When you are using weapons wi t h an elemental shaman or restoration shaman, it is important to carry a one-handed weapon and shield, along with a two-handed weapon, either staff… But it is a 2H weapon Staff Gaze of Arrogance.. So enhance is 1h+shield till they can talent 2h at tier 3 enhance so you need 11 points in enhance to get which is lvl 20 at the earliest. I got a new weapon the other day in heroic sha. I don't get why people think a staff is a bad idea, end of the day, it's all about stats, so if it's a DPS increase, then get it. Ranged attacks. I would suggest having a 1h/shield set - which is good for games where you are getting targeted and there is … So the ‘use a staff’ comments are actually useful information, unlike Retail staves which have very low weapon DPS. In terms of actual stats, generally if stat allocation and ilvl are equal then 1H+OH/shield is better, but the margin is small enough that it just goes to whatever's better itemized/higher ilvl. The problem is the dagger. Again, shields with crit/mp5/spellpower are nice for these. It won’t let me use the ability Stormstrike. You can find all our Pocket Guides for other World of Warcraft classes right here: Best WoW Builds. "When I die I want the shaman class developers to lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time." Finally, elemental and resto shamans have a tougher choice - as they lose a bunch of armor/block in addition to the 4int enchant if they use a staff instead of a shield. I like 1h/shield as I want to xmog shields and have never used shields on a character before, but staves seem way more common than 1handers and shields with intellect on them. Considering this, that only one of those is from a 5 man, that Shields give extra armor for free, that 1h+Shield combos give more spellpower overall in the same ilvl category, and the fact that there's generally more competition for staves than caster shields, I'm not surprised you don't see many shaman with staves. pres_madagascar 7 years ago #1. User Info: pres_madagascar. Elemental: Caster dps specs. We constantly check our guides to be up-to-date and make changes if needed. Enhancement: Melee dps specs. Hi Guys, I am in a pickle. I swapped the dagger out for a fist weapon and now I can use the ability. I have a dagger and an axe equipped. What’s going … It says “requires one-handed melee weapon”. From the pre-patch to Shadowlands launch, the only noteworthy change for Elemental Shaman is that the much-dreaded nerf will finally make its way onto live servers, dropping the baseline proc rate from 15% to 10%. 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