Elemental Shaman PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)
General Information
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Elemental Shaman in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Shaman PvP guide.
PvP Elemental Shaman Guides
TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
1.
Elemental Shaman in the Current Meta
Elemental Shamans have a combination of consistent damage, interrupts,
disruption, and mobility. The playstyle focuses on setting
up burst damage while controlling the positioning of the match. Elemental
Shaman's class design that mainly contributes to this is
Primordial Wave, 
Lava Surge, 
Stormkeeper,
Earth Shock, and 
Lightning Lasso, along with the PvP 2-set.
2.
Notable The War Within Patch 11.1 Changes to Elemental Shaman
- New PvP Talents:
Storm Conduit – Casting Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning reduces
the cooldown of 
Astral Shift, 
Gust of Wind, 
Wind Shear,
and Nature Totems by 1 second.
Electrocute – damage increased by 100%.
Ancestral Guidance has been removed.
Deeply Rooted Elements is now a small percent chance per Maelstrom spent
rather than being a flat chance per Maelstrom Spender
Primordial Wave has been redesigned – Now deals a high amount of damage
to all targets affected by your 
Flame Shock.
Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 80%.- Several small talent adjustments.
3.
Changelog
- 24 Feb. 2025 (races): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (macros): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (comps): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 24 Feb. 2025 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (races): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (macros): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (comps): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Dec. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (races): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (macros): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (comps): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (blitz): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (gear): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (talents): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 21 Oct. 2024 (this page): Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (races): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (macros): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (comps): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (blitz): Page added.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (gear): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (talents): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 09 Sep. 2024 (this page): Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (races): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (macros): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (comps): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (gear): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (talents): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 21 Aug. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW Launch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (races): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (macros): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (comps): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (gear): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (talents): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 23 Jul. 2024 (this page): Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024 (races): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (macros): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (playstyle): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (comps): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (gear): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (talents): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 07 May 2024 (this page): Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 22 Apr. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 19 Mar. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.6.
- 24 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5, talent page.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Updatd for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (races): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (macros): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (playstyle): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (gear): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (talents): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023 (this page): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1.5.
- 06 May 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 06 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (comps): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (talents): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (this page): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 04 Feb. 2023 (this page): Updated for 10.0.2 updates.
- 13 Jan. 2023 (macros): Updated for mid-season changes.
- 13 Jan. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for mid-season changes.
- 13 Jan. 2023 (comps): Updated for mid-season changes.
- 13 Jan. 2023 (gear): Updated for mid-season changes.
- 12 Jan. 2023 (talents): Updated for mid-season changes.
- 25 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated gear for Dragonflight season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (races): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight post-launch.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022 (races): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 27 Feb. 2022 (races): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (macros): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (gear): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands.
- 27 Feb. 2022 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 27 Feb. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands
- 17 Nov. 2021 (races): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (macros): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (gear): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Jul. 2021 (playstyle): Removed optional rotation references.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (races): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (macros): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (comps): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (gear): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (talents): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (races): Updated for correct Pandaren Versatility buff.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (playstyle): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (gear): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 18 Mar. 2021 (comps): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 02 Feb. 2021 (comps): Updated based on maturing PvP Season.
- 07 Dec. 2020 (gear): Updated enchants based on feedback.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (playstyle): Updated in preparation for first PvP season of Shadowlands.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (comps): Updated ahead of first Shadowlands PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (gear): Updated ahead of first Shadowlands PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (talents): Updated in preparation for first PvP season of Shadowlands.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (this page): Updated ahead of first Shadowlands PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (this page): Updated ahead of first Shadowlands PvP Season.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (playstyle): Removed Azerite mentions. There is a trait mention left to remove.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (gear): Removed old Azerite mentions. More updates to follow.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page and removed Azerite/Essence mentions. More updates to come.
- 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added Covenant page and removed Azerite/Essence mentions. More updates to come.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (races): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 14 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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