Enhancement Shaman DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Season 4
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Enhancement Shaman in World of Warcraft Season 4.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Enhancement Shaman gear and best in slot.
Gearing an Enhancement Shaman
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Enhancement Shaman for Dragonflight Season 4. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Enhancement Shaman, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
BiS Gear Guide for Enhancement Shaman
Enhancement generally aims for the highest item level pieces available, aiming for a mixture of Mastery and Haste on gear pieces, with some deviations depending on build. The only items that tend not to follow the item level rule is Jewelry, as these have no Agility. Thus, power is weighted more toward ideal secondary stats. Visit our Stats page for more details.
BiS Gear for Enhancement Shaman
BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list is the ideal DPS setup, including all sources available to us. This includes Crafting, Raids, Mythic+, and even The Great Vault. Therefore, think of this more as an end goal to work toward, as this list provides the most balanced end setup, assuming you have access to everything. All crafted pieces listed will be using a Draconic Missive of the Feverflare
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Main Hand | Thorncaller Claw (528) | Mythic Council of Dreams |
Off Hand | Fist of the Grand Summoner (528) | Mythic Kurog Grimtotem |
Alternative | Igira's Flaying Hatchet (528) | Mythic Igira the Cruel |
Helm | Greatwolf Outcast's Jaws (528) | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Neck | Eye of the Rising Flame (528) | Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | Greatwolf Outcast's Companions (528) | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star (535) | Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Chest | Greatwolf Outcast's Harness (528) | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Bracers | Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards (525) | Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | Torrential Downpour Gauntlets (528) | Halls of Infusion / The Great Vault |
Belt | Flame-Touched Chain (525) | Crafted by Leatherworking |
Legs | Greatwolf Outcast's Fur-Lined Kilt (528) | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Boots | Crechebound Soldier's Boots (528) | Mythic Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Ring #1 | Seal of Diurna's Chosen (528) | Mythic Eranog |
Ring #2 | Seal of Filial Duty (535) | Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna |
Trinket #1 | Ominous Chromatic Essence (528) | Mythic The Forgotten Experiments |
Trinket #2 | Cataclysmic Signet Brand (528) | Mythic Smolderon |
Alternative #1 | Neltharion's Call to Dominance (535) | Mythic Echo of Neltharion |
Alternative #2 | Whispering Incarnate Icon (528) | Mythic The Primal Council |
For our crafted embellishment pieces, Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards is the strongest single craft and should always be taken. We pair that with any off-piece, preferably a belt, and use either Blue Silken Lining (even with low uptime, this is valuable) or Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch for single-target.
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list contains the ideal options for each slot available from Mythic+ dungeons in the Season 4 pool. These are items that are worth target farming if you are looking to gear up a character and have holes in your gear set. This does not include any Raid or Crafted items.
Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when doing Mythic+, and instead a list of the best gear available from these dungeons in each respective slot. For that, see the overall list.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapons | Bouldersplitter | Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr |
Alternative | Havoc Crusher | Ruby Life Pools |
Helm | Greatwolf Outcast's Jaws | Revival Catalyst |
Neck | Ukhel Ancestry Beads | The Nokhud Offensive |
Shoulder | Greatwolf Outcast's Companions | Revival Catalyst |
Cloak | Fireproof Drape | Ruby Life Pools |
Chest | Greatwolf Outcast's Harness | Revival Catalyst |
Bracers | Shikaar Ranger Bracers | The Nokhud Offensive |
Gloves | Torrential Downpour Gauntlets | Halls of Infusion |
Belt | Azure Belt of Competition | Algeth'ar Academy |
Legs | Greatwolf Outcast's Fur-Lined Kilt | Revival Catalyst |
Boots | Lightning-Charged Striders | The Nokhud Offensive |
Ring #1 | Scalebane Signet | Neltharus |
Ring #2 | Bloodied Wedding Ring | Brackenhide Hollow |
Trinket #1 | Algeth'ar Puzzle Box | Algeth'ar Academy |
Trinket #2 | Bottle of Spiraling Winds | The Nokhud Offensive |
Alternative | Erupting Spear Fragment | Neltharus |
I cannot stress enough how much weaker Mythic+ trinkets are in this season. As such, if you are not engaging in any Raid content at all it is your top priority to use Season 4 Antique Bronze Bullion to acquire better options instead.
Raid Gear BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list provides the best item in each slot available within the 3 different Dragonflight raids available in Season 4. This does not include any Crafted pieces.
Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when Raiding, and instead a list of the best item available from the current raid in each slot. For that, see the overall list.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Main Hand | Thorncaller Claw | Council of Dreams |
Off Hand | Fist of the Grand Summoner | Kurog Grimtotem |
Alternative | Igira's Flaying Hatchet | Igira the Cruel |
Helm | Greatwolf Outcast's Jaws | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Neck | Eye of the Rising Flame | Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | Greatwolf Outcast's Companions | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Cloak | Voice of the Silent Star | Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Chest | Greatwolf Outcast's Harness | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Bracers | Wellspring Wristlets | Nymue |
Gloves | Grasps of Welded Anguish | Kazzara |
Belt | Forlorn Leaf Clasp | Gnarlroot |
Legs | Greatwolf Outcast's Fur-Lined Kilt | Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Boots | Crechebound Soldier's Boots | Scalecommander Sarkareth |
Ring #1 | Seal of Diurna's Chosen | Eranog |
Ring #2 | Seal of Filial Duty | Broodkeeper Diurna |
Trinket #1 | Ominous Chromatic Essence | The Forgotten Experiments |
Trinket #2 | Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Smolderon |
Alternative #1 | Neltharion's Call to Dominance | Echo of Neltharion |
Alternative #2 | Whispering Incarnate Icon | The Primal Council |
Best Gear To Spend Bullion On For Enhancement Shaman
In Dragonflight Season 4, a new currency has been added in the form of Antique Bronze Bullion. This allows you to target specific, powerful items that can sometimes be hard to obtain at a special vendor in Valdrakken. Due to some very rare pieces being extremely high value for Enhancement in different types of content, we have split recommended purchases into Raid and Mythic+:
Best Bullion Purchases
Enhancement Shaman Bullion Purchases for Raiding
Due to raiding having a higher focus on single-target and throughput, recommendations here lean into dealing as much boss damage as possible. In particular, very rare or unique items that are obtained from the raids are sought after by many specs and as such are more difficult to obtain naturally, so have a higher priority.
High Priority- Thorncaller Claw
- Seal of Diurna's Chosen
- Ominous Chromatic Essence or Neltharion's Call to Dominance
- Cataclysmic Signet Brand*
- Seal of Filial Duty
- Voice of the Silent Star*
- Whispering Incarnate Icon*
- Manic Grieftorch*
Thorncaller Claw is the only valuable proc weapon we have access to, and a high item level weapon is worth grabbing early to last the rest of the season. Alongside that, Seal of Diurna's Chosen is a unique damage source that is irreplaceable, so is also a priority.
With Trinkets, Cataclysmic Signet Brand provides by far the most pure single-target damage, but has little use in cleave or other content so you may not want to grab it immediately. Ominous Chromatic Essence and Neltharion's Call to Dominance are good options to pair with Brand, or pick up both for a flexible combo for all content, with Whispering Incarnate Icon being a third alternative that seems less likely to be fully activated this season. Alongside that, Manic Grieftorch can be picked up as a priority damage option that can sneak in extra damage if any allies die, giving it hidden potential.
Lastly, Seal of Filial Duty is quite valuable due to our survival issues and we can trigger it very consistently with the fire damage throughout our toolkit. Conversely, Voice of the Silent Star comes with a big stamina loss penalty but grants free high-value secondary procs so is nice to have on top if you are willing to take the risk and can spare the bullion.
Enhancement Shaman Bullion Purchases for Mythic+
As Mythic+ has a lot more AoE present, with a higher burden on personal survivability some of the selections are different compared to raiding equivalents. There is also more of a priority on obtaining powerful trinkets, as Mythic+ options this season are relatively weak in comparison.
High Priority- Neltharion's Call to Dominance
- Ominous Chromatic Essence or Whispering Incarnate Icon
- Seal of Filial Duty
- Seal of Diurna's Chosen
- Thorncaller Claw
- Manic Grieftorch*
- Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart* or Ward of Faceless Ire*
Due to Thorncaller Claw being a more single-target oriented pickup it is less immediately valuable if you can get an alternative from dungeons, but is still the ideal weapon long term. Seal of Diurna's Chosen also still provides free damage, but is more single-target oriented so not as high of a priority as in raid.
Trinket options lean heavily into Neltharion's Call to Dominance as it always aligns with our high damage Feral Spirit windows, alongside either passive option in Ominous Chromatic Essence or Whispering Incarnate Icon. While it is unlikely to have the buffs, both of these are suitable to work with our playstyle. Alternatively, Manic Grieftorch can be taken if you are looking for an extra burst tool to deal with certain encounters.
For Mythic+ the value of Seal of Filial Duty is higher thanks to the extra durability it consistently provides, and conversely Voice of the Silent Star should be avoided for the significant Stamina loss when taking it.
Enchants and Sockets
If you have a new piece of gear containing prismatic sockets or are eligible to be enchanted, you can find everything you need to pick the best one for the job on our dedicated enchants page below.
"Simming" Yourself as a Enhancement Shaman
Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each individual gear piece you have access to can change the overall balance and alter what is best right now for you.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets and offer recommendations, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
Tier Set Bonus for Enhancement Shaman in Season 4
The Season 4 set bonus chosen for Enhancement Shaman is the same as the Season 3 Amirdrassil set, the Vision of the Greatwolf Outcast. This focuses on Primordial Wave, and confers the following bonuses:
- Shaman Enhancement 10.2 Class Set 2pc - Casting Primordial Wave summons one Lightning imbued Feral Spirit that increases your Nature damage by 20% for 15 seconds.
- Shaman Enhancement 10.2 Class Set 4pc - Each Feral Spirit wolf you spawn reduces the cooldown of your Primordial Wave ability by 7 seconds.
This bonus requires you to spend at least one talent point to gain access to Primordial Wave to trigger the effect. For Elementalist builds, this talent path is already part of the loadout, while Storm sacrifices either a point in Elemental Assault or Legacy of the Frost Witch (depending on single-target or AoE) to get the base ability.
The 2-piece wolf counts as an Elemental Spirits imbued wolf , so it increases all Nature damage in the same way, and activates the ticking Maelstrom Weapon from Feral Spirit when summoned. The 4-piece grants the cooldown reduction for each individual wolf including the 2-piece, meaning a Primordial Wave cast into Feral Spirit reduces the cooldown by 21 seconds each cycle.
The priority is usually to ignore the Maelstrom Weapon CDR for Feral Spirit via Witch Doctor's Ancestry and prioritize cycling Primordial Wave faster, but do not hold either for too long to do this. It will vary significantly throughout an encounter because of the variable cooldown rates of Feral Spirit in particular. The gameplay of the bonus is just a faster rotational pace, but otherwise is played much like Primordial Wave usually is. Additional details on how to play around this window correctly can be found in a dedicated section on our Rotation page below:
As it can be obtained through all 3 different raids, The Great Vault and the Revival Catalyst, it should be quite easy to acquire the 4-piece bonus early, so it should be prioritized. The bosses within each raid that drop each piece are as follows:
Slot | Vault | Aberrus | Amirdrassil |
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Helm | Raszageth | Magmorax | Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | Broodkeeper Diurna | Echo of Neltharion | Smolderon |
Chest | Kurog Grimtotem | Zskarn | Nymue |
Gloves | Dathea | The Forgotten Experiments | Igira the Cruel |
Legs | Sennarth | Rashok | Larodar |
Omni-Token | N/A | Scalecommander Sarkareth | Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Best Crafted Items for Enhancement Shaman
With Dragonflight Professions, you can craft items with customizable stats in nearly all slots with up to Item Level 525. This means that for many non-tier slots, Crafted items are a competitive alternative when gearing quickly or to fill up gaps in your gearset.
If you want to learn more about the Crafting system in general and potentially craft your own items for less Gold, check out our dedicated page below.
Best Enhancement Shaman Crafting Order
Best Crafting Order for Enhancement Shaman
This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. If you cannot access a weapon early, this is a valuable early craft but we generally prioritize getting Embellishment gear done quickly due to them being long-term use items. All crafts, unless otherwise stated, use a Draconic Missive of the Feverflare wherever possible.
- Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards,
- Flame-Touched Chain using either Blue Silken Lining or Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch,
- Signet of Titanic Insight (with Alchemical Flavor Pocket),
- Low Item Level Pieces.
Your second embellishment can be either Blue Silken Lining or Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch. Due to Season 4 scaling, the amount of Mastery granted by lining is high enough to push it over even though our uptime is inconsistent, but if you would prefer to avoid worrying about it then armor patch still works fine.
After this point, we recommend using sims to judge if there are any gaps in your gearing that could be improved with the right craft. When it comes to upgrading with Aspect's Awakened Crest, you should immediately upgrade your weapon if crafted, otherwise the priority is Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards and then your belt.
Enhancement Shaman Crafting Details
Embellishments either come set on items as standard or can be added with an optional reagent when crafting the piece. These provide additional bonuses (and in some cases quite large ones) but are limited to two. Due to there being so many options, here we explain in detail the ones available that are worth considering:
- Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards - a strong all-round performer, coming with good uptime on both sides of the buff, which can be activated simultaneously. Its main issue is clashing with the Engineering bracers for those who want to make use of them.
- Blue Silken Lining - in Season 4 this gives so much Mastery that even though we can only consistently expect around a 40% uptime, it is still worth using compared to alternatives. While it can be inconsistent, the value makes it worthwhile.
- Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch - the strongest single-target single embellishment that can be paired with the above bracers. While not very good in AoE scenarios, other options are harder to get full value out of.
- Elemental Lariat - provides an additional secondary proc dependent on your current gem setup. This is an ideal second embellishment, but requires 6+ gem slots to compete, which is very hard to come by early in the season. Consider crafting later.
- Alchemical Flavor Pocket* - this does not require an Embellishment slot, and as such, it is worth using to avoid losing your Well Fed buff should you die.
- Fang Adornments - (Weapon only) adds a single-target damage proc. These are an option very early on if you craft a weapon first and can be replaced after you get new sparks.
- Undulating Sporecloak - Grants Versatility over 70% Health and an emergency absorb shield when you drop low. Unfortunately, while we could use the defensive benefits, the value is far too low to make a meaningful difference and should be avoided.
- Infurious Boots of Reprieve - These have been strong in the past thanks to Sundering triggering it, however due to it being a more costly talent point now is not competitive.
- Horizon Strider's Set - While a good effect, we hit Haste diminishing returns far too quickly and cannot really afford to invest two Embellishments into these.
- Acidic Hailstone Treads - while these do technically sim well and perform in single-target, the downside of losing 10-20% movement speed when using a Toxified Armor Patch is significant, which can (and likely will) get you killed. Craft at your own risk.
Engineering Specialty Pieces
A specialty item worth looking at, especially for Mythic+, is the Engineering pieces. The Head ( Oscillating Wilderness Opticals) requires Engineering as your profession, while the Bracers ( Complicated Cuffs) can be used by anyone and either allow you to use the Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors giving you access to a Combat res, which can be game-changing. The only real downside is that it clashes with our strongest embellishment in Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards, so is harder to slot in the Season 4 gear set.
If using these, they also come entirely with one stat, meaning you should craft them with either the Meticulously-Tuned Gear for Mastery, or the Rapidly Ticking Gear for Haste. Non-engineers should also fit this with a Critical Failure Prevention Unit, while Engineers should use the Calibrated Safety Switch.
Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman in Season 4
There are a number of strong options available for Enhancement in Season 4, however they are all exclusively from raid content (or alternatively from spending Antique Bronze Bullion) making them slightly more awkward to obtain. Key ones to look for are:
Trinket | Note |
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Ominous Chromatic Essence | Provides a flat amount of bonus secondaries that we can choose based on our current gear set. Also gains additional stats with allies that have different choices, so provided an entire group has the suite of 5 this is our strongest passive option. Due to our varied stats we can also opt into any of the five buffs, with Obsidian being the easiest to gear around. |
Neltharion's Call to Dominance | While this was changed slightly at the tail end of Season 2, getting it back in Season 4 keeps it as a strong option, especially for Mythic+. Frontloading bonus stats into our Feral Spirit windows works well for us, and while the extra Haste can be hard to gear around, it can be done, and as such, this is generally the best pick for AoE-centric content. |
Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Deals extremely high single-target damage but takes up to 3 minutes to fully ramp up. While the backlash damage is quite high, surviving through it is fine and definitely worth it. In Mythic+, on the other hand, the unreliability of maintaining it between pulls makes it more niche. |
Whispering Incarnate Icon | Provides flat Critical Strike and an additional proc if an allied Healer and Tank are wearing it. This is strong if the requirements are met, but it seems unlikely Tanks will opt into using this in Season 4, making it slightly worse than the above, but still an excellent choice especially in Mythic+ where neither are likely to be completely fulfilled. |
Manic Grieftorch | Deals a large amount of damage on a 2-minute cooldown, and is excellent as an option for extra priority damage, alongside being stronger if allies die. This is more of a niche pick, but it does add an extra tool to our priority damage arsenal and may find extra value compared to some of the more static options we tend to use. |
Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart* | This is purely for the purpose of high-key pushing, but the additional absorb shield provides a massive extra cooldown that we are sorely lacking. The performance hit is quite small compared to damage trinkets, so if you are struggling to survive and get hold of one of these, it will make a big difference. |
Ward of Faceless Ire* | Similar to the above, this is purely for the purpose of high key pushing as the extra shield is useful. This comes with the advantage of primary stat and a lower cooldown, but gaining value on the damage effect is much harder so the choice between them is quite difficult. If you are struggling to survive though try and get hold of either this or Rageheart. |
Trinket Simulations for Enhancement Shaman
These are generic simulations from Bloodmallet, giving you a rough overview of strong Enhancement Shaman Trinkets. It is not a replacement for simming yourself, but can still offer a quick reference point.
Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.
BiS Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Best Raiding & Single-Target Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Best Mythic+ & AoE Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Changelog
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4 and Awakened gear release.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, added note regarding Rageheart.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Updated to remove Sporecloak recommendation, switched Dracothyst/Shadowflame.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Restructured for Patch 10.1.7, information remains the same.
- 20 Jul. 2023: Added Sporecloak to crafts for high Mythic+.
- 12 Jul. 2023: Increased value for Accelerating Sandglass due to patch release update.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 adding Dawn of the Infinite gear and cleaning up Crafting section.
- 25 May 2023: Added section on Cataclysm Timewalking.
- 09 May 2023: Updated to adjust for trinket changes.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 and Season 2 release with new gear recommendations.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Gemstones hotfixes.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7 with Onyx Annulet recommendations.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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