by Mick Mananite

The WoW Shaman is a hybrid class capable of fitting into three very distinct different roles depending on the talent specifications they choose. The three talent trees are elemental, enhancement and restoration and each one provides for a particularly unique role for the character, making it one of the most interesting and rewarding classes to play.

The WoW shaman is unique for a number of reasons but most notably because they use totems for buffs and part buffs rather than spells which are cast directly on themselves and others. The only disadvantage is that these totems can easily be destroyed under most circumstances.

Originally, the shaman class was restricted only to players who chose the Horde faction but this was extended with the coming of the Burning Crusade expansion pack so that now the new Alliance race, the Dranei can also choose to role the shaman class. For Horde, they are restricted to Taurens, Orcs and Trolls.

The three talent trees available to the shaman class is elemental, enhancement and restoration. Elemental shamans excel at providing high amounts of ranged damage by improving the spells at their disposal.

Restoration shamans are undoubtedly the most popular and highest in demand for endgame material, since they make perfect healers and can also help to restore mana for other spell casters in their parties. A restoration shaman will have no problem finding a group or a guild for raising and endgame dungeons.

Restoration is the specification that is always in highest demand when it comes to raiding and other endgame PvE ventures. Restoration focuses on improving the healing ability of the WoW shaman by improving the power of their healing spells and reducing the mana cost of them. These can make for extremely effective healers, amongst the best in the game and thus they are always popular and a restoration shaman should never have any problem finding a group in the end game.

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