Enhancement Shaman DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Welcome to our Consumables page! Here we'll cover the optimal gems, enchants, food, potions, and flasks to use as an Enhancement Shaman. If you're looking for the Stat Priority, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

For all consumables (excluding food) in the lists below, if you are looking for a cheaper alternative, look for a lower rank of the same item listed. The price difference is often significant for a small loss in stats gained.

It is recommended that you simulate your character for gems, as individual gear pieces have a big influence. As stats are very similar across different builds and content, we have a one-size-fits-all approach:

• You should use Culminating Blasphemite in your first socket.
• The bonus is weak, so fill out remaining sockets with one Masterful Emerald and one Quick Onyx.
• All other sockets should have whichever of these two gems suits your character best.

An optional alternative is Elusive Blasphemite instead, providing additional movement at a very small performance loss. In Midnight, with the higher value of Agility, you should always be using a Blasphemite gem.

For weapons, in the Pre-patch, with the increased value of Agility you should be switching over to Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power on both weapons. None of the secondary options are worth using in comparison anymore.

Ring Enchants are best suited to your preferred stat - either Haste or Mastery. Cloak, Bracer, and Boot enchants have no impact on performance, but we recommend Avoidance and Stamina for the extra survivability.

With the release of Midnight on the horizon, it means it's almost time for everyone to level again to 90. To help speed this up, there's a few optional consumables you can start picking up now to speed things up.

To be as prepared as possible, look to acquire at least some of the following items and enchants:

• Charged Phial of Alacrity — A Phial from Dragonflight which persists through death, giving bonus Speed for 30 minutes. If you're already geared, it's often about moving between pulls rather than a bit more damage.
• Exquisitely Eviscerated Muscle — A food item from The War Within, grants a large boost to Speed for 1 hour, but is lost on death.
• Elusive Blasphemite — If your gear has plenty of sockets, switch to this Algari Diamond and each of The War Within's gem colors for extra speed.
• Enchant Boots - Scout's March / Enchant Chest - Stormrider's Agility / Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed / Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity — Switch all of your armor enchants over to extra Speed effects if you were previously using Avoidance or Leech.
• Gunshoes — A tried and true pickup for leveling, these are always nice to have to get through areas where you can't mount, and even work across water. These can't be activated while in combat though, and are cancelled when taking damage.
• Shimmerscale Diving Suit / Shimmerscale Diving Helmet — These consumables from Battle for Azeroth can help with any sections that involve going underwater - though in Midnight's zones that doesn't happen very often.
• Goblin Glider Kit — These can mitigate fall damage if you end up getting dismounted or need to get down from somewhere high, so are great for emergencies.

There are two options for your flask of choice depending on the situation:

• Flask of Alchemical Chaos — is slightly more RNG than the alternatives, but is a net positive in stats while also leading to stronger Tempered Potion uses, so is recommended.
• Flask of Tempered Swiftness / Flask of Tempered Mastery — Slightly weaker, but more consistent due to providing a bulk of a stat we prefer. Remember though, it leads to a weaker Tempered Potion.

You can also obtain a flask of your choice from Algari Flask Cauldrons provided by Alchemists.

Tempered Potion is your best option, and should be paired with major cooldowns and Bloodlust / Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Algari Potion Cauldron provided by Alchemists.

Invigorating Healing Potion is the current best healing potion. Using this has a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss fight should it go on long enough. Additionally, Warlock's Healthstones do not share a cooldown with other healing consumables. Remember to use these as well if you are holding one!

As Agility is back to being the most valuable stat in Midnight, you should be eating a Feast of the Midnight Masquerade if possible. If this isn't provided by your group, stick to Beledar's Bounty personal food instead.

Unfortunately, due to the Enhancement imbue system, we have no access to the additional weapon rune consumables. This is because Windfury Weapon and Flametongue Weapon overwrite them, so save some money and do not worry about these!

While it is technically possible to drop Windfury Weapon and use double Flametongue Weapon to activate Elemental Weapons, this deactivates a lot of our toolkit so is not recommended in any situation.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!

You can also buy the permanent Ethereal Augment Rune once at Renown 18 with the new Season 3 K'aresh Trust faction or use the Soulgorged Augment Runes that drop from the new raid and persist through death.