Burning Crusade Leveling

[atanasoaie]

Best spec for leveling shaman ?

[taralej]

Elemental.

If this was a 1x realm, then Enhancement would be better and easier. However, Enh is gear-dependent and on a 5x realm you'll be walking around half-naked until Outland. You will be taking a lot of damage and will be dealing poor damage, all due to low gear. The only thing Ele depends on is mana, as there is no spell damage gear anyway on low level and so Blizzard made it so that your spells will have high base damage by themselves. Doesn't matter if you're naked or full blue-geared - you'll be dealing approximately the same damage as Ele during leveling, and far more than a naked Enh.

Your spells become 15% better after you get Convection & Concussion, and then there is also the amazing Elemental Focus, talents which improve LBolt and CL, mana regen, and spell hit talents. A mob my level is usually below half HP by the time it reaches me. From that point it's just 2-3 autos with Flame Shock ticking and Lighting Shield up. Use an additional Earth Shock if the target starts casting something to interrupt it and that's all. I recommend going Enh first for the instant Ghost Wolf. The 5% extra mana is nice, too.

And as if all that isn't already good enough, you'll also be able to heal dungeons while leveling without problems.