Shaman Guide by MTL

Best Equipment
Dagger / Cloth or Leather Armor / Tome

Grinding
Note that I'm doing this without Heirloom or any other help; I'm not even crafting.

First: Play this song in the background.

Level 1-10 Zone until ~15

Level 11-20 Zone until ~25

Level 21-30 Zone until ~35

Level 31-40 Zone until ~42


 * At this point you won't die to higher level mobs easily.

Level 41-50 Zone until ~45

Level 51-60 Zone until ~63


 * Higher level mobs win again.

Level 61-70 until ~68

Level 71-80 until ~80

Level 81-85
 * Started just grinding the trash mobs at Naxx at 83 once I learned I could..

85 in 8 1/2 days...

Dungeons
You're gonna have a rough time doing dungeons. Never go into one with Combat talents, they're useless right now because Bloodlust isn't useful in dungeons, Stormstrike cooldown long and not much damage, and Windfury Totem is broken; Use Elemental talents like Lava Burst and Grounding Totem instead. You should be five levels above the dungeon you're gonna do.
 * Deadmines - Just as difficult as any other toon trying to do it.
 * Blackfathom Depths - Rough, wait until 35 to try.
 * Scarlet Monastary - By far the easiest I ran through a dungeon.
 * Zul'Farrak - Need at least 7 points in Grounding Totem to run through this safe.
 * Scholomance - Need to be lvl 65; 5/10/0/5/6 elemental, 10/10/0/10/0 spiritual
 * Coilfang Reservoir - Did it at 70; 5/10/0/10/6 elemental, 10/10/0/10/0 spiritual
 * Hellfire Citadel - Level 74; 5/10/0/10/10 elemental, 10/10/0/10/0 spiritual
 * Utgarde Keep - Level 80; 10/10/0/10/10 elemental, 10/10/0/10/1 spiritual, didn't need reincarnation but w/e.
 * Halls of Origination - Level 83; 10/10/0/10/10 elemental, 10/10/0/10/4 spiritual, you die once or twice but you have reincarnation. Almost did first boss of Heroic Stonecore this same way but to undergeared.
 * Heroic Stonecore -  10/10/0/10/10 elemental, 10/10/0/10/6 spiritual, died once.

Raiding
Refer to Raid Guide page.

Talent Distribution
Level 10-19


 * 5 Mental Agility

Level 20-29
 * 5 Healing Wave


 * 10 Mental Agility

Level 30-39
 * 10 Healing Wave


 * 10 Mental Agility


 * 10 Healing Wave

Level 40-49
 * 10 Health Stream Totem

Level 50-59 Level 60-69
 * 10 Mental Agility
 * 10 Healing Wave
 * 10 Health Stream Totem
 * 5 Flametongue
 * 5 Bloodlust
 * 10 Mental Agility
 * 10 Healing Wave
 * 10 Health Stream
 * 5 Flametongue
 * 10 Bloodlust
 * 5 Stormstrike
 * 10 Mental Agility
 * 10 Healing Wave
 * 10 Health Stream Totem
 * 5 Flametongue
 * 10 Bloodlust
 * 5 Stormstrike
 * 10 Windfury Totem

Level 70-79
 * 10 Mental Agility


 * 10 Healing Wave
 * 10 Health Stream Totem
 * 5 Flametongue
 * 10 Bloodlust
 * 5 Stormstrike
 * 10 Windfury Totem
 * 5 more Stormstrike
 * 5 Lava Burst

Level 80-85
 * 10 Mental Agility
 * 10 Healing Wave
 * 10 Health Stream Totem
 * 5 Flametongue
 * 10 Bloodlust
 * 10 Stormstrike
 * 10 Windfury Totem
 * 5 Lava Burst
 * 5 Grounding Totem
 * 1 Reincarnation (Clutch)