Enhancement Shaman DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.0.7)

Enhancement has a variety of different talent builds for single-target due to it having two separate archetypes. Currently, the most optimal choice is Storm paired with Stormbringer hero talents, revolving around generating and spending as much Maelstrom Weapon as possible to trigger Tempest while weaving in magic abilities. If you are interested in alternative builds for Elementalist or details on why choices are made, check our talent page:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

In AoE, both archetypes are equal in terms of performance, but we would recommend Storm due to its simplicity paired with Stormbringer Hero talents. The build is similar, with some small differences to pick up extra AoE tools in Crash Lightning and Crashing Storms. There are a variety of options we have for AoE, but this simple switch means it plays very similar to a single-target playstyle with slight alterations, making it very easy to adjust to. If you are interested in alternative builds for Elementalist or details on why choices are made, check our talent page below.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Always make sure to have both Windfury Weapon and Flametongue Weapon imbued on your weapons. Also buff your group with Skyfury, and apply Lightning Shield before combat. As both Single Target and AoE differ quite a lot in priority, they have been split into two sections below.

• Cast Stormstrike as your main strike filler to generate Maelstrom Weapon.
  • Use Voltaic Blaze procs, Lava Lash, Ice Strike and Hailstorm-buffed Frost Shock as backup fillers.
• Spend Maelstrom Weapon at 8+ stacks on Lightning Bolt. Tempest procs replace this button, and the rule stays the same.
• Cast Primordial Wave and Feral Spirit whenever available.
• Cast Ascendance and follow up with Doom Winds as your major cooldown.
  • While Ascendance is active, press Windstrike as frequently as possible — this replaces your Stormstrike keybind.
• If nothing else is available, use Maelstrom Weapon spenders at 5+ stacks or apply Flame Shock.

• Cast Crash Lightning to maintain the buff, and use Stormstrike as the activator to generate Maelstrom Weapon.
  • Cast Voltaic Blaze, Lava Lash and Sundering as backup fillers.
• Spend Maelstrom Weapon at 5+ stacks on Chain Lightning. When Tempest procs, spend this at 8+ stacks as soon as possible.
• Cast Primordial Wave and spread Flame Shock with Lava Lash every 30 seconds. Follow up this cast with either a Tempest proc or Lightning Bolt to consume it.
• Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
• Cast Ascendance and follow up with Doom Winds as your major cooldown.
  • While Ascendance is active, press Windstrike as frequently as possible — this replaces your Stormstrike keybind.

Astral Shift provides a 40% damage reduction for 12 seconds on a 1.5-minute cooldown (using Planes Traveler). This is Enhancement's strongest defensive tool, and while it has a longer cooldown than most defensives provides a lot of safety while active.

Ancestral Guidance duplicates 25% of our damage done, and turns it into healing to up to three allies (we are included in this pool). This is an excellent group survival tool and can be used when you are dealing high damage to keep yourself alive.

Earth Elemental grants 15% maximum health and 5% damage reduction for 1-minute, on a 5-minute cooldown. This is a "backup" cooldown when you cannot use Astral Shift, and can cover very long periods of time. It does, however, have a habit of getting itself killed due to its taunting, so be wary of using it if it will bother your tank.

Stone Bulwark Totem provides a 30% max health absorb shield, and an additional 3% shield every 5 seconds for 30 seconds, on a 3-minute cooldown. This is a decent survival tool against burst damage with some additional help against rot effects, but its long cooldown makes it inflexible, so plan accordingly.

Spirit Wolf provides up to a 20% damage reduction after remaining in Ghost Wolf for an extended period. This is a last resort defensive tool if you have nothing else available, as we cannot deal any damage in this state.

Maelstrom Weapon can be used to make Healing Surge instant, providing strong burst healing to ourselves, but this comes at a very high cost of damage by spending our offensive resources to do so.

Earth Shield grants a modest amount of healing over the course of an encounter with each charge consumed, and increases the healing we do to ourselves while active. This has a high GCD requirement to maintain, but does provide some extra sustain if used pro-actively.

Seasoned Winds provides a very powerful damage reduction after successfully interrupting a spell, giving us more incentive to do so if there is a lot of damage happening.

The most versatile Enhancement stat priority when using this build is as follows:

1. Haste = Agility;
2. Mastery;
3. Critical Strike;
4. Versatility.

Stat priorities will change based on other talents taken in different builds, but, in general, this should serve you well. For finer details regarding each stat and the reason behind why they are picked can be found on our full stat page linked below.