WOTLK: Gearing up your shaman for Naxxramas

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This is all the shaman gear that is appropriate for level 80s. If you look at the iLevel (item level), the higher the number, the better the gear. It includes items from regular and heroic dungeons, crafted items, and reputation rewards. Some gear from Naxx and some of the 25 man raids is included, but no tier gear is included. The gear is separated by physical and spell mail. The elemental gear is okay for resto, but elemental should focus on pieces with +hit until they are hitcapped. Likewise, elemental may not need all the mp5 that is on the resto gear, but it is decent gear nonetheless.

Currently updating to include enchants, gems, and glyphs

All mail gear: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=827
Rings, Necks, Cloaks, Trinkets: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=829
Weapons and Shields: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=831
Totem (equipped in ranged slot): http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=832


Elemental and Resto: Other things to look for:

[item]Arcanum of Blissful Mending[/item] Wyrmrest Accord, Revered
[item]Arcanum of Burning Mysteries[/item] Kirin Tor, Revered
[item]Eternal Belt Buckle[/item] Blacksmithing: [spell=55656]Eternal Belt Buckle[/spell]
[item]Greater Inscription of the Crag[/item]/[item]Lesser Inscription of the Crag[/item] Sons of Hodir: Exalted/Honored
[item]Greater Inscription of the Storm[/item]/[item]Lesser Inscription of the Storm[/item] Sons of Hodir: Exalted/Honored
[item]Azure Spellthread[/item] Tailoring: [spell=56010]Azure Spellthread[/spell]


Enchants, Gems and Glyphs:

Enhancement:
Meta Gem: [item]Relentless Earthsiege Diamond[/item], or [item]Chaotic Skyflare Diamond[/item]
Gems: Enhancement shamans should focus on getting to the hit cap (341 for draenei) and expertise cap (214) at level 80, and should gem for these. After that, gem for crit, agility, intellect, and haste. All of these increase dps by similar amounts.

Enchants:
Helm: [item]Arcanum of Torment[/item]
Shoulders: [item]Greater Inscription of the Axe[/item]
Chest: [spell=60692]Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats[/spell]
Cloak: [spell=60663]Enchant Cloak - Major Agility[/spell] or [spell=47898]Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed[/spell]
Bracers: [spell=44575]Enchant Bracers - Greater Assault[/spell] or [spell=44598]Enchant Bracers - Expertise[/spell] if not expertise capped through gear
Gloves: [spell=60668]Enchant Gloves - Crusher[/spell], [spell=44488]Enchant Gloves - Precision[/spell] or [spell=44484]Enchant Gloves - Expertise[/spell] depending on hit and expertise on gear
Legs: [item]Icescale Leg Armor[/item]
Boots: [spell=60763]Enchant Boots - Greater Assault[/spell], [spell=44589]Enchant Boots - Superior Agility[/spell], or [spell=60623]Enchant Boots - Icewalker[/spell]
Belt: [item]Eternal Belt Buckle[/item]

Glyphs:
Major:
1) [item]Glyph of Stormstrike[/item] Increases damage done by your earthshocks and lightning bolts/chain lightnings from maelstrom weapons
2) [item]Glyph of Windfury Weapon[/item]
3) Choose one of: [item]Glyph of Flametongue Weapon[/item], [item]Glyph of Lava Lash[/item], or [item]Glyph of Lightning Shield[/item] only if you have talented Static Shock. Most enhancement shaman don't have static shock, or use watershield, and would not benefit from this glyph.

Lots of info from: http://elitistjerks.com/f47/t20765-shaman_enhancement/#Itemizing_an_Enhancement_Shaman
Glyph discussion: http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t37752-enhancement_glyphs_numeric_comparison/

Elemental:

Meta Gem:
Gems: Gem for hit (hit cap for Draenei elemental shamans at 80 is 262 with full raid buffs, 341 without moonkin or shadow priest), then gem for spellpower. Haste is not so great because of the cooldown of lava burst, crit is not so valuable since you will be able to keep Elemental Oath and Clearcasting up a lot with lavaburst crits.

Enchants:

Glyphs:
1) [item]Glyph of Lava[/item]
2) [item]Glyph of Flametongue Weapon[/item]
3) [item]Glyph of Flame Shock[/item]
4) [item]Glyph of Lightning Bolt[/item] Swap in this glyph if you have mana issues.

Good discussion of all the stuff here posted in more detail http://elitistjerks.com/f79/t37849-elemental_seic_v3/


Restoration:

Meta Gem: [item]Insightful Earthsiege Diamond[/item] 600 mana restored per proc, this equates to about 50-70mp5.
Gems: Not enough testing has been done to determine the best gems at level 80 yet. However, gems with mp5, int, and crit seem to be the most popular and you should get plenty of spellpower from gear. Now that we can no longer downrank, spellpower isn't as valued as it used to be.

Enchants:
Back: [spell=47898]Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed[/spell] 23 haste rating, about 0.7% haste at level 80
Chest: [spell=44509]Enchant Chest - Greater Mana Restoration[/spell] 8mp5
Wrist: [spell=44555]Enchant Bracers - Exceptional Intellect[/spell] 16 int
     or [spell=60767]Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower[/spell] 30 spellpower
     or [spell=]Fur Lining - Spell Power[/spell] 67 spellpower (Requires Leatherworking)
Gloves: [spell=44592]Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower[/spell] 28 spellpower
Feet: [spell=44584]Enchant Boots - Greater Vitality[/spell] 6mp5 and 6 health per 5 seconds
Helm: [item]Arcanum of Blissful Mending[/item] or [item]Arcanum of Burning Mysteries[/item]
Belt: [item]Eternal Belt Buckle[/item]
Shoulders: [item]Greater Inscription of the Crag[/item]/[item]Lesser Inscription of the Crag[/item] or [item]Greater Inscription of the Storm[/item]/[item]Lesser Inscription of the Storm[/item]
Legs: [item]Azure Spellthread[/item] Tailoring: [spell=56010]Azure Spellthread[/spell]

Glyphs:
Major: Choose any 3 based on: what spells you use most frequently (chain heal, LHW, HW), and how long your mana lasts.
[item]Glyph of Water Mastery[/item]- great for mana regen
[item]Glyph of Chain Heal[/item]- highly recommended for 25 man raids
[item]Glyph of Mana Tide Totem[/item]-depends on your mana regen
[item]Glyph of Lesser Healing Wave[/item]-good for tank healing, especially 5 and 10 mans
[item]Glyph of Healing Wave[/item]-recommended for heroics or fights with lots of aoe damage

Minor: [item]Glyph of Water Shield[/item], any other minor glyphs are fine, this is great for Improved Water Shield

Lots of info from this section was taken from: http://elitistjerks.com/f47/t24796-shaman_restoration/