Classic Elemental Shaman DPS Gear and Best in Slot

While a clear best in slot list is always available in WoW 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.

As WoW Classic's Season of Mastery consists of Phases that are separate from the regular branch of Classic, we have created unique gear lists for its pre-raid and Phases. In addition, you may find it useful to look over our Fire Resistance Gear guide for your specialization, which is applicable for either version of Classic.

In order to get ready for raiding, it is recommended that you follow this guide in order to learn which gear to gather for maximizing DPS before ever setting foot in raids, and probably also before getting your first epic loot. Even so, expect to get a few pieces that you will have a hard time replacing, such as Briarwood Reed and Therazane's Touch.

Look out also for the Tailoring Bloodvine Set, which you can buy and is extremely powerful when compared to most other pre-raid BiS pieces!

Naxxramas carries the best gear WoW Classic has to offer, as well as the toughest PvE challenges to beat.

Unfortunately, Shamans Tier 3, The Earthshatterer is a pure healing set, and as such has next to no value to Elemental Shamans.

Thus, our recommended gear is a mix of the Tier 2.5 or Bloodvine 3 set piece bonuses alongside the best off-set pieces for each slot. Bloodvine will usually result in higher damage, but Tier 2.5 has more Stamina and the highest potential throughput, as long as you get good procs.

Finally, take note that all bosses in Naxxramas are undead other than Grand Widow Faerlina and Maexxna. This makes specialized anti-undead items like Rune of the Dawn, Mark of the Champion and the Regalia of Undead Cleansing set very competitive with the general best in slot pieces, and you can use them instead, if needed.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Neck	Gem of Trapped Innocents	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shoulder	Pauldrons of Elemental Fury Stormcaller's Pauldrons	Trash mobs in Naxxramas Viscidus or Princess Huhuran in AQ40
Cloak	Cloak of the Necropolis	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Bloodvine Vest Stormcaller's Hauberk	Tailoring C'Thun in AQ40
Wrists	The Soul Harvester's Bindings	Gothik the Harvester in Naxxramas
Gloves	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun in AQ40
Belt	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Bloodvine Leggings Stormcaller's Leggings Leggings of Polarity Leggings of Elemental Fury	Tailoring Ouro in AQ40 Thaddius in Naxxramas Trash mobs in Naxxramas
Boots	Bloodvine Boots Stormcaller's Footguards	Tailoring Viscidus or Princess Huhuran in AQ40
Rings	Band of the Inevitable Seal of the Damned	Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas
Trinkets	Neltharion's Tear The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron Natural Alignment Crystal Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Sapphiron in Naxxramas Firemaw in Blackwing Lair Various Bosses in Molten Core
Two-Hand	Soulseeker	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
One-Hand	The End of Dreams	Grobbulus in Naxxramas
Off-hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Relic	Totem of the Storm	World drop BoE

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	Stormcaller's Diadem Spellweaver's Turban The Hexxer's Cover	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Neck	Amulet of Vek'nilash Choker of the Fire Lord Charm of the Shifting Sands Jeklik's Opaline Talisman	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Ragnaros in Molten Core Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 High Priestess Jeklik in Zul'Gurub
Shoulder	Rime Covered Mantle Deep Earth Spaulders Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal Mantle of the Desert's Fury	Gluth in Naxxramas Various Bosses in Molten Core Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Silithid Royalty in AQ40
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured Cloak of Consumption Cloak of the Brood Lord Cloak of the Hakkari Worshipers	C'Thun in AQ40 Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Nefarian in Blackwing Lair High Priest Bosses in Zul'Gurub
Chest	Robe of Volatile Power Stormcaller's Hauberk Zandalar Augur's Hauberk	Various Bosses in Molten Core C'Thun in AQ40 Paragons of Power: The Augur's Hauberk in Zul'Gurub
Wrists	Rockfury Bracers Bracers of Arcane Accuracy Burrower Bracers Shackles of the Unscarred	Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair Ouro in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20
Gloves	Gloves of Ebru Gauntlets of Kalimdor Bloodtinged Gloves	Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Viscidus in AQ40 Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Belt	Girdle of Elemental Fury Mana Igniting Cord Firemaw's Clutch Southwind's Grasp	Trash mobs in Naxxramas Various Bosses in Molten Core Firemaw in Blackwing Lair General Rajaxx in AQ20
Legs	Leggings of the Black Blizzard Scaled Leggings of Qiraji Fury Stormcaller's Leggings	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 Ouro in AQ40
Boots	Boots of Epiphany Boots of Fright Snowblind Shoes	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Taerar Azuregos
Rings	Ring of the Fallen God Band of Forced Concentration Ritssyn's Ring of Chaos Band of Forced Concentration Mindtear Band Ring of Spell Power	C'Thun in AQ40 Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Trash Guide Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Taerar Flamewalker Bosses in Molten Core
Trinkets	Zandalarian Hero Charm Eye of the Beast Briarwood Reed Draconic Infused Emblem Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas	Heart of Hakkar in Zul'Gurub For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Frost Shock and You in Dire Maul
Two-Hand	Brimstone Staff Blessed Qiraji Acolyte Staff Staff of the Shadow Flame Staff of the Ruins Ironbark Staff	Loatheb in Naxxramas Tokens dropped by most bosses (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj Loot Guide) Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Arathi Basin Exalted
One-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis Midnight Haze Claw of Chromaggus Hammer of the Gathering Storm	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Grobbulus in Naxxramas Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Hammer of the Gathering Storm quest in Silithus
Off-hand	Royal Scepter of Vek'lor Talon of Furious Concentration Therazane's Touch Jin'do's Bag of Whammies	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Moam in AQ20 Alterac Valley Exalted Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Relic	Totem of Rebirth	Isalien in Dire Maul East (tier 0,5 questline)

Sapphiron on Naxxramas all but requires a good amount of Frost Resistance gear to kill, as otherwise you will be taking too much damage for healers to keep up with. Check out our recommended Frost Resistance gear in the guide below!

As an Elemental Shaman, you are likely to be asked to use as much Nature Resistance gear as you can for Princess Huhuran while being one of the 15 closest players. Read this guide to figure out where to find such gear, and which pieces to wear!

If you would prefer to gear for PvP, you can find our Elemental Shaman PvP BiS guide below.

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

Some items, which are not powerful enough to be in the best in slot list, have special properties that make them very valuable to acquire for specific encounters or as a weapon swap mid-fight. We will list the most notable special items for the current phase, and their effects and application below:

• Gnomish Battle Chicken summons a chicken that attacks your enemies for 1.5 minutes, with a cooldown of 30 minutes. The chicken scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill), and buffs your group with 5% increased Attack Speed through Battle Squawk. This is what makes it well worth using while grouped.
• Arcanite Dragonling summons a dragon that attacks your enemies for up to 1 minute, with a cooldown of one hour. The dragon scales with your Engineering skill (Level 60 at 300 skill) and causes a stacking debuff that increases Fire damage taken, which makes it worth using in later raids to boost Fire Mage damage.
• Skull of Impending Doom is given as a quest reward from completing Forbidden Knowledge in the Badlands. While generally undesirable, if you need to run somewhere fast, it can be a useful item to have.
• Furbolg Medicine Pouch is sold by Gorn One Eye when you reach Honored status with Timbermaw Hold. This is a great item that you can swap during combat to provide you with a significant 1000 heal over 10 seconds. For comparison's sake, Heavy Runecloth Bandage heals you for 2000 over 8 seconds, but requires you to channel it, and you cannot take any sort of damage in the channel duration.
• Tidal Charm allows you to instantly stun an enemy for 3 seconds. It has a 50% drop chance from Prince Nazjak, who spawns around 25,84 in Arathi Highlands. Due to his very high respawn timer it might be hard to get this trinket, but the stun it provides is a life saver and duel winner.
• Hand of Edward the Odd is an epic BoE world drop that makes your next spell cast instantly when it procs, which happens around once a minute. This makes it useful for extra burst, but you should swap to a weapon with better stats after using the proc. It also allows you to Hearthstone instantly, which allows you to role play a bubble hearthstone Paladin in an emergency.
• Linken's Boomerang allows you to potentially disarm or stun an enemy when used, which makes it useful in certain scenarios, especially in PvP. Its rewarded from the Un'Goro Crater quest It's Dangerous to Go Alone.
• Luffa removes a bleed effect, such as Garrote, from yourself when used. You get this item from the Searing Gorge quest Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It.