TBC Classic Elemental Shaman Phase 5 / Tier 6 Gear and Best in Slot

Elemental Shaman Tier 6, the Skyshatter Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

• Helm — Archimonde in Hyjal Summit
• Chest — Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple
• Legs — The Illidari Council in Black Temple
• Shoulders — Mother Shahraz in Black Temple
• Gloves — Azgalor in Hyjal Summit

Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces — grants you 15 mana per 5 sec, 35 spell critical strike rating and 45 spell damage whenever you have a totem of each type (air, water, earth and fire) active. This is a powerful effect that you should aim to have active whenever possible.
• 4 pieces — increases the damage of Lightning Bolt by 5%. This is a multiplicative bonus to Lightning Bolt and a large damage increase.

Once you have your Tier 6 set, it is not longer worth it to use Elemental Shaman Tier 4 for the 2-piece set bonus, but use it until you have at least 2 set available.

Leatherworking is a great profession, especially if you are your group's dedicated drummer, but otherwise Engineering is great for area-of-effect damage from its explosives, Enchanting gives you extra Spell Damage enchants on rings, and Jewelcrafting enables slightly better gems than default ones.

The Lightning Capacitor deserves a special mention, as it is a very powerful trinket for Elemental Shamans specifically. The trinket procs from spell critical strikes, which include Lightning Overload crits and all of Chain Lightning jumps.

Keep in mind that the trinket's lightning bolt proc will reset its stacks and incur a 2.5-second cooldown on further charge gains. For example, if Elemental Mastery plus Chain Lightning hits three targets, a trinket lightning bolt will proc immediately, but it will also remove all charges from the trinket even if you were already at 2 charges before using it.

Also, while The Skull of Gul'dan is the best in slot trinket for Elemental Shamans, it is highly contested by other casters and its Spell Hit can be easily wasted due to our small 4% Spell Hit requirement after talents and Totem of Wrath.

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!

Elemental Shaman Tier 6, the Skyshatter Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

• Helm — Archimonde in Hyjal Summit
• Chest — Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple
• Legs — The Illidari Council in Black Temple
• Shoulders — Mother Shahraz in Black Temple
• Gloves — Azgalor in Hyjal Summit

Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces — grants you 15 mana per 5 sec, 35 spell critical strike rating and 45 spell damage whenever you have a totem of each type (air, water, earth and fire) active. This is a powerful effect that you should aim to have active whenever possible.
• 4 pieces — increases the damage of Lightning Bolt by 5%. This is a multiplicative bonus to Lightning Bolt and a large damage increase.

Once you have your Tier 6 set, it is not longer worth it to use Elemental Shaman Tier 4 for the 2-piece set bonus, but use it until you have at least 2 set available.

Leatherworking is still a good profession, especially if you are your group's dedicated drummer, but otherwise Engineering is great for area-of-effect damage from its explosives, Enchanting gives you extra Spell Damage enchants on rings, and Jewelcrafting enables slightly better gems than default ones.

The Lightning Capacitor deserves a special mention, as it is a very powerful trinket for Elemental Shamans specifically. The trinket procs from spell critical strikes, which include Lightning Overload crits and all of Chain Lightning jumps.

Keep in mind that the trinket's lightning bolt proc will reset its stacks and incur a 2.5-second cooldown on further charge gains. For example, if Elemental Mastery plus Chain Lightning hits three targets, a trinket lightning bolt will proc immediately, but it will also remove all charges from the trinket even if you were already at 2 charges before using it.

Also, while The Skull of Gul'dan is the best in slot trinket for Elemental Shamans, it is highly contested by other casters and its Spell Hit can be easily wasted due to our small 4% Spell Hit requirement after talents and Totem of Wrath.

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!

Elemental Shaman Tier 6, the Skyshatter Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

• Helm — Archimonde in Hyjal Summit
• Chest — Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple
• Legs — The Illidari Council in Black Temple
• Shoulders — Mother Shahraz in Black Temple
• Gloves — Azgalor in Hyjal Summit

Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces — grants you 15 mana per 5 sec, 35 spell critical strike rating and 45 spell damage whenever you have a totem of each type (air, water, earth and fire) active. This is a powerful effect that you should aim to have active whenever possible.
• 4 pieces — increases the damage of Lightning Bolt by 5%. This is a multiplicative bonus to Lightning Bolt and a large damage increase.

Once you have your Tier 6 set, it is not longer worth it to use Elemental Shaman Tier 4 for the 2-piece set bonus, but use it until you have at least 2 set available.

Leatherworking is still a good profession, especially if you are your group's dedicated drummer, but otherwise Engineering is great for area-of-effect damage from its explosives, Enchanting gives you extra Spell Damage enchants on rings, and Jewelcrafting enables slightly better gems than default ones.

The Lightning Capacitor deserves a special mention, as it is a very powerful trinket for Elemental Shamans specifically. The trinket procs from spell critical strikes, which include Lightning Overload crits and all of Chain Lightning jumps.

Keep in mind that the trinket's lightning bolt proc will reset its stacks and incur a 2.5-second cooldown on further charge gains. For example, if Elemental Mastery plus Chain Lightning hits three targets, a trinket lightning bolt will proc immediately, but it will also remove all charges from the trinket even if you were already at 2 charges before using it.

Also, while The Skull of Gul'dan is the best in slot trinket for Elemental Shamans, it is highly contested by other casters and its Spell Hit can be easily wasted due to our small 4% Spell Hit requirement after talents and Totem of Wrath.

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!

Elemental Shaman Tier 5, the Cataclysm Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

• Helm — Lady Vashj in Serpentshrine Cavern
• Chest — Kael'thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep
• Legs — Fathom-Lord Karathress in Serpentshrine Cavern
• Shoulders — Void Reaver in Tempest Keep
• Gloves — Leotheras the Blind in Serpentshrine Cavern

Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces — causes your offensive spells to occasionally reduce the cost of your next Lesser Healing Wave by 380. This is mostly irrelevant, but could allow you to off-heal slightly more efficiently.
• 4 pieces — causes your Lightning Bolt critical strikes to occasionally recover 120 of your Mana. This is a minor Mana sustainability benefit, and can sometimes allow you to skip Mana pots for Destruction Potion, instead.

Leatherworking is still a good profession, especially if you are your group's dedicated drummer, but otherwise Engineering is great for area-of-effect damage from its explosives, Enchanting gives you extra Spell Damage enchants on rings, and Jewelcrafting enables slightly better gems than default ones.

It is still worth it to use Elemental Shaman Tier 4 for the 2-piece set bonus, which causes Wrath of Air Totem to grant an additional 20 Spell Damage. This is a very strong bonus, and in a caster party it is worth keeping it even when Tier 5 gear is available as long as you care more about the raid's damage than your own personal damage.

The Lightning Capacitor deserves a special mention, as it is a very powerful trinket for Elemental Shamans specifically. The trinket procs from spell critical strikes, which include Lightning Overload crits and all of Chain Lightning jumps.

Keep in mind that the trinket's lightning bolt proc will reset its stacks and incur a 2.5-second cooldown on further charge gains. For example, if Elemental Mastery plus Chain Lightning hits three targets, a trinket lightning bolt will proc immediately, but it will also remove all charges from the trinket even if you were already at 2 charges before using it.

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!

Elemental Shaman Tier 4, the Cyclone Regalia has gloves, chest, head, legs, and shoulders. Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces: Wrath of Air Totem grants an additional 20 Spell Damage. This is a very strong bonus, especially when playing in a caster group!
• 4 pieces: gives your offensive spell critical strikes a 11% chance to reduce the base Mana cost of your next spell by 270. Not as good as the previous bonus but not worthless, either.

Our recommendation for Tier 4 is using the head and shoulders of Tier 4 alongside Leatherworking's Netherstrike Armor and the best off-set pieces available in the rest of the gear slots.

The Lightning Capacitor deserves a special mention, as it is a very powerful trinket for Elemental Shamans, specifically. The trinket procs from spell critical strikes, which include Lightning Overload crits and all of Chain Lightning jumps.

Keep in mind that the trinket's lightning bolt proc will reset its stacks and incur a 2.5 seconds cooldown on further charge gains. For example, if Elemental Mastery plus Chain Lightning hits three targets, a trinket lightning bolt will proc immediately, but it will also remove all charges from the trinket, even if you were already at 2 charges before using it.

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!