All You Need to Know to Become Best Shaman in Cataclysm

So, how can you improve as a Shaman in World of Warcraft Cataclysm? What are your abilities? And what are the tricks of each individual ability that you can take advantage of? Find out what could make you best Shaman in Cataclysm.

Shamans are a good class to choose with a great variety of spells and abilities. You can play a Shaman in a number of ways. You can be either a Melee or Spell casting damage dealer or choose to become a Healer. Until recently, the only way to play a Shaman was through the Horde races. After the release of the Burning Crusade, it is possible to become an Alliance Shaman, at last! Shamans can wear all weapons, other than swords and strongly rely on leather armor until level 40. After that they can finally wear mail armor. Let's discover the Shamans' tricks:

Abilities and tricks you should know about:

Shamans are well known for their ability to place totems that improves the stats for both themselves and the other members of their group. There is a huge selection of totems that can be cast and these are divided into four schools: fire, water, earth and air totems. Only one totem of each school can be operational each time. Besides the totems, a Shaman has an additional ability known as Blood Lust, or Heroism for Draeneis, which increases all raid members haste rating by 30% for 40 seconds. Furthermore, a Shaman is capable of summoning a Fire and Earth Elemental as well.

Then there is a number of abilities that the Shaman can take advantage of - to a great extent - during leveling. The Shamans' ability known as Reincarnation comes with a cooldown of 1 hour. The Shaman will be able to come back to life when he gets killed, as long as this ability isn't on cooldown. This ability however demands a reagent known as 'Ankh'. The Shaman can learn Ghost Wolf at level 30 which dramatically increases his running speed. Shamans also have Astral Recall which behaves similarly to a Hearthstone, this one has only 15 minutes cool down though!

So far you can see that the Shaman has amazing abilities. 

The talent trees will offer you with even cooler spells and abilities.

Talent Builds for a Shaman

First of all, there is the Elemental talent build which is intended for casting damage dealers. You will make use of lighting and fire attacks to increase your damage capability. There is a good AoE spell that becomes accessible later is Thunderstorm and does great damage to the enemies. Then there is the Enhancement talent build. This build is created for melee damage dealing Shamans. This build will allow the Shaman to equip two one-handed weapons and additionally it will give him some great melee attacks. If the Enchancement build is followed to the end you will be able to summon two Spirit Wolves which are particularly powerful both in PvE and PvP. To end with, there is the Restoration build which is focused on healing. Shamans can be excellent healers with their Earth Shield, Chain Heals, Healing Waves, Mana Totems and Riptide. The Restoration talent tree does not only provide the Shaman with new abilities but also gives great boosts to the previously existing ones.

A Shaman is easy and fun to level with all these abilities. However, if you have difficulty in leveling as a Shaman try to use Dugi's Guides or the Edge addon to level up to 85 in just a few days. They will definitely help you to reach this level quickly and easily, and then have fun with the rest of the levels and the increased privileges.

These are the most essential characteristics of the best Shamn in Cataclysm. Some of them you probably already knew. Take the chance to exploit the information and resources provided in this article. It will be for the best!