Shaman is a master of the elements, wielding two one handed weapons the enhancement shaman is a low to mid-tier melee class with raid buffs and utility, providing Bloodlust to the raid and melee haste. In order to perform well the player will need to put in effort to fully understand the ins and outs of enhancement shaman and to train and perfect their rotation.
Stats for Enhancement Shaman Wotlk
Stat priority
2%* hit > 17 Expertise > 11%* hit > Haste > Attack Power > Agility > Crit (Max 66%)
Note: Races with weapon expertise increase require 5 less expertise and the itemization is different for BIS.
Enhancement Shaman Stats Overview
Hit Cap*
Hit reduces the chance of missing melee hits and spells. Melee hit cap is 8%, however spell hit cap is 17%, with [Dual Wield Specialization] the amount needed is reduced by 6%, with a shadow priest or a Balance druid on a raid party the value is reduced by another 3%, to a total of 8% hit rating required, if one is not frequently present on raids, keep hit rating at 11%.
Expertise
Expertise lowers the chance of getting dodged or parried, has a melee class 26 expertise is the amount required, however [Unleashed Rage] reduces this amount by 9, missing or getting attacks dodged, parried or blocked will reduce the damage considerably.
Haste
Haste scales up really well with enhancement shaman, it’s the main focus for an enhancement shaman.
Attack power
Mail and leather items have a lot of attack power, it increases the damage per hit.
Agility
Agility increases attack power and critical change.
Critical Strike
Chance to deal double damage, because of the way tables work, because of the tables the maximum amount of critical chance recommended is 66% for enhancement shamans, being that any amount above that might be negated.
Stats Breakdown without increasing effects
33 hit rating ≈ 1% to hit
33 expertise rating ≈ 1 expertise
33 haste rating ≈ 1% haste
45 critical chance ≈ 1% critical
1 stamina ≈ 10 Health
1 intellect ≈ 15 mana
1 agility ≈ 1 attack power
1 strength ≈ 2 attack power
1 critical chance ≈ 84 agility
14 Armor Penetration ≈ 1% Armor ignore
