Warrior vs. Shaman

[Watto44]

Nice write-up Artega. I have little to add, other than the fact that in one-on-one, shamans are little gods in this bracket. The only things that can really come close to beating you 1v1 are very well twinked rogues who blow a bunch of cooldowns (ie., all of them) or a very well geared shadowpriest. (Note: I haven't played my shaman since 2.0, so things may have changed. Also, my shaman was an engineering junky which trivialised hunters.)

I do agree with deets about specs though. I'm not convinced that restoration is the best spec for a 49 shaman, even if you are healing focused. A slightly more offensive focused spec can help significantly when the assist train hits you. My theory was always that I was doing to drop, so I might as well take a clothy or two down with me. If I managed to kite/survive the train, great! Pop a mana pot, throw some heals around. If not, at least I burnt a healer's mana/cooldowns and maybe knocked them out of the fight. That approach probably has a lot to do with my mentality, but I certainly got a lot of miles out of it.:)

To throw another spec into the mix, here's the one I used: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hAbzLzZxVrzV0s Not particularly flash, but it suited me just fine.:)I can't remember much of my gear, but I had 3k HP, 3k mana, a decent two-hander, average attack power, but almost no +damage/healing. From a healing perspective, I almost always had to sink a mana pot to heal through longer group encounters, although I was usually okay for anything under three-on-three.