Elemental Shaman DPS Simulations — Shadowlands 9.2.5
On this page, you will find a number of useful simulation results for your Elemental Shamans in World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.5.
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 Dwarf for Alliance and
technically Tauren for Horde. Goblins happen to have a nice mobility
tool with 
Rocket Jump, so I personally recommend them.
Changelog
- 31 May 2022: Page reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 22 Feb. 2022: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 01 Nov. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.5.
- 29 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 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.
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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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