Elemental Shaman DPS Simulations — Shadowlands 9.0.2
On this page, you will find a number of useful simulation results for your Elemental Shamans in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.0.2.
Disclaimer
With the advent of certain tools such as Raidbots, simulating your character has now become simple enough that we can recommend even the average player to sim their own character. It is through advanced simulations that many of the recommendations in this guide are found, and by doing your own you can easily figure out what talents you should be using with your particular gearing combination, what gear to equip, what Legendaries to equip and more. Below there is a video guiding you on how to sim your character.
A note on Racial Bonuses
The difference from worst to best race is very small. Your gear and talent
choices change the value of those racials. Pick a race for how it looks, feels,
and the utility it brings. If you absolutely want to pick the theoretical best
race for pure single target DPS according to sims, it is Draenei for Alliance and
technically Orc for Horde. Goblins happen to have a nice mobility
tool with 
Rocket Jump, so I personally recommend them.
Changelog
- 02 Dec. 2020: Updated to reflect new sims.
- 21 Nov. 2020: Page updated for Shadowlands release, updated Horde recommendation to Goblin.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands 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.
- The Most Popular DPS for Mythic+ in Shadowlands Season 1 Week 7
- Player Counts All Anima Items... and It's a Bit Much
- How to Get the Carpal Pet in Shadowlands
- Threads of Fate Free Covenant Switch Methods
- Patch 9.0.2 and Classic Hotfixes: January 20th
- Huge Spell Batching Changes: Classic 1.13.7 PTR
- Stoneborn Brought Into Battleground Potential Exploit
- Players Can Do Mythic+ Below Level 60!