Saturday, October 18, 2008

A Guide to the World of Warcraft Shaman

In this world, a shaman is all about the spiritual world and the belief of it. In the World of Warcraft, the character Shaman is an integral member of any group that possesses great power and incredible skills. If you are thinking of choosing this character, then continue to read this guide on how to become a great WoW Shaman.

The very significant things to note before starting as a Shaman is to make sure that your own skills match well with this class and that you must look for a group that is also in need for a Shaman. Make sure that you join a group that needs a shaman. When put in a group, they integrate the strength needed using their natural abilities.

Getting Started as a Shaman

This class is limited when starting out, for example, only the Dranei can be a Shaman for the Alliance. For the Horde, you'll only have Orc, Trolls, the Undead or Tauren. This indicates that you will initially need to accept some of this races weaker points, as they do have long-term benefits and uses.

Shamans use their mana points to cast some spells. It’s best to be moderate about it—not using too much or too little—to achieve more success in using this class. It is best to approach moderately, avoiding utilizing too much or too little. When not used with caution, you either waste time trying to regenerate or lose much needed health points.

Shamans are known for their healing skills, that is why you must try to build up your spell arsenal, your ranged weapons and most specially, your healing spells. hamans need groups for protection, and groups needs Shamans for the healing spells, which is why it may be best to learn all of the healing spells and potions.

How to pick a Shaman profession

Physically demanding professions ( blacksmith, leatherworker) are not ideal for this class. The best profession for Shamans are herbalism and enchanting. Although Skinning also has its own strengths, it can only be useful up to a minimal extent. It’s also suggested that you look for the right combination of primary and secondary professions.

You may consider herbalism and enchanting as you primary and secondary professions. You could also opt to mix alchemy with herbalism or enchanting and alchemy. Others think that mining (as secondary profession) will help you get items, but it actually wastes your extra time in the game.

As a Shaman, the best way to make money would probably have to be by making potions. It would be a good idea to focus most of your time mastering your professions as a Shaman as you may increase your skills and create better and more powerful concoctions that would not only earn you a larger amount of money, but also earn you more acclamation as well.

You can make your own armor by choosing a tailoring profession, but it will be better for you as a shaman to just purchase them. Do not worry; for leather armors are available at Level 40 at an available price. Pieces of armor are also given as rewards for a lot of quests. So it would be a good idea to focus your attention on professions that work as a revenue stream and that gives earns you more skills for the grou.

For information about using Totems, putting it all together and more, check out this WoW Shaman Guide.

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