Solo Damage Build (0/40/21)

Enhancement:
Tier 1:
Ancestral Knowledge: 5/5

Tier 2:
Thundering Strikes: 5/5
Improved Ghost Wolf: 2/2
Improved Lightning Shield: 3/3

Tier 3:
Shamanistic Focus: 1/1
Anticipation: 5/5

Tier 4:
Flurry: 5/5

Tier 5:
Spirit Weapons: 1/1
Elemental Weapons 3/3

Tier 8:
Unleashed Rage: 5/5

Restoration:
Tier 1:
Improved Healing Wave: 5/5

Tier 2:
Totemic Focus: 5/5

Tier 3:
Healing Focus: 5/5

Tier 4:
Tidal Mastery: 5/5

Tier 5:
Nature’s Swiftness: 1/1

The Solo Damage build is designed for the questing shaman. This build focuses every talent that increases the shaman’s ability to survive and deal as much damage as he can without the assistance of another player. The restoration talents improve the Shaman’s ability to heal himself, with Nature’s Swiftness providing him a quick burst of healing in a tight situation. Improved Lightning Shield increases the damage of his Lightning Shield, allowing him to deal more damage in a solo environment while questing while Improved Ghost Wolf allows him a quick escape from trouble if he gets in over his head. This build focuses on large bursts of damage, therefore the shaman uses a two-handed weapon rather than dual wielding.

NOTE: Like PvP builds, the Solo Damage Shaman should ONLY use mail armor.

Group Damage Build (19/42/0)

Elemental:
Tier 1:
Convection: 5/5
Concussion: 5/5

Tier 3:
Elemental Focus: 1/1
Reverberation: 5/5

Tier 4:
Elemental Devastation: 3/3

Enhancement:
Tier 1:
Ancestral Knowledge: 5/5

Tier 2:
Guardian Totems: 2/2
Thundering Strikes: 5/5

Tier 3:
Enhancing Totems: 2/2
Shamanistic Focus: 1/1

Tier 4:
Flurry: 5/5

Tier 5:
Improved Weapon Totems: 2/2
Spirit Weapons: 1/1
Elemental Weapons 3/3

Tier 6:
Mental Quickness: 3/3
Weapon Mastery: 2/5

Tier 7:
Dual Wield Specialization: 3/3
Dual Wield: 1/1
Stormstrike: 1/1

Tier 8:
Unleashed Rage: 5/5

Tier 9:
Shamanistic Rage: 1/1

The Group Damage Build is one of the most used melee builds in the game. It is very similar to the PvP Dual Wield Shocker Build, but there is one major difference. Anticipation is taken away, reducing the Shaman’s dodge rate, replacing the talent instead with Enhancing and Guardian Totems, allowing the shaman to increase his group’s damage. Also, a point is taken away from Weapon Mastery and the remaining points are put into Improved Weapon Totems, further enhancing the Shaman’s group boosting abilities.

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As a note, regardless of whether I am admitted back into the guild, I intend to revise this thread with the new talents builds for WotLK.