Elemental Shaman – The War Within Season 1

Our Elemental Shaman – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Ele Shaman Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Elemental Shaman – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

Stat Priority for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

Most used Trinkets for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Elemental Shaman in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

SHAMAN

Healing Surge healing increased by 20%.
Stone Bulwark Totem now has a 3 minute cooldown, but its effect has been significantly increased.
Wind Rush Totem and Static Field Totem now cost 1% of base mana (previously had no cost).
Fixed an issue causing Stone Bulwark Totem to not be affected by Dampening.
Fixed a couple of unnecessary sounds and animations from Stone Bulwark Totem.
Fixed an issue causing Spirit Wolf to be removed and not continue stacking after changing zones.
Fixed an issue causing Lightning Shield to be removed if another Shaman with Elemental Orbit has an Earth Shield on the Shaman.
Fixed an issue causing Skyfury buff to drop off after transferring zones and disconnecting.
Earth Elemental summon no longer resets the swing timer.
Fixed an issue causing Totemic Projection to fail on transports.
Fixed an issue causing Spiritwalker’s Grace to cancel Lightning Lasso when used.
Elemental
- Lightning Bolt damage increased by 3%.
- Thunderstrike Ward damage increased by 150%.
- Earth Shock damage increased by 25%.
- Icefury damage increased by 85%.
- Earthen Rage damage increased by 60%.
- Lava Burst damage reduced by 25%.
- Lava Beam damage increased by 10%.
- Elemental Blast damage reduced by 25%.
- Earthquake damage reduced by 6%.
- Flame Shock damage reduced by 15%.
- Chain Lightning damage increased by 10%.
- Chain Lightning damage from Greater Lightning Elemental increased by 200%.
- Chain Lightning from Greater Lightning Elemental now hits 5 targets (was 6).
- Call Lightning damage increased by 350%.
- Call Lightning duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Call Lightning cooldown increased to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).
- Call Lightning cast time reduced to 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
- Call Lightning’s damage bonus is now 30% (was 300%).
- Storm Elemental Tempest damage increased by 400%.
- Wind Gust damage increased by 400%.
- Lightning Blast damage from Fury of the Storms increased by 200%.
- Splintered Elements now grants 10% Haste (was 20%).
- Power of the Maelstrom now has a 60% chance to trigger (was 25%).
- Liquid Magma Totem damage reduced by 30%.
- Liquid Magma Totem now has a 30 second cooldown (was 1 minute).
- Additional Lava Bursts from Primordial Wave now deal 50% of normal damage (was 80%).
- Surge of Power’s Lava Burst benefit is now a 4 second cooldown reduction to elementals (was 6 seconds).
- Echo of the Elemental’s Lesser Elementals now deal 65% of the main Elemental’s damage.
- Thunderstrike Ward now has its own spell visual.
- An issue with Thunderstrike Ward dropping off has been fixed.
- Earthquake now triggers Storm Frenzy on cast only.
- An issue with Fusion of Elements buff activating from the Icefury override instead of the cast has been fixed.
- Fusion of Elements buffs are now removed at the start of raid encounters and mythic plus dungeons.
- Fusion of Elements now only works with damaging Nature spells.
- Storm Frenzy is now on the personal resource display.
- Fixed an issue causing Earthen Rage to not benefit from Elemental Fury.
- Fixed an issue with Elemental Equilibrium that causes it to not function properly depending on which elements were cast first.
- Fixed an issue causing Lava Surge’s chance to trigger to increase when Searing Flames is talented.
- Fixed an issue causing Flash of Lightning to not reduce the cooldown of Stone Bulwark Totem and Primordial Wave.
- Fixed an issue causing Elemental Blasts from Fusion of Elements to consume Magma Chamber.
- Fixed an issue causing Elemental Blasts from Fusion of Elements to trigger Storm Frenzy.
- Fixed an issue causing Lava Beam to not benefit from Storm Frenzy.
- Fixed an issue causing Thunderstrike Ward to not trigger from Lava Beam.
- Fixed an issue causing the Icefury aura to be hidden. It will now properly display as an aura and is on the Personal Resource Display.
- Fixed an issue causing Earthquake Overload damage to be higher than intended.
- Fixed an issue causing Storm Elementals to not cast Call Lightning sometimes.
- Fixed an issue causing Primordial Bond to sometimes persist through death.
- Fixed an issue causing several damaging abilities to not be affected by Elemental Unity.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 18.12.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Elemental Shaman the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX XX

Stat Priority for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

Stat Priority for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Haste
Versatility
Critical Strike
Mastery

General Rotation for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Elemental Shaman

Pre-cast Fire Elemental
Cast Lava Burst into Flame Shock and then spam Lava Burst until you have no charges left
Cast Primordial Wave
Cast Ascendance
Spam Lava Burst while Ascendance is active, spending Maelstrom on spenders before overcapping.
Spread out Flame Shock with Liquid Magma Totem
Cast Primordial Wave, on a target without an active Flame Shock (if there is none, just use it on anything)
Cast Lava Burst
Start your normal rotation by casting Chain Lightning

Best Race for Elemental Shaman in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.