Welcome to the Enhancement Shaman MoP PvP Guide!
Mists of Pandaria Classic • Patch 5.4.8
All sections for Enhancement Shaman PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal talents, glyphs, races, gear, macros, professions, and arena compositions. This will help you have a good understanding of how to play Enhancement Shaman in Mists of Pandaria Classic PvP.
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Enhancement Shaman
Enhancement Shaman in MoP is defined by three things: DISRUPTION with Wind Shears, Grounding Totems, and instant Hexes; ASCENDANCE which is one of the BEST offensive cooldowns in the entire game with massive burst and range; and TOTEMS which matter a LOT in MoP with Healing Stream, Healing Tide, and Windwalk providing incredible utility.
Current Meta Position
Strengths
- ✓Ascendance provides incredible burst with massive range on attacks
- ✓Wind Shear is the best interrupt in the game - 12 second cooldown
- ✓Grounding Totem absorbs harmful spells
- ✓Instant Hex with Maelstrom Weapon stacks
- ✓Healing Tide Totem provides massive team healing
- ✓Windwalk Totem gives AoE freedom for the entire team
- ✓Ancestral Guidance converts damage to healing during burst
Weaknesses
- ✗Totems can be sniped by skilled players
- ✗Steep learning curve for totem management
- ✗Damage outside of Ascendance is lower
- ✗Reliant on Maelstrom Weapon procs for instant casts
Key Abilities
Dwarf is marginally the best Alliance option. Since this is the era of 'train the blue', Stoneform is a great defensive. The 10% damage reduction is useful in every matchup, and the Bleed/Poison removal is great against Feral Druids and Rogues.
Orc is definitely your best Horde option. Hardiness is arguably the best racial passive in the game, offering 15% stun reduction which even STACKS with similar effects. Blood Fury is also a huge power spike.
Agility is our most important stat by far, having a downstream effect on all of our throughput.
We will then want to reach the 3% Hit cap and at least the 3% Expertise soft-cap. We don't have to stress too much about Expertise since a lot of our damage is magical.
Then we will prioritize Mastery as a secondary stat. This gives us a flat damage increase to our spells - which is where a huge chunk of our damage comes from.
We will then want Haste whenever possible. This is a quality of life stat as Shaman.
Finally, we have Crit, which is our least important stat and should be avoided whenever possible.