Just rolled a Shaman, My play style is mostly solo and PvE. I planning on going
enhancement. What stats should I look for on my armor?
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I am by no means an expert, but I will try and answer with my limited knowledge.
I have a 60 shammy, and the stats I look for as Enhancement are as follows : STR, STA, AGI, ATK power, and INT. As I have entered Outlands I have also begun to examine more crit percentage gear, as well as a few +spell damage items. However, I am still trying to fine tune the balance. Hope this is some small assistance, good luck on your Shaman, and enjoy the game.
I have a 60 shammy, and the stats I look for as Enhancement are as follows : STR, STA, AGI, ATK power, and INT. As I have entered Outlands I have also begun to examine more crit percentage gear, as well as a few +spell damage items. However, I am still trying to fine tune the balance. Hope this is some small assistance, good luck on your Shaman, and enjoy the game.
hmmm i don't have an enhance shammy but played 40-45 as enh... so dont take my word to heart but... in order id say
Agility, Atk power, +crit, Str, Stam
correct me if wrong please
Agility, Atk power, +crit, Str, Stam
correct me if wrong please
Pre 60:
Agility > Strength > Stamina
Agility > Strength > Stamina
Hit rating
hit rating
hit rating
this is if you want to dual weild
as you stack more and more those misses parries and dodges will start to vanish
giving a massive boost to DPS
hit rating
hit rating
this is if you want to dual weild
as you stack more and more those misses parries and dodges will start to vanish
giving a massive boost to DPS
Speaking from solo / PvE experience here; I used to have a lot of 'Hunter style' Agility centered gear. This was because I was always going for the big crit, my crit chance at one stage was almost 20% (buffed).
But since hitting 40 and getting the Mail option, I have followed advice from these boards and gotten mostly Strength on my gear. The reason for this is Enhancement Shamans need AP to be effective at what we do best - hit hard and kill fast. We receive 2AP for each point of STR.
The bulk of our damage comes from white damage, not crits and the more AP you have the more white damage and crit damage you do.
It also increases your spell damage via Mental Quickness (aim to put 3 points here as it is priceless).
Having had both Agility and Strength based sets I would say for Melee DPS / Enhancement go for:
STRENGTH / AP > STAMINA > AGILITY > INTELLECT > SPIRIT
When searching the AH for Green items go for suffixes like 'Of The Bear / Tiger / Gorilla' In that order.
Hope that helps.
But since hitting 40 and getting the Mail option, I have followed advice from these boards and gotten mostly Strength on my gear. The reason for this is Enhancement Shamans need AP to be effective at what we do best - hit hard and kill fast. We receive 2AP for each point of STR.
The bulk of our damage comes from white damage, not crits and the more AP you have the more white damage and crit damage you do.
It also increases your spell damage via Mental Quickness (aim to put 3 points here as it is priceless).
Having had both Agility and Strength based sets I would say for Melee DPS / Enhancement go for:
STRENGTH / AP > STAMINA > AGILITY > INTELLECT > SPIRIT
When searching the AH for Green items go for suffixes like 'Of The Bear / Tiger / Gorilla' In that order.
Hope that helps.
AP is by no means unimportant, but agility leads to more crits which activate three of our very important abilities SF, UR, and Flurry. You can't afford to marginalize crits when you're Enhancement.
Pre-dual wield, I would follow dreddz advice to the letter. Strength/AP > stamina > agility. Post dual-wield and the inception of all three of your crit-induced DPS buffs, I would gear equal parts strength/AP and agility, then stamina, etc.
60-62 I was a little strength-starved, so my individual strikes were marginally weaker than what I'd have preferred them to be, but I had a 15% crit chance, 20% with GoA, and I could push 25% with a Druid Tank. That was usually good enough for 25-35% of my party's damage and my name at the top of the damage meter.
Edited, Nov 27th 2007 5:53am by Gaudion
Pre-dual wield, I would follow dreddz advice to the letter. Strength/AP > stamina > agility. Post dual-wield and the inception of all three of your crit-induced DPS buffs, I would gear equal parts strength/AP and agility, then stamina, etc.
60-62 I was a little strength-starved, so my individual strikes were marginally weaker than what I'd have preferred them to be, but I had a 15% crit chance, 20% with GoA, and I could push 25% with a Druid Tank. That was usually good enough for 25-35% of my party's damage and my name at the top of the damage meter.
Edited, Nov 27th 2007 5:53am by Gaudion
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STR/AtckPwr>Agi/CritChance>Sta>Int
You can crit all you want to, but your crit wont be heavy enough without Str/AtckPwr. I favor Str over AtckPwr, same with CritChance than Agi. I know Agi adds more to armor but you might need a little over 20 Agi to get 1% CritChance. Sta and Int really depends on your playstyle. If you like to shock and Tot buff most of the time then I'd favor Int. But if you just like to sit there and "Hey im hitting it. WF WF WF. :D" then I'd favor Sta. Now this is just me.
You can crit all you want to, but your crit wont be heavy enough without Str/AtckPwr. I favor Str over AtckPwr, same with CritChance than Agi. I know Agi adds more to armor but you might need a little over 20 Agi to get 1% CritChance. Sta and Int really depends on your playstyle. If you like to shock and Tot buff most of the time then I'd favor Int. But if you just like to sit there and "Hey im hitting it. WF WF WF. :D" then I'd favor Sta. Now this is just me.
Unguidedsoul wrote:
STR/AtckPwr>Agi/CritChance>Sta>Int
You can crit all you want to, but your crit wont be heavy enough without Str/AtckPwr. I favor Str over AtckPwr, same with CritChance than Agi. I know Agi adds more to armor but you might need a little over 20 Agi to get 1% CritChance. Sta and Int really depends on your playstyle. If you like to shock and Tot buff most of the time then I'd favor Int. But if you just like to sit there and "Hey im hitting it. WF WF WF. :D" then I'd favor Sta. Now this is just me.
You can crit all you want to, but your crit wont be heavy enough without Str/AtckPwr. I favor Str over AtckPwr, same with CritChance than Agi. I know Agi adds more to armor but you might need a little over 20 Agi to get 1% CritChance. Sta and Int really depends on your playstyle. If you like to shock and Tot buff most of the time then I'd favor Int. But if you just like to sit there and "Hey im hitting it. WF WF WF. :D" then I'd favor Sta. Now this is just me.
Well, post 60 most gear comes with an assload of stamina on it anyways, so that's not really a stat you're ever going to have to worry about. Unfortunately, a lot of the good mail for Enhancement Shaman is meant to be shared with Hunters, so it generally has int/agi/sta on it and no strength anywhere in sight. You can socket them with +str or +AP gems though.
Again, you may be hitting for less if you've got more agility than strength, but in addition to the two passive buffs, that'll activate Shamanistic Focus which translates directly into more damage with a dirt-cheap shock.
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