How to Not Suck at Shaman, Enhancement Edition: Introduction
Being a pretty committed member of the alliance, I had very little reason to care about the mechanics of Shaman before Burning Crusade. Aside from my hatred of them in PvP where they killed my poor little shadow-priest in about two seconds, I never encountered them. With the addition of the Draenei in Burning Crusade, and allowing them to be Shaman, the Alliance had to deal with integrating a new class with a new set of abilities into its mechanics, much as, I’m sure, the Horde did with Paladins.
Release day I rolled a Shaman and was pretty set on enhancement; I already had a caster so elemental was redundant and I don’t much care for healing. However, the complete lack of any role models or mentors in the play of shaman was quickly apparent. The changes to mechanics with 2.0 were still being learned even by the experienced Shaman horde side. After learning a lot of it the hard way and perusing the official forums (and more recently Elitist Jerks) I’ve gotten a handle on how to shaman.
This guide is not a guide on how to min-max an enhancement shaman for tier six or sunwell raiding. I hope anyone at that level would know as much or more than me about the needs of raids and synergies at that point. Rather, this is for shaman new to 70 or just starting raiding 
that might not have a more experienced shaman to learn from. I’m starting with Enhancement because that is what I play, but eventually, all three specs will be covered. There will be five parts to this guide:
Talent Specs and Important Abilities
The Stats You Need and Why They Play Well Together
The Shock and Awe of Shocks and Windfury: A How-to
Beating Other People With Sticks: Totems and Synergy
Enhancement Fashion: Loving Leather
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