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    Shaman Builds - Updated For Patch 4.3

    ShamanBuilds.com is a site that lists different talent builds for shamans of World of Warcraft. Many of these shaman builds come from forums, wowwiki or even myself. I hope you find the following builds useful.

    Finding the right shaman build that has been tested and work can save you a lot of gold and save you a lot of time figuring out a shaman build that works for you.

     

    Information On 4.3 Patch:

     

    Spell Changes:

    Flametongue Weapon - no longer increases spell damage. It now increases all non-physical damage done by the wielder by 5%.
    Lightning Bolt - new spell effect.
    Wind Shear - the base cooldown has been increased from 6 seconds to 15 seconds.

     

    Talent Changes:

    Elemental

    Call of Flame - no longer causes Fire Nova to extend the duration of Flame Shock.
    Earthquake - damage has been increased by about 75%.
    Elemental Fury - now removes the cooldown from Chain Lightning.
    Reverberation - now reduces the cooldown of Wind Shear by 5/10 seconds.
    Shamanism - now increases the spell power benefit to Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning from 32% to 36%.

     

    Enhancement

    Improved Lava Lash now causes Lava Lash to spread a Flame Shock debuff from the target to up to 4 nearby targets. This excludes crowd-controlled targets and those who already have a Flame Shock debuff from the shaman. Improved Lava Lash also no longer increases base Lava Lash damage by [15% / 30%]. This increase has been rolled into the base of the Lava Lash skill.
    Mental Quickness - now causes Enhancement shaman spells to behave as though the shaman has spell power equal to 55% of attack power. Enhancement shaman spells no longer benefit from spell power from other sources.
    Maelstrom Weapon - can now also proc from fully absorbed melee attacks.

     

    Restoration

    Ancestral Healing - now also causes the shaman's heals to increase the target's maximum health by [5% / 10%] of the amount healed, up to a maximum of 10% of the target's maximum health, for 15 seconds. This effect does not stack if multiple Restoration shaman are present, and does not apply to heals from procs.
    Riptide - the periodic healing coefficient has been increased by 50%. The initial direct heal is unchanged.


    Tier 13 Shaman Set Bonuses:

    tier 13 shaman armorElemental Shaman, 2 Piece Set Bonus - Elemental Mastery also grants you 2000 mastery rating 15 sec.

    Elemental Shaman, 4 Piece Set Bonus - Each time Elemental Overload triggers, you gain 250 haste rating for 4 sec, stacking up to 3 times.

    Enhancement Shaman, 2 Piece Set Bonus - While you have any stacks of Maelstrom Weapon, your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and healing spells deal 20% more healing or damage.

    Enhancement Shaman, 2 Piece Set Bonus - Your Feral Spirits have a 45% chance to grant you a charge of Maelstrom Weapon each time they deal damage.


    Restoration Shaman, 2 Piece Set Bonus - After using Mana Tide Totem, the cost of your healing spells are reduced by 25% for 15 sec.

    Restoration Shaman, 4 Piece Set Bonus - Increases the duration of Spiritwalker's Grace by 5 sec, and you gain 30% haste while Spiritwalker's grace is active.

    See Previous Shaman Builds for 4.0.1 to 4.0.3a builds.

     

    Elemental Shaman Builds (updated for 4.3)

     

    Your typical Elemental Shaman Build will look like this:

    enhancement shaman build

     

    34/7/0 Raid DPS Elemental Shaman Build - This build has Convection, this allows you mana to last longer and this can be very useful in boss fights. This is the main build most elemental shaman go with.

     

    32/9/0 Elemental Shaman Build With Totemic Reach - This build sacrifices ~%10 mana to increase the range of your totems.

     

    Spell Priority Rotation:

    1. Fire Totem - always on the ground (Searing or Fire Elemental when off cd)
    2. Flame Shock - DoT present
    3. Lava Burst - Whenever it's up
    4. Earth Shock - 7-9 Lightning Shield charges
    5. Lightning Bolt - Filler

     

    Stat Priority:

    1. Spirit - (Hit) until capped
    2. Int
    3. Haste
    4. Mastery
    5. Crit

     

    Enhancement Shaman Builds (updated for 4.3)

     

    10/31/0 Enhancement Shaman Build

     

    enhancement shaman build

     

    8/33/0 PVP Enhancement Build

     

    Spell Rotation Priority:

    1. Searing Totem
    2. Stormstrike
    3. Lava Lash
    4. Maelstrom Weapon x5 stacks + Lightning Bolt
    5. Flame Shock - If the Unleash Flame buff is present
    6. Unleash Elements
    7. Earth Shock
    8. Spirit Wolves

    Stat Priorities:

    1. Agility
    2. Hit (till spell hit cap 1742 / 17%)
    3. Expertise (till cap 26 expertise / 6.5%)
    4. Mastery
    5. Crit
    6. Strength
    7. To Hit (till white hit cap 2523 / 27%)
    8. Intelect
    9. Spell Power
    10. Haste

     

    Restoration Shaman Builds (updated for Cataclysm)

     

    3/7/31 Raid Resto Shaman Healing Build (4.3) - An all purpose raid healing build.

     

    resto shaman build

     

    When picking a build for your restor shaman there are a few things to keep in mind:

    1. 10s or 25s? Spell composition is different for those. Ancestral Awakening good for 10s but not for 25, earth healint is good for 25's but not 10s.
    2. Are you raiding hardmodes? If so make sure you have Ancestral Resolve.
    3. Play style: Do you want to use Telluric Currents? High end raiding often benifits from you being able to do some dps on low heal phases where you can get away without not spaming healing wave. This is a more advanced play style so if you play this way you have to pay attention to what everyones health is doing. If you are a tank healer I would not recomend this.

     

    Main Healing Spells will be:

    For Healing Tanks: Heal with Healing Wave, switch to Greater Healing Wave if healing output needs to be increased. Remember to use Earth Shield and Ancestral Healing provide as a passive buffer for the tank.
    How to heal raid: Save your mana with Healing Wave in phases without much damage. Use Healing Rain and Chain Heal in damage phases. Learn to anticipate those on each boss.

     

    Restoration Shaman Stat Priorities:

    1. Intellect
    2. Haste (to cap 5489)
    3. Spirit
    4. Crit
    5. Mastery

    Reforging:

    If there's no Haste on it, reforge Haste onto it.

    If there is Haste on it, reforge Mastery onto it.