WoW Classic: Shaman Leveling Guide 1-60

To help ease the burden of levelling in WoW Classic, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide on the best Talents, Weapons, and Professions, as well as other information that you’ll need to know as a Shaman.

Stats to Focus On When Levelling

Strength = Agility > Stamina > Spirit > Intellect

Best Build For Levelling

This build wants you to fight in melee range to make the most of the Enhancement talent tree.Your long-term goal is to use a 2-Handed weapon to proc Windfury Weapon and do lots of damage. This build is viable from Level 10 right up to Level 60. Here are the talents you should prioritise when levelling up:

1. Shield Specialisation 5/5: Essentially a must-have for increasing survivability in the early game
2. Thundering Strikes 5/5
3. Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2: Makes casting Ghost Wolf almost instant, which allows for quicker and easier travel
4. Two-Handed Axes and Maces 1/1: The heart of this build. It allows you to use two-handed weapons and deal heavy damage
5. Flurry 5/5: Another key talent. Put 5 points into it as soon as possible
6. Elemental Weapons 3/3
7. Weapon Mastery 5/5
8. Stormstrike 1/1

Note: Any unmentioned talents are not crucial to this build, so you can put points into whatever you please in order to pass into the next tier of talents. Elemental talents can be researched in any order, besides Elemental Warding 1/3, which should always be taken last.

Unlike the prior build, this one specialises in ranged combat, being primarily a Elemental spec, with some points in the Restoration tree. On the other hand, it is only viable after Level 40 as it requires the full 31 points in the Elemental tree. Here are the talents you should prioritise when levelling up:

1. Concussion 5/5
2. Convection 5/5
3. Elemental Focus 1/1
4. Call of Thunder 5/5
5. Eye of the Storm 3/3
6. Call of Flame 1/3
7. Elemental Fury 1/1
8. Storm Reach 2/2
9. Call of Flame 3/3
10. Lightning Mastery 5/5
11. Elemental Mastery 1/1

Note: Any unmentioned talents are not crucial to this build, so you can put points into whatever you please in order to pass into the next tier of talents. Restoration talents can be researched in any order, with you end goal being 5 points in Tidal Mastery.

Spells and Abilities to Prioritise

Rotations and Important Information for Levelling

Basic Information

1. Keep the highest rank of Rockbiter Weapon active at all times, or if you are Level 30 or more, apply the same logic to Windfury Weapon
2. Ensure that you are buffed by Lightning Shield at all times
3. Make the most of Ghost Wolf, as much for kiting as for travelling
4. Kite your enemies with Earthbind Totem and Earth Shock

Rotation from 1-10

1. Lightning Shield
2. Earthbind Totem
3. Lightning Bolt
4. Auto-attack
5. Earth Shock
6. Auto-attack

Rotation from 10-60

1. Lightning Shield
2. Earthbind Totem
3. Searing Totem
4. Flame Shock
5. Auto-attack
6. Stormstrike (from Level 40)
7. Auto-attack

Useful Weapons and Armour

Enhancement Specialisation

1. Walking Stick, sold by any Weapons Vendor at Level 3, regardless of starting area
2. Staff of Orgrimmar, a quest reward from Hidden Enemies (Level 9+), given by Thrall in Orgrimmar, taking place in Ragefire Chasm
3. Crescent Staff, a quest reward from Leaders of the Fang (Level 10+), given by Nara Wildmane in Thunder Bluff, taking place in Wailing Caverns
4. Bullova, sold by any Weapons Vendor at Level 30 in any Capital City
5. Corpsemaker, dropped by Overlord Ramtusk in Razorfen Kraul
6. Ravager, dropped by Herod in Scarlet Monastery
7. The Rockpounder, dropped by Archaedas in Uldaman
8. Gatorbite Axe, dropped by Rotgrip in Maraudon
9. Princess Theradras' Scepter, dropped by Princess Theradras in Maraudon
10. Force of Magma, dropped by Bael'Gar in Blackrock Depths

Elemental Specialisation

1. Zum'rah's Vexing Cane, dropped by Witch Doctor Zum'rah in Zul'Farrak
2. Kindling Stave, dropped by Pyromancer Loregrain in Blackrock Depths
3. Quel'dorai Channeling Rod, dropped by Lethtendris in Dire-Maul
4. Trindlehaven Staff, dropped by Overlord Wyrmthalak in Blackrock Spire

What Race Should I Choose?

Professions

Macros and Addons

There aren't any must-have addons specifically for Shamans, but here are some that will make your levelling easier across the board:

1. Azeroth Auto Pilot
2. Questie
3. ClassicCastbars
4. EquipCompare
5. EZDismount
6. MobInfo

Written by Laerezh, Translated from the French by Millenium.