Elemental Shaman DPS Stat Priority — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.5

1. The Basics of Stats for Elemental Shaman

In Battle for Azeroth, Intelligence is the 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.

1.1. Generic Stat Priority

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

For exact ratios, this will vary depending on your talents and other factors. For the Echo of the Elements / Master of the Elements / Icefury single-target build, you want 40% of your secondary stats as Versatility, 30% as Critical Strike, 20% as Haste and 10% as Mastery. So if you had a total of 1000 secondary stats on your gear, you would ideally have 400 Versatility, 300 Critical Strike, 200 Haste and 100 Mastery.

For the more general Earthen Rage / Storm Elemental / Primal Elementalist build, you want 40% of your secondary stats as Critical Strike, 40% as Haste, 10% as Versatility and 10% as Mastery.

For exact relative values, as always, we recommend simming your character.

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

2. Statistics Explanations for Elemental Shaman

Mastery, through Mastery: Elemental Overload, causes your spells to have an additional chance to deal additional damage and generate extra Maelstrom.

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 is a flat-out damage done increase and damage taken reduction.

3. Changelog