Zugzugyo

Elemental Shaman
Orc
258 ilvl
Season 3
1932 Mythic+

Zugzugyo from Draenor (EU) is recognized as one of the top PvE Elemental Shaman in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6, having achieved an impressive 1932 rating in Mythic+ during season 3.

Here you'll find a detailed snapshot of his character from . It includes a thorough breakdown of his stats, talents, equipment, embellishments, enchantments, and gems. Use this as a guide to enhance and inspire your own Elemental Shaman build.

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that directly influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They not only determine the character's strength but also define the overall feel and playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various pieces of equipment, in consumables created by the Alchemy profession, certain foods, some enchantments , and gems .

It's important to note that each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. This means that optimizing a character's performance involves more than just maximizing each stat; it's about finding a balanced distribution. Here is how Zugzugyo's Secondary and Minor stats are distributed.

Secondary Stats
+924
31% Critical Strike
+758
23% Haste
+145
23% Mastery
+358
9% Versatility
  1. Critical Strike
  2. Haste
  3. Versatility
  4. Mastery

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing the playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing character abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Shaman specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements that are essential and universal to the Shaman class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Shaman's overall capabilities, regardless of the chosen specialization.

Chain Heal
Lava Burst
Astral Shift
Chain Lightning
Wind Shear
Planes Traveler
Spirit Wolf
Frost Shock
Maelstrom Weapon
Earth Shield
Fire and Ice
Earth Elemental
Capacitor Totem
Ancestral Wolf Affinity
Brimming with Life
Elemental Orbit
Healing Stream Totem
Ancestral Defense
Tremor Totem
Static Charge
Purge
Flurry
Swirling Currents
Cleanse Spirit
Earthgrab Totem
Hex
Nature's Fury
Surging Shields
Elemental Warding
Nature's Guardian
Voodoo Mastery
Winds of Al'Akir
Spiritwalker's Grace
Thunderstorm
Totemic Focus
Spirit Walk
Graceful Spirit
Ancestral Guidance
Totemic Projection
Totemic Surge
Go with the Flow
Mana Spring
Thundershock
Poison Cleansing Totem
Totemic Recall
Nature's Swiftness
Stoneskin Totem
Call of the Elements

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents constitute a specialized tree, providing Elemental Shamans with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style.

Earth Shock
Earthquake
Elemental Fury
Fire Elemental
Tumultuous Fissures
Primordial Fury
Refreshing Waters
Call of Thunder
Flow of Power
Lava Surge
Unrelenting Calamity
Icefury
Swelling Maelstrom
Echo of the Elements
Call of Fire
Stormkeeper
Flux Melting
Aftershock
Flames of the Cauldron
Flash of Lightning
Eye of the Storm
Power of the Maelstrom
Master of the Elements
Improved Flametongue Weapon
Elemental Blast
Primordial Wave
Deeply Rooted Elements
Primal Elementalist
Echoes of Great Sundering
Elemental Equilibrium
Rolling Magma
Echo Chamber
Oath of the Far Seer
Magma Chamber
Searing Flames
Lightning Rod
Primordial Surge
Mountains Will Fall
Further Beyond
Windspeaker's Lava Resurgence

PvP Talents

PvP talents are specifically tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents are designed to optimize a Elemental Shaman's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements and strategies that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay.

Static Field Totem
Traveling Storms
Skyfury Totem
Counterstrike Totem
Unleash Shield
Grounding Totem
Seasoned Winds
Volcanic Surge
Burrow

Equipment

Equipment directly determines a character's power level in World of Warcraft. These items are acquired from diverse sources: they can drop in dungeons and raids, be discovered across the world, be crafted through various professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of equipment significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the items currently equipped by Zugzugyo.

Head

  1. Crest of the Fallen

Neck

  1. Azure-Venom Choker

Shoulders

  1. Plagueborne Shoulderguards

Back

  1. Drape of Twisted Loyalties

Chest

  1. Forsworn Stalker's Hauberk

Wrist

  1. Wristwraps of Night's Renewal

Hands

  1. Boneshatter Gauntlets

Waist

  1. Coiled Stygian Grapnel

Legs

  1. Aradne's Lancer Legguards

Feet

  1. Spatial Rift Striders

Ring 1

  1. Arachnid Cipher Ring

Ring 2

  1. Bloodoath Signet

Trinket 1

  1. Soulletting Ruby

Trinket 2

  1. Forbidden Necromantic Tome

Main Hand

  1. Staff of Fractured Spacetime

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects that can be added to crafted items, either as predefined elements in recipes or through an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Here are the embellishments equipped by Zugzugyo for the Elemental Shaman specialization.

Unfortunately, no embellished item data were found.

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Head, Back, Chest, Wrist, Waist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Waist enchantments specifically require Blacksmithing, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers, and Head enchantments come from the Incandescent Essence , a reward obtained through a quest in the Amirdrassil raid.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here are the specific enchantments chosen by Zugzugyo for each equipment slot.

Back

  1. Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance

Chest

  1. Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrist

  1. Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect

Ring 1

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste

Ring 2

  1. Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings. The presence of sockets on items is usually random upon their drop.

Notably, Neck items can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using 3 Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with a Nature's Cradle , which requires 6 Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, here are the gems currently socketed by Zugzugyo.

  1. Deadly Jewel Cluster
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