World of Warcraft Power Guides

How to Get the Crusader Title in World of Warcraft

2011-07-21T11:29:00.000-07:00

There are many aspects of World of Warcraft that make it incredibly addictive. It has the effect of making players want to "keep up with the Joneses", so to speak. Tier gear, rare mounts, and achievements are just a few of the addictive traps Blizzard has built into WoW.

One of the newest ingame status symbols is the coveted Crusader title. Obtaining this title proves to everyone who sees you that have put in the work and you know what you're doing. It's a title that carries prestige and most people want it so they can also become a highly toted elite player in World of Warcraft. Not to mention earning the Crusader title also grants you access to purchase items only available to this group of elite players.

Living Among the Elite

There's no question that players look at other players who have earned their Crusader title with respect. It has the same effect of a player who is decked out in many hard-to-get items. They've put in the work and time to aquire those things, and many people wish they could do the same. Besides the status of becoming a respected player in WoW, there are other benefits of earning your Crusader title and living among the elite.

Once you earn your Crusader title, you will have access to purchase items that are only available for sale the those who have earned the Crusader title. One of these items is the Argent Pony Bridle. Once you become a Champion at the Argent Tournament, you will receive a companion who you can summon to follow you around. That companion is essentially useless, until you purchase the Argent Pony Bridle.

The Argent Pony Bridle, when used, allows your companion to serve as a Bank, Vendor, or Mailbox, allowing you to access those things anywhere, without the need to go to a main city first. It's a very nice item to be able to purchase, as it makes your companion incredibly useful, and can only be acquired once you have earned your Crusader title. Another major benefit of earning your Crusader title is it opens up the option to purchase Heirloom items by doing dailies alone, so they are much easier to acquire.

Earning Your Crusader Title

By now, you're probably begging to know how you can earn the Crusader title for yourself. The requirements to earn the Crusader title are that you must earn the achievement Exalted Champion of the Alliance or Exalted Champion of the Horde. Unless you know exactly what you are doing, earning those achievements will prove to be difficult, tedious, and extremely time consuming.

You can try to brave the trenches and figure out for yourself how exactly to earn your Crusader title. However, myself, I would prefer to have guidance with someone walking me step-by-step through the entire process, making it a breeze. That's why I set out in search for a guide that would help me earn my Crusader title quickly and easily. X-Elerated Warcraft Guides are the guides I finally chose to help me. It proved to be a much needed breath of fresh air, compared to other guides I tried during my search.

With the X-Elerated guides, not only do they walk you step-by-step through the entire process of earning your Crusader title, but they show you how to get Hairlooms and make gold with dailies quickly and easily, as well. So, if you are in the same boat I was in, knowing what you want, but no idea how to go about obtaining it, I highly recommend X-Elerated Warcraft Guides to help you. Like me, you will not be disappointed with the results, I promise you.

How to Get Heirloom Items Fast in World of Warcraft

2011-07-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

As World of Warcraft continues to expand larger and larger, with the level cap increasing over time, it's becoming more and more difficult for people to have multiple characters at max level. Everyone would like to have characters of all classes at level cap, but it is terribly time consuming to be able to do that.

Luckily, Blizzard has introduced, with the Cataclysm expansion, a new type of item to help players level their alts quicker and easier than ever before. They are called Bind on Account items, or Heirlooms. In order to have access to get Heirlooms, you must already have at least one level 85 character, for the most part.

Power and Extra Experience

There are 2 awesome benefits of getting and using Heirloom items. The first benefit is they scale to your level. So, as you gain levels, the Heirloom item stats (armor, damage, etc) increase as well. This is really cool because it makes it unnecessary to upgrade most of your gear. Heirlooms have good stats, armor, and damage for your current level, so they keep you powerful and able to do quests quickly, which is a huge plus when trying to level up some alt characters.

The second, and probably most important, benefit is that some Heirlooms increase the experience points you gain from killing mobs and turning in quests by 10%. If you have 3 Heirloom pieces that give a 10% experience boost each, that's a total of a 30% experience boost for your character while leveling to level 80. So, if it usually takes you 6 months total, real time, to level your alts, you could level that same character in about 4 months total. Just having Heirlooms could save you 2 months of your time! That's pretty amazing, if you ask me.

Getting Your Own Heirlooms

The most popular way of getting Heirlooms, hands down, is by doing dailies. Getting a full set of heirlooms can be done pretty quickly by doing dailies, if you know what you're doing. The whole point of heirloom items is to save you time. So, not only do you want to save time after you get your Heirlooms, but you should also look into saving time while in the process of getting Heirloom items.

The way to do that is with an optimized route of all the dailies you need to do in order to get the items to trade in for Heirlooms. Obviously, you can figure out your own path for doing this, but if you're like me, you'll want a guide written by professional gamers for the sole purpose of getting dailies done quickly.

There is a certain guide I use for all my dailies needs. It's called X-Elerated Warcraft Guides. In their guide, they show you step-by-step how to get Heirloom items. As a bonus, they walk you through speed runs for making gold with dailies, as well as getting your Crusader title, which is needed to buy Heirlooms if you want to be able to buy them by doing dailies alone. If you want to get Heirlooms, gold, and your Crusader title fast, I highly recommend picking up a copy of the X-Elerated guides. Good luck!

How to Make Gold Fast with Dailies in World of Warcraft

2011-07-21T11:26:00.000-07:00

There are more and more people joining the ranks of World of Warcraft every day. Nobody can get enough of this game and there are plenty of reasons why. In WoW, you can escape the realities of everyday life. Just relax, do a few dailies to make a little gold, and just have fun with friends - not a bad way to spend an evening. And as you do this, you'll naturally make gold over time.

However, there may come a time when you want to get a little more out of the time you spend in the game. There are items that cost 20,000 gold, and surely you want those items. This means that in order to get the most out of your WoW experience, you'll have to make gold as quickly as possible.

The Basics

But how do you do this? There are several things to keep in mind when trying to make gold quickly in WoW by doing dailies. You probably already know that daily quests award you with gold for completing them. And initially, in WoW, items do not cost that much gold to purchase. But eventually, the items become very expensive, especially the best of the best items you'll want to get when you hit level cap. So, you need a game plan to be able to afford all the items you want, if you want them before the end of time.

Focus on Gold

When you want to build up a stockpile of gold quickly in WoW, you have to supplement your regular activites with activities designed specifically to make you a lot of gold. Doing dailies is a great way to make a lot of gold quickly. All daily quests pay out gold when you complete them. The key is to pay attention to the amount of gold each daily rewards you with when you complete them. You should also take time into consideration when trying to make gold fast in WoW using dailies. If you can make 200 gold, but it takes you 5 hours to do it, that's not very much gold per hour. There are good ways to make a lot of gold per hour, such as optimized speed gold dailies runs.

There are guides available that will lead you step-by-step through completing speed gold dailies runs, among other cool things. X-Elerated Daily Quest Guide is one of those guides. Save up your gold from completing speed gold dailies runs every day and you'll be well on your way to making gold fast in WoW and buying those expensive items you want.

First ever gold addon makes massive gold

2011-07-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

I just discovered this amazing gold addon that automates the most powerful gold making strategies in the game. So far it's made me a fortune and I suggest you check it out immediately...

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It's called Tycoon and it's the most powerful gold making product I've ever used. PDF guides don't even come close.

In the first day I pulled in over 25,000g and I didn't even understand how the addon worked yet.

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Not only does it pull in massive gold in minimum time, but it makes gold making fun again.

Here's just a FEW of the cool things it does:

- Scans the auction house, studies your economy, and tells you the most profitable items in the game. (Insane)

- If that item, for example, is something that should be gathered with mining it will give you an optimized mining route that leads you over the most densely populated mining nodes in a zone... resulting in over 2-3 times more ore than normal.

- It does this for all the major strategies in the game, like Gathering, Grinding, and Crafting.

- It even knows if there is too much competition and tells you to go for a different item instead.

You can choose any strategy you prefer, such as crafting, and Tycoon will give you a list of just Crafting items to make for huge profit... (and then it goes on to show you how to make it and where to grind materials for even more profit!)

There is a lot more features in this addon but those are just a few that really stood out to me.

This is going to change the way gold making is done forever and I know you'll like it.

It just came out and I know a bunch of people are talking about it so I suggest checking it out before too many people get their hands on it.

Here's the link again:

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Mass Pulling To Increase Leveling Speed

2011-07-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

When I first decided that I was going to master questing, I made it my mission to find all the things that made the largest impact on my overall leveling time. After years of questing, recording, and team collaboration, we have created a hierarchy of leveling tactics.

There are two strategies at the top of this hierarchy that will always act as your top time-saving contributors. And, I’m going to share the first one with you right now.

Soloing kill quests are absolutely, bar none, the fastest way to level. With that in mind, it’s time to incorporate the first KEY leveling strategy: Mass Pulling.

First off, let me start by saying that the reason mass pulling is so effective at saving you time is because you save minutes each time you implement it. If you save 3 minutes by mass pulling at every single camp where you have a kill quest, that will total up to hours of time saved. In some of our studies, mass pulling alone accounted for DAYS of leveling time saved.

Now, we’ve all been there. You finally found a good zone to quest in, you have the winning spec, but something is still missing.

As you aggro 1 mob at a time, over and over, you become a master of a single target rotation, but do you know how to react when you pull 2 mobs? What about when you aggro 10?

Every single class has the ability to mass pull mobs. Yes, even at low level. And yes, even rogues and priests! Any class can use mass pulling tactics to kill 6-10 mobs at a time and level like a beast.

But there is a big difference between accidentally pulling a group of mobs, and actively taking an offensive approach at them.

By implementing just these 3 key strategies, you can become a wiz at mass pulling, and will find yourself shaving hours off of your leveling time.

Situational Awareness:

Observe your surroundings, and make it a habit to know exactly how to turn the mobs’ basecamp into your personal playground.

Mass Mob Rotation:

Learn the best way for your class to pull, and quickly output damage on groups of 5 or larger.

The Follow Through:

Once you have a mass-pulling rotation, you have to find a balance between damage input and output. You’ll know when you hit the “sweet spot” on a group of mobs, and let me tell you, it’s a wonderful feeling.

The X-Elerated Warcraft Guides Package goes in depth with all of these concepts, and will have you mass mob farming with any and all classes like a seasoned veteran.

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Tips To Double Your World of Warcraft Leveling Speed

2011-07-21T11:17:00.000-07:00

Hello,

When someone sets out to level a brand new character in WoW, they can find themselves easily discouraged because of the long haul in front of them. Yes, leveling can be a grueling process, but it doesn’t have to be.

There are bad habits that you can cut out of your leveling gameplay that will ensure your toon will never slow to a snail’s pace. These “minor things” don’t seem to merit your attention, but they will add up to a MAJOR time drain. By eliminating them, you also will eliminate the grueling process.

It really all boils down to time management, right? It took me years of grinding, reading forums, and experimenting to finally pinpoint exactly what was keeping me from leveling efficiently.

#1 Letting Leveling Become a Marathon

How many times have you set your hearthstone at an Inn, and forgot to use it? While questing, you can save yourself anywhere from 5-30 minutes of running to turn a quest in, if you just use your hearthstone. Forgetting to use your hearthstone once isn’t that bad, but you can see how this adds up to wasting a lot of time.

#2 Overestimating City Attractions

While leveling a toon, you have to periodically visit a major city to visit class and profession trainers. Taking your toon to a city to train is legit, but how often should you train? The most time efficient way to handle the training situation is to visit the major cities when you are “in the area” and reserve going out of your way for when your level ends in 0; as these are the points at which you will have the most abilities to train in.

#3 Underestimating Travel Time

Beware of sitting in the AH and browsing for gear to level in. Getting distracted by shopping at the AH is just one of the things that cities have to offer in the “time drain” category. To combat this, you can make a bank alt, and park it next to the AH. Then, if you insist on browsing the AH, at least you didn’t waste time by running your other characters 30 or more minutes across the map. Not taking advantage of a bank alt may seem like small potatoes, but it’s a short walk to the mail box from the AH.

#4 Giving Away Control Over Your Leveling Speed

We’ve all had the thought that “hey, elite mobs in dungeons give a ton of xp, so I should just queue for random dungeons.” But there are too many variables that can come into play and spoil the idea of dungeon leveling. Yes you’ll be getting xp while you’re in the dungeon, but what about the downtime? And what if you get a fail group? Some dungeon runs will grant you a whole level worth of XP or more at the lower levels, but it’s not worth it if the groups drag out for hours at a time.

Look, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that you can’t dungeon and pvp with your lowbies. But, if you want to be an efficient power-leveler, you can’t waste your time with those things.

After having leveled handfuls of toons, the X-Elerated Warcraft Guides Team has pinpointed and highlighted every little time waster that you could possibly encounter while leveling, so that you can avoid them.

And the list of “minor things that add up” is a long one. If you want to free your leveling from the clutches of these minor things, look no further. The X-Elerated Warcraft Guide Package will turn you into a well-oiled leveling machine.

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Level At Least 3x Faster Than You Are Now

2011-07-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

So, you’ve done your homework, and through trial and error have come to the conclusion that soloing quests is the fastest and most efficient way to level. But that’s only half the battle.

How many times have you been in this situation:

You started a toon at the same time as someone else in your guild. You level by questing, just like the other guy, but by the time your level 30, he’s level 50. And you’re thinking what the heck, how is he leveling so much faster than me?

Well there are a handful of secret tricks that you can incorporate into soloing that will help you to surpass your friends and guildies every time. These tips are proven to shave big chunks off your leveling time, and all you have to do is take advantage of them to become a master power leveler.

You see, there are so many things that the average leveler forgets to do. These things can vary from a rotation blunder to not taking a crucial talent point, and are always an easy fix. It’s just a matter of knowing how.

I’ll let you in on a key soloing secret right now!

If you can find a balance between damage and survivability, you’ll already be way above the curve. The fact is that most players can’t figure out how to create this balance.

The first step is very simple...

You need the right spec!

Now, let’s say that you’re a paladin. Retribution is the best leveling spec! But why?

Yes, Retribution is the only dps spec for a paladin, but that’s not why exactly. The reason why is because it contains talent points that provide great damage, and combines that with some crucial resource regeneration and survivability tactics.

Certain talent points in the tree are absolutely mandatory… but you have to know which ones.

Another really common slip-up that I’ve seen is players stacking the wrong stats. This goes right back to what I was saying about finding that balance between damage and survivability. Even having the best spec is useless if you don’t know how to gear for it.

If you’re tired of the guesswork and ready to know exactly how to best equip and spec your toon for soloing, then you are ready for X-Elerated Warcraft Guides. They will take care of all the why’s and how’s so that you can just focus on getting your game on.

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Paladin Gold Tips - How to Make Gold As a Paladin

2011-05-24T11:39:00.000-07:00

Paladins are without a doubt one of the most efficient farming classes. Back in Burning Crusade, Prot Paladin Gold tips included picking some very specific spots for finding groups of mobs and AoE burning them down. However, Paladin Gold Farming methods have changed quite a bit with the release of Wrath of the Lich King, and now Cataclysm. Almost all Paladin gold farming tips include AoE farming, but Retribution specialization now plays a big part in gold farming for Paladins. Read on and I will discuss both specs in detail.

Protection Paladin Gold Tips:

This plan is all about survival and taking down large groups of mobs, possibly 10 or more at a single time. The idea is to use Avenger's Shield to pull. Even though it only hits 3 targets, you can get a good group if you pull properly. Immediately hit Consecration, followed by Holy Wrath, and use Hammer of the Righteous for damage. This will also inflict vindication, which will reduce the damage you receive. If you find yourself taking a lot of damage, use Shield of the Righteous to increase your block chance, and Word of Glory to instantly heal yourself.

Retribution Paladin Gold Tips:

This rotation is going to be pretty similar, but one thing will be different. Instead of Hammer of the Righteous, you will want to use Divine Storm. This ability has a built in healing effect which will help you survive. You will also want to stack haste in order to reduce the cooldown of Divine Storm. Judge whenever you can to restore mana. If you get low on health, Sacred Shield should kick in. Also, Crusade will buff your Holy Light spell, just in case you need that large heal. You will want to make sure you use Seal of Righteousness, since the Seals of Command talent allows it to hit multiple targets. If you still find yourself struggling, try using a 1-handed weapon and shield for a little while. Experiment a little to find what works best for you. Retribution is also an excellent spec for single target farming as well. If you have trouble finding large groups of squishy mobs, then you can always take them down one at a time as you go.

General Paladin Gold Tips:

If you plan to AoE farm, start with small groups. If you find yourself struggling, keep it small until your gear is better. At first, you may find yourself struggling to find the right rotation. But here's an important concept: If you're dying, you aren't making any gold, you're just losing it to repair bills.

Another Paladin Gold Tip would to be make sure you find an area with a good concentration of melee mobs with low health that drop what you are looking for. This is easy to do if you revisit lower level zones. The mobs will be much easier to kill, and they won't be farmed as heavily as Cataclysm zones. However, there are several Cataclysm farming areas that are still excellent for AoE and single target farming. What's important to consider while AoE Farming, is to know exactly what areas are suitable for Paladin AoE Farming, and the specific items you will be farming with your Paladin. None of these Paladin gold farming tips will do you any good, if the items that you're farming don't sell well.

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4.0.1 Class Changes and Leveling

2010-10-18T10:27:00.000-07:00

Leveling has become a much less painful process with the release of the new patch. Every class has a unique special attack now at Level 1 and learn a number of other useful skills up to level 10.

Warriors have Strike

Pallies have Crusader Strike (formerly 41 point talent for ret)

Rogues have Sinister Strike

Hunters have arcane shot AND a pet

Shaman have Lightning Bolt (and soon after, Primal Strike)

Mages have Fireball

Priests have smite

Druids have Wrath

Warlocks have Shadow Bolt AND Summon Imp

So what does this mean? it means that EVERY class has a distinct feeling starting at level 1. Each class will learn anywhere from 3-5 new skills (or more) up to level 10. (druids and warlocks learn 11 new abilities by the time they reach level 10!)

Then at level 10 you pick your class's specialization from 3 different trees and then you immediately gain 3-4 new passive and active abilities (plus a mastery at 80) that really give you a feeling of uniqueness and customization.

Even better is that you only have to train a skill once, and you don't need to train multiple ranks anymore. You don't have to go back every 2 levels, you don't have to spend ridiculous amounts of gold on training. The problem is, after level 10, skills are so spread out between 3-5 levels per skill that things get kind of boring. Talents however help to take some of the boredom out of the leveling process adding 1 or 2 new abilities every 5 levels, depending on your talent tree.

I've played around with a handful of classes now, but by far the fastest leveling classes I've played are hunters and warriors. Hunters can kill anything before it reaches you with just your autoshot and arcane shot. But then you have your pet to finish it, even if the mob does close in on you. Just target another one and keep rolling. I literally just picked a small area with a lot of mobs, tab targeted and autoshot, and I gained a full level in under a minute. Granted these were low levels and supposed to be fast, but still, I've never leveled up that fast before. I was level 7 in under 10 minutes.

Warriors using charge and victory rush just plow through mobs even 1-shotting them if victory rush crits. The best thing I could do is charge into a group of mobs (yellow names) and take them down with victory rush and strike. When charge's cooldown was done, usually by the time all the mobs were dead, I would just charge into a new group and repeat. I was killing nonstop and I was level 7 in just under 30 minutes. It would have been faster, but I was guiding my wife through the game for the first time, teaching her how to use the controls.

So long story short, Leveling has become fun again. It's time to level an alt, bring in a friend, and plow your way to 80... again. Since patch 4.0.1 the entire game has been recreated, classes have been reworked from the ground up, and everything feels fresh again. There are some pitfalls to avoid though. You definitely don't want to waste any time or money, just to find out you're doing it wrong. Pick the right spec from the start. Get a good game plan, know where you're going and how you're getting there.

Zygor’s Leveling Guide is always kept up to date with the best leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees have received a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. When the expansion comes out, the face of Azeroth, and many of the quests will be changed as well. Zygor’s Leveling Guide will have all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you through the changes to the new level cap in no time.

If you are having trouble leveling, Zygor’s Leveling Guide provides an in game talent spec and the perfect Shaman leveling spec and questing path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide, and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly where and how far to run, what to kill, what to pick up, etc. Unlike the Questhelper Addon, it actually shows where to PICK UP quests, and which ones to do, and what order to do them in. Check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide to make sure you're not wasting any time when you're on your path to 85.

Cataclysm Enhancement Shaman Leveling Spec

2010-10-12T10:51:00.000-07:00

Enhancement is the way to go for a solid Shaman Leveling Spec. No doubt about it, Enhancement Shamans will have the highest killing rate and lowest downtime while leveling 1-85 in cataclysm. With today's release of patch 4.0.1, the talent trees have been revised and with it, class specialization has been introduced. So when you pick Enhancement as your Shaman Leveling Spec, you will be gifted with a few new abilities right away:

Lava Lash - You charge your off-hand weapon with lava, instantly dealing 200% of that weapon's damage to an enemy target. Damage is increased by 40% if your off-hand weapon is enchanted with Flametongue.
Mental Quickness - Increases your spell power by an amount equal to 50% of your attack power, and reduces the mana cost of your instant spells by 50%.
Dual Wield - Allows one-hand and off-hand weapons to be equipped in your off-hand, allows you to parry frontal melee attacks, and and increases your chance to hit by an additional 6%.
Primal Wisdom - Your melee attacks have a 40% chance to immediately restore 5% of your base mana.
Mastery (trainable at 80) - Enhanced Elements: Increases all Fire, Frost, and Nature damage done by 20%. Each point of Mastery increases damage by an additional 2.5%

So right off the bat, you have some powerful new abilities to make the leveling process much less painful than when I was a lowbie coming up through the ranks. An Enhancement Shaman Leveling Spec will look something like this:

Levels 10-17

Focused Strikes 3/3

Elemental Weapons 2/2

Levels 19-27

Flurry 3/3

Elemental Devastation 2/3

Levels 29-37

Stormstrike

3/3 Elemental Devastation

3/3 Static Shock

Levels 37-47

Searing Flames 3/3

Improved Shields 2/3

Levels 49-57

Shamanistic Rage

Unleashed Rage 2/2

Improved shields 3/3

Ancestral Swiftness 1/2

Levels 59-69

Maelstrom Weapon 3/3

Improved Lava Lash 2/2

Feral Spirit

Levels 71 and up

Ancestral Swiftness 2/2

Acuity 3/3

Concussion 3/3

Elemental Precision 3/3

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your Shaman. This Shaman Leveling Spec sacrifices some group utility for pure damage and solo killing power. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Ret Shaman leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best Shaman leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees have received a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. wowpowercataclysm.com has reviews of the best guides with all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.

If you are having trouble leveling, wowpowercataclysm.com provides reviews for all the best in game guides complete with the perfect Shaman leveling spec and questing path that gets you to 85 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide, and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly where and how far to run, what to kill, what to pick up, etc. Unlike the Questhelper Addon, it actually shows where to PICK UP quests, and which ones to do, and what order to do them in.

Cataclysm Paladin Leveling Spec

2010-10-12T10:05:00.001-07:00

Retribution is the way to go for a solid Paladin Leveling Spec. No doubt about it, Retribution paladins will have the highest killing rate and lowest downtime while leveling 1-85 in cataclysm. With today's release of patch 4.0.1, the talent trees have been revised and with it, class specialization has been introduced. So when you pick Retribution as your Paladin Leveling Spec, you will be gifted with a few new abilities right away:

Templar's Verdict - A fun new instant strike that causes a % of weapon damage based on Holy Power
Sheath of Light - Increases spell power by 30% of attack power and increases spell hit chance by 30%
Judgments of the Bold - Judgments restore 25% of base mana over 10 Seconds
Mastery (trainable at 80):
Hand of Light - Auto attacks have a 8% chance to grant Hand of Light causing your next Holy Power ability to consume no Holy Power and to cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed. Each point of Mastery increases the chance by an additional 1%.

So right off the bat, you have some powerful new abilities to make the leveling process much less painful than when I was a lowbie coming up through the ranks. A retribution paladin Leveling Spec will look something like this:

Level 10-17
Crusade: 3/3
Imp Judgment: 2/2

Levels 17-27
Rule of Law 3/3
Pursuit of Justice 2/2

Levels 27-37
Divine Storm
Communion
Art of War 3/3

Levels 37-47
Seals of Command
Sanctity of Battle
Sanctified Wrath 3/3

Levels 47-57
Rebuke
Divine Purpose 2/2
Long Arm of the Law 2/2

Levels 57-67
Inquiry of Faith 3/3
Eye for an Eye 2/2

Levels 67 and up:
Zealotry
Repentance

Holy
Arbiter of the Light 2/2
Judgments of the Pure 3/3
Blazing Light 2/2

Protection
Seals of the Pure 2/2

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your Paladin. This Paladin Leveling Spec sacrifices some group utility for pure damage and solo killing power. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Ret Paladin leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best Paladin leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees have received a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. wowpowercataclysm.com will have reviews of all the game guides with all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in under 5 days play time.

If you are having trouble leveling, see wowpowercataclysm.com to see more detailed descriptions of guides that even include an in game talent spec and the perfect Paladin leveling spec and questing path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide, and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly where and how far to run, what to kill, what to pick up, etc. Unlike the Questhelper Addon, it actually shows where to PICK UP quests, and which ones to do, and what order to do them in.

Cataclysm Balance Druid Leveling Spec

2010-10-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

While leveling, you can choose between feral or Balance as your Druid Leveling Spec. Balance is a somewhat trickier Druid Leveling Spec than feral, but it is a very fun way to level. Remember that these talents are still in a very raw form and are subject to a lot of changes. For a good talent guide that is always up to date, I suggest using wowpowercataclysm.com. When putting talents into your Balance Druid Leveling Spec, you will have a lot of trouble deciding which ones will benefit you right away. Some seem good now, but may not actually be useful until later levels. Look here for a solid Balance Druid Leveling Spec and plan.

level 10 – Choose “balance” on the talent summary page. This gives you Starsurge (a short cooldown spell that hits pretty hard).

Level 10, 11, 13 – Starlight wrath (tier 1) – decreases your cast times. Faster spells are good!

Level 15 & 17 – Nature’s Majesty (tier 1) – increaes your crit chance by 4%

19, 21, 23 – Moonglow (tier 2) decreases mana costs. Mana tends to be a problem for moonkin, so you won’t have to drink as much with this.

25 & 27 – balance of power (tier 2) – increases spell damage and turns spirit into hit rating to reduce the chance that your spells will miss.

29 – Moonkin form (tier 3) – You shift into moonkin form and you get haste, more damage, an armor bonus, and a fun graphic.

31 & 33 Shooting Stars (tier 3) – gives your DOTs a chance to make your starsurge instant and removes the cooldown. Should help make the leveling “rotation” a little more interesting.

35 – Typhoon (tier 3) – gives you a new spell that knocks things back from you and slows them.

37, 39, 41 – Nature’s Grace (tier 1) – gives you a haste bonus that will proc about once a minute from your DOTs.

43, 45, 47 – Owlkin Frenzy (tier 4) – gives you a damage bonus when you get hit. This is nice for leveling since things are often hitting me which will proc this ability.

49 – Force of Nature (tier 5) – spawns tree buddies to help you by attacking things.

51 – Earth & moon (tier 5) – gives you a group damage buff when you cast wrath or starfire.

53 – solar beam (tier 4) – gives you an ability that gives you a silence effect. When soloing, you can root a caster mob in a solar beam to keep it from hurting you.

55 & 57 – Gale Winds (tier 4) – your typhoon & hurricane do more damage.

59 – Sunfire (tier 5) – used to unlock the next talent at this point.

61, 63, 65 (tier 6) – when you are moving, your moonfire does more damage and costs less mana

67 & 69 (tier 3) – Talents that you will need later on once you learn your mastery, and helps you move up to the next tier.

71 Starfall (tier 7) – gives you an AOE spell that will aggro everything around you if you aren’t careful. Pick up glyph of focus for leveling to reduce it’s aggro radius.

73, 75, 77 – Heart of the wild (restoration tree, tier 1) – At this point you can finally go into resto and pick up heart of the wild that will increase your intellect.

You can also choose an AoE leveling build. You would want to add the Overgrowth talent, and use glyphs of Hurricane, Focus, and Starfall.

How to AoE grind as a druid –

1. Root your enemies (overgrowth roots all in an area)

2. Cast Hurricane until they are within starfall range (Some will break roots, but will be slowed 50%)

3. Cast starfall

4. Typhoon to knock mobs back

5. Hurricane again if needed.

6. At Level 85 you can lay down your wild mushrooms for extra AoE damage.

I will say that I do NOT recommend AoE as a regular leveling tactic. Too many variables can totally screw you, but for a small group of 5-6 mobs, you can take them down pretty fast. While leveling, it is best to stick to questing.

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your druid. This Balance druid leveling spec sacrifices some group utility for pure damage and solo killing power. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Balance Druid leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best druid leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. wowpowercataclysm.com will have all talents updated with recommendations on how to spend your talent points.

If you are having trouble leveling, wowpowercataclysm.com has reviews of all the best leveling guides that include an in game talent spec and the perfect Druid leveling path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide, and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly where and how far to run, what to kill, what to pick up, etc. Unlike the Questhelper Addon, it actually shows where to PICK UP quests, and which ones to do, and what order to do them in.

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Cataclysm Mage Leveling Build

2010-10-12T08:04:00.000-07:00

With Cataclysm coming shortly and the 4.0 patch coming out tomorrow, the World of Warcraft will be changing forever... and so are your talent trees. Here is a sample Mage Leveling build for Cataclysm. I only have fire completed right now, but I will be updating these posts with each additional patch and talent update. Always know that Blizzard is constantly updating, and these talents are sure to be changed before Cataclysm's release.

4.0 Fire Mage Leveling Build

Beautiful fire... destructor of wood... You get Pyroblast at level 10, Fire Specialization increases the damage of your spells by 25%, and Mastery: Flashburn increases the damage from all your periodic effects by a fair amount.

2/2 Improved Fire Blast - more range and more crits, all in one.
2/2 Master of Elements - your crits refund mana
1/3 Burning Soul - reduces the casting time lost from attacks against you.
3/3 Ignite - Your crits cause the target to burn for a short time
2/3 Fire power - A bit more fire damage and an exploding orb
Blastwave - Area Effect burnination
Hot Streak- spell crits have a chance to make yor next Pyroblast instant and free.
2/2 Cauterize - shots that would kill you, don't
3/3 Fire Power
Combustion
2/2 Blazing Speed - Chance for hits against you to increase your speed and dispell all movement impairing efects.
Firestarter - Your Molten Armor spell allows you to cast scorch while moving
1/2 Improved Hot streak - any time you crit twice in a row with your non-periodic spells you have a chance to trigger Hot Streak
Dragon's Breath - Shoots flames in a cone and stuns targets
3/3 Molten Fury - increases damage against low health targets
1/2 Improved Flamestrike - Reduces Flamestrike casting time and give Blastwave a chance to trigger Flamestrike
3/3 Critical Mass - Living Bomb and Flame Orb do more damage, Pyroblast and Scorch cause your opponent to become a bit more vulnerable to spell damage
2/2 Pyromaniac - Increases spell haste by a small amount if three or more targets are suffereing from your periodic damage
Living Bomb - Your target takes periodic damage, then explodes, damaging up to three nearby targets
You can now take talents from the other trees
3/3 Piercing Ice - Increases crit chance of spells by 3%
3/3 Netherwind Presence - increases spell haste by 3%
3/3 Arcane Concentration - Chance for your next spell to cost no mana
1/3 Improved Blink - Increases your movement speed after casting Blink

Fire Spells:

Fire Blast - Instant spell for medium damage
Fireball - Unchanged. Fire damage at long range
Flame Orb - A red orb of flame moves awy from you and attacks the nearest target.
Flamestrike - Unchanged, area blast
Frostfire bolt - Long range frostfire bolt, slows the target
Molten Armor - Increases crit chance, reduces chance of being crit, causes some damage to attacker
Scorch - A little less damage and a little faster cast

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your mage in Cataclysm. This Cataclysm mage leveling spec sacrifices some damage for utility, defensive ability, and mana efficiency. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your mage leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best mage leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. Zygor’s Leveling Guide will have reviews of game guides that include all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.

Priest Leveling Spec

2010-10-08T09:59:00.001-07:00

Shadow Priest Leveling -

When deciding how to start your Priest Leveling Spec, Shadow will be your preferred talent tree. Many players will make the mistake of choosing Holy right off the bat. While it is a very valuable talent tree, Holy is primarily a healing build and very slow for a priest leveling spec. A shadow leveling build is the best choice since you will be dealing damage faster, killing more quickly, and completing quests more efficiently. Shadow also comes with some very handy abilities that help you regen health and mana, decreasing downtime, and further strengthening it as the number 1 priest leveling spec.

Not only are shadow priests effective at leveling, but they make an excellent off-healing class for groups where the main healer isn't pulling their weight, not properly specced, or dies too often. They also have a lot of fun features and utility to add to a group, from silence to fear, mind control (one of my favorites), and group mana regen.

So before we get started, here is the ideal shadow priest leveling spec. Simply add the talent points in this order:

Shadow

3 in Spirit Tap

2 in Improved Spirit Tap

3 in Shadow Focus

2 in Improved Shadow Word: Pain

Mind Flay

2 in Improved Mind Blast

2 in Improved Psychic Scream

3 in Shadow Weaving

2 in Shadow Reach

Vampiric Embrace

2 into Improved Vampiric Embrace

2 into Focused Mind (2 of 3)

5 in Darkness

Shadowform

1 in Focused Mind (3 of 3)

2 in Mind Melt

Silence

2 in Improved Shadowform

3 in Misery

Vampiric Touch

3 in Pain and Suffering

1 in Shadow Power

5 in Twisted Faith

Dispersion
Discipline Talents

5 points into Twin Discipline

3 in Improved Inner Fire

2 in Improved Power Word: Fortitude

3 in Meditation

1 in Inner Focus
Shadow again

2 into Veiled Shadows

4 in Shadow Power

Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Shadow Priest leveling spec. Wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best priest leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. Wowpowercataclysm.com has guides with all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.

Mage Leveling Spec

2010-10-08T09:56:00.000-07:00

The mage class is a very fun but difficult class to learn. With each spec there are multiple playstyles that you can adapt and apply different ways. The mage leveling spec can be broken down by either frost or fire. After that, you may want to consider the ability to AoE versus direct damage. The choice is up to you and it will greatly affect your playstyle and spell rotations. The Challenge with leveling a mage is that you have so many different options to choose from. I will try my best to sum up some of the different tactics for building your Mage Leveling Spec.

First I'll address AoE tactics for plowing through groups of mobs.

Frost: You will be using frost nova, blizzard, and cone of cold primarily.

Key Talents: Ice Floes, Permafrost, Improved Blizzard, Ice Barrier (later, of course) DO NOT pick up frostbite. The freeze effect can seriously screw your efforts. Any other talents you will want are simply for damage boosts or mana efficiency.

Frost armor and Ice barrier - Reduce the damage you're taking and slow the when you're struck
Mount up and kite MELEE MOBS ONLY! start with 3-4 to get comfortable. Never go over 10. your aoe loses effectiveness after that, and it's just way too dangerous to handle that many. I'd say stick to 6-7 mobs to maximize effectiveness and efficiency
When you have a good group following you, Frost nova to root them in place.
Blink away and Blizzard from max distance. With the chill effect, you should be able to get 2 blizzards in before they reach you.
If there are any survivors, Cone of cold, Frost Nova again, and repeat the process or just arcane explosion to finish them off.
Drink and repeat the process

Fire/Arcane: Key abilities will be flame strike, Arcane explosion, Frost Nova, and Blast Wave.

Turn on mana shield for protection
Mount up and gather 4-6 mobs (again, melee only)
Frost Nova
Flame Strike
Blast Wave
Cone of Cold
Arcane Explosion til dead

Note, when AoE grinding, you will probably have a few mishaps which will result in a hefty repair bill and time wasted running back. You pull a ranged attacker, you pull too many mobs, you get the point. With Blizzard's changes to experience gains through questing as well as caps to AoE damage, you are going to be spending a lot more time leveling than is really necessary. It can be very beneficial to find a partner who can AoE tank or heal you while you dish out all the damage. This is a more effective technique if you are focusing on an AoE mage leveling spec. Paladins with consecrate and bear druids with swipe will work really well, especially since they can also heal to help with downtime. With proper talents and abilities they can also help with mana regeneration.

However, when you have no partner Questing is by far the easiest and fastest way to level up.

Now you just have to decide whether you want to chose fire or frost as your primary mage leveling spec. Many players favor frost because of its survivability, mana efficiency and after level 60 can really throw out some strong damage. Here is a sample frost mage leveling spec:

Improved Frostbolt - 5/5

Frostbite - 3/3

Ice Floes - 3/3

Ice Shards - 3/3

Permafrost - 3/3

Icy Veins - 1/1

Arctic Reach - 2/2

Frost Channeling - 3/3

Shatter - 3/3

Cold Snap - 1/1

Cold as Ice - 2/2

Winter's Chill - 3/3

Shattered Barrier - 2/2

Ice Barrier - 1/1

Arctic Winds - 1/5

Empowered Frostbolt - 2/2

Fingers of Frost - 2/2

Brain Freeze - 3/3

Summon Water Elemental - 1/1

Enduring Winter - 3/3

Chilled to the Bone - 3/5

Deep Freeze - 1/1

Then, continue on the Arcane to finish out your spec:

Arcane Subtlety - 2/2

Arcane Focus - 3/3

Arcane Fortitude - 3/3

Magic Absorption - 2/2

Magic Attunement - 2/2

Spell Impact - 3/3

Improved Counterspell - 2/2

Torment the Weak - 3/3

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your mage. This mage leveling spec sacrifices some damage for utility, defensive ability, and mana efficiency. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your mage leveling spec. Zygor’s Leveling Guide is always kept up to date with the best mage leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. Zygor’s Leveling Guide will have all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.

Hunter Leveling Spec

2010-10-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

One of the hardest parts of leveling a Hunter is picking the best Hunter Leveling Spec. To level, you will probably want to pick a Beast Mastery talent build, because of its high aggro and damage output from your pet, resulting in less damage taken, less ammo used, and less mana consumed. There are many different builds and methods, but this is one that I've found to have Minimal downtime and high survivability. There are other specs that may fit your playstyle, but this one fit me best and helped me level faster than any other hunter leveling spec. This is a very basic rundown of a Hunter leveling spec, but for a more comprehensive leveling guide to get you to 80 in no time, check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide. Note once more, that there may be other Hunter Leveling builds out there, but this Beast Mastery Hunter leveling spec worked better for me than anything else.

As you level, simply enter in your talent points in this order.

Beast Mastery Talents

Endurance Training : 5/5

Focused Fire : 2/2
Thick Hide : 3/3

Aspect Mastery : 1/1
Unleashed Fury : 5/5
Improved Mend Pet : 1/2
Ferocity : 5/5

Spirit Bond : 2/2
Intimidation : 1/1
Bestial Discipline : 2/2
Frenzy : 3/5
Ferocious Inspiration : 3/3
Bestial Wrath : 1/1

Catlike Reflexes : 3/3
Serpent’s Swiftness : 5/5
Longevity : 3/3
The Beast Within : 1/1
Cobra Strikes : 2/3
Kindred Spirits : 5/5
Beast Mastery : 1/1

Fill in the remaining levels in this order:

Marksmanship Talents

Lethal Shots : 5/5
Careful Aim : 3/3
Mortal Shots : 2/5
Go For The Throat : 2/2

Survival Talents

Improved Tracking : 5/5

Ok, now that you have your ideal Hunter Leveling Spec, you need a good attack setup:

Cast Aspect of the Beast to boost pet damage and aggro
Cast Hunter’s Mark on enemies to increase ranged attack damage
Send your pet into the melee
Use Concussive Shot to slow the enemies advancement and attack
Use Rapid Fire to kick your attack speed up a level
If the situation requires it, you can use your freeze trap
Feign Death if you think you're in over your head.
Wait for mobs to reset, revive your pet, continue on.

Now that you have the proper Hunter Leveling Spec, you will want to know how and where exactly to quest to level up and waste as little time as possible getting to level 80. See Zygor’s Leveling Guide for all your Hunter Needs from here on out.

Enhancement Shaman Leveling Spec

2010-09-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

If you can't tell by now, I love hybrid classes, a good mix of melee and magic. Shaman are the perfect hybrid class in my eyes because of this. With powerful strikes, devastating nukes and the ability to heal in an emergency, Shaman are truly the kings of the hybrid Classes, especially Enhancement Shaman. Your Enhancement Shaman Leveling spec will focus around heavy strikes with a 2-handed weapon until you can learn Dual Wield at level 40/41. After that your dual wield Enhancement Spec will really start to kick out some quick killing. You may have some trouble adapting at first, especially if you haven't leveled up 1-handed weapon skills for a while, and after level 41 you need to start putting points into dual wield spec to increase your hit rating. So until you have these things down, it may be safer to use DW weapons on lower level mobs and quests, or just use your 2-hander for your enhancement leveling spec for the time being.

Enhancement shaman come in a few different varieties and variations, but here is the spec and build I have found most useful:

Levels 10-20:
3/3 Enhancing totems
2/5 Ancestral Knowledge
5/5 Thundering Strikes
1/1 Shamanistic Focus

Levels 21-30
3/3 Elemental Weapons
1/3 Improved Shields
5/5 Flurry
1/1 Spirit Weapons

Levels 31-40
2/2 Improved Windfury
3/3 Mental Dexterity
3/3 Unleashed Rage
1/3 Weapon Mastery
1/1 Stormstrike

Levels 41-50
1/1 Dual Wield
3/3 Dual Wield Specialization
1/1 Lava Lash
2/2 Improved Stormstrike
3/3 Weapon Mastery
1/1 Shamanistic Rage

Levels 51-60
3/3 Mental Quickness
2/3 Improved Shields
5/5 Maelstrom Weapon
1/1 Feral Spirit

Levels 61-70
5/5 Concussion
3/3 Elemental Devastation
2/3 Call of Flame

Levels 71-80
1/1 Elemental Focus
5/5 Elemental Fury
3/3 Improved Shields
3/3 Static Shock

Building this Enhancement Leveling Spec will push your dps through the roof and leave you little to no downtime. If you are low on mana, pop Shamanistic Rage. If you are low on health, pop Feral spirit or use a Maelstrom proc for an instant heal. Typically, enhancement shaman will want to fight only one mob at a time in order to minimize downtime, though you could handle 3-5 mobs if you really need to. This build also suffices as a viable raid dps spec, so once you hit 80 you won't even need to respec. However, while leveling, talents and downtime are not the only factors to keep in mind. Questing is going to go much faster with these talents, but you will want to complete. As you may or may not know, many quests are hardly more than filler to waste your time. In order to really maximize your questing and experience per hour, You will want to pick up Zygor’s Leveling Guide.

Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Enhancement Shaman leveling spec. Zygor’s Leveling Guide is always kept up to date with the best Shaman leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. Zygor’s Leveling Guide will have all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.With Zygor’s Leveling Guide, there is a built in addon that directs you straight to the quest givers that only provide the highest return on experience, gold, and quest rewards. If you really want to get the most out of your game, then click here to get Zygor’s Leveling Guide.

Retribution Paladin Leveling Talent build and gear Guides

2010-09-14T09:43:00.000-07:00

The second toon I created was a paladin. I started back in Good Ole' Vanilla Wow, back when Ret specced pallies were absolutely awful for leveling and seen as a joke in groups (even though I topped the damage meters while tanking). Retribution has evolved a LOT since its inception and has seen a huge development since the introduction of Crusader Strike, the revamped seals and judgement system and a boatload of other skills and abilities that I didn't have the luxury of back in 2006.

Well, Retribution leveling has come a long way since then. When getting started, especially if you're new to WoW, it helps to get your bearings straight. I like to use Zygor’s Leveling Guide to clear up a lot of the questions surrounding the game and correct my learning mistakes before I make them. It simply makes the learning curve a little smoother, and makes the leveling process a lot faster. Starting at Level 10, here is your sample

Retribution Leveling Spec:
Add the points in this order

Level 10-20
5/5 Benediction
2/2 Improved Judgement
3/3 Heart of the Crusader
1/1 Seal of Command

Level 21-30
2/2 Pursuit of Justice
5/5 Conviction
2/3 Sanctity of Battle
1/1 Sanctified Retribution

Level 31-39
3/3 Sanctity of Battle
3/3 Crusade
3/3 Vengeance
2/3 2-Handed Weapon Specialization

Level 40-50
3/3 Judgements of the Wise
2/2 Art of War
1/1 Repentance
3/3 Fanaticism
3/3 2-Handed Weapon Specialization
1/1 Crusader Strike

Level 51-60
3/3 Sheath of Light
3/3 Swift Retribution
3/3 Righteous Vengeance
1/1 Divine Storm

Level 61-70
5/5 Divine Strength (Protection)
5/5 Seals of the Pure (Holy)

Levels 71-80
2/2 Sanctified Wrath
2/2 Improved Blessing of Might
2/2 Vindication
4/5 Divinity (Protection)

All of these talents are oriented toward turning you into a righteous killing machine. Ret Paladins should start off with single mob killing, though as you get higher in levels and you have Divine Storm, you can start taking out 2-4 Mobs at a time. I don't recommend this because it will drain your health and mana very quickly. If you are looking for a build that will have you plowing through groups of mobs, you may want to consider a Protection AoE leveling build. This is not recommended until higher levels though, when you have more powerful gear and skills like Hammer of the Righteous.

For the purpose of questing though, it's hard to go wrong in this spec, as most quests won't have you AoE grinding mobs. While questing, speed is a very important factor. Not only killing speed, but efficiency in passing through groups of useless quests, knowing where to pick up the best quests, and where to find the mobs and quest items that you need to kill and turn in. Check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide and see just how quickly you can quest your way to 80. They offer a free version that get you started on your questing path and you can see just how fast you can level, and it is by far the quickest way to go. The best part is it knows which quests you have done, so you can get started at ANY level, at any point in the game. So step your game up with Zygor’s Leveling Guide.

55-80 Death Knight Leveling Specs and tactics

2010-09-13T13:10:00.000-07:00

Currently Blood is the most popular leveling path for Death Knights due to the constant health regeneration and high damage output. There are many different paths, but here are two of my favorites. I'll provide a breakdown, starting at level 60 since the DK talents are all given over their intro quests which will have you on your own between levels 57 and 60, and from there you can fill in the rest.

By level 60, you will want these talents maxed:

Butchery, Subversion, Bladed Armor, 2-Handed Weapon Specialization, Dark Conviction, Death Rune Mastery, Vendetta, Bloody Strikes, Veteran of the Third War, Bloody Vengeance, Abomination's Might, Imp Blood Presence, Imp Death Strike, Sudden Doom, Heart Strike, Might of Mograine, Blood Gorged, Dancing, Rune Weapon

From here, there are a lot of different options and talents to take. It's actually kinda hard to go wrong. But I'll post a few different specs you can work with from this basic template:

61/0/10 Blood/Unholy

Plain and simple, in the Blood tree, you will get every talent except for Blade Barrier, Scent of Blood, Spell Deflection, and Will of the Necropolis. This will put you at about 61 points in the Blood tree

The remaining 10 points will all go unholy

Unholy –

Vicious Strikes, Virulence, Epidemic, Ravenous Dead

51/20/0 Blood/Frost

Max out the following talents:

Frost –

Imp Icy Touch, Runic Power Mastery, Black Ice, Icy Talons, Annihilation, Endless Winter

I like this build because of the raw increases to stats: a total of 8% raw crit added through talents, not including special abilities; 12% flat increase from strength; Bladed armor 5 per 180 armor and Abom might’s 10% Attack power are sweet, plus a 20% haste buff from icy talons. You are hitting hard, and the damage bonuses all boost the health received through blood presence.

There are so many different ways we can go from the 51 points at 60, but that basic template are probably the essentials for leveling. There are many other popular builds and advocates for each one. I liked the two above for leveling, and when stacking strength, crit and stamina, you are gonna be charging through Outland and Northrend at an almost unstoppable rate. Keep in mind, these are not endgame raiding or pvp specs. Those will change depending on your gear, glyphs, and raid composition.

If you are still having trouble picking which talents, or have your basic template down and want to get going in Outland, don't forget to grab Zygor’s Leveling Guide to get that head start and cut through all the useless quests that bar your way in plowing through to the endgame. Zygor’s Leveling Guide will save you precious time and even help you stay geared through the next 20 levels.

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1-80 Elemental Shaman Leveling Talent Spec and gear guide

2010-09-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Elemental Shaman are the pure magic casting class, utilizing fire, frost, and most heavily nature elements. The elemental shaman is a fun class to play with a 1-handed weapon and shield. The challenge though, is managing mana and downtime properly. You will want to bring lots of water and food to keep that downtime minimal, and maximize efficiency.

It is difficult to pick exactly which talents you will want to pick up early on in your leveling as many of them look promising. However, you will want to refrain on many of the fire oriented talents until you get Lava Burst at 75. Later on in your leveling, you will want to back track to these early talents to grab them.

A strong elemental build looks like this:

10-14: 5/5 Convection

15-19: 5/5 Concussion

20: 1/1 Elemental Focus

21-25: 5/5 Elemental Fury

26-28: 3/3 Eye of the Storm

29: 1/3 Call of Flame

30: 1/1 Call of Thunder

31-33: 3/3 Unrelenting Storm

34: 1/2 Elemental Reach

35-37: 3/3 Elemental Precision

38-39: 2/5 Lightning Mastery

40: Elemental Mastery

41-43: Storm, Earth, and Fire

44: 3/5 Lightning Mastery

45-46: 2/2 Elemental Oath

45-49: 3/3 Lightning Overload

50: Totem of Wrath

51-54: 1 point Booming Echoes, 1 point Elemental reach, 2 points Lightning Mastery

55-59: Shamanism

60: Thunderstorm

Now you want some extra points to go into the Enhancement tree:

61-65: Ancestral Knowledge

66-70: Thundering Strikes

Back to Elemental:

71-75: 2 points in Call of Flame, 3 Points in Lava Flows

76-79: 1 point in Booming Echoes, 3 points in Elemental Weapons

Leveling as Elemental can be very confusing from the backtracking, so it is extremely important you know what particular talents are valuable at YOUR LEVEL as some of them are not really worthwhile until higher levels. In the meantime, you have a bloated tree with lots of confusing directions you can go wasting points that might be more useful elsewhere.

Zygor’s Leveling Guide helps to answer a lot of questions about how to play your Elemental shaman from day 1, including spell rotations, totems, talents, and questing. Zygor’s Leveling Guide incorporates all shaman quests to your regular questing path and helps you maximize your play experience by cutting out all the confusion and newbie mistakes of or starting out in wow or leveling a new class, especially one as complicated as the Shaman. Don't waste any more time.

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Cataclysm Feral Druid Leveling Spec

2010-09-13T10:20:00.000-07:00

For new Druids starting out, it can be a real challenge picking the right talent spec to make the leveling process as painless as possible. Feral is definitely the fastest Best druid Leveling spec up to 85 because you need no mana, except for the occasional heal. Though with the rapid mana regeneration while shapeshifted, you will almost NEVER stop to eat and drink, except for food buffs if you care enough about that while leveling.

My druid was the first toon I created when I started playing. It is by far my favorite class due to the diversity, the lore, and group utility. Feral is also my favorite druid leveling spec and it is great for of endgame tanking or dps.

Cataclysm will be released soon, and the new talent builds have been released in patch 4.0.1 Keep in mind that these are all new talent trees and will be subject to a LOT of changes and tweaks before anything is final (Like it ever is), but for now, this is the best feral druid leveling spec.

1) Feral talents version 4.0.1 for 1 to 79 leveling:
Level 10 – choose “feral” in the talent summary page. According to Wowhead’s talent calculator, you get a point at level 10 and then another point every odd level as you are leveling up to 80.

Upon Choosing Feral, you will receive 4 new abilities:

Mangle - Mangle the target, inflicting damage and causing the target to take additional damage from bleed effects for 1 min. This ability can be used in Cat Form or Bear Form.
Aggression - Increases your attack power by 25%.
Vengeance - Each time you take damage while in Bear Form, you gain 5% of the damage taken as attack power, up to a maximum of 10% of your health.
Feral Instinct - Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while Prowling.
Mastery (trainable at 80) – Savage Defender Increases the damage absorbed by your Savage Defense ability by 32%. Each point of Mastery increases the absorb by an additional 4%.

10 & 11 – Feral swiftness (tier 1) – to move faster in cat form. You get cat form at level 8 now, so moving faster before you get a mount will be helpful.

13 thru 17 – Furor (Tier 1) gives you energy when you shift into cat form so you don’t have to wait after shifting. Also gives rage in bear form when you hit level 15.

19 & 21- Primal Fury (tier 2) – gives you more combo points in cat & more rage in bear when you crit

23 thru 27 – Fury swipes (teir 2) – This is a neat damage increasing talent that makes your auto-attacks proc for extra damage.

29 – Feral charge (tier 3) – gives you a new ability that allows you to charge up to your target fast.

31 & 33 – Feral aggression (tier 2) – increases ferocious bite damage, and makes your feral faerie fire stack up to 3 faster.

35 & 37 – Predatory Strikes (tier 1) – go back and pick up the ability to get an instant cast heal when you use a finishing move, and increased damage for ravage when you use it for your opener. You don’t get ravage until level 22, and you shouldn’t need to heal that much at the lowest levels, so this is about the point where I really enjoy having this talent available in beta.

39 – Leader of the Pack (tier 4) – increases crit chance, and you gain health/mana when you crit.

41 thru 45 – King of the Jungle (tier 3) – getting more energy when you use tiger’s fury can be helpful.

47 & 49 – Brutal Impact (has a couple really neat effects that should be useful for leveling – such as increasing the stun durations and lowering the cooldown on skull bash).

51 – Survival Instincts (tier 5) – Survivability ability to help keep you from dieing when things start to hit hard or gain up on you. Works in cat or bear, but is typically a bear survivability cooldown.

53 & 55 – Natural Reaction (tier 5) – This is a bear talent, but it’s likely that you may want to try tanking instances from 55 to 80 at some point, so you will need this. It will also increase your survivability when you pop into bear while soloing.

57 & 59 – Infected wounds (tier 2) reduces your target’s movement & attack speed. This should be helpful as you transition into Burning Crusade-level content for level 60 +.

61 thru 65 – Rend & Tear

67 – Pulverize (tier 6) you probably have to use bear form some, so you might as well pick it up.

69 – Berserk (teir 7) lowers the energy cost of your cat abilities, and stops you from being feared.

Level 71 thru 75 – Heart of the wild (restoration tier 1) – You can now put talent points in a secondary tree, which you should do at this point. Heart of the wild will increase your cat attack power by 10%.

77 & 79 – Pick whatever talents you want. In the build leveling up to 85, this is where natural shapeshifter would be picked up to unlock master shape shifter. However, you can’t get MSS until level 81.

Gear for Feral Leveling Druids -

Currently, Agility is the best stat for a leveling druid. It provides attack power, critical strike chance, dodge, and even some armor. You will want this to be your primary stat while leveling, with stamina obviously being a close second as your survival stat. Hit, crit, and dodge rating are all important stats as well, but less so in leveling as they are endgame.

Druids can wear cloth and leather armor - Feral druids will only be interested in leather. Obviously the armor will be higher on leather, and if you go into bear form at all, that armor makes a huge difference. Also, on cloth gear, you WILL NOT see any stats that are beneficial to a feral druid.

The way weapons affect a Druid's damage have been greatly re-worked recently. Formerly, the only stats that mattered were the attribute modifiers and added feral attack power on specialized weapons, but now ALL weapons have Feral Attack Power based on dps. Druids have also only recently gained the ability to train in polearms. It is important to note that the weapon damage and speed do not directly affect a druid's feral damage - Only the dps. Feral druids will primarily be interested in obtaining a high dps 2-handed weapon. Druids can use 2 handed maces, staves, and polearms. You typically won't want anything else.

So, look for a high dps 2-handed weapon and leather gear with agility and stamina.

For professions, druids may choose skinning an leather-working so that you can craft your own gear as you progress through the levels. Be on the lookout for quests that offer strong 2-handed weapons and start working dungeons as soon as you can. In early levels, this will work as a tanking spec as well.

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your druid. This druid leveling spec sacrifices some group utility for pure damage and solo killing power. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Feral Druid leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best druid leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees are getting a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. wowpowercataclysm.com has links to guides with all new questing paths for cataclysm and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in no time.

Welcome to Warcraft Power Guides

2010-09-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Warcraft Power Guides! My blog is dedicated towards providing WoW players with the most effective resources for maximizing your World of Warcraft experience. I will be covering everything from leveling, questing, dailies, instances, gold, PvP, and end game raiding. Check my review section on the side for my recommendations on the best and worst guides out there.

First, a little bit about myself. I'm a casual gamer. I only play an hour or two a day, if that. However, I've been playing World of Warcraft since launch, and I have 4 characters that I play at level 80: Druid, Paladin, Shaman, and Death Knight. (They're not my only 80's though. I do some speed leveling for fun.) All my top level toons are outfitted in T9/T10 with epic flyers.

No, I did not invest hours upon hours every day for the last 4 years to do this. Like I said, I'm a casual gamer. I have a wife, a job, and other hobbies besides WoW. Quite simply, I invest my time wisely when I play. I don't waste any time. I DID waste time reading through the forums, scavenging the internet, finding the best ways to get the most out of my time playing.

I did make some mistakes along the way. For instance, my druid (my very first toon) was leveled... resto... Ugh, it's painful reminiscing how dreadfully slow that process was. Let's just suffice it to say that I spent my entire 1-60 term of Vanilla WoW in instances(back when Innervate and hurricane were 31pt talents. "No Innervate? No Raid Invite! You Innervated yourself???" *Raidkick*). That's all I could do is heal through. It was the fastest way to go (Or so I thought).

Yes, I did it the hard way the first time. My second toon was a paladin. That was back before they had all the fun buttons to push... Auto attack, seal, judge, rinse, repeat, yawn. Also only a healing class at endgame... "What? You're Ret? Lolretadin! Go away! No Raid for you!!" It didn't matter if I could top a dps chart. I was a healer.

Suffice it to say, I did a few things the hard way. Resto druids failed at leveling, and so did all forms of paladin back then. I scavenged to buy items that cost a few gold. I didn't know where to go or what I was doing wrong. I didn't get my first mount til level 50... Yeah, that bad...

Needless to say, I've learned from all my mistakes, and hopefully you can too. I've gathered up resources that helped me along the way, and I'm posting them here to help you too. Hope you like what you see. Let me know what you think!