WoW Classic Shaman class icon

WoW Classic Shaman Guide

Horde only. Totems that buff the whole group, and Windfury — the reason melee groups want one.

  • RoleHealer, Support, Melee DPS
  • ArmorLeather, Mail from 40
  • ResourceMana
  • FactionHorde

A shaman drops totems, and those totems are why the class is in the raid. Windfury Totem turns a group of warriors and rogues into something considerably more dangerous, Mana Spring and Healing Stream keep the group going, and Grace of Air and Strength of Earth are flat damage for everyone standing near them.

Beyond totems the class is a flexible healer with mail armour and Chain Heal, one of the best group-healing spells in vanilla. Restoration is where raids put shamans, and Chain Heal is the reason.

Enhancement and Elemental both work while levelling and both are fun, but neither out-damages a dedicated damage class in a raid — the shaman's raid value is what its totems do for the nine other people in the group.

Talent trees

A Shaman spends 51 talent points by level 60 across three trees. Open any of them in the calculator, build what you want, and share the link.

Where to train a Shaman in Classic

Every shaman trainer in Classic, by zone. Coordinates come from the 1.12 game data, not from a present-day map: Cataclysm redrew several of these zones, and a modern percentage points at ground the Classic map does not contain.

Horde

  • ShikrikDurotar
  • SwartDurotar
  • Meela DawnstriderMulgore
  • Narm SkychaserMulgore
  • Kardris DreamseekerOrgrimmar
  • Sagorne CreststriderOrgrimmar
  • Sian'tsuOrgrimmar
  • HarommSwamp of Sorrows
  • Beram SkychaserThunder Bluff
  • Siln SkychaserThunder Bluff
  • Tigor SkychaserThunder Bluff

Which races can play a Shaman?

  • HordeOrc, Tauren, Troll

Race is not cosmetic in Classic — racials like Will of the Forsaken, Stoneform and Fear Ward change how the class plays, particularly in PvP.

Strengths and weaknesses

What it is good at

  • Windfury and totems the raid cannot get elsewhere
  • Chain Heal, the best group heal in vanilla
  • Self-sufficient while levelling: heal, shield, hit things

What it struggles with

  • Horde only
  • Totems die instantly and must be re-dropped
  • Neither damage spec competes in a raid

Professions for a Shaman

Two that pay off, and why. Each links to its own route from 1 to 300 — the steps, the material total and where every trainer stands.