TBC Classic Elemental Shaman Phase 3 / 4 Gear and Best in Slot

While a clear best in slot list is always available in TBC Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

The list will focus on gathering the best stats for Elemental Shaman, as described in our guide below. During Black Temple, you may also have need of additional gear devoted to maximizing your Shadow Resistance stat. Should this be the case, we recommend consulting our guide dedicated to acquiring pieces with this stat as necessary.

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Elemental Shaman, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids.

To check out our recommended Pre-Raid best in slot gear, head over to its list below. If your character is still progressing through the content of older tiers, then you may wish to consult their best in slot lists instead, but keep in mind these older lists do not include Zul'Aman and new badge gear, both of which are often equivalent or even more powerful than Tier 5 gear!

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.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Skyshatter Headguard ( Helm of the Forgotten Protector)	Archimonde — Hyjal Summit
Neck	Brooch of Nature's Mercy Loop of Cursed Bones	Akil'zon — Zul'Aman Zul'jin — Zul'Aman
Shoulder	Skyshatter Mantle ( Pauldrons of the Forgotten Protector)	Mother Shahraz — Black Temple
Cloak	Cloak of the Illidari Council	The Illidari Council — Black Temple
Chest	Skyshatter Breastplate ( Chestguard of the Forgotten Protector)	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
Wrists	Bracers of Nimble Thought	Tailoring
Gloves	Skyshatter Gauntlets	Azgalor — Hyjal Summit
Belt	Flashfire Girdle	Shade of Akama — Black Temple
Legs	Leggings of Channeled Elements	Kaz'rogal — Hyjal Summit
Boots	Slippers of the Seacaller	High Warlord Naj'entus — Black Temple
Rings	Ring of Ancient Knowledge (2x) Band of the Eternal Sage	Trash — Black Temple Exalted with The Scale of the Sands
Trinkets	The Skull of Gul'dan Hex Shrunken Head The Lightning Capacitor Icon of the Silver Crescent Dark Iron Smoking Pipe	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple Hex Lord Malacrass — Zul'Aman Terestian Illhoof — Karazhan 41 Badge of Justice Coren Direbrew — Blackrock Depths during Brewfest
Weapon	Zhar'doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
Relics	Totem of Ancestral Guidance	Teron Gorefiend — Black Temple

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!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Cowl of the Illidari High Lord Cyclone Faceguard ( Helm of the Fallen Champion) Cataclysm Headpiece Gadgetstorm Goggles Storm Master's Helmet Hood of Oblivion Incanter's Cowl Spellstrike Hood Vengeful Gladiator's Mail Helm	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Lady Vashj — Serpentshrine Cavern Engineering 50 Badge of Justice Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz Pathaleon the Calculator — The Mechanar Tailoring PvP Vendor
Neck	The Sun King's Talisman Translucent Spellthread Necklace Adornment of Stolen Souls Brooch of Unquenchable Fury Brooch of Heightened Potential Natasha's Ember Necklace Torc of the Sethekk Prophet	Kael'thas Sunstrider — Tempest Keep Reliquary of the Lost — Black Temple Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Moroes — Karazhan Blackheart the Inciter — Shadow Labyrinth The Hound-Master — Blade's Edge Mountains Brother Against Brother — Sethekk Halls
Shoulder	Mantle of Nimble Thought Hatefury Mantle Pauldrons of the Furious Elements Cataclysm Shoulderpads Mantle of the Elven Kings Pauldrons of Wild Magic Spaulders of the Torn-heart Mana-Etched Spaulders	Tailoring Anetheron — Hyjal Summit 60 Badge of Justice Void Reaver — Tempest Keep Trash mobs — Tempest Keep Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered — Shadowmoon Valley Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
Cloak	Shadowcaster's Drape Brute Cloak of the Ogre-Magi Royal Cloak of the Sunstriders Ruby Drape of the Mysticant Ancient Spellcloak of the Highborne	First chest in a Zul'Aman timed run High King Maulgar — Gruul's Lair Kael'thas Sunstrider — Tempest Keep Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula
Chest	Hauberk of the Furious Elements Chestguard of Relentless Storms Vestments of the Sea-Witch Cataclysm Chestpiece ( Chestguard of the Vanquished Champion) Netherstrike Breastplate Windhawk Hauberk Cyclone Chestguard ( Chestguard of the Fallen Champion) Will of Edward the Odd	75 Badge of Justice Trash — Hyjal Summit and Black Temple Lady Vashj — Serpentshrine Cavern Kael'thas Sunstrider — Tempest Keep Dragonscale Leatherworking Tribal Leatherworking Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair World Drop BoE
Wrists	Cuffs of Devastation Mindstorm Wristbands Fury of the Ursine Netherstrike Bracers Windhawk Bracers Bracers of Havok General's Mail Bracers World's End Bracers	Rage Winterchill — Hyjal Summit Al'ar — Tempest Keep Nalorakk — Zul'Aman Dragonscale Leatherworking Tribal Leatherworking Tailoring PvP Vendor Keli'dan the Breaker — Heroic The Blood Furnace
Gloves	Botanist's Gloves of Growth Studious Wraps Soul-Eater's Handwraps Handwraps of Flowing Thought Cataclysm Handgrips Cyclone Handguards ( Gloves of the Fallen Champion) Earth Mantle Handwraps Gloves of Pandemonium	Teron Gorefiend — Black Temple 60 Badge of Justice Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair Attumen the Huntsman — Karazhan Leotheras the Blind — Serpentshrine Cavern The Curator — Karazhan Mekgineer Steamrigger — The Steamvault World Drop BoE
Belt	Waistwrap of Infinity Belt of Blasting Starfire Waistband Netherstrike Belt Girdle of Ruination Windhawk Belt Belt of Divine Inspiration Girdle of Living Flame Wave-Song Girdle A'dal's Gift	Supremus — Black Temple Tailoring 60 Badge of Justice Dragonscale Leatherworking Tailoring Tribal Leatherworking High King Maulgar — Gruul's Lair Hungarfen — Heroic The Underbog Exarch Maladaar — Heroic Auchenai Crypts How to Break Into the Arcatraz
Legs	Skyshatter Legguards ( Leggings of the Forgotten Protector) Pantaloons of Arcane Annihilation Elunite Imbued Leggings Cataclysm Leggings ( Leggings of the Vanquished Champion) Spellstrike Pants Leggings of the Seventh Circle Stormsong Kilt Kurenai Kilt Tempest Leggings	The Illidari Council — Black Temple 75 Badge of Justice First chest in a Zul'Aman timed run Fathom-Lord Karathress — Serpentshrine Cavern Tailoring Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula The Black Stalker — Heroic The Underbog Kurenai — Revered The Mag'har — Revered
Boots	Naturewarden's Treads Footpads of Madness Boots of Oceanic Fury Velvet Boots of the Guardian Boots of Blasting Hurricane Boots Boots of Foretelling Windshear Boots Sigil-Laced Boots Shattrath Jumpers General's Mail Sabatons Moonstrider Boots	Reliquary of the Lost — Black Temple Jan'alai — Zul'Aman High Warlord Naj'entus — Black Temple The Lurker Below — Serpentshrine Cavern Tailoring Leatherworking Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan Gruul The Dragonkiller — Gruul's Lair Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz Into the Heart of the Labyrinth — Shadow Labyrinth PvP Vendor Darkweaver Syth — Sethekk Halls
Rings	Mana Attuned Band Ring of Captured Storms Ring of Endless Coils Ring of Unrelenting Storms Ring of Recurrence Violet Signet of the Archmage Sparking Arcanite Ring Ring of Cryptic Dreams Seer's Signet Ring of Conflict Survival	Third chest in a Zul'Aman timed run High Warlord Naj'entus — Black Temple Lady Vashj — Serpentshrine Cavern Trash mobs — Karazhan Echo of Medivh — Karazhan The Violet Eye — Exalted Epoch Hunter — Heroic Old Hillsbrad Foothills 25 Badge of Justice The Scryers — Exalted Yor — Heroic Mana Tombs
Trinkets	Mark of the Champion (Undead / Demons) Sextant of Unstable Currents Quagmirran's Eye Xi'ri's Gift Scryer's Bloodgem	Kel'Thuzad — Naxxramas Fathom-Lord Karathress — Serpentshrine Cavern Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens The Sha'tar — Revered The Scryers — Revered
Two-Hand	Vengeful Gladiator's War Staff The Nexus Key Amani Divining Staff Merciless Gladiator's War Staff Staff of Infinite Mysteries Terokk's Shadowstaff Vengeful Gladiator's War Staff Auchenai Staff Warpstaff of Arcanum	PvP Vendor Kael'thas Sunstrider — Tempest Keep Second chest in a Zul'Aman timed run PvP Vendor The Curator — Karazhan Talon King Ikiss — Heroic Sethekk Halls PvP Vendor The Aldor — Revered Warp Splinter — The Botanica
One-Hand	Vengeful Gladiator's Gavel The Maelstrom's Fury Hammer of Judgement Wub's Cursed Hexblade Merciless Gladiator's Gavel Nathrezim Mindblade Eternium Runed Blade Gavel of Unearthed Secrets Starlight Dagger	PvP Vendor High Warlord Naj'entus — Black Temple Trash Packs — Hyjal Summit Jan'alai — Zul'Aman PvP Vendor Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Blacksmithing Lower City — Exalted Mennu the Betrayer — Heroic The Slave Pens
Off-hand	Antonidas's Aegis of Rapt Concentration Fetish of the Primal Gods Chronicle of Dark Secrets Fathomstone Khadgar's Knapsack Mazthoril Honor Shield Jewel of Infinite Possibilities Sapphiron's Left Eye Talisman of Nightbane Khadgar's Knapsack Mazthoril Honor Shield	Archimonde — Hyjal Summit 35 Badge of Justice Rage Winterchill — Hyjal Summit Hydross the Unstable — Serpentshrine Cavern 25 Badge of Justice 33 Badge of Justice Netherspite — Karazhan Sapphiron — Naxxramas Nightbane — Karazhan 25 Badge of Justice 33 Badge of Justice
Relics	Skycall Totem Totem of the Void Totem of the Storm Totem of the Pulsing Earth	20 Badge of Justice Cache of the Legion — The Mechanar World drop BoE 15 Badge of Justice

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Shaman weapons below.

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Elemental Shaman Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.