subject: Shaman Leveling Guide Best Ways To Level Faster [print this page] Shaman leveling speed lies in the middle of the road fast enough although not as fast as the speed of the so-called gods of leveling, the rogues, the retribution paladins, the death knights and the hunters, but not too slow as the holy priests and the protection paladins and warriors. In this Shaman leveling guide, you will know how you can reach the level cap fast without losing sight of the enjoyment of playing the game.
As a Shaman, you can level fast enough to enjoy the game. However, leveling will work faster for you if you have right mix of gears and talents up your sleeves. Otherwise, Blizzard have already added ten more levels to the game and you're still stuck in the pre-40 levels. Not really something you want to happen to you.
For leveling, you would do well to pick the build that has been optimized for leveling. Elemental build is arguably the fastest route to level cap, but this can be enhanced further with a little help from the Enhancement build.
The Elemental build is the DPS caster of the Shamans and does well in casting solid damage from a distance. If you want to do a little spell casting, this is the way to rol. The Enhancement build, the second build, performs very well at dealing damage from within melee range. For fast leveling, you should pick all the talents that let you go deep into the damage-dealing abilities in the Enhancement tree. If you've got extra talents points, you can pick up some other talents on the side. But, focus on primary damage dealers.
First thing on your list should be the Thundering Strikes talent which should give you extra +critical%. It's a passive talent, yes, but a very helpful one at that. After picking this up, you should work your way to the Flurry, a talent that will make you feel like you're a Fury Warrior. Quite a fancy talent, as many players would say, but is definitely a must-have if you're looking to increase the attack speed of your character.
After these talents, your next target should be to decrease the mana cost of some of your spells; you get that by sparing some of your talent points to the Shamanistic Focus. Not only will this talent enhance your mana management, it also helps with DoT of your shock spells.
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Another primary damage dealer you should work for to get is the Dual Wield. This is the talent that puts the Enhancement Shamans in the same league as the Fury Warriors and the Rogues, which are classes the specialize in dual wielding.
Now, all these talents are the talents to pick for leveling. If you are creating a Shaman for other purposes, you can always pick up other talents.
In the gears department, it is always an excellent thing to get gears that have very high damaging capabilities. As a Shaman enhanced for leveling (an Enhancement Shaman, that is), go for gears that will improve your damage at melee range and your +hit rating. If you have rolled an Elemental Shaman, you should try to get gears that will increase the damage effect of its spells. To squeeze some healing talents in the restoration talent tree, you can spare some points into the most useful Restoration talents.
To wrap up this Shaman leveling guide, there's only one advice for you focus on damage, critical hit, agility, attack power, and strength. {Everything else is secondary}.
