Enhancement Shaman PvP Guide — The War Within (11.1.0)
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Enhancement 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.
Enhancement Shaman in the Current Meta
Enhancement Shamans are powerful in the current patch of
Dragonflight. This is due to high elemental damage of Sundering,
Elemental Blast,
Hot Hand.
Notable The War Within Patch 11.1 Changes to Enhancement Shaman
- New Talents:
Primordial Storm –
Primordial Wave transforms into a single use Primordial Storm for 15 seconds after it is cast. Devastate nearby enemies with a Primordial Storm dealing Flamestrike, Froststrike, Stormstrike damage, and unleashing a
Lightning Bolt or a
Chain Lightning at 150% effectiveness(100% in PVP combat). Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Consumes all Maelstrom Weapon for increased damage.
Molten Thunder has been updated – Sundering has a 40% chance to reset its own cooldown, increased by 12% for up to 5 targets. Each consecutive reset reduces these chances by half.
Elemental Spirits – has been updated – Your Feral Spirits are now imbued with Fire, Frost, or Lightning, increasing your damage dealt with that element by 10%, but now only increase your Physical damage dealt by 10%.
Voltaic Blaze has been updated – Tempest, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning have a high chance to make your next Flame Shock become Voltaic Blaze.
Lashing Flames has been updated –
Lava Lash and
Sundering increases the damage of
Flame Shock on its target by 100% for 20 seconds.
Surging Totem While active, Surging Totem is replaced with a relocation spell that summons your Surging Totem nearby. This spell has a 6-second cooldown and does not trigger the global cooldown.
Elemental Blast damage increased by 20%.
Crash Lightning initial damage increased by 200%.
Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 100%.
Deeply Rooted Elements is now a small percent chance per Maelstrom Weapon stack consumed, rather than being a flat chance per Maelstrom Weapon stack consumer.
- Several small talent adjustments.
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): Reviewed 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): Updated 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): Updatedfor 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.
- 23 May 2023 (playstyle): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 23 May 2023 (talents): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 23 May 2023 (this page): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 23 May 2023 (this page): Updatedfor Dragonflight 10.1 start of season.
- 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.
- 25 Dec. 2022 (macros): Updated Macros 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
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- 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.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (races): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (macros): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (playstyle): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (comps): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (gear): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (talents): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 22 Mar. 2021 (races): Updated for Pandaren Versatility from food.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (playstyle): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 19 Mar. 2021 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 18 Mar. 2021 (comps): Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 02 Feb. 2021 (comps): Updated based on maturing PvP Season.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (playstyle): Updated in preparation for first PvP season of Shadowlands.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (comps): Updated for first PvP Season Shadowlands.
- 02 Dec. 2020 (gear): Updated in preparation for first PvP season of Shadowlands.
- 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 (gear): Removed 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.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (macros): Updated based on 9.0.1 Pre-patch for Shadowlands, and new author.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (playstyle): Updated based on the 9.0.1 Pre-Patch for Shadowlands, and new author.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (comps): Updated based on Pre-Patch 9.0.1 for Shadowlands.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (gear): Updated based on 9.0.1 Pre-patch for Shadowlands, removed corruptions.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (talents): Updated for the 9.0.1 Pre-patch Shadowlands and new author.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 18 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 17 Oct. 2020 (races): Updated based on 9.0.1 Prepatch for Shadowlands, and new author
- 12 Jul. 2020 (playstyle): Updated Burst and Sustained damage rotations.
- 12 Jul. 2020 (talents): Updated Tier 4 and 6 Regular Talents.
- 09 Mar. 2020 (playstyle): Updated Burst and Sustained Damage rotations.
- 09 Mar. 2020 (talents): Updated PvP Talents.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (races): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
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- 20 Jan. 2020 (playstyle): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (comps): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020 (talents): This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 05 Jan. 2020 (races): Page added.
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