Elemental Shaman DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (Season 1)
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Elemental Shaman, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Elemental Shaman gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Elemental Shaman
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Elemental Shaman, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
Best Gems for Elemental Shaman in The War Within
We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.
The best stat for Elemental Shamans is Mastery, followed by Haste then Critical Strike. You should most likely be gemming for Mastery.
You should use Elusive Blasphemite in one socket. To gain adequate benefits from its unique effect, you should use one Quick Onyx, one Masterful Ruby, one Masterful Emerald and potentially one Masterful Sapphire. Using Masterful Amber however is probably too big a loss of secondaries for most people, so we do not recommend it. Fill in remaining sockets with Quick Onyx (unless you are already above 18,000 Mastery). For people who do not value the movement speed at all, you can use Culminating Blasphemite but note that the unique effect is fairly minor for Elemental Shamans.
Best Enchants for Elemental Shaman in The War Within
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Weapon Oil for Elemental Shaman
You should apply Algari Mana Oil on your weapon every couple of hours. If you are using Improved Flametongue Weapon for some reason, for example in a PvP build, do not use this oil, as it does not stack with the Flametongue Weapon imbue.
Best Flask for Elemental Shaman in The War Within
You should be drinking Flask of Alchemical Chaos.
Best Potion for Elemental Shaman in The War Within
Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.
You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.
Best Food for Elemental Shaman in The War Within
You should be eating from a primary stat Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.
If Feasts are not available, eat Outsider's Provisions, Beledar's Bounty, Jester's Board, or Empress' Farewell instead.
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!
Changelog
- 23 Oct. 2024: Replaced Stormrider's Fury with Stonebound Artistry as a weapon enchant option.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 10 Sep. 2024: Added additional weapon enchant options.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Adjusted Blasphemite, cloak enchant, bracer enchant recommendation. Rephrased a sentence to be clearer.
- 06 Sep. 2024: Removed a sentence that should not be necessary anymore.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 23 Apr. 2024: Added Sizzling Seafood Medley as an option.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 17 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 25 Nov. 2023: Added Helm enchant and Tiered Medallion Setting as a reminder. Added an unlikely case use of using Hissing Rune, reworded a couple sentences regarding Decayology Flasks.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Added a disclaimer about mastery caps. Updated with new optimal enchants and gems, added enchant options, added some occasionally useful special potions, updated phial section, mentioned the reusable augment rune.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 12 May 2023: Adjusted recommended phial.
- 02 May 2023: Added Deviously Deviled Eggs to the food recommendation and a warning about Fated Fortune Cookies.
- 01 May 2023: Updated with T30 recommendations, updated Onyx Annulet section.
- 27 Mar. 2023: Updated the Primordial Gems section.
- 23 Mar. 2023: updated the Primordial Gems section following new hotfixes.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated the Primordial Stone Gems section following a last minute buff on the gems.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated recommended phial for M+ and added a warning on gem socketing with Elemental Lariat, added a section on Primordial Stone Gems.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 21 Dec. 2022: Updated Runes not stacking with Improved Flametongue Weapon anymore.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for week 3. Added a note on Tiered Medallion Settings.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Stormy, Elemental main since Wrath of the Lich King and member of the Storm, Earth and Lava Elemental theorycrafting team.
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