Enhancement Shaman DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.1.5)

Enhancement currently has two strong Hero Talents that are both playable, and each has a slightly different stat priority. Generally however, you can get away with using the same gearset for both of them without losing much:

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Stat Priority for Enhancement Shaman

Stormbringer Stats Totemic Stats

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Stormbringer Stat Priority

Currently when playing in either single-target or AoE situations the Stormbringer hero tree has the following general priority:

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

Due to the extreme need to cycle through Maelstrom Weapon spenders, Haste comes out on top due to it influencing the rate at which we reach each Tempest cast. Following that, the huge amount of magic damage dealt puts Mastery at a close second.

The bonus Crit scaling provided by Stormcaller puts it slightly ahead of Versatility, and both outscale our primary stat with higher Season 2 gear item level. While you should not prioritize them, you should aim for some to balance stats out if either are being too neglected.

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Totemic Stat Priority

Currently when playing in either single-target or AoE situations the Totemic hero tree has the following general priority:

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

With Windfury Weapon being a core component of Totemic alongside a large amount of Flamestrike damage, Mastery generally comes out on top due to Storm's Wrath, though Haste is extremely close behind. These are the two stats we generally stack.

The bonus Crit scaling provided by Supportive Imbuements puts it slightly ahead of Versatility (and significantly better in AoE), and both outscale our primary stat with higher Season 2 gear item level. While you should not prioritize them, you should aim for some to balance stats out if either are being too neglected.

Every stat has a limit where they will begin to offer less increase per point gained, which are known as the points of diminishing return. Once you have reached these amounts, stats will become progressively less valuable and may fall behind other options. The current breakpoints are:

• 21000 Critical Strike Rating
• 19800 Haste Rating
• 23400 Versatility Rating
• 21000 Mastery Rating

With the higher item level in the current season, we are at risk of hitting the first of these points on at least two stats. Be aware of these breakpoints if you find your sim results are unusual.

If you are ever in doubt about what items to wear for any given situation, the only way to truly figure it out for your character is to use Raidbots. This website allows you to easily compare gear you already have, as well as gear you do not have.

Due to every character being unique with variables based on your current gear, racial bonuses and effects you have active, it is much easier to trust its bespoke output rather than a general priority if you are looking to min-max your damage potential.

The gems, enchants, and consumables you will use are directly derived from your stat priority, and you can find our advice on this topic in our dedicated page.

Agility provides you with Attack Power, which increases the damage of your melee attacks and abilities.

Critical Strike increases the chance for your attacks and abilities to critically strike, dealing double damage. It also increases the chance to trigger the Flurry effect from abilities.

Haste increases the speed of your melee autoattacks. This increases the frequency of your Windfury Weapon procs (and by extension Stormsurge chances), and your Maelstrom Weapon stack generation, and lastly, reduces the tick rate of your Surging Totem. Haste also decreases the your Global Cooldown to a minimum of 0.75 seconds, and primarily reduces the cooldown of your Stormstrike, Lava Lash, Ice Strike, Crash Lightning, Frost Shock, Flame Shock and Fire Nova abilities.

Mastery, through Mastery: Enhanced Elements, increases all Fire, Frost, and Nature damage you deal alongside increasing your chance to proc Stormsurge and Windfury Weapon. This bonus chance to trigger Stormsurge and Windfury Weapon can be increased by 150% via the Storm's Wrath talent. Your Stormsurge procs can also be empowered to cause your next Stormstrike to deal 25% additional damage as Nature damage via the Stormblast talent, which also benefits from Mastery.

Versatility increases all damage and healing you do and reduces all damage taken.