04-24-2005, 04:40 PM
swirly,Apr 24 2005, 10:07 AM Wrote:I recently had a friend ask me what I know about playing Shamans in PvP. I've never played a Shaman beyond lvl 18 though and so didn't really have much to tell her. So I'm asking here to try and get a thread started that I can show her. How does a typical Shaman PvP fight go? I'm assuming my friend plays her Shaman on a PvP server and so we might be talking both 1 on 1 fights as well as group battles. Also, what builds tend to lend themselves toward PvP? I guess I'm really just asking what the general Shaman PvP thought process is. Here, I'll quote my friend asking me about things so you can get an idea of where I am coming from.
In general, she just seems kind of lost right now with the class. So I'm hoping to gather up some info that she can read and will hopefully make her feel more comfortable with things and have an idea of where she is going. Does anyone have any Shaman advice that they could post here?
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Magma Totem is horrible for single-target damage; Searing Totem is very good if you expect the fight to last 15+ seconds (e.g. equal-level mobs or single players.)
As for most PvP builds, you MUST have Nature's Swiftness (21-point talent in Restoration line), and Improved Ghost Wolf (7 points in Enhancement line) is very useful, ESPECIALLY if you are Tauren (War Stomp+IGW = you live.)
I'm probably going Enhancement/Restoration until I reach my fifties, and then respec to Elemental/Restoration. 23/7/21 ftw :)
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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