Enhancement Shaman TBC Pre-Patch BiS Gear Guide

While this list focuses on the best gear possible for established players, the time available to gear up within the pre-patch for newly boosted or leveled characters is extremely short, and as such your best bet if you are part of that group is to spam queue PvP for good gear that is also easy to get.

You may also want to complement that gear with our Classic era pre-raid best in slot list, which has plenty of strong options that do not require a large raid group to obtain.

Naxxramas carries the best gear Classic era has to offer, but unfortunately, Shamans Tier 3, The Earthshatterer is a pure healing set, and as such has next to no value to Enhancement Shamans.

Thus, our recommended gear is a compilation of individually strong pieces, mostly avoiding Physical Hit due to the new Enhancement talents taking care of 6% (out of 9% Physical Hit cap against bosses) outright.

Depending on your race, you might want different items as well, as axes are more powerful for Orcs, due to Axe Specialization giving you some free expertise.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Crown of Destruction	Ragnaros in Molten Core
Neck	Stormrage's Talisman of Seething	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shoulder	Mantle of Wicked Revenge	Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40
Cloak	Shroud of Dominion	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Ghoul Skin Tunic	Trash mobs in Naxxramas
Wrists	Qiraji Execution Bracers	The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Gloves	Aged Core Leather Gloves	Garr in Molten Core
Belt	Belt of Never-ending Agony	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Leggings of Apocalypse	Four Horsemen Chest in Naxxramas
Boots	Boots of the Vanguard	General Rajaxx in AQ20
Rings	Band of Unnatural Forces Quick Strike Ring	Loatheb in Naxxramas Multiple bosses in Molten Core
Trinkets	Slayer's Crest Kiss of the Spider	Sapphiron in Naxxramas Maexxna in Naxxramas
One-Hand	Misplaced Servo Arm Hatchet of Sundered Bone	Trash mobs in Naxxramas Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas
Two-Hand	Might of Menethil	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shield	The Face of Death	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Relic	Totem of Rebirth	Isalien in Dire Maul

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	Southwind Helm Warlord's Mail Helm Lizardscale Eyepatch Bloodstained Coif	Moam in AQ20 PvP Vendor Gahz'ranka in Zul'Gurub Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Neck	Sadist's Collar Barbed Choker The Eye of Hakkar Onyxia Tooth Pendant Fury of the Forgotten Swarm	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas Fankriss The Unyielding in AQ40 Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Captain NPCs related to General Rajaxx in AQ20
Shoulders	Abyssal Mail Pauldrons of Striking Defiler's Mail Pauldrons Warlord's Mail Spaulders Truestrike Shoulders Chitinous Shoulderguards	Prince Skaldrenox in Silithus Arathi Basin Exalted PvP Vendor Pyroguard Emberseer in Upper Blackrock Spire Moam in AQ40
Back	Cloak of the Fallen God Cloak of Concentrated Hatred Cloak of Draconic Might Deathguard's Cloak	C'Thun in AQ40 The Prophet Skeram in AQ40 Blackwing Lair trash mobs Arathi Basin Exalted
Chest	Obsidian Mail Tunic Savage Gladiator Chain Warlord's Mail Armor Vest of Swift Execution Runed Bloodstained Hauberk	Blacksmithing Gorosh the Dervish in Blackrock Depths PvP Vendor Silithid Royalty in AQ40 High Priest Venoxis in Zul'Gurub
Wrists	Wristguards of Stability Wristguards of True Flight Windtalker's Wristguards Forest Stalker's Bracers	Flamewalker Bosses in Molten Core Majordomo Executus in Molten Core Warsong Gulch Exalted PvP Vendor
Hands	Gloves of Enforcement Chromatic Gauntlets Doomhide Gauntlets Blooddrenched Grips General's Mail Gauntlets	Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 Leatherworking Lord Kazzak Bloodlord Mandokir in Zul'Gurub PvP Vendor
Belt	Ossirian's Binding Therazane's Link Belt of Preserved Heads	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Nefarian in Blackwing Lair A Collection of Heads in Zul'Gurub
Legs	Abyssal Mail Legguards Of Striking Dark Heart Pants Devilsaur Leggings Scaled Sand Reaver Leggings Sentinel's Chain Leggings	The Duke of Fathoms in Silithus Lethon Leatherworking Fankriss the Unyielding in AQ40 PvP Vendor
Boots	Boots of the Shadow Flame Bloodmail Boots Blooddrenched Footpads General's Mail Boots	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Side bosses in Scholomance High Priest Venoxis in Zul'Gurub PvP Vendor
Rings	Ring of the Qiraji Fury Master Dragonslayer's Ring Circle of Applied Force Don Julio's Band Band of Accuria	Viscidus in AQ40 The Lord of Blackrock in Blackwing Lair Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Alterac Valley Exalted Ragnaros in Molten Core
Trinkets	Drake Fang Talisman Hand of Justice Badge of the Swarmguard Blackhand's Breadth Rune of the Guard Captain	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village
One-Hand	The Castigator High Warlord's Cleaver Crul'shorukh, Edge of Chaos Blessed Qiraji War Axe Deathbringer	Thaddius in Naxxramas PvP Vendor Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Tokens dropped by most bosses (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Loot Guide) Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair
Two-Hand	Severance Dark Edge of Insanity Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros High Warlord's Battle Axe Drake Talon Cleaver Herald of Woe Spinal Reaper	Patchwerk in Naxxramas C'Thun in AQ40 Ragnaros in Molten Core PvP Vendor Drake Bosses in Blackwing Lair Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Ragnaros in Molten Core
Shield	Blessed Qiraji Bulwark Red Dragonscale Protector Elementium Reinforced Bulwark High Warlord's Shield Wall The Immovable Object	Reward from Imperial Qiraji Armaments in AQ40 Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair PvP Vendor Alterac Valley Exalted
Relic	Totem of Life Totem of Rage	Fankriss the Unyielding in AQ40 Magmus in Blackrock Depths

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Classic era Shaman weapons: