WoW SoD Elemental Shaman: Phase 3 BiS, Talents & Runes (2024)

WoW SoD Elemental Shaman Talents & Runes

Choose the following talents and runes as an Elemental Shaman for the Phase 3 raid Sunken Temple at level 50:

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Learn where to find each rune in our guide Season of Discovery Shaman Runes.

Elemental Shaman Rotation

The rotation as an Elemental Shaman in WoW SoD consists of the following priority list:

1. Keep Flame Shock active.
2. Cast Earth Shock if you have 8 or more stacks from Rolling Thunder.
3. Cast Lava Burst whenever it’s available. Make sure Flame Shock will be active when Lava Burst hits.
4. Use Elemental Mastery with Lightning Bolt on a single target or with Chain Lightning on multiple targets.
5. Cast Chain Lightning whenever it’s available and there are 2 or more targets.
6. Keep Searing Totem active.
7. Cast Lightning Bolt.

Cast Shamanistic Rage and Mana Spring Totem regularly during the fight.

Elemental Shaman Raid Consumables

The following list of consumables can be used by Elemental Shamans in Sunken Temple:

• Lesser Wizard Oil
• Greater Arcane Elixir / Arcane Elixir
• Elixir of Firepower
• Superior Mana Potion
• Nightfin Soup
• Atal'ai Mojo of Forbidden Magic

Use Flametongue Weapon on your main-hand weapon and Lesser Wizard Oil on your off-hand weapon. While Major Mana Potion is the best mana potion available in Phase 3, Superior Mana Potion or even Greater Mana Potion should be sufficient.

To get Atal'ai Mojo of Forbidden Magic you need to get one Flask of Atal'ai Mojo from Sunken Temple. Head over to Stranglethorn Vale at 15.2 15.6 to buy Atal'ai Mojo of Forbidden Magic.

SoD Phase 3 Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid BiS List

The following Elemental Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 3 of Season of Discovery before entering the raid Sunken Temple at level 50.

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif (Leatherworking)
  Gneuro-Linked Arcano-Filament Monocle (Tailoring)
  Blood Guard's Pulsing Helmet (PvP Rank 7)
  Soothsayer's Headdress (Maraudon)
  Dreamweave Circlet (Tailoring)
  Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus (Engineering)
  Eye of Theradras (Maraudon)
• Neck
  Piston Pendant (Gnomeregan)
  Horizon Choker (World Drop)
  Darkmoon Necklace (Darkmoon Faire)
• Shoulders
  Lightning Rod Spaulders (Gnomeregan)
  Lead Surveyor's Mantle (Blackrock Depths)
  Rotgrip Mantle (Maraudon)
  Blood Guard's Pulsing Shoulders (PvP Rank 7)
  Kentic Amice (Blackrock Depths)
  Emerald Chain Shoudlers (Nightmare Incursions – Friendly)
• Cloak
  Deep Woodlands Cloak (Wanted: Vile Priestess Hexx and Her Minions in The Hinterlands)
  Spritecaster Cape (Blackrock Depths)
  Bloodrot Cloak (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
  Ingenuity's Cover (Gnomeregan)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Stats)
  Stone Guard's Pulsing Breastplate (PvP Rank 6)
  Electromantic Chainshirt (Gnomeregan)
  Irradiated Robe (Gnomeregan)
  Flamestrider Robes (Blackrock Depths)
  Jinxed Hoodoo Skin (Zul'Farrak)
  Emerald Chain Breastplate (Nightmare Incursions – Honored)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect)
  Ornate Dark Iron Bangles (Gnomeregan)
  Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
  Lightningcaller's Bindings (Calm Before the Storm)
  Manacle Cuffs (Blackrock Depths)
• Hands
  Fingers of Arcane Accuracy (Gnomeregan)
  Earth Warder's Gloves (Winterfall Activity at 27.8 34.6 in Winterspring)
  Void-Touched Leather Gauntlets (Leatherworking)
  Dreamweave Gloves (Tailoring)
  Ogreseer Fists (Blackrock Depths)
• Waist
  Cord of the Untamed (15 Wild Offering)
  Ban'thok Sash (Blackrock Depths)
  Electromagnetic Waistcord (Gnomeregan)
  Volatile Concoction Belt (Gnomeregan)
  Defiler's Cloth Girdle (Arathi Basin – Honored)
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Stone Guard's Pulsing Legplates (PvP Rank 6)
  Electromantic Gambeson (Gnomeregan)
  Searingscale Leggings (Blackrock Depths)
  Spellshock Leggings (Random Drop in Zul'Farrak)
  Irradiated Trousers (Gnomeregan)
  Red Mageweave Pants (Tailoring)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Irradiated Boots (Gnomeregan)
  Greaves of Withering Despair (Blackrock Depths)
  Vinerot Sandals (Maraudon)
  Acidic Waders (Gnomeregan)
  Electromantic Grounding Boots (Gnomeregan)
  Extraplanar Spidersilk Boots (Tailoring)
• Rings
  Cyclopean Band (Blackrock Depths)
  Hypercharged Gear of Conflagration (Gnomeregan)
  Advisor's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Runed Ring of Intellect (Random Drop in Zul'Farrak)
• Trinkets
  Breadth of the Beast (12 Wild Offering)
  Miniaturized Combustion Chamber (Gnomeregan)
  Invoker's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Main-Hand Weapon
  Blade of Eternal Darkness (Maraudon)
  Glimmering Gizmoblade (Gnomeregan)
  Charstone Dirk (Maraudon)
  Dagger of Willing Sacrifice (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Off-Hand Weapon
  Hypnotic Blade (Scarlet Monastery)
• Totem
  Carved Driftwood Icon (Blackfathom Deeps)

Blackrock Depths is not fully available in Phase 3. We removed unavailable items like Eye of Orgrimmar.

Please note: you only want to have 5% Spell Hit in total from your gear. After you’ve reached 5% Spell Hit, any additional Spell Hit has no value. This will change the priority of your e.g. trinkets and you should skip the ones with hit after you’ve reached 5% Spell Hit.

This pre-BiS list is continuously being worked on. Please use the feedback button below to send us your thoughts and suggestions.

SoD Phase 3 Elemental Shaman BiS List

The following Ele Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 3 of Season of Discovery before entering the raid Sunken Temple at level 50.

• Head (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif (Leatherworking)
  Visage of the Exiled (Sunken Temple)
• Neck
  Jin'do's Lost Locket (Sunken Temple)
• Shoulders (Atal'ai Signet of Mojo)
  Membrane of Dark Neurosis (Leatherworking)
  Lightning Rod Spaulders (Gnomeregan)
• Cloak
  Hukku's Hex Cape (Sunken Temple)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Stats)
  Shunned Devotee's Chainshirt (Sunken Temple)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect)
  Cursed Slimescale Bracers (Sunken Temple)
• Hands
  Atal'ai Hexxer's Gloves (Sunken Temple)
• Waist
  Cord of the Untamed (15 Wild Offering)
• Legs (Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
  Shunned Devotee's Legguards (Sunken Temple)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Speed)
  Shunned Devotee's Scale Boots (Sunken Temple)
• Rings
  Drakeclaw Band of the Harbinger (Sunken Temple)
  Cyclopean Band (Blackrock Depths)
• Trinkets
  Breadth of the Beast (12 Wild Offering)
  Miniaturized Combustion Chamber (Gnomeregan)
• Main-Hand Weapon
  Blade of Eternal Darkness (Maraudon)
  Hubris, the Bandit Brander (Sunken Temple)
• Off-Hand
  Hypnotic Blade (Scarlet Monastery)
  
• Totem
  Totem of Tormented Ancestry (Sunken Temple)

Use our Epic Crafting Guide for Phase 3 to learn how to craft Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif and Membrane of Dark Neurosis.

Phase 2 Elemental Shaman BiS in WoW SoD

Here you can find the Phase 2 Pre-Raid BiS list and BiS list from Gnomeregan for WoW SoD.

SoD Phase 2 Elemental Shaman Pre-BiS List

The following Elemental Shaman BiS List contains the best items you can get in phase 2 of Season of Discovery before entering the raid Gnomeregan at level 40.

• Head
  Ancient Crown of Nature’s Wrath (or similar head with up to +27 Nature Damage, World Drop)
  Spellpower Goggles Xtreme (Engineering)
  Whitemane's Chapeau (Scarlet Monastery)
• Neck
  Jagged Bone Necklace (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Ghostshard Talisman (Scarlet Monastery)
• Shoulders
  Bonelink Epaulets of Nature’s Wrath (or similar shoulders with up to +20 Nature Damage, World Drop)
  Inquisitor's Shawl (Scarlet Monastery)
  Crimson Silk Shoulders (Tailoring)
• Cloak
  Bloodrot Cloak (Stranglethorn Vale PvP event)
  Warmonger's Cloak of Nature’s Wrath (or similar cloak with up to +14 Nature Damage, World Drop)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Greater Mana)
  Brigade Breastplate of Nature’s Wrath (or similar chest with up to +27 Nature Damage, World Drop)
  Robe of the Magi (World Drop)
  Elemental Raiment (World Drop)
  Dreamweave Vest (Tailoring)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Intellect)
  Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
  Ironaya's Bracers of Nature’s Wrath (Uldaman)
  Cabalist Bracers of Nature’s Wrath (or similar wrists with up to +14 Nature Damage, World Drop)
  Guardian Leather Bracers (Leatherworking)
• Hands
  Dreamweave Gloves (Tailoring)
  Void-Touched Leather Gauntlets (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Black Mageweave Gloves (Tailoring)
  Slick Fingerless Gloves (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Waist
  Deathmage Sash (Razorfen Downs)
  Ancient Moss Cinch (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Star Belt (Tailoring)
  Crimson Silk Belt (Tailoring)
• Legs
  Red Mageweave Pants (Tailoring)
  Soul Leech Pants (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Gaze Dreamer Leggings (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Feet
  Extraplanar Spidersilk Boots (Tailoring)
  Southsea Mojo Boots (Southsea Shakedown in Tanaris)
  Bonelink Sabatons of Nature’s Wrath (or similar boots with up to +20 Nature Damage, World Drop)
• Rings
  Advisor's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
  Signet of the Twilight Lord (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Advisor's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
• Trinkets
  Rune of Perfection (Warsong Gulch – Friendly)
  Rune of Perfection (Warsong Gulch – Friendly)
  Invoker's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Weapon (Enchant Weapon - Dismantle)
  Rod of the Ancient Sleepwalker (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Dagger of Willing Sacrifice (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Hypnotic Blade (Scarlet Monastery – Library)
• Totem
  Carved Driftwood Icon (Blackfathom Deeps)

SoD Phase 2 BiS List for Elemental Shamans

The following Elemental Shaman best-in-slot list contains the best items you can get in Phase 2 of Season of Discovery. You need to get loot from the 10-man raid Gnomeregan and do PvP to get the very best items in the game.

• Head
  Glowing Hyperconductive Scale Coif (Leatherworking)
• Neck
  Piston Pendant (Gnomeregan)
• Shoulders
  Lightning Rod Spaulders (Gnomeregan)
• Cloak
  Ingenuity's Cover ([Gnomeregan])
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Lesser Stats)
  Electromantic Chainshirt (Gnomeregan)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Intellect)
  Dryad's Wrist Bindings (Warsong Gulch – Exalted)
  Ornate Dark Iron Bangles (Gnomeregan)
• Hands
  Dreamweave Gloves (Tailoring)
• Waist
  Electromagnetic Waistcord (Gnomeregan)
• Legs
  Electromantic Gambeson (Gnomeregan)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina)
  Electromantic Grounding Boots (Gnomeregan)
• Rings
  Hypercharged Gear of Conflagration (Gnomeregan)
  Advisor's Ring (Warsong Gulch – Honored)
• Trinkets
  Miniaturized Combustion Chamber (Gnomeregan)
  Invoker's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Mainhand (Enchant Weapon - Dismantle)
  Glimmering Gizmoblade (Gnomeregan)
• Offhand (Enchant Weapon - Dismantle)
  Dagger of Willing Sacrifice (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Totem
  Totem of Invigorating Flame (Gnomeregan)

Phase 1 Ele Shaman BiS in WoW SoD

Here you can find the Phase 1 Pre-Raid BiS list and BiS list from Blackfathom Deeps for WoW SoD.

Elemental Shaman Pre-Raid BiS in Phase 1 Season of Discovery

The Pre-Raid BiS List contains the best items you can get as an Elemental Shaman, outside of the raid “Blackfathom Deeps”. The BiS list is optimized for phase 1 of Season of Discovery.

• Head
  Shadow Goggles (Engineering)
• Neck
  Glowing Green Talisman (World Drop)
  Spectral Necklace (World Drop, try to get Intelligence)
• Shoulders
  Dervish Spaulders of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
  Invoker's Mantle (Tailoring)
  Magician's Mantle (World Drop)
  Feline Mantle (Shadowfang Keep)
• Cloak
  Cutthroat's Cape of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
  Resilient Cape (World Drop)
  Windsong Drape (Free at Last in Thousand Needles)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Mana)
  Dervish Tunic of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
  Robes of Arugal (Shadowfang Keep)
  Robes of Arcana (Tailoring)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Lesser Intellect)
  Scaled Leather Bracers of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
  Mindthrust Bracers (World Drop)
• Hands
  Silver-thread Gloves (World Drop)
  Serpent Gloves (Wailing Caverns)
• Waist
  Invoker's Cord (Tailoring)
  Belt of Arugal (Shadowfang Keep)
• Legs
  Darkweave Breeches (World Drop)
  Heavy Woolen Pants (Tailoring)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina)
  Spidersilk Boots (Tailoring)
• Rings
  Lorekeeper's Ring ( Warsong – Honored)
  Advisor's Ring ( Warsong – Honored)
  Snake Hoop (Willix the Importer in Razorfen Kraul)
  Lavishly Jeweled Ring (Deadmines)
  Deep Fathom Ring (Wailing Caverns)
• Trinkets
  Rune of Perfection (Warsong – Friendly)
• Weapons (Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect)
  Staff of the Blessed Seer (World Drop)
  Advisor's Gnarled Staff (Warsong – Revered)
  Crescent Staff (Leaders of the Fang in Wailing Caverns)

SoD BiS List for Elemental Shamans in Phase 1

The following Elemental Shaman BiS List contains the best items you can get in phase 1 of Season of Discovery. You need to get loot from the 10-man raid “Blackfathom Deeps and do PvP to get the very best items in the game.

• Head
  Rakkamar's Tattered Thinking Cap (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Neck
  Jagged Bone Necklace (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Shoulders
  Dervish Spaulders of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
• Cloak
  Cutthroat's Cape of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
• Chest (Enchant Chest - Mana)
  Dervish Tunic of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
• Wrists (Enchant Bracer - Lesser Intellect)
  Scaled Leather Bracers of Nature’s Wrath (World Drop)
• Hands
  Slick Fingerless Gloves (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Waist
  Ancient Moss Cinch (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Legs
  Soul Leech Pants (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Feet (Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina)
  Extraplanar Spidersilk Boots (Tailoring)
• Rings
  Signet of the Twilight Lord (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Lorekeeper's Ring ( Warsong – Honored)
  Advisor's Ring ( Warsong – Honored)
• Trinkets
  Invoker's Void Pearl (Blackfathom Deeps)
  Rune of Perfection (Warsong – Friendly)
• Weapon (Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect)
  Rod of the Ancient Sleepwalker (Blackfathom Deeps)
• Totem
  Carved Driftwood Icon (Blackfathom Deeps)

Elemental Shaman Stat Priority

As an Elemental Shaman you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

1. Spell Hit Chance (up to 5% against enemies 2 levels above you like raid bosses in Level Up Raids)
2. Spell Critical Hit
3. Intellect
4. Spell Damage = Nature Damage

After having a 5% hit chance when fighting against bosses in Level Up Raids, more Spell Hit Chance has no value.

Shaman Macros in WoW Classic

You can write very useful macros for a Shaman in WoW Classic to improve your gameplay. Find the most important macros in our guide “WoW Classic Shaman Macros“. You’ll learn how to write macros yourself by reading through the examples, too.

More Shaman Specs in Season of Discovery

The Shaman is a true hybrid. Out of the 9 playable WoW Classic classes, only two classes can take on 4 different play styles. The Shaman is one of these two classes. They can heal, and tank, and have a melee and ranged DPS build.