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Enhancement Shaman

Damage specialisation · Tier C in Mythic+, 1.5% 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. 1Voltaic Blaze+0.7s100%
  2. 2Crash Lightning+1.7s50%
  3. 3Stormstrike+1.9s75%
  4. 4
Voracious Heart of Ula'tek
+2.5s
50%
  • 5Ascendance+3s100%
  • 6Doom Winds+4.1s100%
  • 7Tempest+4.3s100%
  • 8Windstrike+4.3s100%
  • 9Lightning Bolt+5.1s50%
  • 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 Bolt81 casts→Lightning Bolt43%Windstrike37%Crash Lightning17%
    • Windstrike42 casts→Doom Winds59%Lightning Bolt29%Stormstrike5%
    • Doom Winds40 casts→Lightning Bolt65%Tempest25%Voltaic Blaze10%
    • Tempest21 casts→Windstrike52%Tempest43%Crash Lightning5%
    • Crash Lightning17 casts→Doom Winds47%Lightning Bolt35%Stormstrike12%
    • Stormstrike13 casts→Stormstrike30%Lightning Bolt20%

    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

    5 fights where almost all damage went to the boss

    1. 1Stormstrike16.5per min
    2. 2Chain Lightning13.0per min
    3. 3Doom Winds10.5per min
    4. 4Crash Lightning9.9per min
    5. 5Windstrike3.6per min
    6. 6Voltaic Blaze2.3per min

    Multi-target

    10 fights with substantial add damage

    1. 1Stormstrike17.2per min
    2. 2Doom Winds10.5per min
    3. 3Crash Lightning9.4per min
    4. 4Lightning Bolt

    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 96 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

    • Versatility51.8%1,095 avg
    • Haste37.5%805 avg
    • Mastery8.5%193 avg
    • Critical Strike2.1%53 avg

    What PvE players are playing

    Talent choices across 96 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.

    • Thorim's Invocation89%

      84 players · Specialization

    • Totemic Focus89%

      84 players · Class

    • Storm's Wrath88%

      83 players · Specialization

    • Winds of Al'Akir88%

      83 players · Class

    • Hex87%

      82 players · Class

    • Flurry86%

      81 players · Specialization

    • Arc Discharge85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Awakening Storms85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Conductive Energy85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Descending Skies85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Electroshock85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Natural Gift85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Nature's Protection85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Rolling Thunder85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Storm Swell85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Stormcaller85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Stormwell85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Tempest85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Unlimited Power85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Voltaic Surge85%

      80 players · Hero

    • Ascendance84%

      79 players · Specialization

    • Converging Storms84%

      79 players · Specialization

    • Wind Rush Totem84%

      79 players · Class

    • Chaining Storms83%

      78 players · Specialization

    • Stormbind83%

      78 players · Specialization

    • Ascending Air79%

      74 players · Class

    • Fire and Ice59%

      55 players · Class

    • Healing Stream Totem56%

      53 players · Class

    • Voodoo Mastery41%

      39 players · Class

    • Cleanse Spirit38%

      36 players · Class

    • Static Charge24%

      23 players · Class

    • Elemental Resistance22%

      21 players · Class

    • Ancestral Wolf Affinity16%

      15 players · Class

    • Earth Elemental16%

      15 players · Class

    Near-universal picks (52)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline
    • Astral Bulwark100%

      94 players · Class

    • Astral Shift100%

      94 players · Class

    • Brimming with Life100%

      94 players · Class

    Rarely taken (115)under 15% — situational or out of favour
    • Chain Lightning13%

      12 players · Class

    • Overcharge11%

      10 players · Specialization

    • Amplification Core9.6%

      9 players · Hero

    Import a real build

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

    • Enhapumper

      draenor · EU3,552

    • Ralsty

      eonar · EU3,066

    • Totemidiot

      thrall · US2,978

    • Kaminari

      quelthalas · US2,777

    • Rantön

      bleeding-hollow · US2,676

    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

    • Elemental
    • Restoration
    9.4per min
  • 5Chain Lightning1.9per min
  • 6Windstrike1.8per min
  • 7Voltaic Blaze1.6per min
  • 8Tempest0.7per min
  • Capacitor Totem100%

    94 players · Class

  • Chain Heal100%

    94 players · Class

  • Earth Shield100%

    94 players · Class

  • Elemental Orbit100%

    94 players · Class

  • Elemental Warding100%

    94 players · Class

  • Enhanced Imbues100%

    94 players · Class

  • Instinctive Imbuements100%

    94 players · Class

  • Nature's Guardian100%

    94 players · Class

  • Spirit Wolf100%

    94 players · Class

  • Spiritual Awakening100%

    94 players · Class

  • Therazane's Resilience100%

    94 players · Class

  • Wind Shear100%

    94 players · Class

  • Gust of Wind99%

    93 players · Class

  • Earthsurge9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Elemental Attunement9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Imbuement Mastery9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Lively Totems9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Oversized Totems9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Primal Catalyst9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Pulse Capacitor9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Splitstream9.6%

    9 players · Hero

  • Surging Totem9.6%

    9 players · Hero