (R' U' R)
i know them like my name. so its not impossible or hard to learn every keybind for 4 different classes. Yes, if you have other classes, Give Them Keybinds! that would be like 150 keys in your mind, pretty awesome.
If u are lazy or dont like the idea to move with A W D, just get the most important spells keybinded. it would be good as well.
"but how do i put keybinds to certain bottoms in the action bar?"
ESC> Keybindings> scroll down till Action Bar functions
When you get there, click on the number you want to change. Them it will ask you to set your binding, there you click the desired key.
Scroll down till Multi Action Bar and change those too.
Power Auras
Diff lvl: nerd
This section is about how to use power auras (add on). With power auras u can do many things, like know when u got maelstrom x5 with a sound notification or a desired image, know when u got an x debuff/buff, and so on.
I will explain how to set up Maelstrom so that when u got 5x maelstrom, it shows an image on screen and that it plays a sound.
My friend's shaman.
Click on "New" and put everything like that. Click on new again and put everything like the first one but in "Stacks" instead of
>0 u will put
>1
Close that window Click on "New" again and put everything like the first one but in "Stacks" instead of
>0 u will put
>2
Close that window Click on "New" again and put everything like the first one but in "Stacks" instead of
>0 u will put
>3
"New" again and put everything like the first one but in "Stacks" instead of
>0 u will put
=5 Also, u will check "WoW Textures" and choose texture 54. Move that texture down (set position Y like mine) and make the texture wide (Deformation: 1.42)
To play sound when ML is x5, just go to the "sound" tab and where it says starting sound (or smthg like that) click it and look for "thunder" or "fireball"
Now for Debuff
Stacks: =1
Check: Use own texture
Activation by: Debuff
Easy 5 steps power auras config below (for non-nerds)
1 - copy all that weird looking text (yea, kinda like hexadecimal or chinese)
2- open power auras (/powa)
3- click on import set
4- CRTL +V to paste the chinese text below
5 -enjoy
Set=Page 1@
Aura[1]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:2; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:1; texture:89; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-50; ismounted:0@
Aura[2]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:2; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:2; texture:90; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-50; ismounted:0@
Aura[3]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:2; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:3; texture:91; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-50; ismounted:0@
Aura[4]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:2; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:4; texture:92; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-50; ismounted:0@
Aura[5]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:2; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:5; texture:93; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-50; ismounted:0@
Aura[6]=Version:4.23; b:0; g:0.4745; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; x:25; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:5; texture:143; speed:2; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.45; y:-25; ismounted:0@
Aura[7]=Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Nature_StoneClawTotem; buffname:Stoneclaw Totem; x:128; bufftype:7; owntex:true; exact:true; size:0.11; y:-55@
Aura[8]=Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Nature_GroundingTotem; buffname:Grounding Totem; x:128; bufftype:7; owntex:true; exact:true; size:0.11; y:-84@
Aura[9]=Version:4.23; b:0; anim1:4; g:0.451; target:true; icon:Spell_Fire_SearingTotem; buffname:Searing Flames; x:198; bufftype:2; stacks:5; texture:31; alpha:1; stacksOperator:=; exact:true; size:0.41; y:-109; targetfriend:true@
Aura[10]=Version:4.23; g:0.9843; icon:Spell_Shaman_MaelstromWeapon; buffname:Maelstrom Weapon; r:0.9804; x:188; unitn:Only for raid/group.; stacks:5; texture:96; alpha:0.63; speed:2; sound:56; exact:true; PowerType:0; size:0.33; y:-23@
Aura[11]=Version:4.23; icon:Ability_Shaman_Stormstrike; buffname:Stormstrike; x:170; bufftype:7; owntex:true; exact:true; size:0.23; y:-70; texmode:2@
Aura[12]=Version:4.23; icon:Ability_Shaman_Lavalash; buffname:Lava Lash; x:195; bufftype:7; owntex:true; exact:true; size:0.23; y:-70; texmode:2@
Aura[13]=Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Nature_StrengthOfEarthTotem02; buffname:Earthbind Totem; x:127; bufftype:7; owntex:true; exact:true; size:0.11; y:-113; texmode:2@
Aura[14]=Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Frost_FrostShock; buffname:Frost Shock; x:127; bufftype:7; owntex:true; size:0.11; y:-139@
Macros
Diff lvl: Copy/Paste
Fail
Focus hex
#showtooltip hex
/cast [target=focus] hex
This macro is used if u are doing 2v2 and you and your partner are attacking one target and the other is about to heal your main target, u use these macro. Obviously you need to Focus it before match begins.it will hex the focused target without untargeting your main target.
Feral Spirits for Draeneis
#showtooltip Feral Spirit
/cast Gift of the Naaru(Racial)
/cast Feral Spirit
/petattack
Very useful macro to heal you quickly. Gift of the Naaru doesnt have GCD, so is good to macro it with something. because you use feral spirits when targets is low health or when u are low health, is a good macro.
also this macro attacks the target u use it on, so no more wolves attacking pets.
One Button Weapon Enchants
#showtooltip
/use [nomod] Windfury Weapon; [mod:alt] Rockbiter Weapon; [mod:ctrl] Flametongue Weapon; [mod:shift] Frostbrand Weapon
No Modifier: Windfury Weapon
Alt: Rockbiter Weapon
Ctrl: Flametongue Weapon
Shift: Frostbrand Weapon
Frost Shock
#showtooltip Frost shock
/startattack
/cast frost shock
Spells doesnt activate white attack. So you need to macro it.
Focus Frost Shock
/cast [target=focus] Frost Shock
Flame Shock
#showtooltip Flame shock
/startattack
/cast flame shock
Spells doesnt activate white attack. So you need to macro it.
Bind Elemental
#showtooltip Bind Elemental
/target Water Elemental
/cast Bind Elemental
/targetlasttarget
You need this. get it.
Shield/off hand weapon swap
/equipslot [noequipped:Shields] 17 Name of shield
/equipslot [equipped:Shields] 17 Name of off hand weapon
With this macro u can swap ur offhand with ur shield. Pretty awesome in some healing cases and VS ROGUES.
Also use this with Spirit Walkers Grace. u can also combine it with a Johnny Walker.
Frostbrand-Flametongue Switch
#showtooltip
/castsequence [@none] flametongue weapon, frostbrand weapon
/castsequence 17, 17
/click StaticPopup1Button1
This is a simple macro to switch between Fb and Ft on ur left hand only. this doesnt affect ur main hand. this is useful when u need to slow a target and them u need to burst him. pretty cool.
Focused Windshear
#showtooltip Wind shear
/cast [target=focus] Wind shear
this is cool cuz u need to windshear healers and hex them while attacking main target. pretty useful
Add-ons
Diff lvl: own everyone
1 -
Power Auras
Extremely useful. It's a must. You can know when u got x5 Maelstrom, when u are cheap shoted, kidney blowed, etc.
2-
Gladius
Very nice add for pvp. rly recomend it.
3 -
Quartz
you cant Wind Shear it if u dont c the spell.
4 -
Mik's scrolling text
rly good add, u can clearly see each spell dmg.
5 -
Doom cooldown pulse
rly helpful when u are concentrated on a fight and u dont have time to look at spells cds down there. u may lose a wind shear in that time u look at spells. pretty awesome add.
6 -
CoolDownCount
This is cool add, it tells u how much time left for spell to be rdy again.
7 -
GladiatorlosSA
/quote google: This is a special addon, it has no interface, but it can speak. It is SOUND ALERT addon leads you to become GLADIATOR, so having the name GladiatorlosSA.This addon will alert spells using customized voice. For example, when you are in BG or arena, an enemy uses his pvp trinket, a voice of "Trinket" will come out. It can alert many spells(100+), each spell can be selected on or off.
8 -
LoseControl
this addon makes ur life easier by showing u the remaing time of those crowd control spells, rly helpful.
How to become Pro easily
diff lvl: click spoilers and read
Know your class. The more you know, the better u become. The more you know the game, the Nerder u become. So get a balance between being pro and knowing the game without being a nerd.
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