Shaman

Totems and elements: heals, strikes with lightning or weapons. Now on the Alliance too.

HealerDamageTank (uncertain)

Armor: Cloth, leather; mail from level 40; shield
Weapons: Maces, axes, staves, fist weapons, daggers
Resource: Mana
Leveling: Average leveling pace

Pick a race Specializations

Specializations

Ranged damage

Big crits and repeating lightning.

TipRose in damage rankings after the patch.

Lava Burst
New, buffed on 15 October
Lightning Overload
New: lightning casts again
Elemental Mastery
Now a 15 sec buff
Concussion
More spell damage
Fire Nova
Explodes around the fire totem

What is new in Forever

Warcraft Tavern, LFCarry

Compared with Classic. Blizzard may still change the numbers before release.

Dwarves can be shamans, so the class is now on the Alliance.
Ghost Wolf: +40% movement speed.
No Bloodlust; Rage of the Farseer is a personal version.
New Call spells drop up to 4 totems at once (levels 20, 30, 40).
One totem per element, easier to combine.
Lava Burst was buffed, Elemental rose in damage rankings.

Races

Tap a race and the picker opens that combination: racial abilities and everything about the class.

Alliance

DwarfnewTo the picker

Horde

TipOrc is best on the Horde. Dwarf is the first Alliance shaman, and Earth Fury helps it.

In a group and while leveling

Group value

Strength of Earth, Windfury, Flametongue and Grace of Air totems buff the whole raid
Tremor Totem removes fear, sleep and charm
Poison and disease cleansing totems
Purge removes buffs from enemies

Leveling

Average leveling pace

TipLeatherworking and Skinning, or Alchemy and Herbalism.

Pros and cons

Strengths

Strong totems for the group
Mobile leveling
Strong new talents

Weaknesses

No hard crowd control
Mana in long fights
Tanking still unconfirmed

Other classes

Mage