Elemental Shaman PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets (Shadowlands / 9.2)
Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Elemental Shaman in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose the rest of your gear and your trinkets.
This page is part of our Elemental Shaman PvP Guide.
Stat Priority for Elemental Shamans in PvP
The stat priority for Elemental Shamans in PvP is as follows:
- Intellect;
- Versatility;
- Haste;
- Critical Strike;
- Mastery.
Versatility is the best stat due to the increased survivability and
overall damage. The scaling is amplified by Master of the Elements,
and
Skyfury Totem when you critically strike.
Gear Recommendations
General Guidelines
In general, Elemental Shaman want to get on-use trinkets for Intellect
that line up well with their offensive cooldowns Stormkeeper and
Echoing Shock with
Earth Shock.
Tier Sets for Elemental Shaman
Elemental Shaman 2-Piece — While your
Fire Elemental is active, your
Lava Burst deals 20% additional damage and you gain
Lava Surge
every 8 seconds. This is a very strong 2-set bonus increasing our Lava Burst and causing them
to occur more often allows Elemental Shamans to more easily generate maelstrom,
while staying mobile in PvP.
Elemental Shaman 4-Piece — Casting
Lava Burst extends the duration
of your
Fire Elemental by 1.5 seconds. If your Fire Elemental is not
active, Lava Burst has a 20% chance to reduce its remaining cooldown by
10 seconds instead. The 4-set bonus does allow you to potentially have 100% uptime on your
Fire Elemental. This will increase your passive damage on the target. This
requires the Elemental Shaman to Lava Burst as much as possible to keep the
duration above zero.
How to Acquire Tier Sets
PvP activities will allow you to acquire tier set pieces through the Great Vault
or through converting PvP gear to Tier Set pieces using Cosmic Flux and
the Creation Catalyst.
Recommended Items
Cosmic Gladiator's Medallion is required for PvP, since this is how
you can free yourself from any crowd-control. This also is one of the two PvP
trinkets that are part of a set, whose bonus will increase your Intellect
and Stamina.
Cosmic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity is a great on-use trinket to have
to have. The on-use increased primary stat will give a temporary boost of
damage which can be used with your offensive cooldowns.
Cosmic Gladiator's Emblem is a trinket that provides a temporary
health buff, which can be used when you believe the team will be focusing you in
big burst windows, and you will need the defensive to survive.
Gems and Enchant
Here are the best enchants for a Restoration Shaman:
- Bracers:
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect
- Cloak:
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality
- Chest:
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats
- Rings:
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility
- Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance
Gem all of the sockets in your gear with Versatile Jewel Cluster.
Changelog
- 27 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Updated based on Patch 9.0.5 for Shadowlands.
- 07 Dec. 2020: Updated enchants based on feedback.
- 02 Dec. 2020: Updated ahead of first Shadowlands PvP Season.
- 29 Nov. 2020: Removed old Azerite mentions. More updates to follow.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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