Elemental Shaman PvP Talents and Builds (Dragonflight / 10.0.7)

While the above table provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.

• Lightning Lasso is available without using a PvP Talent.
• Passive Maelstrom generation through Searing Flames
• Spirit Walk gives mobility to reposition or get away.
• Earthgrab Totem gives more crowd-control against double melee teams.
• Planes Traveler gives a reduced cooldown for Astral Shift.
• Increased passive healing through Healing Stream Totem and Swirling Currents.
• Lightning Lasso is available without using a PvP Talent.

• Decreased cooldown of Flame Shock with Flames of the Cauldron.
• Damage increase through Improved Flametongue Weapon to our main fire spells.
• Deeply Rooted Elements procs Lava Bursts on all targets with Flame Shock.
• Rolling Magma reduces cooldown on Primordial Wave.
• Primordial Surge gives free Lava Burst procs, with the first being increased by 25%, and spreading Flame Shock.
• Surge of Power allows the Elemental Shaman to root enemies in PvP
• Searing Flames and Inundate give easy passive ways to generate Maelstrom
• Primordial Bond gives damage reduction, which, along with the benefit of the Earth Elemental's passive and pet abilities through Primal Elementalist can provide a lot of defensive value.
• Flux Melting increases the Lava Burst damage, when talented.
• Mountains Will Fall now allows Earth Shock to overload and hit twice, when talented

You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents, each has uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvP talents, depending on your team's goal.

• Grounding Totem is a default selection against caster or Hunter teams. This can stop crowd-control from the enemy team, and large damaging spell casts from casters.
• Control of Lava is a default pick. This provides dispel protection for Flame Shock, enabling Elemental Shaman to have consistent pressure and Maelstrom generation. This talent is one of the default choices for Elemental Shaman, due to the impressive damage and the disruption that comes when a Flame Shock is dispelled.
• Unleash Shield provides significant utility for the Elemental Shaman to benefit from pushing enemy teammates off ledges and rooting. When using Elemental Orbit both knockback and root effects are applied.
• Skyfury Totem is a default pick. This talent increases the critical damage by 20% of only spell casts or heals. Although this is highly dependent on how often your spells critically hit, if a critical strike happens, the damage is significantly greater due to the multipliers of Master of the Elements, and the combination of Surge of Power and Stormkeeper. This also affects Lightning Lasso now.
• Static Field Totem has only around 5K HP but can be an important factor when going for burst or saving your teammates. This will allow you to get off your damage without being kited. This traps the enemy team within the circle, and they cannot escape using Blink or Divine Shield.
• Seasoned Winds provides 15% damage reduction against possibly multiple schools of magic when interrupting the enemy. This promotes the use of Wind Shear which is critical to the utility of the Elemental Shaman. This is a solid choice against any teams with casters. When interrupting some casters like a Chaos Bolt the Shaman will gain a 15% damage reduction for all schools of magic, which is a significant defensive to maintain throughout the match.
• Spectral Recovery can be useful. This can be a strong talent as it provides healing while in Ghost Wolf, but also raises the ghost wolf speed to 110% of movement speed even when slows are applied. This can be taken if you know you are against heavy melee teams and will need to kite for a considerable portion of the match. This can also be useful in battlegrounds for more mobility and works well with Spirit Wolf for mobility and defensives.
• Swelling Waves is a great talent for passive healing. This is also increased through the 20% benefit if Earth Shield is on the target will provide significant side healing.
• Traveling Storms is not taken in any circumstance in arena, as there are better selections to increase pressure on the other team. This can be taken in Eye of the Storm battleground if you will be sitting in the middle defending the flag and want to knock off opponents.
• Counterstrike Totem is a situational talent. This can be useful as a small peel for your teammates or as a surprise against enemies in arena. In battlegrounds, this can be used as a considerable damage option but will not lead to kills. Generally, teams are aware of this Shaman ability to use this totem. They will stop attacking once it is on the ground.