But Isn’t That Hunter Loot?
by Santyn on Mar.20, 2009, under Shaman
Recently I’ve had a few in-game friends ask questions about gearing their Shaman. Granted my main is a Hunter, but with my big leveling push with my Shaman recently people assume that I know at least a little about them. Naturally, I try my best to help them out and answer their questions. One thing I have noticed is that everyone who has asked for advice plays a Hunter. And when I think about it, I know a lot of Hunters that have Shamans as alts.
So maybe, just maybe, the advice I have been giving will be useful to some other Hunters out there. Bear in mind that there are much more knowledgeable players than me when it comes to Shaman, and most of what I know applies to leveling. Anyway, on with the advice.
For those that don’t know, Shamans got a huge overhaul when 3.0 hit. Specifically the itemization for Enhancement Shamans. Pre-3.0 Enhancement Shaman stacked Strength, Agility, and Intellect. Think about it, how much gear have you seen that provides all three of these? Luckily Blizzard changed that.
At level 30, the talent Mental Dexterity becomes available. What this does is allow a Shaman to convert his Intelligence into Attack Power (Careful Aim anyone?).
Further down the tree you will find Mental Quickness, available at level 50. This talent converts up to 30% of your Attack Power into Spell Power, eliminating the need to stack Spell Power to buff up your shocks.
Now with these talents in mind, lets review what stats Shamans need to stack:
- Intellect – Enhancement Shamans may be a melee class, but they are also a caster which means they need mana. This will also give you Attack Power once talented for it.
- Agility – You are in melee and a good chunk of your DPS comes from White Damage. The Attack Power and Crit Agility provides are crucial.
- Attack Power - Same reasoning for Agility applies here. This also provides Spell Power once talented for it.
Now what gear provides those three stats and is Mail (leather at earlier levels)?
That’s right, Hunter gear. As an Enhancement Shaman, you will want to look for the exact same gear a Hunter would wear. It really is that simple.
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March 21st, 2009 on 8:20 pm
It’s not that suprising that hunters have shammy alts, we see a whole lot of mail items with spellpower that we wished weren’t wasted as quest rewards.
And as to itemization … Right now the best in slot main hand weapon is a caster weapon due to the scaling on their flametounge weapon. Blizzard doesn’t like that much (and for valid reasons) so it should get fixed “soon”