Elemental Shaman DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.0.7
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 — Dragonflight 10.0.7.
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.
As a reminder, you do NOT need any consumables to change your talents anywhere.
Tome of the Still Mind are obsolete.
Profession Consumable Ranks
As part of Dragonflight's overhaul of Professions, many crafted items and consumables may have multiple ranks of quality that impact their effects. For consumables, there are potentially three ranks of an item that may be used, with Rank 3 items (shown as item level 415 in-game and with three gold stars) providing the most powerful bonuses. However, higher quality consumables will generally be more expensive and not always necessary depending on the content you are doing. You should be willing to use whatever rank of an item is most within your budget, and save higher-quality consumables for content where you will really need the extra boost!
If you would like to learn more about quality ranks on profession items, or the overhaul to professions as a whole, please see our overview below.
Primordial Stone Gems for Elemental Shaman
Currently, those gems and the associated ring Onyx Annulet are not quite
worth using if you have Mythic rings. This is likely to change as it has been said
clearly that they are intended to be BiS until season 2.
Assuming they are appropriately buffed, you will probably want to get the following gems, in order of priority:
Desirous Blood Stone is probably best for PvP,
while
Pestilent Plague Stone might do a lot of damage in heavy AoE situations.
For more information regarding the Onyx Annulet, the Primordial Gemstones, and how to obtain them, check out our dedicated guide for it below.
Best Gems for Elemental Shaman
You should use one Illimited Diamond with your best stat, most likely
Skillful Illimited Diamond, and either
Keen Neltharite or
Zen Neltharite
in the rest of your sockets.
If you are using Elemental Lariat, keep in mind that the proc works
strangely and will always give you whatever the LOWER stat on your gem is, so
using
Keen Neltharite would proc a haste buff.
Note that you can use Tiered Medallion Setting successively at increasingly
high qualities to add sockets to your necklace, up to a total of 3.
Best Enchants & Armor Enhancements for Elemental Shaman
Slot | Enchantment |
---|---|
Weapon | |
Chest | |
Cloak |
|
Rings |
|
Bracers |
|
Leggings |
|
Boots |
Consumables for Elemental Shaman
Weapon Oil/Rune for Elemental Shaman
You want to use a Howling Rune unless you are using
Improved Flametongue Weapon,
as those do not currently stack any more.
Best Flasks and Potions for Elemental Shaman
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power is your strongest potion, but it costs
Primal Chaos to use, so you will want to use regular
Elemental Potion of Power
in almost every scenario.
Phial of Static Empowerment is your strongest flask in low movement
encounters. Trying to gain full benefit from it is both difficult and
potentially problematic, so in many situations you will probably want to
use
Phial of Elemental Chaos instead. In situations where you can always
stay well away from allies for most of the fight, you can use
Phial of Charged Isolation
instead.
In Mythic+ you will most likely want to use Phial of Tepid Versatility,
as
Phial of Glacial Fury's AoE damage is not enough to overtake the all-rounder
value of a big consistent versatility buff.
Use both Warlock Healthstone and
Refreshing Healing Potions.
Best Food for Elemental
You should eat from the Hoard of Draconic Delicacies or
Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak when available and otherwise eat your own
Fated Fortune Cookies. Alternatively, you can eat
Great Cerulean Sea or
Sizzling Seafood Medley.
Augment Rune for Elemental Shaman
If you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runes
available, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them for
when you need them.
Changelog
- 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.
More Shaman Guides
Guides from Other Classes
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.
- World Boss Bazual Available During the Week of March 22nd
- Baine Cutscene in Patch 10.0.7
- Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 Hotfixes: March 21st
- Orc and Human Heritage Armor Cutscenes
- Primordial Stones in PvP
- Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 Known Issues
- Everything You Need to Know About Patch 10.0.7
- Class Guides Updated for Patch 10.0.7 Launch