Elemental Shaman PvP Gear Guide for Cataclysm Classic

This page only focuses on the best in slot gear for a PvP Elemental Shaman. You can learn more about how to leverage your unique skills by reading our full Elemental Shaman PvP guide below:

This is a list of items that are considered to be best in each slot for PvP based content. If you are instead looking for a PvE-focused list for either pre-raid or best-in-slot gear, make sure to check out our Elemental Shaman gearing hub below. Some PvE gear is used even in PvP, allowing you to use certain items almost all of the time.

Your gear list for PvP will mostly follow the following stat priority:

1. Intellect
2. Hit or Spirit (4% Hit Cap)
3. Resilience
4. Haste
5. Mastery
6. Critical Strike

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Vicious Gladiator's Mail Helm	—	2200 Conquest Points
Neck	Vicious Gladiator's Pendant of Alacrity	—	1250 Conquest Points
Shoulder	Vicious Gladiator's Mail Spaulders	—	1650 Conquest Points
Cloak	Vicious Gladiator's Drape of Diffusion	—	1250 Conquest Points
Chest	Vicious Gladiator's Mail Armor	Crit → Haste	2200 Conquest Points
Bracer	Vicious Gladiator's Wristguards of Salvation	—	1250 Conquest Points
Gloves	Vicious Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntlets	—	1650 Conquest Points
Belt	Vicious Gladiator's Waistguard of Salvation	—	1650 Conquest Points
Legs	Vicious Gladiator's Mail Leggings	Mastery → Haste	2200 Conquest Points
Boots	Vicious Gladiator's Sabatons of Alacrity	—	1650 Conquest Points
Ring 1	Vicious Gladiator's Band of Meditation	—	1250 Conquest Points
Ring 2	Vicious Gladiator's Band of Accuracy	—	1250 Conquest Points
Trinket 1	Darkmoon Card: Volcano	Mastery → Haste	Darkmoon Volcanic Deck
Trinket 2	Vicious Gladiator's Medallion of Tenacity	—	1650 Conquest Points
Weapon	Vicious Gladiator's Spellblade	Crit → Haste	2450 Conquest Points
Off-Hand	Vicious Gladiator's Barrier	Crit → Haste	950 Conquest Points
Relic	Vicious Gladiator's Relic of Salvation	Spirit → Haste	700 Conquest Points

Slot	Main Enchantment	Secondary Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Back	Darkglow Embroidery (Requires Tailoring) Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect
Chest	Enchant Chest - Mighty Resilience
Wrist	Draconic Embossment - Intellect (Requires Leatherworking) Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect	Socket Bracer (Requires Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Haste	Synapse Springs (Requires Engineering) Socket Gloves (Requires Blacksmithing)
Waist	Ebonsteel Belt Buckle	Nitro Boosts (Requires Engineering)
Legs	Sanctified Spellthread (Requires Tailoring) Powerful Ghostly Spellthread
Feet	Enchant Boots - Haste
Ring	Enchant Ring - Intellect (Requires Enchanting)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Power Torrent
Off-Hand	Enchant Off-Hand - Superior Intellect

Sockets	Gems
	Burning Shadowspirit Diamond — make sure you meet the requirements for it to be active
	Willful Ember Topaz
	Mystic Amberjewel
	Steady Dream Emerald
	Mystic Chimera's Eye — Requires Jewelcrafting, can use up to 3.
	Mystic Cogwheel, Quick Cogwheel — Requires Engineering, can use 2 in helm.