Thewowcrafters.com Website Review

Unlike in later expansions, in the patch 3.3.5(a) of World of Warcraft, Wrath of Lich King, Shamans are invaluable to any raid composition due to their monopoly to the Bloodlust mechanic. Shamans are hybrid clas*es, much like paladins and druids, with the exception of having a viable main tank spec. Unfortunately, in the spirit of being a hybrid clas*, while being jacks of all trade, Shamans aren't strictly speaking the best at any role. For example, Priests have higher healing output and Mages leave you in the dust on the damage meters. Elemental Shamans are still very desired simply for their raid buffs. Why should you choose Elemental over Enhancement? While the latter is king at mana efficiency damage output wise, most of its damage is single target. While Elemental may have slightly more downtime and less single target burst, it makes up for it with its superior AoE, which comes in very handy while leveling. Despite AoE grinding nowadays being less efficient than leveling, you will still have the ability to breeze through the kill x amount of monsters quests and the bonus experience from killing a packs of mobs won't hurt you Spell power should be your main focus in gear, as it directly increases the damage you do with your spells. Intellect and critical strike are also valuable for adding to you damage. Hit rating is much less of a focus while leveling than in endgame content, so don't fret over this, but having some will help you hit your enemies more often, which is especially useful with higher level enemies. Due to the talents and Water Shield procs, you will rarely be running out of mana, and as such mana per 5 should be at the very bottom of your list 2. Intellect: Increases your maximum amount of mana. Also adds to your spell critical strike chance. 3. Critical Strike Chance: Increases your chance to cause critical strikes with your spells. 4. HIT RATING: Increases your chance to hit enemies. Useful but unnecessary to focus on while leveling. 5. Mana Per 5 Seconds: You