Enhancement Shaman DPS Stat Priority — The War Within (11.2)

Welcome to our Stat Priority page for Enhancement Shaman in The War Within! Here we'll quickly be going over the stats you should aim for on gear, alongside any special considerations depending on your build.

Enhancement has two different Hero Talents, each with a slightly different preferrence for each stat. 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, Stormbringer builds have the following stat 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 by increasing the rate we generate Tempest charges. 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 3 gear item level. While you should not prioritize these two stats, you should aim to balance stats out if either are being too neglected.

This is especially true in Season 3, as secondary stat diminishing returns kick in for at least two stats.

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Totemic Stat Priority

Currently, when playing in either single-target or AoE, Totemic builds have the following stat priority:

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

Due to Totemic sourcing a large amount of damage from Windfury Weapon and Flamestrike abilities, Mastery generally comes out on top with the additional Storm's Wrath scaling. Haste is close behind, and these are the two stats it aims to stack.

The bonus Crit scaling provided by Supportive Imbuements puts it ahead of Versatility (and significantly better in AoE), but both outscale our primary stat with at the Season 3 item level. While you should not prioritize these two stats, you should aim to balance stats out if either are being too neglected.

This is especially true in Season 3, as secondary stat diminishing returns kick in for at least two stats.

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:

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

With the higher item level in Season 3, you will very quickly hit the first breakpoint on at least two stats. Be aware that these breakpoints often result in unusal sim results, and you should follow the recommendations.

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 compare gear you already have, as well as gear you don't have yet.

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 best gems, enchants, and consumables are dictated by your stat priority, and these are covered on our dedicated page:

As an Enhancement Shaman, Agility is your primary stat, which should be present on all Mail gear you wear, alongside your weapons. Individual stats provide the following benefits:

• Agility - provides you with Attack Power, which increases the damage of all of your melee abilities. Enhancement also converts this to Spell Power, increasing both spell damage and healing power.
• Critical Strike - increases the chance for your attacks and abilities to critically strike, dealing double damage.
  • Certain talents (such as Stormcaller) increase this bonus damage above the base 200% multiplier.
  • Also increases the chance to trigger the Flurry effect from abilities.
• Haste - increases the speed of your melee autoattacks, increasing the frequency of Imbue procs and Maelstrom Weapon stack generation. Additionally:
  • Increases the tick rate both Flame Shock and Surging Totem.
  • Reduces your Global Cooldown to a minimum of up to 0.75 seconds.
  • Reduces the cooldown of your Stormstrike, Lava Lash, Ice Strike, Crash Lightning, Frost Shock, Flame Shock and Fire Nova abilities.
• Mastery - Mastery: Enhanced Elements increases all Fire, Frost, and Nature damage dealt. Additionally:
  • Increases the chance to proc Stormsurge and Windfury Weapon, scaling at a much smaller rate. The converted chance can be increased by 150% via the Storm's Wrath talent.
• Versatility - increases all damage and healing you do (including trinkets and proc effects) by a flat amount. Additionally, reduces all damage you take by half of that amount.