WOW Classic The most detailed Shaman Group PvP Guides
A shaman's versatility can greatly aid a group in the PvP setting. Save your teammate with a quick heal. Do a massive windfury critical hit that your opponent is not expecting. Or, stand back and throw lightning bolts like Zeus himself. The opposite side of the coin is that you are expected to use all those abilities to help the group out. You should be throwing heals when you can, or when it is an emergency.
You should be countering spell casters with earth shock. Remember, shamans are true jacks of all trades. Even an enhancement shaman can do some amount of healing.
Healing and Support
Shamans are in a group for support. They many be the main person dealing damage with spells, but you are still expected to help out with heals when you get a chance, or with emergency heals. You are also expected to use your totems when needed. Watch your teammates. If you are not the main healer, I would talk to the main healer when he starts to heal team members. This way, if someone gets too low on health, you know to throw a lesser healing wave. Also, talk to your group about what totems they have used in the past, and what totems you think should be used. Learn to compromise sometimes. Explain to your teammates why you use certain totems and ask them to explain their reasons to you.
Using Your Totems
In PvP you really need to feel out your opponents. Shamans can have a hard time if all they do is drop totems that get attacked right away and killed. Talk to your group about totems. They will have preferences, and you need to use your totem to your group's best interest. Totems that buff the party are only good to party members who are within 20 yards of it. This can be extended to 30 yards with a talent point.
Gear
PvP gear is different from most PvE gear. Resilience and stamina is where the big difference arises. In most PvP settings, you will not need to worry about regenerating your mana. It will be more important to have a large mana pool you can use. Also, most PvP gear has a large amount of stamina. You trade stamina for intelligence and spirit on PvP gear. I recommend having two sets of gear: one for when you are out PvE killing, and one for when you are looking for a PvP fight. You should also carry a one handed weapon, a shield, and a two handed weapon. Enahnancement shamans should carry one more one handed weapon for dual-wielding purposes.
Battleground Tactics
The following are some tips and information for the battlegrounds that you might want to consider doing in the game. This is a good way for you to get PvP experience if you are not on a PvP server.
Warsong Gulch
Warsong Gulch is the first battleground that you can enter.
Your best bet is to always be at the top of the bracket before going in. It will make the battle that much easier for you. The battle is at least 5 vs 5 with the ablity to have up to 10 people on a side.
The goal of Warsong Gulch is to get your opponents flag back to your base where your flag is at. You can only score points if your flag is back in your base also. Shamans excel at low level Warsong because of ghost wolf. You can shift into ghostwolf after you get the flag and still be able to carry it. This helps out because no one else has a mount yet. Rogues still get sprint, and hunters have cheetah, but shamans are still sitting pretty good with ghost wolf.
Arathi Basin
Arathi Basin is the second battleground you can enter.
Arathi Basin is a 15 man battle over five resource nodes. Once a node is captured, it begins to tick resources into your side. The side that reaches 2000 resources first wins. The trick to Arathi Basin is to grab as many nodes as you can in the beginning, and then work on slowly pushing against your opponents nodes hoping to over take them. Arathi Basin needs to be coordinated. If one of your nodes gets captured, or is under attack, talk about who is going to help out so your whole team doesn't show up and leave your other nodes undefended. Your goal is always to maintain 3 nodes. If you can push your opponent so that you get all 5, the game will be over quickly.
Alterac Valley
Alterac Valley is the third battleground you can enter. Alterac Valley is a massive 40 versus 40 PvP event. The battle is won when the opposing general is killed. Alterac Valley can take 20 minutes, or it can take two hours or more. Alterac Valley has many quests you can do to strengthen your side's NPCs. Most of the time, these quests are not even touched. It is normally a simple rush game. To maximize your honor and tickets from Alterac Valley, a rush is the best. It will take about 15 players to kill the general on their own. If all 40 players rush the opponent and kill as they go, it will be a shorter battle. This is an epic battle though. Don't expect it to be a walk in the park to the target general. Also, the way the board is set up, the Hordes do have a disadvantage.
The guide for Shaman in Group PvP is here. If you need WOW Classic Gold NA, please go to U4gm to buy.
For more on Shaman's guide, please read the WOW Classic Career Guide.
You should be countering spell casters with earth shock. Remember, shamans are true jacks of all trades. Even an enhancement shaman can do some amount of healing.
Healing and Support
Shamans are in a group for support. They many be the main person dealing damage with spells, but you are still expected to help out with heals when you get a chance, or with emergency heals. You are also expected to use your totems when needed. Watch your teammates. If you are not the main healer, I would talk to the main healer when he starts to heal team members. This way, if someone gets too low on health, you know to throw a lesser healing wave. Also, talk to your group about what totems they have used in the past, and what totems you think should be used. Learn to compromise sometimes. Explain to your teammates why you use certain totems and ask them to explain their reasons to you.
Using Your Totems
In PvP you really need to feel out your opponents. Shamans can have a hard time if all they do is drop totems that get attacked right away and killed. Talk to your group about totems. They will have preferences, and you need to use your totem to your group's best interest. Totems that buff the party are only good to party members who are within 20 yards of it. This can be extended to 30 yards with a talent point.
Gear
PvP gear is different from most PvE gear. Resilience and stamina is where the big difference arises. In most PvP settings, you will not need to worry about regenerating your mana. It will be more important to have a large mana pool you can use. Also, most PvP gear has a large amount of stamina. You trade stamina for intelligence and spirit on PvP gear. I recommend having two sets of gear: one for when you are out PvE killing, and one for when you are looking for a PvP fight. You should also carry a one handed weapon, a shield, and a two handed weapon. Enahnancement shamans should carry one more one handed weapon for dual-wielding purposes.
Battleground Tactics
The following are some tips and information for the battlegrounds that you might want to consider doing in the game. This is a good way for you to get PvP experience if you are not on a PvP server.
Warsong Gulch
Warsong Gulch is the first battleground that you can enter.
Your best bet is to always be at the top of the bracket before going in. It will make the battle that much easier for you. The battle is at least 5 vs 5 with the ablity to have up to 10 people on a side.
The goal of Warsong Gulch is to get your opponents flag back to your base where your flag is at. You can only score points if your flag is back in your base also. Shamans excel at low level Warsong because of ghost wolf. You can shift into ghostwolf after you get the flag and still be able to carry it. This helps out because no one else has a mount yet. Rogues still get sprint, and hunters have cheetah, but shamans are still sitting pretty good with ghost wolf.
Arathi Basin
Arathi Basin is the second battleground you can enter.
Arathi Basin is a 15 man battle over five resource nodes. Once a node is captured, it begins to tick resources into your side. The side that reaches 2000 resources first wins. The trick to Arathi Basin is to grab as many nodes as you can in the beginning, and then work on slowly pushing against your opponents nodes hoping to over take them. Arathi Basin needs to be coordinated. If one of your nodes gets captured, or is under attack, talk about who is going to help out so your whole team doesn't show up and leave your other nodes undefended. Your goal is always to maintain 3 nodes. If you can push your opponent so that you get all 5, the game will be over quickly.
Alterac Valley
Alterac Valley is the third battleground you can enter. Alterac Valley is a massive 40 versus 40 PvP event. The battle is won when the opposing general is killed. Alterac Valley can take 20 minutes, or it can take two hours or more. Alterac Valley has many quests you can do to strengthen your side's NPCs. Most of the time, these quests are not even touched. It is normally a simple rush game. To maximize your honor and tickets from Alterac Valley, a rush is the best. It will take about 15 players to kill the general on their own. If all 40 players rush the opponent and kill as they go, it will be a shorter battle. This is an epic battle though. Don't expect it to be a walk in the park to the target general. Also, the way the board is set up, the Hordes do have a disadvantage.
The guide for Shaman in Group PvP is here. If you need WOW Classic Gold NA, please go to U4gm to buy.
For more on Shaman's guide, please read the WOW Classic Career Guide.
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