Elemental Shaman DPS Vault of the Incarnates Raid Guide — Season 4

On this page, you will find Elemental Shaman specific information to deal with each Boss in the Vault of the Incarnates raid.

This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Elemental Shaman and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.

As a rule of thumb, if you can use those talents, use Healing Stream Totem and Earth Shield during movement when your only alternative is a regular Frost Shock or if you are out of range of the Boss for a bit (such as when dropping void zones in a corner).

Demonic Gateway, if available (and it almost always should be), helps simplify many movement-heavy mechanics, so adjust your movement cooldown usage depending on what your raid decides to use Demonic Gateway on (also true of Stampeding Roar). You should absolutely buy Gateway Control Shard in Valdrakken in order to use Gateways more reliably.

We also recommend being very aware of how boss abilities cycle and not using defensive cooldowns or Health consumables just because your Health drops low; it is likely that the "dangerous" ability just happened, and you should not take much damage for a while. Try to figure out in advance the situations where you would benefit the most from them, as they are not necessarily best used as "panic buttons." Feel free to cast Healing Surge on yourself (or others) when in doubt.

Lightning and Fire builds are fairly close (until you get Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc but are best at slightly different things. Fire has more mobility and more reliable priority target damage, Lightning will do (especially with T30 equipped) more single-target damage and has better AoE burst. Hybrids are possible if you want to experiment.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

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• Flamerifts appear every 30 seconds. You should hold your first Stormkeeper and use it right before the adds spawn, and then repeat this for every second add spawn. Similarly, if using these talents, make sure you have an Echoes of Great Sundering and Surge of Power buff ready for this AoE burst.
• When targeted by Flamerift, use Spiritwalker's Grace to keep casting at the Boss while adjusting your positioning. Use Gust of Wind to accelerate this if you are out of position.
• You can use Capacitor Totem and Earthbind Totem on Flamescale Taraseks to keep them stacked.
• When targeted by a Flamescale Taraseks fixate, you can use Thunderstorm to prevent it from getting too close.
• Make sure you focus down the right Primal Flame during Phase 2.
• The only ability which should require Astral Shift use is Incinerating Roar once you reach a certain amount of stacks. Feel free to use your potions or heal yourself with Healing Surge if you think your healers are struggling or you are dropping dangerously low
• In Mythic difficulty, you want to focus down the Flamescale Captain as soon as possible, and to keep interrupting their Pyroblast with Wind Shear.

For more information, please refer to our Eranog guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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Because you do not need much utility in this fight, you can use talents to help with healing a little. For this purpose, you could grab Earth Shield, Ancestral Guidance or Mana Spring Totem. Depending on whether you feel some of your mobility talents are unnecessary, you can drop one or two to lean more heavily into healing. I recommend keeping all the mobility you can, however.

• This is a relatively straightforward fight that requires a lot of healing and movement. Do not hesitate to use Spiritwalker's Grace, Gust of Wind or going into Ghost Wolf form a lot.
• There are multiple uses for Wind Rush Totem. Do not hesitate to use it for any big raid movement if it is not assigned to a particular ability. Rock Blast is likely to be a good example.
• This fight is much easier if your raid organizes their movement cooldowns properly, most notably Demonic Gateway and Stampeding Roar. I recommend even pick-up groups on lower difficulties do this.

For more information, please refer to our Terros guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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You could also get Earth Shield and Surging Shields for better personal survivability.

• Keep Flame Shock on all targets.
• When you have a Conductive Mark on you and are targeted by Meteor Axes, use Astral Shift and use all the healing you can.
• Interrupt Dathea's Lightning Bolts and the Primal Council's Frost Spikes.
• You will most likely want to use Gust of Wind, Spiritwalker's Grace or both when dealing with Primal Blizzard.

For more information, please refer to our The Primal Council guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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• Focusing down Frostbreath Arachnids is the most important thing in the fight. Use movement abilities to maintain full uptime when they are up and defensives/healing to survive their Chilling Blast.
• Use Stoneskin Totem to help mitigate Gossamer Burst.
• Caustic Spiderlings should be bullied with Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem.
• Wind Rush Totem should be available for intermissions.

For more information, please refer to our Sennarth guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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• Like on Eranog, you will want to have a Surge of Power up to mow down Thunder Callers with Stormkeeper.
• Use Spiritwalker's Grace during Cyclone, Wind Rush Totem should also be used there.
• Help your raid stack Thunder Callers on top of each other with Thunderstorm then Capacitor Totem.
• Interrupt in priority Volatile Infusers' Diverted Essence cast, then Thunder Callers' Storm Bolt.
• You can jump back on the boss platform with Gust of Wind early.

For more information, please refer to our Dathea guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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• Always hard focus the adds.
• Use Gust of Wind and/or Spiritwalker's Grace to reach Thunder Strikes.
• Interrupt Smoldering Hellions' Flame Bolts and Frozen Destroyers' Frost Binds.
• Use Astral Shift for when Lethal Current targets you, or you have to soak a Thunder Strike when the Boss has a lot of Dominance stacks.
• In Mythic difficulty, use Spiritwalker's Grace to deal with Searing Carnage.

For more information, please refer to our Kurog Grimtotem guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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There are typically 2 "groups" assigned in this fight, one to focus on single-target DPS on the boss, the other focusing/AoEing down adds. Depending on your role, you want to pick between Splintered Elements and Primordial Surge, although lightning builds (like on Council) can also pull ahead AoE-wise. We are assuming you are assigned to the ST group group.

Depending on your difficulties with the fight, you may want to drop some crowd control for either personal ( Earth Shield and Surging Shields) or group healing ( Ancestral Guidance, Mana Spring Totem). As Frozen Shroud is technically a "root" effect; Thunderous Paws may get us out of it.

• Always focus Juvenile Frost Proto-Dragons.
• As usual, use Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem to stack adds together and stun them.
• Use Spiritwalker's Grace when pursued by Greatstaff's Wrath. As you are the one choosing to be targeted by this ability, you should always have Spiritwalker's Grace available for it. Gust of Wind will do in a pinch.
• Interrupt Primalist Mages' Ice Barrages and Drakonid Stormbringers' Static Jolt.
• You should problably keep Astral Shift for Frozen Shroud. You can also use it if someone is about to break eggs with Greatstaff's Wrath during a Chilling Tantrum.

For more information, please refer to our Broodkeeper Diurna guide.

You can import one of our recommended talent trees for this Boss directly into the game by copying one of the following strings:

Fire Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.2 Class Set 4pc

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Lightning Build (preferred with Shaman Elemental 10.1 Class Set 4pc)

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• Wind Rush Totem and Gust of Wind are very helpful in all difficulties to help people reposition during/after multiple abilities, or not get blasted off a platform.
• Make sure you have DPS cooldowns available to deal with the various adds.
• Volatile Spark can be interrupted and therefore killed by Wind Shear but also Capacitor Totem, Purge and Thunderstorm.

For more information, please refer to our Raszageth guide.