Mists of Pandaria Classic Elemental Shaman Guide

Elemental has a ton of utility, including the important and rare 5% Spell Haste Elemental Oath raid buff, and is one of the most mobile ranged damage dealers with Lightning Bolt, making it a very flexible DPS who can also do a ton of area damage with Chain Lightning in fights with stacked enemies.

Elemental continues to be a strong caster in Mists of Pandaria with many quality of life changes, including having Lightning Bolt become usable while moving baseline. They also gain a new offensive cooldown in Ascendance, defensive cooldown in Shamanistic Rage, and off-healing cooldown in Healing Tide Totem and Ancestral Guidance.

Elemental also benefits from sharing most of its gear with Restoration, allowing for smooth off-spec healing.

Strengths

• Very high area damage on clumped targets Chain Lightning can cleave;
• Shared gear with Restoration allows for easy swapping between damage and healing between encounters;
• High mobility with Ghost Wolf plus Lightning Bolt and survivability with Astral Shift plus Shamanistic Rage.

Weaknesses

• Relatively low single target damage;
• Simple rotation can lead to boring gameplay;
• Weak area damage against spread targets due to reliance on Chain Lightning cleave.

Without going too deep into detail, Orc is still the best race for Horde Elemental Shamans due to Blood Fury for even more burst and Command, which is likely to affect Fire Elemental Totem. In PvP they will also benefit from Hardiness, one of the best PvP racials in the game!

Goblin is also alright if you need extra mobility due to their Rocket Jump, and you will also get 1% extra Haste while playing one.

Alliance Shamans will now be able to be Dwarf and while Stoneform can help get rid of debuffs Shamans can no longer dispel, Draenei should generally be superior due to their free Hit from Heroic Presence and some free healing from Gift of the Naaru.

1. Engineering — Engineering is the best PvE profession in the game due to the extra burst healing granted by Synapse Springs, and mobility increase of Nitro Boosts.
2. Tailoring — Tailoring is also a great PvE profession due to enabling Lightweave Embroidery for even more burst DPS when it lines up with the other cooldowns and trinkets.
3. Alchemy — Finally, Alchemy can be of use due to enabling the Zen Alchemist Stone trinket early on, which will stay great for Challenge Modes throughout the expansion, and it also saves some Flask gold with Mixology.

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