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Ranged DPS · Caster one-hand and shield or staff

Elemental Shaman

Lightning Mastery, Call of Thunder, Lightning Overload at 30%, Elemental Fury and Elemental Focus. Lava Burst is gone and Lightning Bolt hits 80% harder, so the rotation is bolts and shocks.

PvE APvP ALeveling BHow tiers are set →
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How Elemental plays

Flame Shock, Lightning Bolt until Chain Lightning is up, Earth Shock on cooldown when Flame Shock is rolling. Totems before the pull: Mana Spring, Strength of Earth or Grace of Air for melee, Fire totems for damage. Elemental Fury makes crits hit for double.

Key talents

Talents

Elemental Shaman endgame PvE build (31/0/20) · 31/0/20 · click any talent to edit in the builder
Elemental31
5/55/5
0/32/53/31/31/10/3
0/23/3
0/11/21/13/3
5/5
1/1
Enhancement0
0/20/50/5
0/20/3
0/30/3
0/10/30/50/50/10/20/10/20/2
0/5
0/1
Restoration20
0/55/5
3/32/35/50/20/30/31/1
0/54/50/1
0/30/1
0/5
0/1
PvE31/0/20
Elemental Shaman endgame PvE build (31/0/20)
Lightning Mastery, Call of Thunder, Lightning Overload (30%), Elemental Fury, Elemental Focus and Eye of the Storm with Tidal Focus, Mindfulness and Totemic Focus.
PvP31/5/15
Elemental Shaman PvP build (31/5/15)
Lightning Mastery, Earthbound, Reverberation, Elemental Focus and Eye of the Storm with Thundering Strikes and Water Shield, Healing Focus and Improved Reincarnation from Restoration.

Rotation and priority

  1. Totems: Searing Totem, Mana Spring, Strength of Earth, Grounding in PvP
  2. Flame Shock on the target
  3. Chain Lightning on cooldown, even on one target
  4. Lightning Bolt as the filler
  5. Earth Shock when Flame Shock has more than 6 seconds left
  6. Nature's Swiftness into Chain Lightning for burst

Tips

  • Lightning Overload at 30% is a third of your bolts doubling: crit and hit first, then spell power.
  • Totemic Call pulls totems to you on a 30-second cooldown: move with the fight.
  • Earth Shock interrupts casters; Frost Shock kites melee.

Stat priority

  1. 1Spell hit to 16%
  2. 2Nature spell power
  3. 3Spell crit
  4. 4Intellect
  5. 5MP5
  6. 6Stamina

Weapon: Caster one-hand and shield or staff. Check what each ability actually hits for at your numbers in the damage calculator.

Best recorded drops by slot

Highest item level in the dungeon loot records that fits Elemental; raid gear is added when raids open on 9 December

No recorded drops match yet.

Full item list with every recorded source on the items page.

Leveling as Elemental

Shaman levels fastest as Enhancement; see the class leveling page for why. Elemental can still level with the build below if you want to practise the spec you will play at 60.

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Tier for leveling: B

Leveling tier weighs kill speed, downtime and safety alone. See the best leveling class guide for the full ranking and the speed guide for the route.

Questions players ask

Is Elemental good in WoW Forever?
Launch-week assessment: A tier for PvE, A tier for PvP and B tier for leveling. Lightning Mastery, Call of Thunder, Lightning Overload at 30%, Elemental Fury and Elemental Focus. Lava Burst is gone and Lightning Bolt hits 80% harder, so the rotation is bolts and shocks.
What stats does a Elemental Shaman want?
In order: Spell hit to 16%, Nature spell power, Spell crit, Intellect, MP5, Stamina.
What weapon should Elemental use?
Caster one-hand and shield or staff.