Which spec(s) will you level your shaman with from 80 to 85?

[Flashbomba]

I have tried to search, but can't find any thread about it (although I expected there to be one?), so made my own. Sorry if this is a double post.

What do you think will be the fastest way to level your shaman?
Which specs will you use?

I assume a main spec for questing etc. and an offspec you might use for certain quests or dungeons or PvP etc.

1. Elemental main spec / Enhancement offspec
2. Elemental main spec / Resto offspec
3. Enhancement main spec / Elemental offspec
4. Enhancement main spec / Resto offspec
5. Resto main spec / Elemental offspec
6. Resto main spec / Enhancement offspec
7. Only Elemental
8. Only Enhancement
9. Only Resto

Also how will you level? Quest / dungeon mix? PvP?

At first I had thought about going enhance main spec for questing and resto offspec for dungeons, but then I thought it might be better to go elemental / resto since they can use the same gear and I don't have to collect double? Used to level up to 80 with enhance and quite liked it, but queue time for dungeons as healer is just much faster. :-)

Thanks for your replies.
Krystala

[Dudejoss]

well for leveling i belive that ele will be the way but i think i will go for Resto main spec and ele offspec like i am atm and i will do a mix of both dungeons and quests but try to leave pvp to 85

[Conradek]

In my current gear I am able to queue for heroic dungeons as a healer...and stay in my elemental spec while putting out crazy damage and throwing a few healing surges every here and there. For Cataclysm, I will be leveling as my offspec elemental...keeping my resto spec to switch into for Cata dungeons when healing may start getting hard.

Enhancement is good, fun, and easy..but I feel like running to mobs is a waste of time. As elemental, they run to me and die before they can breathe on me! =D

[Deleted]

Going for elemental MS/resto OS.
Going to lvl up with a mix of questing and dungeons.
Enhancement will probably be beter for solo'ing than elemental but I just cba to collect an enhancement set.

[Nozeh]

Probably gonna start with questing in my elemental spec. Then around 82-83 I'll start farming dungeons with some friends, either as ele or resto.

[Deleted]

im full 264 resto gear atm, with the Spirit = Hit conversion from talent. Im able to just level as Elemental.
in the HC's now im fully capable of healing in Elemental spec + resto gear, i dont now how far i can get with normal dungeons in cata..
Since they might be somewhat harder.

Not that the gear that i have now will stay long ^^, i expect that all will be replaced in 2 levels xD

[Deleted]

Enhancement main with Elemental off-spec.
I'd go with just Enhancement, but for raiding it'll be handy to have an additional spec for versatility.

[Merlandec]

Exactly as I did from 1-80 -- Elemental main/Resto off

[Deleted]

Questing/grinding = Enh
Instance grinding group = Resto

[Alex86el]

elemental must try earthquake

[babyback]

Elemental. I tried enhance on the beta and its not as good

[Lusitan]

im going with 2 Elemental spec

Quests - http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#hGGhhRfzzGZbh - Using water shield, lvl81/82 Ancestral Swiftness, lvl 83/84 Ancestral Resolve

Dungeons - http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#hGG0GRfkzGZbh - using Lightning Shield, lvl81/82 Ancestral Swiftness, lvl 83/84 Elemental Warding


this worked wonder when i level to 85 in beta, no downtime until Twillight Highlands while questing

[Jahoota]

Elemental for soloing. Restoration for Dungeons. They share the same gear so when I hit 85 I wont have to regear for Restoration.

[styks]

sadly being on a server where horde outnumber ally atleast 5:1 ill be lvling as pvp elem with full wrathful, as for offspec dunno supose resto for the queue times

[Xanity]

Enhancement for sureeeee

[Patman]

Elemental for levelling, because that's how i went 1-80. Have the resto as an off-spec for dungeons and such.

[lotus1197]

At first I had thought about going enhance main spec for questing and resto offspec for dungeons, but then I thought it might be better to go elemental / resto since they can use the same gear and I don't have to collect double? Used to level up to 80 with enhance and quite liked it, but queue time for dungeons as healer is just much faster. :-)

Thanks for your replies.
Krystala

this is dead on the money

[Bazgab]

I will be leveling as Enhance until I have enough quest/dungeon gear to switch to Elemental (guild hasn't raided since April so no good offspec gear currently) which I will most likely keep as my MS. I will keep Enhance as my offspec in case they decide to actually fix it and not make it play like shit.

[Predatard]

enhRAAAAAAAAAGEment quests - resto dungeons

[Argarock]

Fury / prot...

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