Elemental Shaman TBC Pre-Patch BiS Gear Guide

While this list focuses on the best gear possible for established players, the time available to gear up within the pre-patch for newly boosted or leveled characters is extremely short, and as such your best bet if you are part of that group is to spam queue PvP for good gear that is also easy to get.

You may also want to complement that gear with our Classic era pre-raid best in slot list, which has plenty of strong options that do not require a large raid group to obtain.

Naxxramas carries the best gear Classic era has to offer, but unfortunately, Shamans Tier 3, The Earthshatterer is a pure healing set, and as such has next to no value to Elemental Shamans.

Thus, our recommended gear is a compilation of individually strong pieces, mostly avoiding Spell Hit due to the new Elemental talents taking care of 9% (out of 16% Spell Hit cap against bosses) outright.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Neck	Amulet of Vek'nilash	The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Shoulder	Pauldrons of Elemental Fury	Trash mobs in Naxxramas
Cloak	Cloak of the Necropolis	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Crystal Webbed Robe	Maexxna in Naxxramas
Wrists	The Soul Harvester's Bindings	Gothik the Harvester in Naxxramas
Gloves	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun in AQ40
Belt	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Leggings of Polarity	Thaddius in Naxxramas
Boots	Boots of Epiphany	The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Rings	Band of the Inevitable Ring of the Fallen God	Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas C'Thun in AQ40
Trinkets	Neltharion's Tear The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Two-Hand	Soulseeker Brimstone Staff	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Loatheb in Naxxramas
One-Hand	The End of Dreams	Grobbulus in Naxxramas
Off-hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Relic	Totem of the Storm	World drop BoE

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some which are very close to the best and some which are just much easier to get!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Preceptor's Hat Stormcaller's Diadem Spellweaver's Turban The Hexxer's Cover	Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas The Twin Emperors in AQ40 General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Neck	Gem of Trapped Innocents Choker of the Fire Lord Charm of the Shifting Sands Jeklik's Opaline Talisman	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Ragnaros in Molten Core Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 High Priestess Jeklik in Zul'Gurub
Shoulder	Stormcaller's Pauldrons Rime Covered Mantle Deep Earth Spaulders Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal Mantle of the Desert's Fury	Viscidus or Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Gluth in Naxxramas Various Bosses in Molten Core Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured Cloak of Consumption Cloak of the Brood Lord Cloak of the Hakkari Worshippers	C'Thun in AQ40 Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Nefarian in Blackwing Lair High Priest Bosses in Zul'Gurub
Chest	Robe of Volatile Power Stormcaller's Hauberk Zandalar Augur's Hauberk Bloodvine Vest	Various Bosses in Molten Core C'Thun in AQ40 Paragons of Power: The Augur's Hauberk in Zul'Gurub Tailoring
Wrists	Rockfury Bracers Bracers of Arcane Accuracy Burrower Bracers Shackles of the Unscarred	Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair Ouro in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20
Gloves	Gloves of Ebru Gauntlets of Kalimdor Bloodtinged Gloves Gauntlets of Kalimdor	Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Viscidus in AQ40 Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub Viscidus in AQ40
Belt	Girdle of Elemental Fury Mana Igniting Cord Firemaw's Clutch Southwind's Grasp	Trash mobs in Naxxramas Various Bosses in Molten Core Firemaw in Blackwing Lair General Rajaxx in AQ20
Legs	Leggings of the Black Blizzard Scaled Leggings of Qiraji Fury Stormcaller's Leggings Leggings of Elemental Fury Bloodvine Leggings	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 Ouro in AQ40 Trash mobs in Naxxramas Tailoring
Boots	Boots of Fright Snowblind Shoes Stormcaller's Footguards Bloodvine Boots	Taerar Azuregos AQ40 Tailoring
Rings	Ritssyn's Ring of Chaos Band of Forced Concentration Mindtear Band Ring of Spell Power	Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Trash Guide Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Taerar Flamewalker Bosses in Molten Core
Trinkets	Zandalarian Hero Charm Eye of the Beast Briarwood Reed Draconic Infused Emblem Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas Natural Alignment Crystal Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Heart of Hakkar in Zul'Gurub For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Frost Shock and You in Dire Maul Firemaw in Naxxramas Multiple Bosses in Naxxramas
Two-Hand	Blessed Qiraji Acolyte Staff Staff of the Shadow Flame Staff of the Ruins Ironbark Staff	Tokens dropped by most bosses (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Loot Guide) Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Arathi Basin Exalted
One-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis Midnight Haze High Warlord's Spellblade Claw of Chromaggus Hammer of the Gathering Storm	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Grobbulus in Naxxramas PvP Vendor Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Hammer of the Gathering Storm quest in Silithus
Off-hand	Royal Scepter of Vek'lor Master Dragonslayer's Orb Talon of Furious Concentration Therazane's Touch Jin'do's Bag of Whammies	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Moam in AQ20 Alterac Valley Exalted Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Relic	Totem of Rebirth Totem of Rage	Isalien in Dire Maul East (tier 0,5 questline) Magmus in Blackrock Depths

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Shaman weapons in WoW Classic content, which you can consult below: