TBC Classic Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid Gear

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Last updated on Jan 12, 2026 at 12:03 by Seksixeny 7 comments

On this page, you will find the best pre-raid gear for Elemental Shaman in TBC Classic.

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1 Introduction 2 Spell Summary 3 Builds and Talents 4 Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities 5 Stat Priority 6 Enchants and Consumables 7 Gear and Best in Slot 8 Pre-Raid Gear

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Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid Best in Slot List

This is the pre-raid gear we recommend for Elemental Shamans, setting you up to tackle the initial raids of TBC, such as Karazhan. The gear choices in the tables below follow our stat guide priority.

Elemental Shaman PvE Stats

If your character is ready to jump into raiding content, then see our current best in slot list below.

TBC Elemental Shaman Best in Slot

Pre-Raid Best in Slot Table

Some of the gear listed can be expensive to get, or hard in the case of Heroic dungeon gear, so do not be afraid of going straight into raiding at 70, as it should be easy enough to do most of the bosses in questing gear!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Gadgetstorm Goggles	Engineering
Neck	Natasha's Ember Necklace	The Hound-Master — Blade's Edge Mountains
Shoulders	Pauldrons of Wild Magic	Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
Back	Shawl of Shifting Probabilities	25 Badge of Justice
Chest	Netherstrike Breastplate Windhawk Hauberk	Dragonscale Leatherworking Tribal Leatherworking
Wrists	Netherstrike Bracers Windhawk Bracers	Dragonscale Leatherworking Tribal Leatherworking
Hands	Mana-Etched Gloves Earth Mantle Handwraps	Omor the Unscarred — Heroic Hellfire Ramparts Mekgineer Steamrigger — The Steamvault
Waist	Netherstrike Belt Girdle of Ruination Windhawk Belt	Dragonscale Leatherworking Tailoring Tribal Leatherworking
Legs	Spellstrike Pants	Tailoring
Feet	Sigil-Laced Boots	Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz
Rings	Seer's Signet Ring of Cryptic Dreams Cobalt Band of Tyrigosa Band of Dominion	The Scryers Exalted 25 Badge of Justice Nexus-Prince Shaffar — Heroic Mana Tombs World drop BoE
Trinkets	Mark of the Champion Icon of the Silver Crescent Dark Iron Smoking Pipe Quagmirran's Eye	Kel'Thuzad — Naxxramas 41 Badge of Justice Coren Direbrew — Blackrock Depths during Brewfest Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
One-Hand	Gladiator's Gavel Eternium Runed Blade	PvP Vendor Blacksmithing
Off-hand	Khadgar's Knapsack Mazthoril Honor Shield	25 Badge of Justice 33 Badge of Justice
Relic	Totem of the Void	Cache of the Legion in The Mechanar

Other Useful TBC Pre-Raid Gear for Elemental Shamans

While the list above contains the best gear setups, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it, especially due to some profession requirements. 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	Storm Master's Helmet Hood of Oblivion Incanter's Cowl Spellstrike Hood Lightning Crown Shamanistic Helmet of Second Sight	50 Badge of Justice Zereketh the Unbound or Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz Pathaleon the Calculator — The Mechanar Tailoring World drop BoE Teron Gorefiend, I am... — Shadowmoon Valley
Neck	Brooch of Heightened Potential Torc of the Sethekk Prophet	Blackheart the Inciter — Shadow Labyrinth Brother Against Brother — Sethekk Halls
Shoulders	Spaulders of the Torn-heart Mana-Etched Spaulders	The Cipher of Damnation - The Third Fragment Recovered — Shadowmoon Valley Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
Back	Illidari Cloak of Nature's Wrath Sethekk Oracle Cloak	World drop BoE Talon King Ikiss — Sethekk Halls
Chest	Mana-Etched Vestments Will of Edward the Odd	Epoch Hunter — Old Hillsbrad Foothills World drop BoE
Wrists	Bracers of Havok Vindicator's Mail Bracers	Tailoring PvP Vendor
Hands	Gloves of Pandemonium	World drop BoE
Waist	Sash of Sealed Fate	World drop BoE
Legs	Stormsong Kilt Kurenai Kilt Tempest Leggings	The Black Stalker — Heroic The Underbog Kurenai — Revered The Mag'har — Revered
Feet	Shattrath Jumpers Vindicator's Mail Sabatons	Into the Heart of the Labyrinth — Shadow Labyrinth PvP Vendor
Rings	Ashyen's Gift Sparking Arcanite Ring	Cenarion Expedition — Exalted Epoch Hunter — Heroic Old Hillsbrad Foothills
Trinkets	Xi'ri's Gift Scryer's Bloodgem Shiffar's Nexus-Horn Neltharion's Tear	The Sha'tar Revered The Scryers Revered Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz Nefarian — Blackwing Lair
One-Hand	Gavel of Unearthed Secrets Runesong Dagger	Lower City — Exalted Warbringer O'mrogg — The Shattered Halls
Off-hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye Lamp of Peaceful Radiance	Sapphiron — Naxxramas Harbinger Skyriss — The Arcatraz
Relic	Totem of the Storm Totem of the Pulsing Earth	World drop BoE 15 Badge of Justice

Further Enhancements

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

Elemental Shaman PvE Enchants

Changelog

08 Dec. 2025: Updated for TBC Anniversary.
01 Feb. 2022: Updated for Phase 3.
26 Sep. 2021: Added Brewfest trinkets.
09 Sep. 2021: Added new Phase 2 gear options.
14 Jun. 2021: Added more Helmet options.
30 May 2021: Guide added.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Seksi, original Burning Crusade player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Shaman (as Woah) and Druid Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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