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Overview
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Elemental ShamanMythic+
Single-Target
Strong
AoE
Excellent
Utility
Excellent
Survivability
Average
Mobility
Average
Hero Talents
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
- Farseer is the more Single-Target focused tree as of right now and Stormbringer is more AoE focused. Farseer is recommended to play.
Farseer
Stormbringer
- Call of the Ancestors
- This is the whole mechanic for this Hero Tree. Whenever you summon an Ancestor you reduce the cooldown of your Fire Elemental or Storm Elemental by 5 seconds thanks to Offering from Beyond.
- These Ancestors cast spells depending on what you cast.
- If you cast any Single-Target spell the Ancestor casts a Lava Burst on your target.
- If you cast any AoE spell the Ancestor casts a Chain Lightning on a random target in range.
- Ancestors spawn when you cast Primordial Wave and when you consume Ancestral Swiftness, which is the capstone talent in the Hero Tree. Make sure you have Nature's Swiftness specced if you play this tree.
- There are 2 choice nodes that you change together most of the time. You either play
- Ancient Fellowship and Routine Communication or
- Latent Wisdom and Heed My Call.
- The first version is more raid focused as it encourages you to cast as many Lava Bursts as possible to spawn as many Ancestors as possible.
- The second version is generally better for Mythic+ as here you want to pool Maelstrom for when you use Primordial Wave and Ancestral Swiftness and cast as many AoE spells as possible to get as many extra Chain Lightning as you can.
- When an Ancestor despawns they cast an Elemental Blast on a nearby target thanks to Final Calling. This Elemental Blast does give you the Critical strike, Haste or Mastery as well.
- The rest of this tree are passives that don't affect your gameplay much.
- Primordial Capacity
- Increases your maximum Maelstrom by 25.
- Maelstrom Supremacy
- Increases the damage of your spenders by 8%.
- Elemental Reverb
- Lava Burst gains 1 additional charge and deals 5% increased damage.
- Primordial Capacity
- Tempest
- Your Lightning Bolt turns into Tempest after either
- You spend 300 Maelstrom.
- You get 3 stacks of Awakening Storms.
- The main idea of this Hero Tree is to cycle through as much Maelstrom as possible and cast as many Tempest as possible.
- Your Lightning Bolt turns into Tempest after either
- Storm Swell or Arc Discharge
- Choice node where in Mythic+ you pick Arc Discharge in every case, which makes your next 2 Chain Lightnings instant cast and deal increased damage after Tempest hits 2 or more targets.
- Storm Swell grants you 30 Maelstrom after your Tempest only hits 1 target.
- Rolling Thunder
- Grants you 1 charge of Stormkeeper every 50 sec.
- Conductive Energy
- Casting Tempest applies Lightning Rod to your target, which makes you target swap every now and then on an AoE pull.
- The rest of this tree are passives that don't affect your gameplay much.
- Unlimited Power
- Spending Maelstrom grants you Haste.
- Voltaic Surge
- Increases the damage of your Earthquake and Chain Lightning by 15%.
- Stormcaller
- Increases the critical strike chance and damage of your nature spells by 5%.
- Unlimited Power
Talents
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Stormbringer
Farseer
When to use this Spec
This build is better in low Mythic+ as it focuses more on AoE damage.
Gameplay Altering Talents
Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.
Spec Tree
- Earthquake
- Your main AoE spender. Here you can choose if you want to choose the location with your mouse, or for it to drop on your targets location.
- Storm Elemental
- The whole build revolves around Wind Gust from your Storm Elemental.
- Surge of Power
- Empowers your next cast of a few selected spells. Mostly used for Lightning Bolt on Single-Target fights.
- Stormkeeper
- Empowers your next 2 Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning.
- Primordial Wave
- Together with Splintered Elements increases your Haste by up to 30%.
- Liquid Magma Totem
- Enables Primordial Wave and Skybreaker's Fiery Demise which give you incredibly high uptime of Storm Elemental.
- Flash of Lightning
- Increases the crit chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of all your nature spells whenever you cast either spell.
Class Tree
- Totemic Surge
- Reduces the cooldown of your totems by 6sec, which makes it a must have for Liquid Magma Totem cooldown reduction.
- Spiritwalker's Grace
- Allows you to cast while moving for 15 sec, which can save you a lot of DPS which you might lose otherwise in certain scenarios.
- Nature's Swiftness
- Makes your next nature cast instant.
Hero Talents
- Tempest
- Your Lightning Bolt turns into Tempest after either
- You spend 300 Maelstrom.
- You get 3 stacks of Awakening Storms.
- Your Lightning Bolt turns into Tempest after either
- Arc Discharge
- If your Tempest hits 2 or more targets, your next 2 Chain Lightnings deal increased damage and become instant.
- Conductive Energy
- Tempest now applies Lightning Rod to your target so you need to target swap to maximize the value.
- Rolling Thunder
- Grants you one charge of Stormkeeper every 50 sec.
When to use this Spec
This build is better in high Mythic+ as Farseer it gives you a lot more priority damage as well as more Single-Target damage for bosses.
Talent Adjustments
Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.
Hero Talents
Changed Stormbringer to Farseer for more info visit the Hero Talent section above.
- Latent Wisdom
- This version wants to pool Maelstrom and cast as many AoE spells as possible while your Ancestors are active.
- Heed My Call
- Increases your Ancestor duration by 4 sec which enables you to have big Ancestor windows.
- Natural Harmony
- The best defensive choice on this node.
Rotation
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Tier Set
- 2-Set: Earth Shock, Elemental Blast and Earthquake damage is increased by 25%.
- 4-Set: Spending Maelstrom grants you 5% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical strike damage.
Single-Target
Stormbringer
Farseer
Opener
- Your goal in the opener is to stack up Wind Gust as quickly as possible.
- On Single-Target you only want to cast Lava Burst with Lava Surge to empower your Earth Shock or Tempest. If Primordial Wave is about to fall off you can hardcast a Lava Burst.
- If you get a Tempest at an early point in your opener you naturally cast it by trying to cast a Lightning Bolt.
Priority List
This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.
- Cast Storm Elemental if it is not active.
- Cast Stormkeeper on cooldown.
- Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
- Using Primordial Wave on cooldown should be enough to keep 100% Flame Shock uptime.
- Cast Lava Burst if you have Lava Surge or Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Earth Shock.
- Cast Tempest.
- Cast Lightning Bolt with Stormkeeper active.
- Cast Liquid Magma Totem on cooldown.
- Cast Lightning Bolt.
Opener
- In the opener you are trying to cast as many spells as possible while your Ancestors are active, and stack up Wind Gust for your next Ancestors.
- The idea is to cast Lightning Bolt until you have enough to spend your Maelstrom on an Earth Shock.
- You only cast Lava Burst to consume Primordial Wave, and when you have a Lava Surge proc. If Primordial Wave is about to run before you get Lava Surge, cast a Lava Burst.
- You want to cast Primordial Wave and Ancestral Swiftness on cooldown to summon Ancestors which are a big part of your damage.
Priority List
This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.
- Cast Storm Elemental if it is not active.
- Cast Stormkeeper on cooldown.
- Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
- Using Primordial Wave on cooldown should be enough to keep 100% Flame Shock uptime.
- Cast Ancestral Swiftness on cooldown.
- Cast Lava Burst if you have Lava Surge or Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Earth Shock.
- Cast Tempest.
- Cast Lightning Bolt with Stormkeeper active.
- Cast Liquid Magma Totem on cooldown.
- Cast Lightning Bolt.
AoE
Stormbringer
Farseer
Opener
- Your goal in the opener is to spread Flame Shock to gain value from Splintered Elements, while trying to stack up Wind Gust as quickly as possible and start spending Maelstrom so you can start casting Tempest as soon as possible.
- On AoE you only want to cast Lava Burst with Primordial Wave active to get the Haste from Splintered Elements.
- If you get a Tempest at an early point in your opener you cast it instantly.
Priority List
- Cast Storm Elemental if it is not active.
- Cast Stormkeeper on cooldown.
- Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
- Using Primordial Wave on cooldown should be enough to keep 100% Flame Shock uptime.
- Cast Liquid Magma Totem on cooldown.
- Cast Lava Burst if you have Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Earthquake.
- Cast Tempest.
- Cast Chain Lightning with Stormkeeper active at 3+ Targets.
- Cast Lightning Bolt with Surge of Power on 2 targets.
- Cast Chain Lightning 2+ targets.
Opener
- Your goal in the opener is to spread Flame Shock to gain value from Splintered Elements, while trying to stack up Wind Gust as quickly as possible so that you can cast as many spells as possible while your Ancestors are active.
- On AoE you only want to cast Lava Burst with Primordial Wave active to get the Haste from Splintered Elements.
- You want to pool some Maelstrom for your Primordial Wave and Ancestral Swiftness so that you can cast as many fast spells as possible while your Ancestors are active.
- Around 25 sec after using Primordial Wave and Ancestral Swiftness you get them ready again and you should be at 10 stacks of Wind Gust.
Priority List
- Cast Storm Elemental if it is not active.
- Cast Stormkeeper on cooldown.
- Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
- Using Primordial Wave on cooldown should be enough to keep 100% Flame Shock uptime.
- Cast Ancestral Swiftness on cooldown.
- Cast Liquid Magma Totem on cooldown.
- Cast Lava Burst if you have Primordial Wave active.
- Cast Earthquake.
- Cast Chain Lightning with Stormkeeper active at 3+ Targets.
- Cast Lightning Bolt with Surge of Power on 2 targets.
- Cast Chain Lightning 2+ targets.
Deep dive
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Using Chain Lightning vs. Lightning Bolt
If you are hitting 3 targets you always Chain Lightning, which means you're wasting your Surge of Power. If there's an important priority target you can instead use your Surge of Power on a Lightning Bolt. This is a small overall loss but can save you time.
If you are hitting 2 targets there are a few rules you need to remember. If you have Surge of Power or Stormkeeper you use Lightning Bolt instead of Chain Lightning.
Earth Shock vs. Earthquake
On 2+ targets it's an overall gain to use Earthquake, but you might want to use Earth Shock on a certain target instead.
Storm Elemental and Wind Gust stacks.
Whenever you cast Chain Lightning or Lightning Bolt while Storm Elemental is active, you gain one stack of Wind Gust, stacking up to 10. This reduces the cast time of Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt by 3% per stack.
If you re-cast your Storm Elemental while your old one is still active, you lose your stacks of Wind Gust, so make sure you always use your 10 stacks for as long as possible before you summon a new elemental.
Whenever Storm Elemental despawns, you summon a Lesser Storm Elemental from Echo of the Elementals, which also gives you Wind Gust stacks. If you summon Storm Elemental it removes the stacks from your Lesser one, but it is nice to know for when Storm Elemental is on cooldown.
The elemental that spawns from Fury of the Storms does not give you stacks and does not affect anything from the above.
Understanding Mechanics
Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.
Dungeons
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
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Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
City of Threads
The Stonevault
The Dawnbreaker
Mists of Tirna Scithe
The Necrotic Wake
Siege of Boralus
Grim Batol
Boss Tips
Avanoxx
- Use Astral Shift on Alerting Shrill.
- Avoid kiting Starved Crawlers into the boss else the boss receives Insatiable.
- Use Earthbind Totem to keep them slowed.
- AoE them down as soon as possible.
Anub'zekt
- Use Astral Shift when you are targetted by Burrow Charge.
- Kill Bloodstained Webmages fast and interrupt Silken Restraints.
Ki'katal the Harvester
- Use defensive while you're affected by Cultivated Poisons and make sure you face correctly to not hit your party.
- When you're affected by Grasping Blood you can use any form of crowd control to break it, such as Thunderstorm.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Resonant Barrage from Trilling Attendant.
- Horrifying Shrill from Ixin.
- Revolting Volley from Bloodstained Webmage.
- Venom Volley from Blood Overseer.
- Pay extra attention to these casts:
- Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell
- A really long cast that needs to get disrupted.
- Massive Slam from Nerubian Hauler and Hulking Bloodguard
- A short stun that ramps in damage done per cast.
- Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell
Boss Tips
Orator Krix'vizk
- Use your Wind Rush Totem during Vociferous Indoctrination.
- Use Astral Shift if you are targeted by Shadows of Doubt
Fangs of the Queen
- Watch out for Knife Throw. Use defensives if you're targeted by this ability.
- You can cleanse Ice Sickles by using Spirit Walk or Thunderous Paws. If you are specced into Jet Stream you can also use Wind Rush Totem.
The Coaglamation
- Use your defensives for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
- When you soak a Viscous Darkness it spawns a pool so try to soak it close to other pools.
Izo, the Grand Splicer
- Save Liquid Magma Totem for Ravenous Scarabs spawns to easily spread Flame Shock. You can also hold Primordial Wave if they are about to spawn to gain even more Haste.
- Use your defensives for Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
- Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
- Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
- Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
- Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.
Boss Tips
E.D.N.A.
- Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
- Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem for Earth Shatterer.
Skarmorak
- You can apply Flame Shock to all Crystal Shards to gain some cooldown reduction on your Storm Elemental.
- Be wary of Crystalline Eruption.
- Use your defensive before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.
Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita
- Make sure you keep Flame Shock on both bosses.
- Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
Void Speaker Eirich
- Make sure you drop Entropy from Entropic Reckoning in a good postition or you run out of room during this fight.
- Use your defensive on Entropic Reckoning.
Trash Tips
- Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
- Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
- Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
- Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
- Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.
Boss Tips
Speaker Shadowcrown
- Consider using a defensive if you're affected by Collapsing Night. Getting out of this quickly is important since it deals a lot of damage every 0.5 seconds.
- You can cleanse Burning Shadows by using Spirit Walk or Thunderous Paws. If you are specced into Jet Stream you can also use Wind Rush Totem.
Anub'ikkaj
- Stun Animate Shadows with Capacitor Totem
- Use defensives for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay. If you use Astral Shift very late before the Dark Orb hits a wall, it can cover some of the Shadowy Decay as well, this depends on how far the orb travels.
Rasha'nan
- Be aware of Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
- During Phase 2 you can mitigate some damage by using Gust of Wind after dropping your Spinneret's Strands.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
- Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
- Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
- Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.
Boss Tips
Ingra Maloch
- Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted. Due to Wind Shear short cooldown you should be interrupting the majority of the casts.
- Use Tremor Totem whenever Repulsive Visage is being cast.
- Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.
Mistcaller
- You can use Earthbind Totem to slow the Illusionary Vulpins. You can also spec Hex but there are a lot of good talents in this dungeon so it could be hard to get.
- If your group is not crowd-controlling the Illusionary Vulpins use Flame Shock on them.
- Use your defensives during the Guessing Game.
Tred'ova
- Stay far away from your team to quickly break Mind Link.
- Don't overmove on the Acid Expulsion as the boss remembers your movement for the next Acid Expulsion and spawns swirlies in the direction you moved previously.
- You can use Liquid Magma Totem on the Glooming Larvas to gain some funnel.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
- Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
- Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
- Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
- Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
- Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.
Boss Tips
Blightbone
- Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
- You can keep Earthbind Totem down on the boss to slow Carrion Worms.
- Liquid Magma Totem is great to use on the Carrion Worms to kill them fast, but also to gain funnel.
Amarth, The Harvester
- Make sure you Wind Shear the Reanimated Mages instantly.
- If any adds are still alive during Final Harvest, try to time a Capacitor Totem. With them crowd-controlled the adds don’t explode and wipe the group despite being alive.
Surgeon Stitchflesh
- Try to bait Embalming Ichor on the sides of the room to make it easier to kite the boss later during Morbid Fixation.
- Be ready to aim Meat Hooks towards the boss to pull him down.
Nalthor the Rimebinder
- Be positioned on the outside of the room so you can instantly get dispelled on Frozen Binds. If you are playing Spirit Walk you can cleanse it yourself.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
- Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
- Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
- Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
- Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
- Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.
Boss Tips
Chopper Redhook
- You can pool Maelstrom for when the boss walks into Bombs which afflicts him with Heavy Ordnance.
- You can spread some Flame Shock on the adds to gain some funnel.
Dread Captain Lockwood
- Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
- If the boss is slowed or rooted she does not cast Evasive. Keep Earthbind Totem down on the boss if your group doesn't have any constant passive slow.
Hadal Darkfathom
- Stay away from the center of the room to bait Break Water far away. This way you can have the center free for when Tidal Surge comes.
Viq'Goth
- Keep Flame Shock on Demolishing,Gripping Terrors as well as the boss at all times.
- Focus down the Demolishing Terror first on each platform.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
- Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
- Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
- Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
- Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.
Boss Tips
General Umbriss
- Use Gust of Wind and Wind Rush Totem to help you dodge Shadowflame Breath from Commanding Roar.
- Use Astral Shift before Commanding Roar.
Forgemaster Throngus
- Use Astral Shift during Blistering Heat.
- Drop the Molten Pool in good locations to use the space well.
Drahga Shadowburner
- Use Astral Shift during Twilight Buffet.
- Use Cleanse Spirit to dispell Curse of Entropy.
Erudax, the Duke of Below
- Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
- You can use Mutated Hatchlings as a funnel for more boss damage! But make sure you kill them at a proper time so as they make you take increased shadow damage when they die
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
- Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
- Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
- Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.
Affixes
The Affix system got revamped going intoThe War Within Season 1retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.
- +2 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
- +4 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
- Tyrannical
- Fortified
- +7 Affix
- Challenger's Peril
- +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +4 Affix
- Tyrannical
- Fortified
- +12 Affix
- Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +2 Affix
Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as an Elemental Shaman.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
- You can use Thunderstorm or Capacitor Totem on these.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
- Should be focused down as fast as possible.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
- Wind Rush Totem and Spiritwalker's Grace are both great to soak these easier
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
- Poison Cleansing Totem is great for dealing with this affix.
Stat Priority
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as an Elemental Shaman. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.
Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.
All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!
Tertiary
- Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
- Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing.
- Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.
Gear
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
Slot | Item | Location |
---|---|---|
Head | Final Meal's Horns | Ulgrax |
Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran |
Shoulder | Concourse of the Forgotten Reservoir | Tier / Catalyst |
Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha'nan |
Chest | Vestments of the Forgotten Reservoir | Tier / Catalyst |
Wrist | Glyph-Etched Vambraces | Nexus-Princess |
Gloves | Covenant of the Forgotten Reservoir | Tier / Catalyst |
Belt | Accelerated Ascension Coil | Crafting |
Legs | Sarong of the Forgotten Reservoir | Tier / Catalyst |
Boots | Rasha'nan's Grotesque Talons | Rasha'nan |
Ring 1 | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
Ring 2 | Devout Zealot's Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
Trinket 1 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
Trinket 2 | Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj | The Dawnbreaker |
Weapon | Sovereign's Disdain | Queen Ansurek |
Shield | Everforged Defender | Crafting |
Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.
Slot | Item | Location |
---|---|---|
Head | Wildhammer Riding Helm | Grim Batol |
Neck | Elder's Hemolymphal Periapt | City of Threads |
Shoulder | Wintersnap Shoulderguards | Mists of Tirna Scithe |
Cloak | Shroud of Dark Memories | Grim Batol |
Chest | Goliath's Chitinous Chainmail | The Dawnbreaker |
Wrist | Dread Captain's Irons | Siege of Boralus |
Gloves | Claws of Tainted Ichor | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
Belt | Anchor Chain Girdle | Siege of Boralus |
Legs | Entwined Chimeric Legguards | City of Threads |
Boots | Red Scale Boots | Grim Batol |
Ring 1 | Devout Zealot's Ring | The Dawnbreaker |
Ring 2 | Experiment 08752's Band | City of Threads |
Trinket 1 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
Trinket 2 | Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj | The Dawnbreaker |
Weapon | Modgud's Blade | Grim Batol |
Shield | Encrusted Canopic Lid | The Necrotic Wake |
Trinkets
Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.
Active Trinket alternatives
- Quickwick Candlestick
- Great on-use but as you don't have any big cooldowns to use it with it generally isn't great for Elemental Shamans.
- Spymaster's Web
- Great on-use but as you don't have any big cooldowns to use it with it generally isn't great for Elemental Shamans.
Passive Trinket alternatives
- Candle Confidant
- Very strong passive trinket.
- Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
- This is one of your best passive options, better than most other trinkets at the same ilvl.
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
- Very strong passive trinket.
- Aberrant Spellforge
- Good option if you are playing the Fire build.
Embellishments
- Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
- Writhing Armor Banding
- These two are your best embellishments to use.
- Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension has to go on your weapon.
- Writhing Armor Banding is best to put on your Belt or Wrists.
- These two are your best embellishments to use.
or
- Dawnthread Lining
- Duskthread Lining
- Both of these are strong embellishments for both Single-Target and AoE, depending on what stats you currently need.
- The optimal slots to craft on are Wrists, Boots, or Waist depending on your available gear.
Remaining Sparks
- Crafted items are 636 item level and regular items are 639 on max item level therefore it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.
Simcraft
To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.
Consumables
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
- Phials
- Flask of Tempered Swiftness -- maximum DPS.
- Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
- Food
- Feast of the Divine Day
- Combat Potion
- Tempered Potion
- Health Potion
- Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
- Weapon Oil
- Algari Mana Oil -- default
- Flametongue Weapon if you are playing a Fire build and specced into Improved Flametongue Weapon.
- Augment Rune
- Crystallized Augment Rune
- Sockets
- Deadly Emerald
- Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
- Quick Sapphire
- Quick Ruby
- Deadly Onyx
Enchantments
Head | Nerubian Gemweaver |
Neck | Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
Cloak | Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace |
Chest | Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance |
Wrist | Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance Nerubian Gemweaver |
Waist | Nerubian Gemweaver |
Legs | Sunset Spellthread |
Boots | Enchant Boots - Scout's March |
Ring 1 | Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
Ring 2 | Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
Weapon | Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths |
You buy Nerubian Gemweaver from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.
Races
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
For min-maxing an Elemental Shamanin Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your character. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.
- Stoneform -- Dwarf
- One of the most potent racials in Mythic+ currently and historically.
- Dispels Magic and Bleed debuffs.
- Blood Fury -- Orc
- Strong DPS racial but you don't have a big cooldown to use it with.
- 20% reduced Stun duration on you which can be useful in some Mythic+ dungeons.
- Rocket Jump -- Goblin
- Do a small jump in the direction your character is facing.
- While you're in the Rocket Jump animation you are placed on a global cooldown until your character lands.
- Berserking -- Troll
- Strong DPS racial but you don't have a big cooldown to use it with.
- Reduce the duration of movement impairing effects by 20%.
Recommendation
Dwarf is the strongest option for Mythic+ as an Elemental Shaman. If you are trying to push higher key levels it is by far the best.
Macros
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Discover recommended macros for Elemental Shamans during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.
Cursor Macros
Earthquake -- Casts Earthquake on your cursor without confirmation.
#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Earthquake
Liquid Magma Totem - Uses Liquid Magma Totem on your cursor without confirmation.
#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Liquid Magma Totem
Wind Rush Totem -- Casts Wind Rush Totem on your cursor without confirmation.
#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Wind Rush Totem
Totemic Projection -- Casts Totemic Projection on your cursor without confirmation.
#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Totemic Projection
Mouseover Macros
Utility Macros
Addons
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Elemental Shaman, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ dungeons to make your life easier.
Addons
WeakAuras
Changes this Patch
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Patch 11.0.2
Patch 11.0
FAQ
Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Elemental Shaman
Q: Which Earthquake is recommended to pick?
Credits
Written By: Clickz
Reviewed By: Xerwo