Shamanistic Rage

A month and a half ago, I was just a little level 1 shaman. One I hot 70, my first priority was to get gear as quick as possible so I could raid with my current guild, Carnage. After reading yet another post of Matticus,I decided to write this post, to share my experiences. Keep in mind, this guide is for those who’s guilds are helping them intensely, and not for the solo grinder who wants to get into a Hyjal guild.

Required Professions

You NEED Leatherworking and Skinning for this. Neither Engineering, Blacksmithing, nor Jewelcrafting, which you may also benefit from, does not give you as much variety as skinning and leatherworking.

Required Instances

Run Karazhan, Gruul’s, and Bagtheridon every week. Those badges will help you a lot. Get revered with Keepers of Time and Cenarion Expedition, and exalted with either Scryers or Aldor. I will not list anything you can get from SSC / TK / Badges, as this is meant to go straight from Karazhan to HYjal / BT. This is just a basic list meant to serve as a guideline. Always follow the Tier 6 EP System and never choose gear just for hit, you will get the required 100 hit rating through any gear you get.

Gear List

Head

• Cyclone Helm
• Gem with Relentless Earthstorm Diamond and a Strength Gem
• Enchant with Glyph of Ferocity
• Drops from Prince Malchezaar

Neck

• Mithril Chain of Heroism
  
• Drops from Chess Event in Karazhan

Shoulder

• Shoulders of Lightning Reflexes
  
• Crafted, BT/Hyjal Pattern drop. Ask your guild if they have any spares. If not, prepare to spend a pretty penny.
• Pur your respective Scryer / Aldor shoulder enchant on it.

Back

• Farstrider Wildercloak
• Enchant with 12 Agility
• Drops from Prince Malchezaar
• Replace later with Dory’s Embrace or Shadowmoon Destroyer’s Drape.

Chestpiece

• Hauberk of the War Bringer
• Gem with your respective strength, strength / critical strike, strength / stamina gems for your meta gem activation.
• Drops from normal Magister’s Terrace, from Kael’thas.

Bracers

• Bindings of Lightning Reflexes
• Crafted by a LW
• Enchant with strength

Gloves

• Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer
• Drops from Gruul
• Enchant and Gem as needed

Belt

• Belt of the Black Eagle
• Crafted by a LW
• Strength Gems!

Pants

• Rip-Flayer Leggings
• Drops from Netherspite
• Gem and use a weak leg enchant, you’ll replace it soon enough.

Boots

• Boots of the Crimson Hawk
• Crafted by LW
• Boars speed

Rings

• Any dps ring that drops from Karazhan will do.

Trinkets

• Shard of Contempt is a must!
• Drops from Arena Event in Heroic Magister’s Terrace
• Use any dps trinket you can find.

Weapons

• Double Decapitator
• From Prince Malchezaar
• Mongoose is <3

Relic

• Stonebreaker Totem
• 20 Badges from badge vendor in Shattrath (I know I said I wouldn’t link badge resistance, but this is the best totem for us)

And there is is, the basic list. From then on up, use websites like lootrank to help determine your upgrades.