Season of Discovery Enhancement Shaman DPS Talents and Runes

Ancestral Knowledge has a small, but relevant contribution to the Mana returned by Shamanistic Rage.

Thundering Strikes and Flurry are great damage increases, and Enhancing Totems (plus Improved Weapon Totems if your group can make use of it instead of Elemental Warding and maxed Ghost Wolf) are also recommended to make your party support totems as strong as they can be.

With the new Static Shock Rune, Improved Lightning Shield is a small but noticeable DPS increase, and Stormstrike is an extra attack with great synergy with the offensive casts allowed by Maelstrom Weapon.

• Gloves — Lava Lash
• Pants — Shamanistic Rage
• Chest — Dual Wield Specialization
• Waist — Maelstrom Weapon
• Feet — Spirit of the Alpha
• Head — Mental Dexterity
• Wrist — Rolling Thunder

Lava Lash is a very cheap way to get some extra damage in on a short cooldown. Dual Wield Specialization provides a massive Hit and damage bonus, making it one of the best passive damage increasing Runes in SoD and generally superior to Two-Handed Mastery in the community simulations.

Shamanistic Rage wins out against its competitors due to the excellent Mana regeneration it provides on a short cooldown, with a significant part of this Mana also goes towards your raid members!

In the waist slot, Maelstrom Weapon is a fantastic DPS option for both single and area damage, and can even allow you to emergency heal if needed!

Spirit of the Alpha is a must-have on tanks, but if all tanks in the group already have it just put it on someone unlikely to pull aggro, as having it up on someone other than yourself will give you a large 5% physical damage buff!

Finally, the new Mental Dexterity and Rolling Thunder Runes are powerful passive effects which will increase your non-physical damage and increase your ability to scale with gear.

More engravings are likely to come out as we reach higher level caps so make sure to double check our Shaman Rune guide to know where to get the currently recommended Runes and learn about future Runes as they are made available.