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Elemental Shaman

Damage specialisation · Tier B in Mythic+, 2.5% of the sample

PvE GuideRaid logs, Mythic+ players and PvE buildsACTIVEPvP GuideRated ladder talents, gear stats and builds

Opener

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

  1. 1Stormkeeper+0.3s100%
  2. 2Ascendance+0.5s100%
  3. 3Empowering Venom+0.6s75%
  4. 4
Light's Potential
+0.6s
100%
  • 5Ancestral Swiftness+0.7s100%
  • 6Lava Burst+1.6s100%
  • 7Lightning Bolt+2.7s100%
  • What follows what

    What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

    • Lightning Bolt89 casts→Lightning Bolt72%Lava Burst18%Elemental Blast6%
    • Lava Burst73 casts→Lava Burst51%Lightning Bolt23%Elemental Blast23%
    • Elemental Blast46 casts→Elemental Blast52%Lava Burst30%Lightning Bolt15%
    • Stormkeeper7 casts→Stormkeeper29%Ascendance29%Ancestral Swiftness14%
    • Ancestral Swiftness6 casts→Lava Burst33%Empowering Venom17%Elemental Blast17%
    • Ascendance4 casts→Light's Potential75%Empowering Venom25%

    Ability usage

    Casts per minute across 20 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

    Single target

    6 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Lava Burst13.6per min
    2. 2Chain Lightning11.1per min
    3. 3Elemental Blast7.8per min
    4. 4Voltaic Blaze5.8per min
    5. 5Lightning Bolt4.1per min
    6. 6Flame Shock1.0per min
    7. 7Ancestral Swiftness0.6per min

    Multi-target

    10 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Lightning Bolt12.7per min
    2. 2Lava Burst11.8per min
    3. 3Chain Lightning6.5per min
    4. 4Elemental Blast

    Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

    Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

    Secondary stats

    Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Versatility33.6%742 avg
    • Haste32.7%758 avg
    • Mastery18.2%459 avg
    • Critical Strike15.5%398 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 158 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

    Where builds differ

    Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

    • Purging Flames89%

      138 players · Specialization

    • Voltaic Blaze89%

      138 players · Specialization

    • Capacitor Totem88%

      137 players · Class

    • Crackling Fury88%

      137 players · Specialization

    • Flames of the Cauldron86%

      133 players · Specialization

    • Swelling Maelstrom79%

      123 players · Specialization

    • Earth Elemental77%

      120 players · Class

    • Earthgrab Totem75%

      117 players · Class

    • Totemic Surge73%

      113 players · Class

    • Elemental Unity71%

      110 players · Specialization

    • Healing Stream Totem69%

      107 players · Class

    • Windveil68%

      106 players · Class

    • Hex68%

      105 players · Class

    • Flames of the Firelord66%

      103 players · Specialization

    • Totemic Projection65%

      100 players · Class

    • Lava Flows63%

      97 players · Specialization

    • Totemic Focus61%

      95 players · Class

    • Chain Lightning43%

      67 players · Class

    • Voodoo Mastery39%

      60 players · Class

    • Winds of Al'Akir35%

      54 players · Class

    • Wind Rush Totem34%

      52 players · Class

    • Primordial Bond33%

      51 players · Class

    • Mountains Will Fall32%

      50 players · Specialization

    • Storm Frenzy32%

      50 players · Specialization

    • Ascending Air23%

      35 players · Class

    • Elemental Resistance20%

      31 players · Class

    • Static Charge15%

      24 players · Class

    Near-universal picks (65)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Astral Bulwark100%

      155 players · Class

    • Astral Shift100%

      155 players · Class

    • Elemental Warding100%

      155 players · Class

    Rarely taken (121)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Frost Shock12%

      19 players · Class

    • Refreshing Waters9.0%

      14 players · Class

    • Everlasting Elements7.7%

      12 players · Specialization

    Import a real build

    Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

    • Petkosham

      kazzak · EU3,774

    • Deeprayaa

      draenor · EU3,766

    • Fauni

      stormreaver · EU3,686

    • Bondd

      illidan · US3,686

    • Haxert

      tarren-mill · EU3,613

    Learn the spec

    This page measures what players do. For rotation, stat priority and matchup play, these are the references.

    • WowheadpveRotation, stat priority, gear and consumables. The most complete free PvE reference.
    • Icy VeinspveRotation walkthroughs and talent reasoning, written for players learning a spec.
    • Raider.IOpveMythic+ routes, affix planning and dungeon-by-dungeon breakdowns.

    Other Shaman specs

    • Enhancement
    • Restoration
    5.8per min
  • 5Voltaic Blaze1.9per min
  • 6Flame Shock1.2per min
  • 7Earthquake0.7per min
  • Enhanced Imbues100%

    155 players · Class

  • Nature's Fury100%

    155 players · Class

  • Nature's Guardian100%

    155 players · Class

  • Brimming with Life99%

    154 players · Class

  • Chain Heal99%

    154 players · Class

  • Instinctive Imbuements99%

    154 players · Class

  • Wind Shear99%

    154 players · Class

  • Earth Shield99%

    153 players · Class

  • Gust of Wind99%

    153 players · Class

  • Reactive Warding99%

    153 players · Class

  • Spirit Wolf99%

    153 players · Class

  • Elemental Orbit98%

    152 players · Class

  • Spiritual Awakening98%

    152 players · Class

  • Fusion of Elements5.8%

    9 players · Specialization

  • Power of the Maelstrom5.8%

    9 players · Specialization

  • Storm Infusion5.2%

    8 players · Specialization

  • Ancestral Wolf Affinity4.5%

    7 players · Class

  • Ancestral Vigor3.9%

    6 players · Specialization

  • Chain Heal3.9%

    6 players · Class

  • Chain Heal3.9%

    6 players · Class

  • Deeply Rooted Elements3.9%

    6 players · Specialization

  • Deluge3.9%

    6 players · Specialization