Elemental Shaman DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Elemental Shaman. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

At this stage in the game, there are so many variables and layers of optimization that you can apply to your character that there is no way for a guide or anything else to tell you exactly what gear you should wear. This is why we always recommend simulating your own character using Raidbots. The website can help you choose set bonuses, trinkets, and combinations in a way tailored completely to your specific character. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as there is simply no other way to consider all the variables.

The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn, select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best.

Many people overthink the distribution of their secondary stats. An important thing to remember is that a higher quantity of stats is nearly always better than a better quality of stats. Because of this, wearing higher item-level gear with worse stats tends to be better than lower item-level gear with great stats. Keep this in mind when considering gear. For more stats information, please refer to our dedicated page.

We only provide "Best in Slot" lists as a mandatory requirement stemming from certain guilds and players thinking they absolutely need to mindlessly chase that one item in that one slot and nothing else will do. Sometimes, raid leaders enforce a very strict "BiS list" for loot council without any nuance; other times, it is players themselves enforcing it on themselves.

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BiS Gear for Elemental Shaman

Overall BiS List Liberation of Undermine BiS List Mythic+ only BiS List

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Overall BiS List for Elemental Shaman

This list contains items available from the raid, mythic+ as well as crafted items.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Two-Handed Weapon	Best-in-Slots	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
One-Handed Weapon	Big Earner's Bludgeon	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Shield	Titan of Industry	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Gale Sovereign's Charged Hood	Revival Catalyst, or One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs	Revival Catalyst, or Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Consecrated Cloak with Haste and Versatility, with Duskthread Lining	Crafted Embellished Item with Tailoring
Cloak alternative	Test Pilot's Go-Pack (Very Rare)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk	Revival Catalyst, or Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Bracers	Glyph-Etched Vambraces with Mastery and Haste, with Duskthread Lining	Crafted Embellished Item with Leatherworking
Bracers alternative	Made Manacles	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Gloves	Gale Sovereign's Grasps	Revival Catalyst, or Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Sash of the Fierce Diva	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Chemical Blaster's Legguards	The MOTHERLODE!!
Boots	Regal Mekanospurs	Operation: Mechagon
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (Very Rare)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Ring alternative	Miniature Roulette Wheel with Haste and Mastery	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Ring alternative	Footbomb Championship Ring	The MOTHERLODE!!
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	House of Cards	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket alternative	Geargrinder's Spare Keys	Vexie Fullthrottle in Liberation of Undermine

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Raid only BiS List for Elemental Shaman

This list contains ONLY items from the Undermine raid.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Best-in-Slots	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
One-Handed Weapon	Big Earner's Bludgeon	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Shield	Titan of Industry	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Gale Sovereign's Charged Hood	Revival Catalyst, or One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Gale Sovereign's Zephyrs	Revival Catalyst, or Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Cloak	Test Pilot's Go-Pack (Very Rare)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Gale Sovereign's Clouded Hauberk	Revival Catalyst, or Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Bracers	Made Manacles	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Gloves	Gale Sovereign's Grasps	Revival Catalyst, or Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Sash of the Fierce Diva	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Deep-Pocketed Pantaloons	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Boots	Dubious Table-Runners	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (Very Rare)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Miniature Roulette Wheel with Haste and Mastery	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	House of Cards	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket alternative	Geargrinder's Spare Keys	Vexie Fullthrottle in Liberation of Undermine

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Mythic+ only BiS List for Elemental Shaman

This list contains ONLY items available in Mythic+ dungeons in Season 1.

The main focus of this list is targetting Haste and Mastery pieces. It is not meant as an "equip all these items together" list. You still need to get some Versatility and a little Critical Strike after that.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Neural Synapse Enhancer	Operation: Mechagon
Helm	Amphitheater Stalker's Hood	Theater of Pain
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Rik Reverb
Shoulder	Amice of Oblivion	The Rookery
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Operation: Floodgate
Chest	Bront's Singed Blastcoat	Operation: Floodgate
Bracers	Consecrated Baron's Bindings	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Gloves	Holybound Grips	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Belt	Shalebiter Interlinked Chain	The MOTHERLODE!!
Legs	Chemical Blaster's Legguards	The MOTHERLODE!!
Boots	Regal Mekanospurs	Operation: Mechagon
Ring #1	Footbomb Championship Ring	The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #2	Wick's Golden Loop	Darkflame Cleft
Trinket #1	Soulletting Ruby	Theater of Pain
Trinket #2	Signet of the Priory	Priory of the Sacred Flame

Static Best in Slot lists are only an indicative tool in a vacuum; we recommend using the following tools: Raidbots Top Gear and its Droptimizer options.

The Elemental Tier Set is strong, especially the 2-piece bonus which is worth roughly 10% damage compared to base stats, with the 4-piece bonus only being worth around 3 to 4%. This means that all Elemental players will want to rush to their 2-piece bonus as soon as possible, including replacing their previous S1 639 4-piece with the LFR version of the new set (capping out at 639 when fully upgraded with Weathered Crests).

• Shaman Elemental 11.1 Class Set 2pc
• Shaman Elemental 11.1 Class Set 4pc

2-piece: Your spells and abilities have a chance to hit a Jackpot that summons a Fire Elemental or Storm Elemental for 8.0 sec. Casting Ascendance always hits a Jackpot.

Two important notes regarding this bonus: it allows summons the elemental that you chose in your talent tree. If you are talented into Storm Elemental, it will never summon a Fire Elemental. Secondly, Proccing Deeply Rooted Elements apparently counts as "Casting Ascendance, meaning it will also proc the bonus.

This is very strong and synergizes extremely well with multiple talents we use : Elemental Unity, Everlasting Elements, Echo of the Elementals and Primal Elementalist. The big downside is that using this last talent mean we cannot really use Earth Elemental much, though we do get high uptime on Primordial Bond to make up for it.

4-piece: When you summon or extend your Fire Elemental/ Storm Elemental, your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst deal 20% increased damage for 8 sec.

While this seems like a strong bonus, unfortunately we do cast a lot of spells nowadays, and in practice you'll typically only cast 2 or 3, occasionally 4 of those spells within that window. While this can coincide with procs or things like Stormkeeper, it is generally a relatively weak bonus.

Cyrce's Circlet is a ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7 that you can acquire by completing several activities on Siren Isle. The ring has three sockets, which can fit a different kind of gem each. There are four different gems available for each of the three sockets, for a total of 12 gems, so there is quite a bit of choice on what to socket.

Cyrce's Circlet is currently Best in Slot but is expected to be nerfed in the near future so it is not as strong as Heroic/Mythic tier rings.

These are generally considered to be the best gems, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

For all content, you will likely want to run most of the secondary stats gems:

• Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
• Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
• Legendary Skipper's Citrine

Note that this setup will give you a massive amount of Mastery, and it may well be too much Mastery, so adjust accordingly.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

The War Within Season 2 offers a way to acquire specific items from Liberation of Undermine through the new Puzzling Cartel Chip. Note that we do not yet know how or when these will be available, but will keep you informed.

We recommend you spend your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 2 as Elemental Shaman. Remember to sim yourself in order to figure out what is actually best for your character right now.

• Best-in-Slots — Best Mainhand weapon.
• Eye of Kezan — Strongest on-use single-target trinket. Not as good in lower keys.
• House of Cards — Strongest overall trinket.
• The Jastor Diamond — Strongest ring
• Test Pilot's Go-Pack — Low priority damage-wise but unique, very useful effect

This weekly loot system remains much the same. You can select ONE item out of a maximum pool of 9, depending on how many raid bosses you defeated, your Dungeon clears and how many Delves and Weekly World Quest you accomplished in the previous week.

You can learn more about this system on our dedicated Great Vault page.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Gilded Undermine Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

1. Weapons
2. Trinkets
3. Helm/Chest/Legs
4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
5. Rings and Necks
6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.

Unsurprisingly, you should sim your character to determine which upgrades give the most bang for your buck at any point in time. Beyond that, you generally want to maximize your weapon, then your trinkets, then whatever slot is your worst, and after that, it is generally best to upgrade the slots that give the most stats, with a lower priority on whatever has the best secondaries but maximizing Intellect remains the best way to gain DPS.

What you should craft in our opinion largely depends on what items you obtain, what items you will likely have available to you from various content, if you will get priority on certain items, and generally whether you want to optimize for the short or medium term. Take our advice with a grain of salt and adapt to your particular circumstances.

Until you can get an actual Mythic weapon, we recommend you immediately craft a Vagabond's Bounding Baton with Haste, Mastery, and Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, as well as any item with a Writhing Armor Banding to complement it, typically a Consecrated Cloak or Glyph-Etched Vambraces.

Note that if you are focused on Mythic+, you may want to use a shield, and craft an Everforged Dagger or a Charged Runeaxe instead.

Embellishments are significantly weaker in The War Within compared to Dragonflight. As long as you get "something", it makes only a small difference what embellishment you get, so especially early on I would recommend against expensive ones.

Our current generic recommendation is Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on your Vagabond's Bounding Baton as well as a Writhing Armor Banding to complement it, typically a Consecrated Cloak or Glyph-Etched Vambraces.

Note that Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension takes a long time to stack and drops entirely if you spend more than a few seconds out of combat.

Alternatively, when you get a non-crafted Mythic weapon, you will want to get a couple of Duskthread Lining. Elemental Focusing Lens are technically a tiny little more single-target damage but are much worse in AoE and lack the defensive benefit.

One-Armed Bandit drops Best-in-Slots. A provocative name for a very strong weapon indeed, that is in fact Best in Slot for us, and likely for almost everyone able to equip it. It is also very rare, so competition will be fierce! Do not count on getting it.

Big Earner's Bludgeon and Titan of Industry are special weapons with a bonus effect that is non-trivial in single-target and this combo is Best in Slot for those wanting to use a One-handed weapon + Shield and competitive in single-target.

Until you can get an actual Mythic weapon, especially the one above, we highly recommend you immediately craft a Vagabond's Bounding Baton with Haste, Mastery, and Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, as well as any item with a Writhing Armor Banding to complement it, typically a Consecrated Cloak or Glyph-Etched Vambraces.

The new The Jastor Diamond is a very rare item from Chrome King Gallywix, and has what are usually very desirable stats on top of a significant bonus effect. It is best in slot, but do not expect to get it.

While professions do not generally give player power, there are possible exceptions in some circumstances. Suppose you want to min/max your player power in all possible situations. In that case, you should be an Alchemist and an Engineer. Note that the actual uses of their unique bonuses are highly conditional and, for the most part, should not dictate your profession choice.