Enhancement Shaman DPS Easy Mode — The War Within (11.1.7)

Each of Enhancement's hero talents has a strong build variant for single-target that focuses on their strengths. Currently, the recommended choice is just barely Stormbringer thanks to recent buffs, though Totemic is close. This focuses heavily on Maelstrom Weapon spenders, Stormstrike and a powerful 2-minute Ascendance burst window.

If you are interested in a deep dive on this or a Stormbringer build, check our talent page.:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

In AoE, both hero trees have different cooldown timers and specialties, and have suitable builds depending on what you are looking for. Currently, the recommended choice is Totemic due to both having more uncapped AoE, and a very frequent 30-second/1-minute burst cooldown cycle. It also sacrifices very little single-target to get there, making it very well suited to a general Mythic+ environment.

The gameplay loop revolves around casting Lava Lash with Hot Hand active as often as possible, while maintaining Crash Lightning. It also hinges on as many Sundering plus Primordial Storm triggers as possible during Doom Winds to trigger Imbuement Mastery.

If you are interested in a deep dive on this or a Stormbringer build, check our talent page.:

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

Always make sure to have both Windfury Weapon and Flametongue Weapon imbued on your weapons. Also buff your group with Skyfury, and apply Earth Shield before combat. As both Single Target and AoE differ quite a lot in priority due to playing different hero talents, they have been split into two sections below.

• Maelstrom Weapon should be spent ideally at 10 stacks, and never below 8. Priority is Elemental Blast if available, then Tempest with a proc, and lastly Lightning Bolt if nothing else can be used.
• Cast Stormstrike whenever at 2 charges, and Crash Lightning on cooldown in between.
• All other GCDs should be spent on Voltaic Blaze procs, Stormstrike at 1 charge or Lava Lash if none are available. Lastly, fill with either Frost Shock or Flame Shock as your lowest priority.
• Feral Spirit should be used on cooldown, aiming to overlap Doom Winds which should be cast every minute.
• Ascendance should be cast on cooldown every 2 minutes, and while active every GCD should be spent on Windstrike.

• Cast Surging Totem on cooldown, and re-cast it to move it to your position if enemies move away.
• Make sure to apply Flame Shock to all enemies at the start of each pull using Whirling Earth. After this, cast Lava Lash as your top priority during Hot Hand procs.
• Cast Crash Lightning whenever available otherwise, making sure to always maintain the buff.
• Cast Feral Spirit followed by Primordial Wave, Primordial Storm and chain Sundering until it does not reset every 30 seconds. Every minute, cast Doom Winds after Primordial Wave, repeating this cycle.
• Spend Maelstrom Weapon on Elemental Blast at 10 stacks outside of these conditions. If it's on cooldown, use Chain Lightning instead.
• Use Stormstrike as your backup filler when nothing else is available to trigger Crash Lightning.

Astral Shift provides a 40% damage reduction for 12 seconds on a 1.5-minute cooldown (using Planes Traveler). This is Enhancement's strongest defensive tool, and while it has a longer cooldown than most defensives provides a lot of safety while active.

Earth Elemental grants 15% maximum health and 5% damage reduction for 1-minute, on a 5-minute cooldown. This is a "backup" cooldown when you cannot use Astral Shift, and can cover very long periods of time. It does, however, have a habit of getting itself killed due to its taunting, so be wary of using it if it will bother your tank.

Stone Bulwark Totem provides a 30% max health absorb shield, and an additional 3% shield every 5 seconds for 30 seconds, on a 3-minute cooldown. This is a decent survival tool against burst damage with some additional help against rot effects, but its long cooldown makes it inflexible, so plan accordingly.

Spirit Wolf provides up to a 20% damage reduction after remaining in Ghost Wolf for an extended period. This is a last resort defensive tool if you have nothing else available, as we cannot deal any damage in this state.

Maelstrom Weapon can be used to make Healing Surge instant, providing strong burst healing to ourselves, but this comes at a very high cost of damage by spending our offensive resources to do so.

Earth Shield grants a modest amount of healing over the course of an encounter with each charge consumed, and increases the healing we do to ourselves while active. This has a high GCD requirement to maintain, but does provide some extra sustain if used pro-actively.

Seasoned Winds provides very powerful damage reduction after successfully interrupting a spell, giving us more incentive to do so if there is a lot of damage happening.

The most versatile Enhancement stat priority that will cover both builds on offer here is as follows:

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

Stat priorities will change based on other talents taken in different builds, but, in general, this should serve you well. For finer details regarding each stat and the reason behind why they are picked can be found on our full stat page linked below.

Patch 11.1.7 adds the Rotation Assist tool curated by Blizzard, which has two modes: the first highlights action bar buttons with a recommended priority, while the second provides a single keybind that will automatically press the current top priority on the same list with a 25% GCD penalty between casts.

This provides a good starting point when jumping into Enhancement, as it can often be overwhelming with the sheer amount of options it has. It does, however, come with a performance loss and some issues when using it to keep in mind. The most important of these is that it currently does not use Ascendance, any racial bonuses or on-use trinkets - these all need to be cast manually while using the tool. It will also not make use of defensive, utility or crowd control tools for you.

The estimated losses compared to a standard rotation based on Hero Talent choice and content type can be found in the table below:

Hero Talent	Single-Target	AoE
Stormbringer Assist	-16%	-34%
Stormbringer One-Button	-32%	-46%
Totemic Assist	-6%	-8%
Totemic One-Button	-18%	-28%

Due to the tools poor handling of Maelstrom Weapon for Stormbringer in particular, we strongly recommend switching to Totemic whenever using this tool to avoid significant performance losses. This is especially true in AoE where, even with cooldowns inserted, it still struggles to manage its resources properly. A suitable Totemic single-target build not provided elsewhere on this page is as follows: