Ten Ton Hammer | WoW - Updated: Gems and Enchants for Your Shaman

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your gear, stand out from your peers

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Make
the ordinary, Extraordinary.

Well
by now I hope your WoW experiences have begun to yield
some good gear for you folks. Even if you are lucky enough to have
scored some
Tier 8.5 gear, it can always be better. It can be difficult to decide
exactly
when and how to enhance your gear. Don’t be afraid to spend
some of that gold
you’ve been amassing. Of course that’s no reason to
spend your cash
haphazardly. You can down rank some of those gems and enchants until
you get an
item you are sure is going to last for awhile. If you get a Tier 8.5
piece, you
SHOULD enchant it to the best possible, since there’s nothing
better than Tier 8.5 at
the moment. As a rule, if you have any socketed items, get a gem into
them
ASAP. Not only will it assist you on your path to greatness, you
won’t
instantly lose the confidence of your fellow players for walking around
that
way. Good Raid leaders are going to inspect your armor and if it
appears that
you don’t care about your gear, chances are they
won’t care about you.
Most folks are more
understanding about
enchantments, since it requires an Enchanter. You can usually find one
around.
Although they never seem to
be
around when you’re looking for one, they have some nerve.

So in
my typical table format system and without further
ado, here are some quick ways to boost your items effectiveness.

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Build

As a
rule, you can “ignore” hit more than your Shaman
brethren. You will always succeed in “hitting”
friendly targets for healing. Spell Power, Spell Crit, Mana per 5
Seconds, and Intellect is historically considered the most important
stats.
Keep in mind as a healer you are sometimes better served
‘knowing’ how much
your heals will hit for, rather than hoping for the critical heal.

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Spellpower - +28 to spellpwer

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Spellpower - +63 to spellpower

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Vitality - +6 mana and health per 5 seconds

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Vitality - minor speed increase and +15 to stamina style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">

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Spellpower - +30 to spellpower

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Stats -
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Speed - +23 to haste rating

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Intellect - +25 to intellect

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Stats - +10 to all stats

Greater
Mana Restoration - +8 mana per 5 seconds

*
Never hurts, even for a healer, to
increase your run speed and your stamina. There are several
boss
fights in PvE that require quick reaction and "Get the Hell out of
there" movement.

**
In my opinion, use Powerful Stats for only
the high end game gear. The mats used for this enchant are
very
expensive. For any gear lower than high end game you should
probably use Super Stats Enchant - +8 to all stats.

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spell power, intellect, spell crit, and mana per 5 secs

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Scarlet Ruby - +19 spell power

Luminous
Monarch Topaz - +9 spell power and +8 intellect style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"
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Autumn’s Glow - +16 intellect

Luminous
Monarch Topaz - +9 spell power and +8 intellect style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color black black; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 135.9pt; background-color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"
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Forest Emerald - +8 intellect and +3 mana per 5 secs

Glowing Twilight Opal - +9 spell power and +12 stamina

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Twilight
Opal - +9 spellpower and +3 mana per 5 secs

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Earthsiege Diamond - +21 intellect and chance to restore mana on
spellcast

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Skyfire
Diamond - +25 spellpower and +2% intellect

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Enhancements

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Spellthread - +50 spell power and +30 stamina

*Runic
Spellthread - +35 spell power and +20 stamina

*Azure
Spellthread (for the cheap folks) - +35 spell power and +20 stamina

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Inscription of the Crag - +24 spell power and +6 mana per 5 secs

**Greater
Inscription of the Storm - +24 spell power and +15 critical strike

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of Blissful Mending - +30 spell power and +8 mana per 5 secs

****Arcanum
of Burning Mysteries - +30 spell power and +20 critical strike

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Requires Tailor Profession to make

**
Requires Exalted with Sons of Hodir

***
Requires Revered with The Wyrmrest Accord

****
Requires Revered with Kirin Tor

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Build

The melee side of being a Shaman. You want to focus on hit
rating, expertise, critical strike and attack power when buffing your
Enhancement Shaman.

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- +15 Expertise

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- +44
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