Elemental Shaman DPS Stat Priority — The War Within Pre-Patch

Intelligence is your most important stat. This means you should most of the time equip your highest item level gear and sim yourself from there for adjustments that will be specific to your gear.

Note that in some extreme cases, stacking too much of one stat can lead to significant diminishing returns, beyond the usual relative values.

For exact ratios, this will vary depending on your talents and other factors. To obtain the exact relative values for your character, we recommend simming your character.

WARNING: Because of the recent Shaman rework, simulations are very much a WORK IN PROGRESS and you should expect our recommendations to change regularly until all the bugs and kinks can be sorted out. Thank you for your patience!

1. Haste;
2. Critical Strike;
3. Versatility;
4. Mastery.

Secondary stat distribution is much more spread out in The War Within's pre-patch, but things remain in flux as simulations are being sorted. Feel free to experiment.

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority, and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.

These statistics have been obtained by combining common sense, in-game testing, and simulations using SimulationCraft.

Mastery, through Mastery: Elemental Overload, causes some of your spells to have an additional chance to deal additional damage and generate extra Maelstrom. Note that with Mountains Will Fall your Mastery will apply to your spenders, making Mastery massively more valuable.

Haste increases the speed of your casts as well as the tick rate of your damage-over-time effects.

Critical Strike increases the damage of your spells.

Versatility increases all damage done increase and reduces all damage taken.