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Shaman

3 specs with intelligent totem management, shock rotation, totem twisting, and party healing.

Playstyles

Elemental

Lightning Bolt spam, Chain Lightning on Clearcasting, Elemental Mastery, and 4-slot totem upkeep.

Enhancement

Stormstrike, shock weaving, Windfury/GoA totem twisting, and Fire Nova Totem cycling.

Restoration

Smart healing target scan, Earth Shield maintenance, Mana Tide, and configurable primary heal.

Elemental

Recommended: Elemental (40pt) View Build

Rotation

  • Lightning Bolt as primary nuke filler
  • Chain Lightning mode: on Clearcasting proc, on cooldown, fixed ratio, or LB-only
  • Flame Shock DoT maintenance on target
  • Earth Shock as filler when Flame Shock is active
  • Instant shocks (Flame/Earth) as movement fillers

Cooldowns

  • Elemental Mastery for guaranteed crit on next spell
  • Trinket and racial ability stacking

AoE

  • Chain Lightning on 3+ targets
  • Fire Nova Totem and Magma Totem above enemy threshold
  • Configurable enemy count threshold (0 = disabled)

Enhancement

Recommended: Enhancement (45pt) View Build

Rotation

  • Stormstrike as top priority (10s CD, +20% nature damage debuff)
  • Flame Shock DoT weaving with shock rotation
  • Configurable primary shock: Earth or Frost
  • Shamanistic Rage for mana recovery + damage reduction

Totem Twisting

  • Windfury ↔ Grace of Air twist — both buffs active via 10s cycling
  • Fire Nova Totem twist — AoE burst cycling with default fire totem
  • OOM protection: twisting disabled below 20% mana
  • Both twist modes are optional and independently toggleable

Cooldowns

  • Shamanistic Rage at configurable mana threshold
  • Trinket and racial ability stacking

Restoration

Recommended: Restoration (56pt) View Build

Healing

  • Smart party/raid target scanning sorted by HP ascending
  • Configurable primary heal: Chain Heal, Healing Wave, or Lesser Healing Wave
  • Earth Shield maintenance on focus target (tank) with charge tracking
  • Nature's Swiftness for instant emergency Healing Wave

Cooldowns

  • Mana Tide Totem at configurable mana threshold (default 65%)
  • Nature's Swiftness emergency heal below configurable HP threshold

Shared Features

Totem Management

  • 4-slot totem system: Fire, Earth, Water, Air — all configurable per spec
  • Auto-refresh when remaining duration drops below 5 seconds
  • Configurable totem choices per element (e.g., Totem of Wrath vs Searing Totem)

Interrupt & Utility

  • Earth Shock interrupt (TBC's only shaman interrupt) with Rank 1 mana-efficient option
  • Cure Poison and Cure Disease self-dispels
  • Purge to remove enemy magic buffs

Shield & Recovery

  • Auto-maintain Water Shield (Ele/Resto) or Lightning Shield (Enhancement)
  • Healthstone and Healing Potion at configurable thresholds
  • Mana Potion and Dark Rune with HP safety check

Weapon Imbues (Enhancement)

  • Auto-apply Windfury (MH) and Flametongue (OH) out of combat

Settings Overview

General

Spec selection, shield type, AoE threshold, interrupt, dispels, recovery items.

Elemental

Chain Lightning mode, Flame Shock, Elemental Mastery, totem choices per element.

Enhancement

Stormstrike, shock selection, Shamanistic Rage, Windfury twist, Fire Nova twist.

Restoration

Earth Shield, Nature's Swiftness threshold, Mana Tide, primary heal selection, totem choices.