Shamans are often confused on what kind of weapons to use. As elemental or Restoration, you have very few choices on what kind of weapons you want to use. Shamans can use one-handed and two-handed maces, staffs, one-handed and two-handed axes, and daggers. Draenei can also train fist weapons.
What Type Of Weapon To Use?
When you are using weapons with an elemental shaman or restoration shaman, it is important to carry a one-handed weapon and shield, along with a two-handed weapon, either staff, axe, or mace. What type of weapon you use doesn't matter most of the time. If your opponent has low armor, and you don't require high armor, use your staff. If your opponent has high armor, or you need that added armor, equip your shield and one-handed weapon. A lot of elemental shamans and restoration shamans who have high plus spell damage use fast daggers with flametongue. Due to flametongue gaining the spell damage and it not being reduced by the speed, it is very efficient damage wise. Enhancement shamans are going to run into carrying three sets of weapons. Enhancement shamans will use a one-handed weapon and shield only when he is fighting an opponent that he really needs the armor, or sometimes when he is tanking instances.
Enhancement shamans should dual wield two slow weapons with windfury on both of them. Weapons that are 2.8 are the recommended speed of weapons. The reason being that you want windfury to go off with the main hand weapon, and the slower the weapon, the higher the base damage is when you compare to a fast weapon of similar DPS. Two-handed weapons are used against other players. The massive damage from a two-handed windfury critical hit combo can be insane and catch players off guard when their hit points drop from 50% down to 20%, or worse, in one simple attack.