TBC Classic Enhancement Shaman Phase 1 / Tier 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 Enhancement, as described in our guide below:

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Enhancement 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.

Do note that items from Heroic dungeons or that require Primal Nethers (which are obtained from Heroics) can be harder to get than raid items due to their daily lockout. Some Heroic dungeons are also harder than most of Karazhan.

If, however, your character is ready to take on the content of Tiers 5 and 6, then please utilize our updated lists instead.

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

• 2 pieces: Strength of Earth Totem grants an additional 12 strength. This is a good set bonus if all of your party can benefit from it.
• 4 pieces: Stormstrike does an additional 30 damage per weapon. A decent direct damage increase.

Our recommendation for Tier 4 is using the shoulders and gloves of Tier 4 alongside the head and chest of Wastewalker Armor and the best off-set pieces available in the rest of the gear slots.

Fist of Reckoning is a special off-hand in that, while its damage is lower than most Level 70 options, it has 2.7 weapon speed, which allows you to better weapon sync with the recommended 2.7 main hand weapons! Check out rotation guide below for more details on what weapon syncing is and why it matters for DPS.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Wastewalker Helm	Epoch Hunter — Heroic Old Hillsbrad Foothills
Neck	Choker of Vile Intent	25 Badge of Justice
Shoulder	Cyclone Shoulderplates ( Pauldrons of the Fallen Champion) Bladed Shoulderpads of the Merciless	High King Maulgar — Gruul's Lair Chess Event — Karazhan
Cloak	Vengeance Wrap	Tailoring
Chest	Wastewalker Tunic	Keli'dan the Breaker — Heroic The Blood Furnace
Wrists	Bracers of Maliciousness	Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan
Gloves	Cyclone Gauntlets ( Gloves of the Fallen Champion)	The Curator — Karazhan
Waist	Gronn-Stitched Girdle	Gruul The Dragonkiller — Gruul's Lair
Legs	Skulker's Greaves	Netherspite — Karazhan
Boots	Edgewalker Longboots	Moroes — Karazhan
Rings	Ring of a Thousand Marks Violet Signet of the Master Assassin	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan The Violet Eye — Exalted
Trinkets	(Demons / Undead) Mark of the Champion Dragonspine Trophy Bloodlust Brooch	Kel'Thuzad — Naxxramas Gruul The Dragonkiller — Gruul's Lair 41 Badge of Justice
Weapon	Gladiator's Right Ripper Gladiator's Cleaver The Decapitator The Harvester of Souls Fool's Bane	PvP Vendor PvP Vendor Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Exarch Maladaar — Heroic Auchenai Crypts Terestian Illhoof — Karazhan
Relic	Totem of the Astral Winds	Pandemonius — Heroic Mana Tombs

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	Cyclone Helm ( Helm of the Fallen Champion) Cowl of Defiance Helm of the Claw Gladiator's Linked Helm Storm Helm Mok'Nathal Beast-Mask	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Netherspite — Karazhan Warlord Kalithresh — The Steamvault PvP Vendor Blacksmithing Exarch Maladaar — Auchenai Crypts
Neck	Worgen Claw Necklace Natasha's Choker Traitor's Noose Adamantine Chain of the Unbroken	Attumen the Huntsman — Karazhan The Hound-Master — Blade's Edge Mountains Mennu the Betrayer — Heroic The Slave Pens Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
Shoulders	Wastewalker Shoulderpads Mantle of Perenolde Beast Lord Mantle Skybreaker's Mantle Gladiator's Linked Spaulders	Avatar of the Martyred — Heroic Auchenai Crypts Epoch Hunter — Old Hillsbrad Foothills Warlord Kalithresh — Heroic The Steamvault A Job Unfinished... — Shadowmoon Valley PvP Vendor
Back	Drape of the Dark Reavers Auchenai Death Shroud Cloak of the Inciter Cloak of Darkness Blood Knight War Cloak	Shade of Aran — Karazhan Avatar of the Martyred — Heroic Auchenai Crypts Blackheart the Inciter — Shadow Labyrinth Leatherworking PvP Vendor
Chest	Cyclone Breastplate ( Chestguard of the Fallen Champion) Terrorweave Tunic Ebon Netherscale Breastplate Gladiator's Linked Armor Felstalker Breastplate Stormforged Hauberk	Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley Dragonscale Leatherworking PvP Vendor Leatherworking Blacksmithing
Wrists	Primalstrike Bracers Ebon Netherscale Bracers Spymistress's Wristguards Felstalker Bracers General's Chain Bracers Emerald Eye Bracer	Elemental Leatherworking Dragonscale Leatherworking The Soul Devices — Shadow Labyrinth Leatherworking PvP Vendor Keli'dan the Breaker — Heroic The Blood Furnace
Hands	Grips of Deftness Flesh Handler's Gauntlets Cobrascale Gloves Beast Lord Handguards Gladiator's Linked Gauntlets Windstrike Gloves	Trash Drop — Karazhan The Flesh Lies... — Netherstorm Leatherworking Warchief Kargath Bladefist — The Shattered Halls PvP Vendor Leatherworking
Waist	Primalstrike Belt Ebon Netherscale Belt Girdle of the Deathdealer Felstalker Belt Girdle of Ferocity	Elemental Leatherworking Dragonscale Leatherworking Aeonus — Heroic The Black Morass Leatherworking Murmur — Heroic Shadow Labyrinth
Legs	Shattrath Leggings Clefthoof Hide Leggings Emerald-Scale Greaves Barbaric Legstraps Scaled Greaves of Patience Wyrmscale Greaves	Special Delivery to Shattrath City — Netherstorm Showdown — Blade's Edge Mountains Captain Skarloc — Heroic Old Hillsbrad Foothills The Black Stalker — Heroic The Underbog Captain Skarloc — Old Hillsbrad Foothills Epoch Hunter — Heroic Old Hillsbrad Foothills
Boots	Fiend Slayer Boots Fel Leather Boots Boots of the Unjust Farahlite Studded Boots Boots of the Endless Hunt Outland Striders Fleet Refugee's Boots General's Chain Sabatons	Trash Drop — Karazhan Leatherworking Avatar of the Martyred — Heroic Auchenai Crypts A Fate Worse Than Death — Netherstorm Warp Splinter — Heroic The Botanica Zereketh the Unbound — The Arcatraz Helping the Lost Find Their Way — Terokkar Forest PvP Vendor
Rings	Shapeshifter's Signet Overseer's Signet Kaylaan's Signet Garona's Signet Ring Ring of Reciprocity Ring of Arathi Warlords Shaffar's Band of Brutality	Lower City — Exalted Shutting Down Manaforge Ara — Netherstorm Deathblow to the Legion — Netherstorm The Curator — Karazhan Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula 25 Badge of Justice Yor — Heroic Mana Tombs
Trinkets	Abacus of Violent Odds Hourglass of the Unraveller Core of Ar'kelos Romulo's Poison Vial	Pathaleon the Calculator — The Mechanar Temporus — The Black Morass Ar'kelos the Guardian — Netherstorm Opera Event — Karazhan
Weapon	Dragonmaw Black Planar Edge Reflex Blades Fist of Reckoning	Blacksmithing Blacksmithing Dalliah the Doomsayer — The Arcatraz World Drop BoE

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 Enhancement Shaman Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.