Classic Enhancement Shaman DPS Gear and Best in Slot

The dread citadel, Naxxramas, is your final destination in WoW Classic. As its final raid tier, you will find inside both the best gear, and the most challenging bosses.

As most of the tier gear before, Shaman Tier 3, The Earthshatterer is a pure healing set, and as such has next to no value to Enhancement Shamans. We will be chasing off-set gear, instead.

Because all of Naxxramas bosses are undead other than Maexxna and Grand Widow Faerlina, items that have powerful bonuses that only work on undead such as Seal of the Dawn, Mark of the Champion and the Garb of the Undead Slayer set are a viable alternative to the BiS pieces we list below when doing the raid.

We will list DPS (D) options and Mana (M) options, which are meant to be used while focusing on Totem Twisting.

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some which are very close to the best and some which are just much easier to get!

This is the gear we recommend for Enhancement Shamans in the AQ40 patch. We will list DPS (D) options and Mana (M) options, meant to be used while focusing on Totem Twisting .

Shamans Tier 2.5, Stormcaller's Garb tries to have something for every type of Shaman, and ends up being weak for Enhancement, unfortunately.

Neither of the set bonuses are useful for the spec, unless you are doing a hybrid build, that focuses on using its Mana to heal when needed, in which case the quicker Chain Heals are welcome.

• The 3-set bonus makes your lightning spells have a 20% chance to grant you 50 Nature Spell damage for 8 seconds.
• The 5-set bonus reduces the cast time of your Chain Heal by 0.4 seconds.

Before we get into the list itself, we will give a quick rundown of two essential concepts for gearing: weapon skill and the Hit cap.

As explained in our Enhancement Shaman Weapon Skill guide, the difference between only having the baseline 300 weapon skill at Level 60 or 305 weapon skill or above is extremely significant for Enhancement DPS, as white hits (which have a 40% chance to glance against Level 63+ enemies) provide the majority of your damage and deal a lot more damage at 305 weapon skill. You will also benefit from a 6% Hit cap, instead of the usual 9%.

Because you want to be using two-handed weapons for their higher DPS, the main way you can achieve 305 weapon skill is by having rolled an Orc Shaman, in which case you should focus on using our recommended axes above other any other weapons when attacking raid bosses and other Level 63+ enemies.

Shaman Tier 2 set is designed with healing in mind and we do not recommend you to use any piece of it for DPSing, unless your alternatives are very weak.

While the main focus is on Blackwing Lair gear, the list below also contains some gear from older raids, epic PvP sets (above rank 11) and world bosses, when warranted, in order to create a good list for players who regularly clear the raids up to Tier 2.

This is the gear we recommend for Totem Twisting Enhancement Shamans in the current end game of Blackwing Lair.

Focus on Mp5 and Intellect gear so you can be swapping your Totems for a while without running into Mana issues!

Before we get into the list itself, we will give a quick rundown of two essential concepts for gearing: weapon skill and the Hit cap.

As explained in our Enhancement Shaman Weapon Skill guide, the difference between only having the baseline 300 weapon skill at Level 60 or 305 weapon skill or above is extremely significant for Enhancement DPS, as white hits (which have a 40% chance to glance against Level 63+ enemies) provide the majority of your damage and deal a lot more damage at 305 weapon skill. You will also benefit from a 6% Hit cap, instead of the usual 9%.

Because you want to be using two-handed weapons for their higher DPS, the main way you can achieve 305 weapon skill is by having rolled an Orc Shaman, in which case you should focus on using our recommended axes above other any other weapons when attacking raid bosses and other Level 63+ enemies.

Shaman Tier 2 set is designed with healing in mind and we do not recommend you to use any piece of it for DPSing, unless your alternatives are very weak.

While the main focus is on Blackwing Lair gear, the list below also contains some gear from older raids, epic PvP sets (above rank 11) and world bosses, when warranted, in order to create a good list for players who regularly clear the raids up to Tier 2.

This is the gear we recommend for Totem Twisting Enhancement Shamans in the current end game of Blackwing Lair.

Focus on Mp5 and Intellect gear so you can be swapping your Totems for a while without running into Mana issues!

This is the gear we recommend for dealing maximum personal damage with an Enhancement Shaman after gaining access to Molten Core / Onyxia's Lair, World Bosses, and PvP gear.

Keep making sure you do not go over 6% Hit when using a weapon you have at least 305 weapon skill for, and 9% Hit, otherwise.

While not as good as it was before raid gear was considered, the Black Dragon Mail set is still a good option, if you cannot get some of the gear below.

Finally, Shamans Tier 1, The Earthfury is meant for Healing Shamans, and as such the only relevant bonus for us is the 3-piece one, which can save you a talent point in Totemic Mastery.

This is the gear we recommend for Totem Twisting Enhancement Shamans in the phase 2 end game of Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, World Bosses, and PvP.

Before we get into the list itself, we will explain two essential concepts for gearing: weapon skill and the Hit cap.

As explained in our Enhancement Shaman Weapon Skill guide, the difference between only having the baseline 300 weapon skill at Level 60 or 305 weapon skill or above is extremely significant for Enhancement DPS, as white hits (which have a 40% chance to glance against Level 63+ enemies) provide the majority of your damage and deal a lot more damage at 305 weapon skill. You will also benefit from a 6% Hit cap, instead of the usual 9%.

Because you want to be using two-handed weapons for their higher DPS, the main way you can achieve 305 weapon skill is by having rolled an Orc Shaman, in which case you should focus on using our recommended axes above other any other weapons when attacking raid bosses and other Level 63+ enemies.

Shamans Tier 1, The Earthfury is meant for Healing Shamans, and as such the only relevant bonus for us is the 3-piece one, which can save you a talent point in Totemic Mastery.

Finally, sets such as Devilsaur and Black Dragonscale have extremely powerful set bonuses which you should take advantage of. The individual pieces tend to be much weaker when not considered in the light of the set bonus, so try to use them all together.

This is the gear we recommend for Totem Twisting Enhancement Shamans in the Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair raids.

Shamans Tier 1, The Earthfury is meant for Healing Shamans, and as such the only relevant bonus for us is the 3-piece one, which can save you a talent point in Totemic Mastery.