Classic WoW Shaman Totem Guide
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Timestamps:
00:02 - Introduction
00:25 - Why are Totems Important?
01:05 - Basic Totem Rules
02:23 - Totem Loadout Dimensionality
03:31 - Keybinding Totems
05:27 - Earth Totems
06:01 - Orc/Troll Earth Totem Quests
06:45 - Tauren Earth Totem Quests
07:26 - Stoneskin Totem
08:37 - Earthbind Totem
11:12 - Stoneclaw Totem
12:26 - Strength of Earth Totem
13:34 - Tremor Totem
14:42 - Fire Totems
15:10 - Fire Totem Quests
16:15 - Searing Totem
17:53 - Fire Nova Totem
18:43 - Magma Totem
19:56 - Flametongue Totem
21:13 - Frost Resistance Totem
21:44 - Water Totems
22:11 - Water Totem Quests - Part 1
23:09 - Water Totem Quests - Part 2
23:54 - Healing Stream Totem
24:39 - Mana Spring Totem
25:18 - Mana Tide Totem
26:10 - Poison Cleansing Totem
26:48 - Disease Cleansing Totem
27:19 - Fire Resistance Totem
27:52 - Air Totems
28:19 - Air Totem Quest
28:49 - Windfury Totem
29:55 - Grace of Air Totem
30:51 - Grounding Totem
31:49 - Tranquil Air Totem
32:28 - Nature Resistance Totem
32:54 - Windwall Totem
33:41 - Sentry Totem
34:19 - Totemic Focus
34:43 - Totem Loadout 1: Single Target PVE
35:35 - Totem Loadout 2: Multiple Targets PVE
36:23 - Totem Loadout 3: Dungeon/Raid Healing - Heavy Melee/Melee Group
38:16 - Totem Loadout 4: Dungeon/Raid Healing - Heavy Caster/Caster or Healer Group
39:33 - Totem Loadout 5: Groups with 2 Shaman
40:51 - Totem Loadout 6: Shaman Tanking
41:51 - Recommended Addons
42:38 - Other Great Shaman Content
43:40 - Conclusions and Interesting Links
hey friend I watched a video from a channel named I am alivetv, he has a cool trick and wanted to see if it will fly on live version for vanilla wow, will it be possible to rotate and switch windfury totem with grace of air totem to receive both of there buff as long as I keep switching them with out letting my group die, this rotation is only for skilled and geared runs, wanted to know from you is it possible to do this for optimal group dps.
This is totem-ly awesome!
Ha! Ha! Very punny!
hells yeah
booooo
I never knew I needed 45 minutes on totems before now.
A year later, this is still totemly amazing. Many thanks, a new shaman for the horde
I love that youre going even deeper into the shaman. Most people just give basic info, thankyou.
You know, I'm not really familiar with every single classes mechanics in Vanilla and how they're all designed. This guide is amazing in getting me introduced to the class and what I could expect if I wanted to roll shaman. Although, I don't believe this type of content takes away from the mystery at all. An overview of the class, and how the class plays for my style is a completely different thing. This, I want more of this kind of content :D
Such an awesome guide. Obviously not to toot my own horn but I like to think I know all of this, but it's good to get just a full refresher and remember anything I'm forgetting.
Man thank you so much for this video, I needed some guidance on how I wanted to bind my totems to my Keyboard, so now I'm using your same layout (air totem in T) and i've been able to write my macros around them. You rule!
Amazing video thank you. Lots of content and really useful seeing the quest routes !
I didn't play shaman, and won't once Classic comes out. But, I loved this. I can't stress that enough. Guides so rarely go over each class's mechanics/gimmicks in depth(totems, stances, auras, blessings and seals, etc...). They usually get glossed over with a "and keep in mind that "x" mechanic might vary in different situations, so remember to keep that in mind." It also gives a great foundation on which a new player could build their necessary skill set and develop out of initial bad habits. You specifically brought up totem placement, for example, which will lead them into thinking about positioning in general if they think on it long enough. I look forward to seeing what you guys come up with for the other classes.
I used to love thinking about this stuff back in the day(good god I'm getting old...). Though, I was a paladin so my thoughts were about how to abuse Judgement and seal effects. There was the obvious Judgement of the Crusader into Seal of Righteousness for more damage. And Ret Aura to increase threat generation(when you could actually find a group that would let you tank). But, that was something pretty much everyone did. One of the combos I remember using a lot that wasn't quite as common was Judgement of Light into Seal of the Crusader. The attack speed boost gives more chances to proc the heal effect. Great for keeping you alive just that little bit longer if you've got an AFK healer, or if you wanted to push paladin just that little bit further than most people thought it could go('cause Light knows they couldn't survive long enough already...). Hmm... good times.
As always, I loved the vid and keep up the good work!
Nice guide. I was kinda hoping you'd do a play-through of the quests to get the totems, but then realized it would have been a 10-day-long video.
Thanks so much. I was so confused with the muti-multiple choices of totems until i viewed your video.
I have a better understanding now. Thanks again
Warrior here. Just stopping by to say I love your windfury totems.
Thank you for the well in-depth guides! Really enjoy your videos very knowledgable and put together extremely well. You've gained my sub.
What a fantastic guide. Great job Melderon!
You are making shaman way more interesting for me! Thank you 100% Tauren shammy classic wow here ;)
Excellent guide, I can't wait for classic! REAL wow is coming back!
Another great video, I like these hour long videos so much research. Great job!!!
16:15 - Searing Totem
is also useful for aggro snap. Nice guide!
What a legend. Did you play on nost/ elysium sir? I raided with convulsion on nost as Rsham and your videos were super helpful.
Love this and all the other guides you do for shaman! Looks like ill be bringing the naga razer mouse back out again watching your guide think im going to be using the 3,6,9 and 12 buttons on the mouse for each element combined with shift + crtl for the less used ones i seriously think its a must have for shaman so many key bindings!
I levelled a shaman to 60 in vanilla and this video was pretty much spot-on
Thank you, I'm enjoying watching your videos and learning a lot
Came here thanks to Josh [countdown], glad I did! The quality of this is amazing!
As a new shaman on the Classic Era realms, evergreen content such as this is just fantastic. Awesome video!!!!
Great video! Well put together and informative.
Thanks from Russia community for your guides. Very detailed.
Amazing work. Thanks!
Don’t forget stoneClaw totem will get rogues/Druids out of stealth.
Is this true?!
noooo waaaay, does that work?!
Not in classic. It did on private servers
@@bobbybologna3029 it does if the rogue or druid are really into RP
@@Ghost-fe1vp underrated
If I make pvp videos in classic and anyone ask me for advice I swear I will just link all your respective videos lol. This is the best guide I’ve ever seen for shamans. Your the man
I raid as a enhancement shaman on a vanilla server and I use the twisting method for windfury and grace of air cost you more mana but is better for the group the vanilla dream channel has a guide on this I recommend.
Yeah that's a topic I want to cover in the future for an intermediate totem guide
Lucky you ! My guild doesn't want enhancement sham in raids because it is sub optimal T_T
Did it work? I love the fantasy of enhancement shaman but I've read a lot about people not wanting it in their groups :/ I mostly plan on playing pvp but if pve works to I'd love to try
I know it might seem obvious, but it would have been a good idea to mention that dropping mana spring totem cost quite a bit of mana by itself, and it takes 20 seconds (untalented) to actually break even after dropping it. Anything less than that is a net loss.
I really use it for the group play when an extra mob gets pulled in a dungeon and our healer is at like half mana or our dps are low mana and we are still pulling. I never use it solo
@@jaredmatagi971 Hm, for leveling enh shaman is the best bet and to keep rolling he needs this totem, as well as there is no real alternative with other water totem. If combats around this area will continue more than 20 seconds it totally worth it. Of mobs are just far from totem area, pool them into it. If enh is doing quite nice damage, while leveling, fights are not always this simple, so usually it takes a while and totem is totally worth it's cost.
outstanding guide!!
Thanks for this amazing guide, never played classic and having a blast with enhancement shaman.. I will play pvp mostly, either elemtal or enhanced but I think healing will be pretty great too.. I hope it doesn't make too much of a difference as an orc without the troll cast speed racial..
Totem twist macro as enchance, your rogues and warriors will love you. Wind fury for 1 second, then switch to your grace or tranquil. Repeat every 10 seconds.
Yeah I'll bake this into its own guide I think. Do you have a good macro to link?
This video is awesome dude, thank you!!!
great job! thanks a lot!
Thankyou so much!
Thank you
Very nice guide. I'd also recommend a curse/poison notification addon, along the lines of decursive. Although I don't believe decursive per se will be allowed in classic. Fingers crossed, lol.
thank you
The problem with those guides is that you make me want to play a shaman, which is obviously impossible being alliance!!
Muhahaha
i never played wow vanilla WOW or any other kind of WOW really. Was never really my thing. I do hope to play a shaman when classic goes live. I want to see what i was missing out on. This is another excellent Shaman video Melderon! Love It!
awesome guild man ! i like it !
Great video
Ma boi giving me bunch of new tips!
I'm am gonna start a new shammy and try and get something like this set up pre classic drop
This guide is -- to steal a line from a certain megalomaniac elf queen -- magnificent. ^.^ Liked and bookmarked.
Even though I'll be maining a Priest come August, Shaman was my main in vanilla and will be my prime alt come Classic.
Why not swap earth and air in the 2x2 cluster keybinds so it represents where the totems drop
Poison cleansing totem is also very important for pvp. I throw it down every time I fight a rogue. This is because the rogue ability blind is actually a poison effect in classic and therefore you can be cured of blind while you are CCed which always throws off the rogues since usually they use blind wait 5 sec and go to stealth but with this totem down and pulsing every 5 secs they won't be able to restealth and therefore make fights much easier, since for some reason they never bother killing it..
Just found your videos and wish I had looked for them before leveling. I decided to level enh 2H slow weapon. Now 56 and am wondering when to swap to Resto? That’s been my plan all along, level and start healing. Do you have any recommendations as to the right level? I have been doing LBRS and BRD and have some healing gear and will be making red dragonscale chest tomorrow.
I'm not gonna play a shaman but I'm watching this anyway :P
I didn't play sham in vanilla classic.. my best friend did. I can tell you hands down... this class was 'the' go to need you to help us get through ANYthing in vanilla. if you want to have fun, be versatile and trust me... they were VERY dangerous in pvp... play a sham. You won't be topping any dps or healing meters... however no one will love you more. They just made everyone smile when they came into the group. GREAT asset and extremely underrated in vanilla by people who didn't play.
The Humungus Same! Lol
@@doctordemento965 kinda sounds like the Paladin ^^ Blessing of Kings was so good, even people who sucked could get raid spots.
@@doctordemento965 I picked a shaman because I love the fantasy of it and so far I'm having a blast :3 never played classic but already like it more than retail and I'm just level 18
do u have a preference for shamans BWL and AQ 20/40
I can't find any info on this. Does spell hit effect fire totems?
Oh you made me miss my old shammy so much (you know before they took away the support aspect of the class), I've been wavering a bit over Classic recently - not because of anything wrong with Classic but because of the behaviour of the company. Seeing stuff like this make me edge towards giving them a second (3rd/4th/5th) chance, I think it's basically Stockholm syndrome now
Yeah I hear you there. I hope they just keep their money grubbing hands off classic as much as possible
I played WoW vanilla-WoD never made a shaman. But considering making one for classic
Does Restorative Totems round up or down on a .5?
This will help me correct some stuff like I have been using stoneskin in favour of strength of earth so I will probably change that up. I am level 36 and using a two handed axe with windfury but I feel kinda squishy I am wondering if I will notice a big difference once I get to 40 to use mail? I have a few mail pieces so far that I have collected which should make for a quick upgrade! Last question I had was when you are leveling and use a fire nova totem and it burst but doesn't kill would it be best to not use another fire totem or put up my searing totem?
For single target, I always use searing totem. 2H enhancement, in my opinion will always feel squishy. a 1H + Shield build may be better or use rockbiter instead of WF for more consistent kill times
@@DefcampMelderonTV Alright I'll find a dagger or something like you suggested. Thanks!
The first link is wrong, it is /guides/18/the-egregious-guide-to-resto-shaman
Orcbit's Pre-raid BIS List is gone. I see a recent two-part:
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You can use sentry totem to negate fall damage. We did that on Baron Geddon in MC but it can also be used in the open world
How does it work? You place the totem before the fall and switch vision while falling? Do you use a macro?
Totems are so cool.
Even though I'm an alliance guy, I will probs have a couple of Horde characters. The first one will be a shaman :)
did i miss somewhere fire totem quest for taurens ? NVM you did say everyting. You are a true master.
Fire totem quest for Tauren, Orc, and Troll are the same
The thing about healing stream is it can heal for over 5000 health to your group in a 1 min fight when geared. For a very low mana cost.
It ticks for ~70 every 2 seconds when you have ~900 addheal. That means it heals 2100 health to each party member in your group per minute. Problem is that it shares element with Mana Spring & Fire Resistance Totem. That is limiting its valuability quite a lot for many raid encounters
@@Drecksdusler that is vanilla. Stick 900 heal where the sun don't shine lol
@@computerguy6264
Switch the panel 'melee' to 'spell' and see for yourself buddy legacyplayers.com/Armory/?charid=333422
tranquility for tanking?
So really random question, I started a shaman alt on classic and I’m noticing my totems aren’t doing the thing where they make my group sparkle? Anyone know what I mean lol? It’s a really minor thing but it irritates me. Maybe this wasn’t added till tbc but I could have sworn it was a thing in vanilla too.
I'll check and see next time I'm in a group I haven't even noticed it.
What's the coefficient on healing stream from +hSP?
my advanced shaman guide part 2 goes over that, its about 2-3%
Do you happen to have any stats on spell power coefficients for the fire totems by any chance? Possibly the mana regens and heal totems also get affected by spell power too?
I assume as all totems are insta cast and the normal set up is 100% for a 3.5 second cast, we would be looking at about 42% or so?
I actually found one you had already made. thanks once again. :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tB7OQLNrrG02EKOpxoM02yzb8U1njuk5eBGCN9NE_2Q/edit#gid=27427168
I appreciate you not binding the back-pedalling button "S" :D. Back-pedalling can be useful especially against rogues. Turning your character sideways to strafe gives them the chance to backstab you. If a rogue is right up in your face trying to get behind you, back-pedal and turn your character quickly to face them with your mouse :D
good point
Hey do you have a good tip on what swingtimer is the best? :)
I personally use abar but anyone would work
Ah thank you for the anwser!
I´m really split between shaman or warlock for classic. Problem is i don´t really wanna rely on alts to do outdoor stuff or farm gold! xD
Can you stack totem buffs with different ranks or talent ranks?
No, totem effects do not stack. The highest rank totem effect should be applied
If I try Horde this time I'm def going shaman so this'l help me actually understand what the hell is going on
Does spell crit gear effect the crit of a fire totem?
Yes, totem crit is spell based
How do you recall or simply remove totem in order to prevent unnecessary aggro?
Run away and drop new totems further back. Recall didn't come in to the game until much later.
hey dude, u got wrong coords for step 5 water totem quest, its about 33:67
I'll watch this later since it's really late, but warrior here. Windfury windfury windfury please and thank you :)
I like shaman spells but the reason I don't want to play one because of all the totems. Bag slots lost and they cost so many key binds
I kind of get ya. But every class has bag space dedicated to stuff. And I have as many key binds on my shaman as any other class. The total amount of spells are the same
@@DefcampMelderonTV I play rogue and feel I have a lot of free buttons but shaman or warlock I'm struggling
Grace of Air on a minor note also increases Wand damage.
really? does it just increase its chance to crit because of the agi or is it a straight up damage boost?
Everyone gets range attack power from agility, which also works on wands? I think having a hunter ammo bag makes you fire faster aswell
Can the earthbinder totem remove stealth from rouges as well?
99% sure no, but stoneclaw will cuz the way it taunts is that it does an aoe attack of 0 damage with high threat, so even tho its 0 damage, its still counted as damage and removes stealth.
Great video! Is there a way to make a macro to drop multiple totems at a time?
They have a global cooldown. Not possible far as I know.
Not possible to drop more than 1 totem at once because of the GCD. However, u can make a sequence macro so by spamming 1 button u'll place down 4 different totem one after the other. I don't have acces to a macro like that myself, but a little googling can go a long way.
Flame tongue totem can be very useful in scholomance for those guys that are immune to physical 😅 forgot to bring a mage and we just dropped that totem and with warriors and rogues and healer using lightning bolt we downed them no problem
pvp totem loadout?
C, F, T, R are all key-binds I use for main spells... just get an addon to mange it.
Okay guys, this might be a little off topic, but I trust your knowledge of Shaman totems more than any PUGs or Shamans in my guild :) For a Dagger rogue who relies on BS (and hopefully critting every BS) not white hits, which totem is better? WF or GoA? I've asked to be put in groups with Druids and Hunters to get the GOA totem agility bonus, but I have shamans in the raid say, "Don't you want the 20% crit that WF offers over the agility bonus?" Ya, that guy is on crack, but are extra white swings on a dagger rogue better than the extra agility? If you guys aren't sure, could you point me in a good direction? I'd really like something with some math from Classic, not Vanilla, but I cannot seem to find anyone that has tested this, and I know you guys like charts and people who like charts, so I thought you might know. Thanks in advance :)
I'm won't play shammie but this was great to watch. Priest one planned?
I'll ask Defcamp :)
@@DefcampMelderonTV Thanks! Would you do me a huge favor and give me your thoughts on not using the whole sit and crit mechanic on a priest? I mean it doesn't seem like it would be good for raiding and I don't really mind not using while leveling but I'm stumped as to where the two extra points might go best.
I forget. Does windfurry and flame tongue totem stack?
I recall that you can't have more than one temporary weapon effect. Like sharpening stone, poison and totem buff.
@@bjrnification correct. If rogues puts poison on mainhand wep = no windfury buff.
yeah, basically the last placed weapon enhancement totem will be on your weapon
Totems not in LoS STILL DO provide their buff if the player in still in range. I think you may want to check this with Classic as I have been noticing it while playing.
I am enhance totem master. My way or the wrong way.
good guide, but you fail to mention how if youre on the fly tanking, stoneclaw totem is great to pick up healer aggro! from multi mobs!
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Shaman seems amazing in vanilla. Alot of classes are pigenholded into spamming one spell. While shaman retain alot of spells to use. Gonna be my choice for vanilla!
Where is the totem twisting?
On the advanced shaman guide. Should be in the description
On private servers (Northdale and Lightbringer atleast) Totemic Mastery (sets range to 30) and the T1 (sets range to 30) stacks, don't know if that will work on classic though, reason is because it's either written wrong or the devs programmed it wrong, because it doesn't set the range to 30, but instead increase the range by 10. So, on the p.servers, u can get a 40yard radius (not diameter).
Also, u keep saying that the totems usually won't pulse when it's placed down, from my experience on Northdale and Lightbringer, they always pulsed when i placed them, making the water cleansing totems BiS on Chromaggus.
Also, most imporant thing u missed out on. "Totem Twisting" the art of placing down ur WF totem to provide the 10sec buff to ur party, then replacing it with GoA to give Agi while WF is still active. Then when WF is running out, u place it back down again and rinse and repeat.
Yup, working on that for the next guide for sure! There are many other topics as well. Stay tuned
@@DefcampMelderonTV Oh don't worry, i am really looking forward to the next video. I've always enjoyed ur shaman vids, found a few faults here and there, but they've been very rich with knowledge for me to expand my own. Shaman 4ever!
Stoneclaw totem does pulse right away.
Oh my fuck, August 27th is taking too long to get here.
me (a rogue) watching this 4 years later like 🤔🤔🧐
Looking forward to classic for Shaman play alone. I miss the way totems were. They really ruined our totems.
I actually loose steam to level my shaman after i got my air totem.
I was bracing myself lets do this. Fly to thousand needle then like "what? thats it?! Oh man :( "
As enhancement I usually don't get the air totem while leveling. I save that 30% attack speed buff for a rainy day.
Lol redefining "fully raid buffed" gives run speed too ye?
You did not mention Totem-Weaving!
I never understod why shamans would be forced to get Restorative Totems, Mana Tide Totem. If casters and healers are out of mana, they are doing it wrong. You won't use that healing totem, the mana totem is a good buff to the team though, but then you have to put 6 points to boost it more and get mana tide.
Same with Healing Grace, if tank loses aggro, you are just healing to much, just chill a bit and this talent is 3 wasted points.