Level 29 shaman twinking guide If you ' re looking to make a serious 29 Shaman Horde or Ally side , sit back and pay attention . Shaman is probably the second most difficult class to master in the 29 bracket next to druids , but once harnessed to their full potential they become incredible flag runners , arena healers , and duelists . It takes openness to new ideas and a lot of practice to be able to roll with and beat the best of your battlegroup and eventually the world on the PTR . Once you ' re around level 25 you should start knocking out quests . Theres a lot of essential quests and you ' re going to whine and moan having to get different shields and what not but when you ' re done you ' ll be all the more happy you put in the extra mile . The Gear . Essential quest items if you ' re planning on having gear sets for all specs - BOP Gear Drops from instances can always be handled later on and can be attempted while gaining no XP by dying at the specific boss and looting while dead . Instance items you might want if you ' re planning on having gear sets for all specs - Scarlet Monastery . BOE item ' s can be bought at any time from the auction house and you can be safe advancing your character without having any yet . BOE items you might want if you ' re planning on having gear sets for all specs - PVP item ' s can be bought at any time and do not advance your xp . PVP items you might want if you ' re planning on having gear for all specs - If you ' re rich enough to be able to afford Naxx enchants on your shoulders then good for you but they certainly aren ' t necissary to be a quality twink , but they certainly are a help . Builds And Specs . Elemental . Arena Spec When going into arena you ' re going to want at least a solid 1900 health , 2500 mana and around 90 spell damage , this can change depending on what class you ' re partnering with but you generally wont want to go glass cannon in arena because you ' ll never be able to do the damage to make up for it . Eye of the Storm spec is only necessary if your partner isn ' t a healer , you ' ll never be casting a lightning bolt while being attacked so its useless with a healer . Battleground Spec In WSG and AB , pugging will be very commonplace for you , so Eye of the Storm is a huge help for spamming lesser healing waves through 5 enemy hunters keeping them at bay while your team caps a flag , in Warsong you ' re going to want to be holding around 160 spell damage while dropping mana , rejuvenation hut is on around a 30 second spawn timer so instant mana is almost always at your fingertips . Enhancement . Arena Spec You should be holding at least around 2500 health and 2300 mana and only around 250 ap . Good enhancement shaman twos teams are always built around survivability and not trying to blow the other team away by gearing for full dps because there ' s will almost always be better . Flag Carrying Spec Only applicable for players who find themselves always being the main flag carrier for their team , makes you near useless in terms of dps . Battleground DPS Spec All out dps spec for flex fit ap / spell damage shamans usually seen with a 2h with 30 spell damage : Corpsemaker , Thermaplugg ' s Left Arm , Manual Crowd Pummeler . ( Corpsemaker for extreme burst , Thermaplugg ' s for overall dps or Pummeler for more hits , hence more chances to proc Shamanistic Focus . ) Restoration . Normally you will see most shamans that are 0 / 5 / 15 with Totemic Mastery filled instead of Tidal Focus , which would require mathematically for you to spend at least one fifth as much mana on totems as you do on heals , 2v2s would be the only place this could ever happen but normally I find I spend about 700 mana on heals for every 100 mana on totems in twos . But I highly encourage you do your own testing and see how much you spend . This spec will also depend on what class you ' re playing with and how good they are at avoiding damage . 2v2 Arena Spec This is where you will normally see players screwing up in terms of gear . Unlike pallies your heals aren ' t cheap so stacking + healing is almost never the best idea for arenas , you are going to want to stack up to around 2800 mana for serious arenas and around 1800 health . This should leave you with around only 120 plus healing with your intellect weapon on . BG / 3v3 / 5v5 Spec Makes kiting larger groups easier with instant ghost wolf as opposed to 2v2s where you can casually kite the one dps ' er . And will also make you a formidable flag carrier for someone who is built to heal . Same gear build , stacking mana , shaving + healing . Strategy . 2v2 Arena Strategies . " Elemental " Best Teammate : Holy Paladin / Disc Priest Elemental spec is best utilized in duels but they can formidably serve as resto - shock shamans when teaming with another dps . This will probably be the most difficult spec to use while playing other very skilled teams because it doesnt have the survivability of resto or enhance . " Enhancement " Best Teammate : Holy Paladin Enhance shaman / holy pally is a very underrated team and can be near unbeatable if played correctly , this team takes melee damage in very very small increments and you will be un - kiteable if played correctly . Games will take very very long against skilled teams but you can easily run any team oom while still holding a good 50 % mana each . Counter : Warlock / Resto Shaman ( keeping tongues on pally + purge bof - frost shock = auto lose ) " Restoration " Best Teammate : Rogue Resto Shaman / Rogue has been the premiere 29 2v2 team for quite some time . You should be untouchable from their dps through kiting / los while the rogue provides unlimited dps and is invulnerable to long mana heavy fights . Counter : Paladin / Warrior ( Warrior spamstrings rogue off pally and pally out - manas shaman heals )