Elemental Shaman Help

[Shyen]

I am thinking of starting an elemental shaman, are there any good sites out there i should go to, to read up on them, and also, is there any video guides for shamans?

Thanks

[Fantomex]

I leveled my shaman as enhancement. I'll be honest, no matter what spec you go with it is a bit boring as shamans don't have a wide variety of offensive spells.

If you are going to level elemental though, just gear up as if you were a mage/warlock/sp priest. Spell dmg and int. I was enhancement 1-70 then went ele and I thought it was a lot more fun. Good luck with whatever you choose.

[Balthascar]

a good website is always www.elitistjerks.com although unfortunately a lot of there info is for the high end raiders, it can also be rather usefull for figuring out which particular stats u wish to stack, as things were not all that greatly itemized in vanilla

[cubierta]

I am leveling as elemental shaman from 61 lvl. It's quite easy, impossible to kill me ( thunderstorm+frostshock+healing wave) and personally for me when I made respec, i got risen my dps for 65% . I am nor really geared, nor really skilled - first time at official wow and first time as shaman, but if you are interested you can look my build in my armory.

About furture talent point distribution :

1. Put 5 points in Shamanism
2. Put 5 points in Ancestral Knowledge
3. Put 5 points in Thundering Strikes
4. Put 1 point in Shamanistic Focus
5. Put 3 points in Astral Shift?
6. Glyphs
7. Major Glyph of Flame Shock
8. Major Glyph of Lightning Bolt
9. Major Glyph of Lava
10. Minors glyphs can be put as you want, but from my own experience I would recommend you to put Minor Glyph of Renewed Life, because ( at least for me ) ankh is always the thing that is forgotten to buy.
11. I don't have a glyps which I described because I don't have money, so dont look at my glyphs

First 3 have easily understandable reasons. About 4. and 5. points - I took Shamanistic focus because shocks are main DPS spells, vital parts of DPS rotation, and Frost Shock is ultimate thing saving you from melee encounters.
The 3 points in Astral Shift is because I like to go to BG, and there is a lot of evil enemies who stun(fear,silence) and tries to kill me. You can ask me what about Cleansing totem, Grounding totem and Tremor totem - my answer : totems can be killed, do not rely on them too much. I don't say there are crap, no, they are very nice and there are shamans trademark. But still, be careful. If you dislike PVP, or going more to off-heal in dungeons-raids while leveling, you can freely put last 4 points whereever you want.

About gear ( material taken from elitistjerks theoorycraft ) :

Damage done by Arcane, Fire, Frost, Holy, Nature, or Shadow spells

Increases the amount of damage done by spells of a specific school.


Spell Damage

Increases the amount of damage that your damage-dealing spells inflict as well as increases the amount of healing that your healing spells restore. Commonly referred to as +damage or +dmg.


Healing

Increases the amount of hit points that your healing spells restore. Commonly referred to as +heal or +healing.


Spell Hit Rating

Decreases the chance that your damage-dealing spells will be resisted.
For all casters, 26.2 spell hit rating is equivalent to 1% increased chance to hit at level 80.


Spell Critical Strike Rating

Increases the chance that your spells will critically hit your target.


Spell Haste Rating

Decreases the time it takes for your spells to finish casting. Does not affect the spell's coefficient, but may lower the Global Cooldown to a certain point.


Spell Penetration

Decreases the amount of resistance your target has to your spells. Cannot drop a target below zero resistance.

Mana per 5 seconds ( mp5 )

Restores an amount of mana over the course of five seconds. Will restore this amount in two and a half "ticks".