Elemental Shaman Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

Last updated on Jul 23, 2024 at 11:30 by Stormy 83 comments

On this page, you will learn the best Gems to use for your Elemental Shaman in Mists of Pandaria: Remix, as well as the best leveling talents and rotation, whether you are leveling in the open world, or through raids and dungeons.

If you were looking for our normal leveling guide for Elemental Shaman, please check out our Leveling page.

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Remix: Mists of Pandaria Guide for Elemental Shaman

Welcome to our MoP Remix Guide for Elemental Shaman! This page contains everything you need to know about getting the most out of your Elemental Shaman in the Patch 10.2.7 special feature, Mists of Pandaria: Remix.

This page is focused only on Elemental Shaman in MoP Remix. If you want to know more about MoP Remix in general, such as its rewards, check out our dedicated page below.

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Best MoP Remix Leveling Talents for Elemental Shaman

Below, you will find our recommended leveling build and talent pickup order for your Elemental Shaman in MoP Remix. There are various ways of leveling in MoP Remix, and the build we offer is versatile.

Note that this Leveling section is specific to MoP Remix. For our Dragonflight Leveling Guide for Elemental Shaman, please check our dedicated Leveling page.

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Best MoP Remix Leveling Build for Elemental Shaman

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Best Gems for Elemental Shaman in MoP Remix

Gems are one of the unique ways to augment your character in MoP Remix, offering offensive, defensive, and utility benefits. On this page, we list the best gems for each type. To learn more about Gems in MoP Remix in general, check out our dedicated page below.

  • Meta Gem: Lifestorm Icon Lifestorm
  • Cogwheel Gem: Blink Icon Blink
  • Prismatic Gems:

    You will have a tremendous amount of stats as you start unlocking all Gem slots. If you want to go for a Fire-focused build with Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast you will likely want to soft-cap your Mastery (7200). Keep in mind most Tinker Gem effects do not scale with Mastery. Otherwise, a healthy mix of Haste, Critical Strike and Versatility is recommended, with a priority on Haste.

  • Tinker Gems:
    • Sunstrider's Flourish Icon Sunstrider's Flourish
    • Windweaver Icon Windweaver
    • Enkindle Icon Enkindle
    • Lightning Rod Icon Lightning Rod
    • Wildfire Icon Wildfire
    • Explosive Barrage Icon Explosive Barrage
    • Fervor Icon Fervor
    • Frost Armor Icon Frost Armor
    • Slay Icon Slay
    • Storm Overload Icon Storm Overload
    • Vindication Icon Vindication
    • Brittle Icon Brittle — Mainly for dungeons.
    • Meteor Storm Icon Meteor Storm — if you value the Stun
    • Incendiary Terror Icon Incendiary Terror — if you value the Horrify
    • Cold Front Icon Cold Front — if you value the Slow
    • Ankh of Reincarnation Icon Ankh of Reincarnation
    • Especially during leveling, adjust on the fly depending on personal preference, mainly how defensive you want to go. You can also use "combos" such as Meteor Storm Icon Meteor Storm and Opportunist Icon Opportunist. Keep in mind different Tinker gems scale differently. Notably, the ones granting Shields appear to scale very weakly.
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Level by Level Rotation

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Level: 1

Your first talent unlocks at Level 10.

This is an example setup; it is difficult to go wrong while leveling. For example, you may want to make a beeline for damage talents and ignore some defensive/healing or crowd-control abilities. We would encourage experimenting with the feel of different talents. Note that the value of some talents/talent combos can change significantly depending on your secondary stats. This assumes no particular stat is heavily favored.

  • Level 11 and 12: Get Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift then Astral Bulwark Icon Astral Bulwark on your class tree and Earth Shock Icon Earth Shock or Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast on your elemental tree. If you would prefer a higher Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift uptime at the cost of a significantly lower damage reduction, you can spec into either Planes Traveler Icon Planes Traveler instead.
  • Level 13 to 18: Get Brimming with Life Icon Brimming with Life then Earth Elemental Icon Earth Elemental and Earth Shield Icon Earth Shield on your class tree and Fire Elemental Icon Fire Elemental, then Earthquake Icon Earthquake and Echo of the Elements Icon Echo of the Elements on your elemental tree.
  • Level 19 to 24: Get Elemental Orbit Icon Elemental Orbit, Capacitor Totem Icon Capacitor Totem and Guardian's Cudgel Icon Guardian's Cudgel from the class tree, then Master of the Elements Icon Master of the Elements, Elemental Fury Icon Elemental Fury and Aftershock Icon Aftershock on the elemental tree.
  • Level 25 to 34: Get Wind Shear Icon Wind Shear, Frost Shock Icon Frost Shock and Nature's Fury Icon Nature's Fury from the class tree and Unrelenting Calamity Icon Unrelenting Calamity, then Flash of Lightning Icon Flash of Lightning, Icefury Icon Icefury, Fusion of Elements Icon Fusion of Elements then Swelling Maelstrom Icon Swelling Maelstrom.
  • Level 35 to 44 Get Spiritwalker's Grace Icon Spiritwalker's Grace, Gust of Wind Icon Gust of Wind, Fire and Ice Icon Fire and Ice, Healing Stream Totem Icon Healing Stream Totem and Elemental Resistance Icon Elemental Resistance from the class tree and Flow of Power Icon Flow of Power, Improved Flametongue Weapon Icon Improved Flametongue Weapon then Primordial Fury Icon Primordial Fury, Lightning Conduit Icon Lightning Conduit and Elemental Unity Icon Elemental Unity from the elemental tree.
  • Level 45 to 50: Get Elemental Warding Icon Elemental Warding, Ancestral Guidance Icon Ancestral Guidance and Thunderstorm Icon Thunderstorm from the class tree as well as Flames of the Cauldron Icon Flames of the Cauldron, Eye of the Storm Icon Eye of the Storm and Power of the Maelstrom Icon Power of the Maelstrom from the elemental tree.
  • Level 51 to 56: Get Graceful Spirit Icon Graceful Spirit, Nature's Swiftness Icon Nature's Swiftness and Lightning Lasso Icon Lightning Lasso from the class tree, and Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave, Splintered Elements Icon Splintered Elements and Liquid Magma Totem Icon Liquid Magma Totem from the elemental tree.
  • Level 57 to 62: Grab Traveling Storms Icon Traveling Storms (or Thundershock Icon Thundershock), then get Stone Bulwark Totem Icon Stone Bulwark Totem and Enhanced Imbues Icon Enhanced Imbues. On the spec tree, grab Ascendance Icon Ascendance, Preeminence Icon Preeminence and Echo Chamber Icon Echo Chamber.
  • Level 63 to 70: Get Primordial Bond Icon Primordial Bond, then Totemic Surge Icon Totemic Surge, Totemic Recall Icon Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements Icon Call of the Elements from the class tree. On the spec tree, grab Stormkeeper Icon Stormkeeper, Deeply Rooted Elements Icon Deeply Rooted Elements, Skybreaker's Fiery Demise Icon Skybreaker's Fiery Demise and Mountains Will Fall Icon Mountains Will Fall.
5.1.

Suggested Rotation

Remember to keep the following buffs up at all times:

  • Lightning Shield Icon Lightning Shield, mostly important after talenting Lightning Conduit Icon Lightning Conduit.
  • Earth Shield Icon Earth Shield
  • Skyfury Icon Skyfury
  • Flametongue Weapon Icon Flametongue Weapon (because of the Improved Flametongue Weapon Icon Improved Flametongue Weapon talent
  1. Start by casting Fire Elemental Icon Fire Elemental when a fight is going to last a while.
  2. Cast Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock when engaging enemies , with Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave when it is available. If engaging multiple enemies, cast Primordial Wave on one and Flame Shock on another.
  3. Cast Liquid Magma Totem Icon Liquid Magma Totem when multiple enemies will be hit by it.
  4. Cast Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave on cooldown. Aim to hit a target not affected by Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock.
  5. Cast Ascendance Icon Ascendance whenever you need the burst.
  6. Cast Lava Burst Icon Lava Burst whenever it is available.
  7. Cast Stormkeeper Icon Stormkeeper whenever it is available.
  8. Cast Earth Shock Icon Earth Shock/Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast or Earthquake Icon Earthquake if multiple enemies will be hit by it.
  9. Cast Lightning Bolt Icon Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning Icon Chain Lightning if multiple enemies will be hit by it.
  10. Cast Flame Shock Icon Flame Shock when you need to move, and the enemy will live for a while yet. Otherwise, cast Frost Shock Icon Frost Shock.
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Changelog

  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 15 May 2024: Page added.
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