Season of Discovery Enhancement Shaman Tank Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
On this page, you will learn how to optimize the rotation of your Enhancement Shaman Tank, depending on the type of damage you will be tanking in WoW Classic - Season of Discovery. We also have advanced sections about cooldowns, procs, etc in order to minmax your survivability and DPS.
Overview
We will present the skill rotation of an Enhancement Tank as a priority list. This is not an exact sequence in which abilities should be cast. Instead, what it means is, whenever you must choose between using different skills, try to use the one at the top of the list first.
While they are extraordinarily powerful, explosives such as Heavy Dynamite will not be detailed in the rotation. Usually, you will want to use on the pull as a tank to generate snap aggro.
The main exception is when you are facing multiple or particularly dangerous (such as enraged) enemies at some point in the fight. Saving explosives to carry you and your group through these moments (and possibly do a ton of AoE damage in the process) is probably worth it.
Because of how Way of Earth works, you will be forced to have Rockbiter Weapon enchanted on your weapon at all times in order to be a proper Shaman Tank.
Single-Target Rotation
- Pre-cast Feral Spirit before starting a fight, and on cooldown afterwards;
- Keep your group-buffing Totems and Searing Totem active and in range of their respective targets at all times;
- Keep Lightning Shield active;
- Use Stormstrike often enough to ensure 100% uptime on Mental Dexterity;
- Cast Lava Burst (if Runed) on cooldown or Lightning Bolt when near 5 Maelstrom Weapon stacks, weaving the cast in between enemy swings to preserve your avoidance as much as possible;
- Keep Flame Shock active on your target for extra damage;
- Earth Shock on cooldown (unless you will need it to taunt enemies soon) to deal more damage and threat;
- Cast Molten Blast (if runed) for extra threat generation;
- Frost Shock if Flame Shock is already on all possible targets.
Multi-Target Rotation
The rotation for multiple target tanking is mostly the same but you will want to prioritize area damage abilities such as Molten Blast much more as it can hit multiple targets per cast, and also keeping Flame Shock rolling on as many targets as possible.
You should also use Chain Lightning with Maelstrom Weapon and drop the Lava Burst rune. Magma Totem can also be used for maximum area damage, if Mana is not a concern. Remember to move it with Totemic Projection as needed!
Advanced Totem Usage
Tremor Totem and Poison Cleansing Totem should be dropped when slightly less than 5 seconds remains until the Fear or Poison application. As they remove effects every 5 seconds, this will ensure that these harmful effects are removed as soon they are applied, which is of particular importance for Fears, so that allies do not have time to run out of the Totem's radius.
Changelog
- 08 Jul. 2024: Updated rotation for Phase 4.
- 02 May 2024: Added more nuance on Earth Shock usage post feedback.
- 23 Apr. 2024: Adjusted guide for the Mental Dexterity rune hotfixes.
- 07 Apr. 2024: Updated rotation for Phase 3.
- 03 Mar. 2024: Removed the Shamanistic Rage explanation after its rework to no longer work with Attack Power.
- 23 Feb. 2024: Added Totemic Projection tips to help with Fire Nova AoE.
- 22 Feb. 2024: Adjusted weapon enchant recommendations post hotfix buffs.
- 19 Feb. 2024: Further Phase 2 specific rotation updates.
- 12 Feb. 2024: Updated rotation for Phase 2.
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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.
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