Small Tips to Leveling Up Your WoW Classic Shaman

Shamans are your flexible all-around class. They can be damage-dealers, healers, or support buffers. With such a wide range of options for equipment and skills, what are you going to prioritize?

Whether you enjoy questing, exploring, or simply farming WoW Classic gold, shamans are a great addition to your character collection. Here's a comprehensive guide to leveling your shaman, so it can be exactly what you need for playing the game.

Basics

Always have a plan. Time is limited, and you need to make the best of what you have. With this guide, you can figure out an agenda, what to do and where to go at certain levels. Being efficient with time only means that you're doing something to further your level all the time. Sometimes that means not looting anything, so you don't have to go back to town to unload.

Along with that, supplement your level grinding with questing and similar XP rewarding activities. If you're going to grind defeating a certain creature, do a quest that asks you to do so as well. When you need ingredients for leveling your profession, do so as you farm XP in a nearby area.

The last thing you need to remember about this guide is that you have the freedom to follow (or not follow) it as you like. All of these are just suggestions, and if you find something that works for you, by all means, use it. It's not like this is the only way to get a level 60 shaman!

Builds

Part of the planning involves planning a build for your shaman. Do you want to be a DPS, healer, or support? Whatever your end build is, here are some recommended builds while you level.

From 1-20: Start out in the Elemental branch. You'll want to take advantage of the Searing Totem and any passive that enhances its damage. The Earthbind Totem is also a good one to focus on.

Level 20-40: You can re-specialize to the Enhancement branch of talents, or keep going with the Elemental branch. Doing the former lets you take advantage of any two-handed weapons you want to use, but you'll start dealing with physical damage.

Level 40-60: Here is when you solidify your final build. Will you go full Elemental or hybrid Enhancer? It's up to you.

Again, plan it out beforehand so you don't keep on resetting your talents and spending unnecessarily.

Useful Tips

Kiting using theEarthbind Totem is one of the most effective ways to mitigate damage. If you're new to WoW, kiting only means staying out of range of an enemy's attacks. Enemies in the open world are most likely to be faster than you in terms of both movement speed and weapon attack speed.

Using the totem will slow them down by half, allowing you to weave in and out of their range easier. If you stay still as you attack without it, you'll be trading one hit for every two you receive. Kiting is a damage mitigation skill you shouldn't underestimate. Some swing timing tracker add-ons will help with this.

Stock up on equipment that boosts your mana regen and healing abilities early. In your downtime, you can switch to them and recover your health or mana for your next battle. Shorter downtimes mean you can get more XP in the long run!

Make the most of your totem's area of effect and place them right in the middle of a group. Replacing them for every kill is slow and costly. This is something you'll get a sense of as you use or level up your character.

For Enhancement Shamans, choose gear with boosts to agility, strength, stamina, intellect, and spirit. That is also their general order of priority. If you want to be tankier, prioritize stamina. For Elemental Shamans, your priority is gear that raises spell damage, intellect, and critical damage, as well as spirit. Of course, you can still get stamina for more health for your Elemental Shaman. Just prioritize the listed attributes more.

Generally, quests and grinding are your go-to activities. When quests start becoming too high-leveled, grind for a while until you reach their requirements. Then you can start questing again. Repeating that cycle a few times will get you to level 60.

The last tip is for you to simply enjoy the game. Play how you want, and use the skills you want. Level up at your leisure, and you'll get there eventually. Efficiency is key if you want to go fast, but it's fine if you want to go at a slower pace.

Have fun with your WoW Classic Shaman!