The shaman is a great asset to many different types of raids. They help buff the party with their totems, have talent tree specializations that proc to boost the raid, and can be very versatile. In this quick overview, we will be covering enhancement shamans in a raid. There are many things to consider when raiding with an enhancement shaman, with the primary focus being DPS and buffs. So, here are a few things you always want to remember:
1. If you have enough mana regeneration from raid buffs, use your lightning shield. Because of the static shock spec in the enhancement tree, you have a chance of hitting the enemy with a lightning shield orb when you do damage. This will help slightly boost your DPS, but since it doesnt take any cooldown or slow the attacks you do down, you might as well use it. If you dont have enough mana regeneration, then always keep water shield on.
2. Use your shocks effectively! If you are starting to get pretty high up on the threat meter, make sure to use wind shock and slow down your damage for a little bit, for the tank to get further on threat. Shamans have a tendency to pull a little more aggro than the usual melee DPS, so make sure you are watching it and shocking accordingly. If you dont have any threat, then I've found (for me) that earth shock is definently the way to go. I use that every time it is on cooldown, and I've tested my theory on the dummies with different shock rotations. It seems that earth shock consistently does the most DPS.
3. Use the right totems! I covered this a little in the last blog, but it so important I thought I'd cover it again. If your raid is low on melee DPS, but really high in casters, use the wrath of air totem and the flametongue totem to help them out. You can still throw down a strength of earth totem for you, especially if you have the enhancing totems talent specialization.
4. Use your cooldowns when the raid needs them! This means, if you are in a guild that raids, and you decide to raid with them, make sure they are the ones that tell you when to use such cooldowns as: heroism/bloodlust, trinket cooldowns, etc. One major advantage that a shaman has is the feral spirit wolves. They can be lifesavers, since they heal you while fighting with you. Unless you get a really big group of enemies, there isn't too much of a need for them in raids until you get to a boss. The only boss I would NOT recommend using feral spirit wolves on is Patchwerk in Naxxramas. The reason behind that: If you are melee DPS, you have to stay below half life at ALL times, in order to not take a "Hateful Cleave". There is the poison you have to jump into, and then back out of, and it will take you to around half life. If you use the feral spirit wolves, they will heal you up, causing you to take a "Hateful Cleave". This means instant death for you (Hateful Cleave's hit mail armor wearers for around 45k!)
Here in the next day or two, I will be posting a rotation that I have found that works for me as an enhancement shaman, and I will also be writing a blog about restoration shamans in raids soon. In the meantime, if you have any specifics you would like me to delve into, just shoot me an email at: floating.fuzzies09@gmail.com, and I will do my best to answer them and post it on the blog! :)
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