Wrath of the Lich King: Shaman roundup

by Matthew Rossi Nov 12th 2008 at 7:30PM

It's time to go drop magical sticks in the ground in whole new dirt. Northrend awaits, with the spirit world in torment, the Scourge everywhere, and one of the greatest shamans who ever lived behind all the chaos. It's up to us to go up there and straighten up this mess: who better? But what awaits you in Northrend?

General

Want a round up of dungeon and quest loot in the two starting zones? We have you covered.
What talents and skills will you be taking to Northrend? Zach spells it out for us.
How has the class changed? We covered that in two parts.

Talents and Skills

Natalie Mootz covered Elemental Shaman talent builds.
Enhancement has turned out to be a really fun spec.
What's going on with Elemental Combat?
Healing as a shaman in Northrend will be a lot more involved thanks to spells like Riptide.
Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thunderstorm ho!

Other neat stuff

Watch a shaman kill an entire raid group!
In case you missed it, you don't need to carry four totems to Northrend with you. Yay for extra bag space.

Hopefully you'll have as much fun in Northrend as I did my first and second times through the beta.

Tags: elemental-shaman, enhancement, expansion, restoration-shaman, round-up, Shamans, wrath-of-the-lich-king

Filed under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

rogue Nov 12th 2008 7:33PM

Is anyone else annoyed that, although all totem relics now count for your 4 totems, you can't destroy those 4 individual totems so they now get to eat up bank space instead of bag space?

Amaxe Nov 12th 2008 7:44PM

/agree

It is still 4 wasted slots, just not in our immediate luggage

Angus Nov 13th 2008 8:33AM

I clicked on the comments link JUST to make this same statement.

What's the use of saving us 4 slots on our person while making us use them in the bank?

About the only good thing about all this is I ended up getting like 20 slots open from pvp tokens and pets no longer being there.

Spoonmaster Nov 12th 2008 7:34PM

WTB Elemental Buffs so I can go back from Resto. =(

Frank Nov 12th 2008 7:39PM

Oh, FFS. Stop highlighting Natalie's elemental build piece. That was the most ill conceived piece of trash to ever grace this site.

Exodeus Nov 12th 2008 9:09PM

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hEz0qcdetMxot0xx

Is the correct PvE elem build.

Exodeus Nov 12th 2008 9:12PM

Wrong link above, this is what I meant

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hEh0qsdetMxst0xxco

sh0wtime Nov 12th 2008 10:04PM

Those builds are both terrible, thank god you put three point in eye of the storm; with the new pushback mechanics those points are worthless even while leveling.

I'm not saying that this is the best build out there, but until I get Lava Burst at 75, I will be using this:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=hEczq0dftGxot0xxco

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