Elemental Shaman

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Elemental Shaman actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Farseer · updated 2026-08-05

How it plays

• You press Lightning Bolt more than anything else — about 25 times a minute — but the damage lands on Elemental Blast, which is 38% of the total.
• Damage is concentrated — the top three abilities are 72% of it, so protecting those casts matters more than squeezing the filler.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Elemental Shaman is actually stacking right now.

Source: Shamaray — the log. Rank 1 Elemental Shaman on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 333. Slots the parse left un-upgraded (ring1) use the field-standard pick instead.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Farseer. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Maelstrom goes into Earth Shock on one target and Earthquake on several. Lava Burst into Flame Shock is a guaranteed critical strike, so the dot comes first.

Openers

Single target

1. Flame Shock before anything else.
2. Stormkeeper, then Ascendance.
3. Lava Burst into the dot.
4. Earth Shock to spend, Lightning Bolt to fill.

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 334 average item level across 16 slots, gathered from 4 places.

Serpent Crown of the Ophidian Oracle 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Twin Fangs ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Hissing Mantle of the Ophidian Oracle 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Silken Voodoo Drape 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Awoken Dreadfang Cuirass 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Axe-Flingin' Bands 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Aln'hara Lantern 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Inscription ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Elemental Shaman 334 average item level

Hexing Grips of the Ophidian Oracle 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Serpentine Mixing Belt 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant

Leggings of the Ophidian Oracle 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Ferocious Scaleboots 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Apex Brute's Claw Ring 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Deadly Peridot

Alluring Bubbleband 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Deadly Peridot

Stormbound Emblem of Dazar 334 · Myth 6/6 Kings' Rest — Dazar, The First King

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers

Where to spend bonus rolls as Elemental Shaman

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll Sszorak — 3 of its 3 drops are on your list

Every roll here lands something on the list — this boss cannot miss. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you legs, feet and ring 1.

Then Ula'tek — 3 of its 4 drops are on your list

75% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you neck, chest and main hand.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. The first Myth crests arrive, so spend the banked Spark on Axe-Flingin' Bands. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll Sszorak, where 3 of 3 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. Second Spark goes to Aln'hara Lantern.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: everything here caps at Myth 6/6 (334); this list has no end-boss item to chase past it.

The fast variant

There isn't one for Elemental Shaman. Slate builds its list around the quickest route and Pathfinder around raw power, and for this spec they reach for the same 16 items — so there is no trade to make between finishing sooner and hitting harder. Chase the list above.