Elemental Shaman DPS Pre-Raid Gear

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On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items from Pre-Raid content for your Elemental Shaman DPS in WoW Classic. For more gearing advice, please refer to our Elemental Shaman DPS Gearing and Best in Slot guide.

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Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid Best in Slot List

You will be looking for gear with a lot of (Nature) Spell damage, Spell Hit and Spell Crit, with Stamina being a secondary concern. You can find gear from dungeons, blue PvP sets (up to rank 10) and reputation gear in the lists below.

WoW Classic Phases

As stated by Blizzard, WoW Classic will have six phases, starting with Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, and Maraudon, and ending with Naxxramas and the Scourge Invasion.

We will be linking best in slot gear lists for every raid tier in this guide, which can be helpful in order to understand how to progress from hitting Level 60, to getting pre-raid best in slot and from then to clearing all raid tiers.

Shaman Pre-Raid Best in Slot

Phase Six (Naxx) Phase One (MC)

Naxxramas Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid BiS

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Spellweaver's Turban * Green Lens (of Nature's Wrath) Crimson Felt Hat Helm of Latent Power Cap of the Scarlet Savant	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Engineering Magistrate Barthilas in (side-entrance) Stratholme The Darkreaver Menace in Scholomance Cap of the Scarlet Savant
Neck	Orb of the Darkmoon Barbed Thorn Necklace Diana's Pearl Necklace Star of Mystaria Tempest Talisman	1200 Tickets - Orb of the Darkmoon in Darkmoon Faire Dire Maul West drop BoE Cannon Master Willey in (main-entrance) Stratholme Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme Hydrospawn in Dire Maul East
Shoulders	Champion's Mail Pauldrons * Abyssal Mail Pauldrons of Sorcery Burial Shawl Denwatcher's Shoulders Elder Wizard's Mantle Cyclone Spaulders	Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 10 Prince Skaldrenox Side bosses in Scholomance Guard Slip'kik or Guard Mol'dar in Dire Maul North World drop BoE Mizzle the Crafty in Dire Maul North
Back	Crystalline Threaded Cape Amplifying Cloak Heliotrope Cloak Spritecaster Cape Deep Woodlands Cloak	Sack of Spoils reward from Bor Wildmane quests in Silithus Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul West Guard Slip'kik or Guard Mol'dar in Dire Maul North Houndmaster Grebmar in Blackrock Depths Wanted: Vile Priestess Hexx and Her Minions
Chest	Bloodvine Vest (3-set) Wildthorn Mail Robe of Everlasting Night Chestplate of Tranquility Robes of the Royal Crown	Tailoring Blacksmithing Immol'thar in Dire Maul West Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul West Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths
Wrists	Rockfury Bracers Dryad's Wrist Bindings * Abyssal Mail Armguards of Sorcery Sublime Wristguards * Pyremail Wristguards (of Nature's Wrath)	Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus Warsong Gulch Exalted Lord Skwol Guard Slip'kik or Guard Mol'dar in Dire Maul North Lord Incendius in Blackrock Depths
Hands	Hands of Power Elven Spirit Claws Blood Guard's Mail Grips Dracorian Gauntlets Brightspark Gloves	Quartermaster Zigris in Lower Blackrock Spire World Drop BoE Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 7 Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme Tsu'zee in Dire Maul West
Waist	Sash of the Windreaver Ban'thok Sash Defiler's Cloth Girdle Barrage Girdle	The Windreaver Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths Arathi Basin Honored Cannon Master Willey in (main-entrance) Stratholme
Legs	Bloodvine Leggings (3-set) Flarecore Leggings Skyshroud Leggings Luminary Kilt Silvermoon Leggings Legionnaire's Mail Leggings	Tailoring Tailoring Highlord Omokk in Lower Blackrock Spire Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 8
Feet	Bloodvine Boots Waterspout Boots Omnicast Boots Verdant Footpads	Tailoring Hydrospawn in Dire Maul East Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths Stonespine in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Rings	Rune Band of Wizardry Wrath of Cenarius Elemental Focus Band Don Mauricio's Band of Domination Maiden's Circle Eye of Orgrimmar Cyclopean Band	Lord Valthalak in Upper Blackrock Spire Champion's Battlegear quest in Silithus Prince Skaldrenox Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance World drop BoE The Princess Saved? in Blackrock Depths Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths
Trinkets	Briarwood Reed Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas Draconic Infused Emblem Eye of the Beast Burst of Knowledge	Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire Frost Shock and You in Dire Maul General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Ambassador Flamelash in Blackrock Depths
Two-Hand	Ironbark Staff Fist of Cenarius Staff of Balzaphon Lord Valthalak's Staff of Command Zulian Ceremonial Staff Amethyst War Staff Rod of the Ogre Magi Trindlehaven Staff	Arathi Basin Exalted Champion's Battlegear quest in Silithus Balzaphon in (main-entrance) Stratholme Lord Valthalak in Upper Blackrock Spire Zul'Gurub drop BoE Azure Templar Mizzle the Crafty or Tribute Run in Dire Maul North Overlord Wyrmthalak in Lower Blackrock Spire
One-Hand	Mindfang Witchblade Energetic Rod	Arathi Basin Exalted Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Alzzin the Wildshaper in Dire Maul East
Off-hand	Scepter of Interminable Focus Therazane's Touch Spirit of Aquementas Gizlock's Hypertech Buckler Sacred Protector	Sothos and Jarien's Heirlooms in (main-entrance) Stratholme Alterac Valley Exalted It's Dangerous to Go Alone in Un'Goro Crater Tinkerer Gizlock in Maraudon The Scarlet Oracle, Demetria
Relic	Totem of the Storm Totem of Rebirth	World drop BoE Isalien in Dire Maul East (tier 0,5 questline)

*These items have random suffixes. You will be looking for "of Nature's Wrath" which gives +Nature Spell Damage and "of Sorcery" which gives +Spell Damage, Intellect and Stamina on Abyssal gear. Since you need both the item and the correct suffix to drop, these are often hard to farm, so make sure you have reasonable alternatives until you can get the correct drop.

MC/Ony Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid Best in Slot List

This is the gear we recommend for Elemental Shamans before setting foot in Molten Core or Onyxia's Lair.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Cap of the Scarlet Savant Crimson Felt Hat	Cap of the Scarlet Savant in Winterspring Magistrate Barthilas in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Neck	Star of Mystaria	Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme
Shoulders	Elder Wizard's Mantle	World drop BoE
Back	Spritecaster Cape	High Interrogator Gerstahn in Blackrock Depths Houndmaster Grebmar in Blackrock Depths
Chest	Alanna's Embrace	Ras Frostwhisper in Scholomance
Wrists	* Pyremail Wristguards (of Nature's Wrath)	Lord Incendius in Blackrock Depths
Hands	Hands of Power	Quartermaster Zigris in Lower Blackrock Spire
Waist	Ban'thok Sash	Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths
Legs	Luminary Kilt	Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths
Feet	Omnicast Boots Verdant Footpads	Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths Stonespine in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Rings	Maiden's Circle Eye of Orgrimmar	World drop BoE The Princess Saved? in Orgrimmar
Trinkets	Eye of the Beast Briarwood Reed	For The Horde! in Orgrimmar Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire
Weapons	Witchblade (damage) The Hammer of Grace (healing swap)	Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Doom'rel in Blackrock Depths
Off-hands	Spirit of Aquementas (damage) Gizlock's Hypertech Buckler (PvP shield) Thaurissan's Royal Scepter (healing swap)	It's Dangerous to Go Alone in Un'Goro Crater Tinkerer Gizlock in Maraudon Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths

*These items have random suffixes. You will be looking for "of Nature's Wrath," which gives +Nature Spell Damage. Since you need both the item and the correct suffix to drop, these are often hard to farm, so make sure you have reasonable alternatives until you can get the correct drop.

You can find more Elemental Shaman DPS BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.

Elemental Shaman DPS Best in Slot Gear Hub

Changelog

18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
06 Dec. 2020: Added Staff of Balzaphon.
30 Aug. 2020: Corrected Spritecaster Cape drop location.
26 Jul. 2020: Updated with Phase 5 gear.
15 May 2020: Added Silithus Twilight boss summonings gear.
14 Apr. 2020: Added the Bloodvine Set.
11 Mar. 2020: Updated with Arathi Basin gear.
28 Feb. 2020: Added Flarecore Leggings.
15 Feb. 2020: Guide added.

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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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