Enhancement Shaman PvP Talents and Builds (Shadowlands / 9.2)
Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as an Enhancement Shaman and gives you the best combinations you can take.
This page is part of our Enhancement Shaman PvP Guide.
Talent Choices for Enhancement Shaman
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15 |
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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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.
Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
Elemental Blast is the best choice as this provides the most
burst damage. This short cooldown and consistent damage will help the
Enhancement Shaman overpower the enemy team with overpowering pressure.
Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents
Stormflurry is the best choice in this tier. This fits into the
overall rotation well since
Stormstrike is the key to our big damage
output.
Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents
Earth Shield is the best choice in this tier. This provides passive
healing to the Enhancement Shaman or their teammates. This increases the healing
received from the Enhancement Shaman as well which is critical when using
Healing Surge on the target.
Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
Elemental Assault is the best choice in this tier. This talent helps
further amplify the
Stormstrike ability, and further helps generate
Maelstrom Weapon stacks which is now critical for the Enhancement
Shaman's damage rotation.
Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
Nature's Guardian is the best choice in this tier. This is a crucial
defensive cooldown to help your survivability. If there are any Priests on the
other team it is important to not talent into this talent though. This is because
of
Mindgames which will kill the Enhancement Shaman if talented
into this choice.
Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
Sundering is the best choice in this tier. This talent deals a
decent amount of damage and can also be used as an interrupt.
Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
Ascendance is the best choice in this tier. This is a
very strong burst cooldown that will often result in you killing an enemy
player. This now does significant AoE damage when cast.
With the introduction of the Enhancement Shaman 2-Piece and
Enhancement Shaman 4-Piece bonuses
the
Elemental Spirits talent will be a potential option in this
talent row.
PvP Talents for Enhancement Shaman
You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their 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.
Mandatory PvP Talents
Swelling Waves is a great defensive pick since Enhancement Shamans
are often the enemy team's target. This talent only impacts heals you use on
yourself, but is significant with the 20% increase from
Earth Shield
as well. This is a good option to be able to self-heal to
help during stuns on your healers or stay self-sufficient.
Situational PvP Talents
Skyfury Totem can be a useful option if playing with a teammate who
has high magic bursts. This totem only impacts abilities which are magic, and not
Physical damage critical hits. Some examples to use this talent with would be a
Retribution Paladins,
Balance Druids, and
Destruction Warlocks. This can
significantly increase their burst window damage.
Static Field Totem has only around 5K HP, but can be an important factor
when going for burst with
Doom Winds. This will allow you to get off your
damage without being kited. This traps the enemy team within the circle, and they
cannot even escape using
Blink or
Divine Shield.
Grounding Totem summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of
the caster that will redirect all harmful spells cast on a nearby party or raid
member to itself. Will not redirect area of effect spells. It lasts 3 seconds.
This is a crucial talent for both you and your teammates. You should use this
to "ground" crowd control like
Polymorph or
Cyclone or large
spells like
Ebonbolt.
Unleash Shield provides additional utility for the Enhancement Shaman
to benefit from pushing enemy teammates off ledges using the benefit of this talent
with
Lightning Shield, or using the root effect from
Earth Shield
which does not have diminishing returns with normal root abilities from other
classes.
Seasoned Winds provides 15% damage reduction against possibly multiple
schools of magic when interrupting the enemy. This promotes use of
Wind Shear
which is critical to the utility of the Enhancement Shaman. This is a very strong
choice against any teams with casters. When interrupting some casts like a
Chaos Bolt the Shaman will gain 15% damage reduction for all schools of magic
which is a significant defensive to maintain throughout the match.
Shamanism reduces the cooldown of your
Heroism/
Bloodlust to 60 seconds at the expense of only making
it give 20% Haste and last only 10 seconds. Additionally, affected players
will no longer receive the
Exhaustion debuff. This talent can be used
but costs a significant amount of Mana, which is how Enhancement Shaman heals
themselves or teammates to sustain burst from the other team.
Ethereal Form is very valuable as a defensive with the amount of
Physical damage only classes. This makes you immune to all Physical damage,
but unable to attack or cast spells and your movement speed is reduced by 50%.
It lasts 15 seconds. Use
Ethereal Form again to shift out. This can be
used as an immunity against high burst classes such as
Subtlety Rogues,
Arms Warriors, and
Windwalker Monks.
Changelog
- 27 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2 of Shadowlands.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.5 of Shadowlands.
- 04 Jul. 2021: Updated based on Patch 9.1 of Shadowlands.
- 19 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 02 Dec. 2020: Updated in preparation for first PvP season of Shadowlands.
- 18 Oct. 2020: Updated for the 9.0.1 Pre-patch Shadowlands and new author.
- 12 Jul. 2020: Updated Tier 4 and 6 Regular Talents.
- 09 Mar. 2020: Updated PvP Talents.
- 20 Jan. 2020: This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 05 Jan. 2020: Page added.
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