Why do you like your shaman ?

**Hanyuu** · 2012-09-18, 06:50 AM

At the end of TBC, I was a warlock and pvping alot and fought this resto shaman in my guild for like an hour in a duel. I could never drain him out of mana because of water shield. Eventually, I feared him out of range of the duel and really loved the class after that point. So when my friends rerolled alliance and moved their old mains over, I started over as a shaman.

Mechanic wise, I thought heroism was amazing for 5 mans, and it was so powerful for raids, I thought only shaman would ever bring it. I hated dispel mechanics so I loved cleansing totem. Having been a warlock, I had a strong respect for tremor and how powerful it was...it made you nearly immune to fear if it was left unchecked. Grounding totem was so a short cool down back then that I found it amazingly great for both pvp and pve. I really liked how chain heal was a smart heal too. I had healed in the original game on my druid and I realized how bad hots could be in terms of over heal. The idea of being the guy on the raids that everyone wanted to group with because of unique buffs like windfury totem was really appealing (I had a softspot for shaman and enchanters back in EQ1 for the same reasons). Sadly, when I began alot of the buffs were given out and uniqueness was homogenized.

But I persisted on as the shaman and I started thinking of myself as a shaman more and more than even my druid, mage, and lock, all that had been my main in the first two expansions. Even after raiding on other characters instead of my shaman, it is hard to think of anyone else holding such a spot in my heart, even though I admit it is irrational.

**TEHPALLYTANK** · 2012-09-18, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Ask

Chain Lightning.

Sums it up for me, I think lava beam will be extremely fun too once we get Ascendance (one week until MoP!).

**Adam Jensen** · 2012-09-18, 02:59 PM

One word: Windfury.

**Management** · 2012-09-18, 09:19 PM

Magma/lightning/ice/earth warrior. Just the thought of it makes me shiver, they are fast and fun, I feel like there is always something new to learn about the class. We have awesome looking gear. Only thing I am missing with the class is more icy and earthy attacks (especially earth, since the heals are waterlike, so only one element "missing"). I am really disappointed with earthquake, it could be such an awesome attack, but that's a different story.

**Aleksej89** · 2012-09-19, 01:21 AM

Aside from them being fun to play, i think Shamans are the only class (lore-side) that actually has the right approach to keeping azeroth in balance.

**Boxerlol** · 2012-09-19, 09:07 PM

I love my shaman , specifically Enhancement because their are hardly any people who play Enhancement.. i still feel like a rare breed. And i constantly manage to get into pug raids where there are no hunters. GIEF LOOT!

**Wafffles** · 2012-09-19, 09:16 PM

Thunderstorming everyone at Arathi Basin lumber mill / Eye of the Storm bridge
Reincarnating against unsuspecting enemies who I almosssst killed
Instant elemental lava bursts that proc a second lava burst and then one second later another that procs another and then one second later...

Not sure I'll be playing a shaman as my main, but there sure are a lot of reasons I'm tempted.

**Roamingstorm** · 2012-09-20, 03:50 AM

Well, I love my shaman for a few reasons....

-Lore and the characters in Warcraft that the class is based off of. Thrall, Vulljin, Carine.
-Abilities are loads of fun and engaging.
-I have tried several times to play a Mage, but I find the class to be utterly boring and really feels as though they bring any "support" to a raid/group.
-We tend to have the most kick ass armor sets.

**Rorschachs** · 2012-09-20, 03:52 AM

5 lava bursts in a row? yes please.

**Bluesftw** · 2012-09-20, 03:52 AM

knocking ppl off the clifs, only reason i rolled shaman ;>

**Roamingstorm** · 2012-09-20, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by Bluesftw

knocking ppl off the clifs, only reason i rolled shaman ;>

Oh WotLK Nax days...And knocking Alliance players off of the summoning stone...Good times...Good times.

**Rawfury** · 2012-09-20, 11:43 AM

Its something about lightning, and lava bursts that just keeps me interested.

**crackleslap** · 2012-09-21, 11:38 PM

ULTIMATE POWAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I also love chain lightning as well as lava bursts. And i most certainly can't wait for Lava Beam

Also take note of my avatar :O

**Armourboy** · 2012-09-22, 10:09 AM

This is the first version of the game that I will be playing a Shaman as my main. I've had one for a while, I just always seemed to be attatched to another class. After Cata and a nice break from healing ( I've healed in every other version of the game mostly as a Paladin) I'm ready to get going again. I like the way healing feels on a Shaman far far better than I do on every other class, so thats what I'm going with. I tend to play late night with two friends, both of whom play plate classes, so being a mail class certainly played into that as well. Only down side is that my wife plays a Hunter, so if I steal her gear for my enchance set she will kill me :P

**Aveline** · 2012-09-22, 10:14 AM

I love having elements bending to my will at my very own fingertips.
I mainly play as Restoration than Elemental, though. I just love how unique the healing feels compared to other classes. I have all the healers at max level and I've always mained a Disc priest before I finally hit the maximum level on my shaman. On top of that, shaman just fit in my guild's raiding roster a bit better (as we had 2-3 priests in our main raids, me included in that number). I love having totems to play around with, even with the changed mechanics. I like how differently and aggresively you can play on your shaman. Even if you're Resto! I guess it's pretty much a sum of multiple things, but these are the ones from the top of my head.

**Bramstone** · 2012-09-23, 12:38 AM

I fell in love with chain heal when I could downrank and cast it forever. I continue to love my shaman for the complete package we provide. All we need now is a tanking spec....oops....sorrrrry.

**Pandasnomnom** · 2012-09-23, 12:46 AM

I'm a resto shammy, and I like how flexible the class is. I like how I can be a raid and tank healer, and bring a lot of utilities to the raid. :3 As ele, I love to shove people off of cliffs.

**Majad** · 2012-09-23, 12:50 AM

My shaman was my favourite character ever!

It was a draenei female, I just loved how she casted the spells, chain heal, everything! It totally fit in, and it was my thing, I just loved it a lot. The totems were meh, but asides from that everything was nice, I also loved the ghost wolf form because it's a transformation, I have a thing for druids too. I miss playing with my shaman.

**GGashok** · 2012-09-23, 02:47 AM

My first char was an enhancement shaman in classic, and no other class feels so natural to me; i am a shaman ! I'm still using a 2handed wf enchanted weapon for shit and giggles in BGs, so nice being top 1 dmg with a spec/style that is "dead"

**Orwell** · 2012-09-23, 07:05 PM

I just keep coming back to my shaman (ele/resto). Nothing else feels right.

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