Elemental Shaman DPS Stat Priority — 12.0.5

Intelligence is your most important stat. This means you should most of the time equip your highest item level gear and sim yourself from there for adjustments that will be specific to your gear.

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While a generalized stat priority will assist new players, there really is no substitute for simming your character. Learn more with this guide!

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Mastery, through Mastery: Elemental Overload, increases all your Elemental and Physical damage done and causes some of your spells to have a chance to deal additional damage and generate extra Maelstrom. Note that with the Mountains Will Fall talent, your Mastery will apply to your spenders, making Mastery more valuable.

Haste increases the speed of your casts as well as the tick rate of your damage-over-time effects.

Critical Strike increases the damage of your spells. Worth noting that Elemental Shaman has multiple talents increasing their Critical Strike damage.

Versatility increases all damage done increase and reduces all damage taken.

Every stat has a limit where they will begin to offer less increase per point gained, which are known as the points of diminishing return. Once you have reached these amounts, stats will become progressively less valuable and may fall behind other options. The current breakpoints are:

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Gearing and Enchants

Your stat priority extends to enchants, consumables, and gear. Take what you learned on this page and apply it to your gameplay with these two guides!

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This guide has been written by Stormy, Elemental main since Wrath of the Lich King and member of the Storm, Earth and Lava Elemental theorycrafting team.