Question for a shammy alt

Post by savagy

Alright, so I made myself a shaman alt since there isn't much to do in WoW nowadays PVE wise... anyway, I've been leveling Enh. so far and I was wondering if it's worth buying any other BoA ( Bind on Account AKA: Heirloom ) items other than the shoulders which I already got.

I was thinking since Enh. doesnt really use 2H lvl40 and forth, it wasn't worth to buy that 2H Axe. Therefore, the only other option would be those daggers, but they're rather fast...

So, do you think it's worth to buy a couple of those daggers and ench them with Crusader or something?

Thx in advance :)

Post by Gnub

If you want to spend them the best, I'd probably go for the shoulders and the trinket (perhaps even 2 of them!).

The axe should be a good pick too, keep in mind it'll last for quite a bit of levels, and you'll never have to worry about upgrading (and will make alot more gold by just selling any weapon you find/earn from quests).

Post by savagy

My shammy is lvl 32 atm and it's only 8 more levels until dual weild and Stormstrike... as far as I understand Stormstrike works better with 2 weapons... not to mention Lava Lash.

Waiting for more info.

Post by Pachuca

If you read the tooltip on Stormstrike, you pretty much need to be dual-wielding for it to be useful (although I personally haven't tried casting it with a 2H weapon).

Devout Aurastone Hammer would be a good option for leveling because it will always have a high amount of max damage, and the stats on it are decent and it's nice and slow, but I wouldn't bother spending the emblems on that dagger or 2H axe unless either you plan on leveling other characters which would use them, or if you have so many emblems you don't know what to do with them all.

There are plenty of fist weapons, 1H axes and 1H maces that you'll find while leveling which would make fine offhands but generally you will want the slowest offhand you can find because it will make your Stormstrikes and Windfury attacks hit harder, also your Windfury procs won't be overlapping as much with a slow offhand, giving you the most mileage out of your procs.

As for enchanting the heirloom weapon, go for agility rather than crusader, because agility >>> strength (especially a strength proc).

Post by savagy

Coming back here to say that I'm currently lvl 51 and that Devount Aurastone Hammer is a very good option indeed.

Also, if you're alliance, grab Gryphon Rider's Stormhammer as soon as you can, you can grab the quest as soon as 40 but either way you're probably gonna need a friend to help you with it. I can say that it's an excellent weapon that will last you till mid fifties or even up to outlands. The proc on it is Nature dmg and I'm almost certain that it's affect from the Stormstrike proc.

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