Enhancement Shaman DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Enhancement Shaman in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Enhancement Shaman gear and best in slot.
Gearing an Enhancement Shaman
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Enhancement Shaman for The War Within pre-patch. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Enhancement Shaman, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
Note that during the pre-patch, gear is still available from many leftover Dragonflight Season 4 sources, and this page will be updated in the lead up to the expansion release with new information for The War Within.
BiS Gear Guide for Enhancement Shaman
Enhancement generally aims for the highest item level pieces available, aiming for a mixture of Mastery and Haste on gear pieces, with some deviations depending on build. The only items that tend not to follow the item level rule is Jewelry, as these have no Agility. Thus, power is weighted more toward ideal secondary stats. Visit our Stats page for more details.
BiS Gear for Enhancement Shaman
BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list is the ideal DPS setup, including all sources available to
us. This includes Crafting, Raids, Mythic+, and even The Great Vault. Therefore,
think of this more as an end goal to work toward, as this list provides
the most balanced end setup, assuming you have access to everything.
All crafted pieces listed will be using a Draconic Missive of the Feverflare
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Main Hand | ![]() |
Mythic Council of Dreams |
Off Hand | ![]() |
Mythic Kurog Grimtotem |
Alternative | ![]() |
Mythic Igira the Cruel |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Neck | ![]() |
Mythic Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() |
Mythic Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion / The Great Vault |
Belt | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
Mythic Sarkareth |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Mythic Eranog |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Mythic Forgotten Experiments |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Echo of Neltharion |
Alternative #1 | ![]() |
Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna |
Alternative #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Smolderon |
For our crafted embellishment pieces, Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards is
the strongest single craft and should always be taken. We pair that with any
off-piece, preferably a belt, and use either
Blue Silken Lining (even
with low uptime, this is valuable) or
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch for
single-target.
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list contains the ideal options for each slot available from Mythic+ dungeons in the Season 4 pool. These are items that are worth target farming if you are looking to gear up a character and have holes in your gear set. This does not include any Raid or Crafted items.
Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when doing Mythic+, and instead a list of the best gear available from these dungeons in each respective slot. For that, see the overall list.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapons | ![]() |
Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr |
Alternative | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Neck | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Cloak | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Bracers | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Gloves | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Belt | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst |
Boots | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Alternative | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Raid Gear BiS List for Enhancement Shaman
This list provides the best item in each slot available within the 3 different Awakened Dragonflight raids available. This does not include any Crafted pieces.
Note: this is not a list for the best gear to wear when Raiding, and instead a list of the best item available from the current raid in each slot. For that, see the overall list.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Main Hand | ![]() |
Council of Dreams |
Off Hand | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem |
Alternative | ![]() |
Igira the Cruel |
Helm | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Neck | ![]() |
Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() |
Sarkareth |
Chest | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Nymue |
Gloves | ![]() |
Kazzara |
Belt | ![]() |
Gnarlroot |
Legs | ![]() |
Revival Catalyst / The Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
Sarkareth |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Mythic Forgotten Experiments |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Echo of Neltharion |
Alternative #1 | ![]() |
Mythic Broodkeeper Diurna |
Alternative #2 | ![]() |
Mythic Smolderon |
Enchants and Sockets
If you have a new piece of gear containing prismatic sockets or are eligible to be enchanted, you can find everything you need to pick the best one for the job on our dedicated enchants page below.
"Simming" Yourself as a Enhancement Shaman
Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each individual gear piece you have access to can change the overall balance and alter what is best right now for you.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets and offer recommendations, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
Tier Set Bonus for Enhancement Shaman in The War Within Pre-Patch
During the War Within pre-patch, the set bonus from Dragonflight Season 4 is
still available and is the Vision of the Greatwolf Outcast. This
focuses on Primordial Wave, and confers the following bonuses:
-
Shaman Enhancement 10.2 Class Set 2pc — casting
Primordial Wave summons one Lightning imbued
Feral Spirit that increases your Nature damage by 20% for 15 seconds.
-
Shaman Enhancement 10.2 Class Set 4pc — each
Feral Spirit wolf you spawn reduces the cooldown of your
Primordial Wave ability by 7 seconds.
This bonus requires you to spend at least one talent
point to gain access to Primordial Wave to trigger the effect. For
Elementalist builds, this talent path is already part of the loadout,
while Storm sacrifices either a point in
Elemental Assault
or
Legacy of the Frost Witch (depending on single-target or AoE) to
get the base ability.
The 2-piece wolf counts as an Elemental Spirits-imbued wolf
, so it increases all Nature damage in the same way, and activates the ticking
Maelstrom Weapon from
Feral Spirit when summoned. The
4-piece grants the cooldown reduction for each individual wolf
including the 2-piece, meaning a
Primordial Wave cast into
Feral Spirit reduces the cooldown by 21 seconds each cycle.
The priority is usually to ignore the Maelstrom Weapon CDR for
Feral Spirit via
Witch Doctor's Ancestry and prioritize cycling
Primordial Wave faster, but do not hold either for too long to do
this. It will vary significantly throughout an encounter because
of the variable cooldown rates of Feral Spirit in particular. The gameplay of
the bonus is just a faster rotational pace, but otherwise is played much like
Primordial Wave usually is. Additional details on how to play around
this window correctly can be found in a dedicated section on our Rotation
page below:
As it can be obtained through all 3 different raids, The Great Vault and the Revival Catalyst, it should be quite easy to acquire the 4-piece. The bosses within each raid that drop each piece are as follows:
Slot | Vault | Aberrus | Amirdrassil |
---|---|---|---|
Helm | Raszageth | Magmorax | Tindral Sageswift |
Shoulder | Broodkeeper Diurna | Echo of Neltharion | Smolderon |
Chest | Kurog Grimtotem | Zskarn | Nymue |
Gloves | Dathea | Forgotten Experiments | Igira the Cruel |
Legs | Sennarth | Rashok | Larodar |
Omni-Token | Raszageth | Sarkareth | Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Best Crafted Items for Enhancement Shaman
With Professions, you can craft items with customizable stats in nearly all slots with up to Item Level 525. This means that for many non-tier slots, Crafted items are a competitive alternative when gearing or to fill up gaps in your gearset.
If you want to learn more about the Crafting system in general and potentially craft your own items for less Gold, check out our dedicated page below.
Best Enhancement Shaman Crafting Order
Best Crafting Order for Enhancement Shaman
This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. All
crafts, unless otherwise stated, use a Draconic Missive of the Feverflare
wherever possible.
Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards,
Flame-Touched Chain using either
Blue Silken Lining or
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch,
Signet of Titanic Insight (with
Alchemical Flavor Pocket),
- Low Item Level Pieces.
Your second embellishment can be either Blue Silken Lining or
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch. The amount of Mastery granted by lining
is high enough to push it over even though our uptime is inconsistent, but if
you would prefer to avoid worrying about it then armor patch still works fine.
Enhancement Shaman Crafting Details
Embellishments either come set on items as standard or can be added with an optional reagent when crafting the piece. These provide additional bonuses (and in some cases quite large ones) but are limited to two. Due to there being so many options, here we explain in detail the ones available that are worth considering:
Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards — a strong all-round performer, coming with good uptime on both sides of the buff, which can be activated simultaneously. Its main issue is clashing with the Engineering bracers for those who want to make use of them.
Blue Silken Lining — this provides so much Mastery that even though we can only consistently expect around a 40% uptime, it is still worth using compared to alternatives. While it can be inconsistent, the value makes it worthwhile.
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch — the strongest single-target single embellishment that can be paired with the above bracers. While not very good in AoE scenarios, other options are harder to get full value out of.
Elemental Lariat — provides an additional secondary proc dependent on your current gem setup. This is an alternative second embellishment, but requires 6+ gem slots to compete, which is very hard to come by early in the season. Consider crafting later.
Alchemical Flavor Pocket* — this does not require an Embellishment slot, and as such, it is worth using to avoid losing your Well Fed buff should you die.
Fang Adornments — (Weapon only) adds a single-target damage proc. These are an option if you craft a weapon and can be replaced after you get new pieces.
Undulating Sporecloak — grants Versatility over 70% Health and an emergency absorb shield when you drop low. Unfortunately, while we could use the defensive benefits, the value is far too low to make a meaningful difference and should be avoided.
Infurious Boots of Reprieve — these have been strong in the past thanks to
Sundering triggering it, however due to it being a more costly talent point now is not competitive.
- Horizon Strider's Set — while a good effect, we hit Haste diminishing returns far too quickly and cannot really afford to invest two Embellishments into these.
Acidic Hailstone Treads — while these do technically sim well and perform in single-target, the downside of losing 10-20% movement speed when using a
Toxified Armor Patch is significant, which can (and likely will) get you killed. Craft at your own risk.
Engineering Specialty Pieces
Specialty items worth looking at, especially for Mythic+, are the
Engineering pieces. The Head ( Oscillating Wilderness Opticals) requires
Engineering as your profession, while the Bracers (
Complicated Cuffs)
can be used by anyone and both allow you to use the
Tinker: Arclight Vital Correctors giving you access to a combat res, which
can be game-changing. The only real downside is that it clashes with our
strongest embellishment in
Adaptive Dracothyst Armguards, so is harder
to slot in the Season 4 gear set.
If using these, they also come entirely with one stat, meaning
you should craft them with either the Meticulously-Tuned Gear
for Mastery, or the
Rapidly Ticking Gear for Haste.
Non-Engineers should also fit this with a
Critical Failure Prevention Unit, while Engineers should
use the
Calibrated Safety Switch.
Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman in The War Within Pre-Patch
In The War Within pre-patch, there are a lot of strong options left over from Season 4 that work for Havoc in different situations. Unfortunately, they all come from raids, so require group content to access.
Trinket | Note |
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Provides a flat amount of bonus secondaries that we can choose based on our current gear set. Also gains additional stats with allies that have different choices, so provided an entire group has the suite of 5 this is our strongest passive option. Due to our varied stats we can also opt into any of the five buffs, with Obsidian being the easiest to gear around. |
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While this was changed slightly at the tail end of Season 2, getting it
back in Season 4 keeps it as a strong option, especially for Mythic+.
Frontloading bonus stats into our ![]() |
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Deals a large amount of damage on a 2-minute cooldown, and is excellent as an option for extra priority damage, alongside being stronger if allies die. This is more of a niche pick, but it does add an extra tool to our priority damage arsenal and may find extra value compared to some of the more static options we tend to use. |
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Deals extremely high single-target damage but takes up to 3 minutes to fully ramp up. While the backlash damage is quite high, surviving through it is fine and definitely worth it. In Mythic+, on the other hand, the unreliability of maintaining it between pulls makes it more niche. |
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Provides flat Critical Strike and an additional proc if an allied Healer and Tank are wearing it. This is strong if the requirements are met, but it seems unlikely Tanks will opt into using this in Season 4, making it slightly worse than the above, but still an excellent choice especially in Mythic+ where neither are likely to be completely fulfilled. |
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This is purely for the purpose of high-key pushing, but the additional absorb shield provides a massive extra cooldown that we are sorely lacking. The performance hit is quite small compared to damage trinkets, so if you are struggling to survive and get hold of one of these, it will make a big difference. |
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Similar to the above, this is purely for the purpose of high key pushing as the extra shield is useful. This comes with the advantage of primary stat and a lower cooldown, but gaining value on the damage effect is much harder so the choice between them is quite difficult. If you are struggling to survive though try and get hold of either this or Rageheart. |
Trinket Simulations for Enhancement Shaman
These are generic simulations from Bloodmallet, giving you a rough overview of strong Enhancement Shaman Trinkets. It is not a replacement for simming yourself, but can still offer a quick reference point.
Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.
BiS Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Best Raiding & Single-Target Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Best Mythic+ & AoE Trinkets for Enhancement Shaman
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4 and Awakened gear release.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, added note regarding Rageheart.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Updated to remove Sporecloak recommendation, switched Dracothyst/Shadowflame.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Restructured for Patch 10.1.7, information remains the same.
- 20 Jul. 2023: Added Sporecloak to crafts for high Mythic+.
- 12 Jul. 2023: Increased value for Accelerating Sandglass due to patch release update.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 adding Dawn of the Infinite gear and cleaning up Crafting section.
- 25 May 2023: Added section on Cataclysm Timewalking.
- 09 May 2023: Updated to adjust for trinket changes.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 and Season 2 release with new gear recommendations.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Gemstones hotfixes.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7 with Onyx Annulet recommendations.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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