Last news, we have already posted the Hunters gear, how about Shaman gear in Wrath of the Lich King?
In addition to the main Alliance or Horde factions the Alliance Vanguard and Horde Expedition, there are a variety of other groups you can meet and ally with as you explore Northrend, often through daily quests, and these factions offer gear, head enchants and other items of interest to you as an up and coming shaman.
For shamans the pickings here are mighty slim. They offer a cloth belt and bracers I mention purely because you can wear them if you're desperate for an upgrade in those slots. but the real action for shamans comes at revered or better. Healing shamans are going to want the Arcanum of Blissful Mending for their hats, and the exalted Grips of Fierce Pronouncements are pretty hot for resto as well. That's some solid MP5 right there. For elemental shamans there's the Gavel of the Brewing Storm, while enhancement may stoop to leather to pick up the Dragonfriend Bracers.
The Argent Crusade
I can't help it, I love these guys. They're the paladins who break stuff. You can just tell you could actually sit down and buy these guys a beer after a hard day of killing wave after wave of undead aberrations. They're just folks, Well, okay, they're just folks who can summon the power of pure light to annihilate their foes. But anyway, since we're shamans, do they have anything we'd be interested in? The answer is yes.
Enhancement, we have a cape for you. I'd personally prefer that the armor pen be hit rating, but as always tastes and playstyles vary. Elemental shamans may want the Battle Mender's Helm, which despite the name does not seem particularly oriented towards resto at all. Enhancement's going to grind to exalted to get the Polished Regimental Hauberk, I can tell you that much. And the Boots of the Neverending Path might also be worth picking up when you get there, with solid stats despite their being leather. Casters of the healing and DPS varieties will take a look at the Signet of Hopeful Light and decide if they're into haste this month or not. (Honestly, I'm still not entirely sure how haste is for resto or elemental anymore.)
The Kirin Tor
As you might expect for a mage dominated faction, the Kirin Tor of Dalaran offer mail physical DPS shoulders. Wait, really? Huh. They do. If you really missed the look of Tidefury, here you go. The resil suggests a PvP application. This cloak is more what I was expecting from the mages of Dalaran, as is this dagger for the elementally minded among us. Our resto bretheren might consider this leather hat, which has MP5 and spell power instead of spirit. I have to admit, the thing I love most about faction gear is that I'm not fighting with any other class for it.
At exalted enhancement shamans will be looking at the Boots of Twinkling Stars, and then they will be buying them. Both elemental and restoration shamans may want to take a look at the Ghostflicker Wasitband: elemental could stick more crit or spell power or hit in there, while resto could throw MP5 in. (With an eternal belt buckle you could even double up.) There's also a pretty solid cloth robe I mention for all those elemental shamans who wore the Scarlet Sindorei last time. Heck, with that much MP5, I'd consider healing in that dress. Sure, I'd feel stupid in it, but MP5 is MP5.
Enjoy your Shaman!
