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Elemental Shaman Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Elemental Shaman PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Elemental Shaman DPS across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Elemental Shamans

  1. Bondd's icon
    1
    Bondd
    Illidan (US)
    Dwarf | Farseer | 716 ilvl
    3734
  2. Petkosham's icon
    2
    Petkosham
    Kazzak (EU)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 712 ilvl
    3633
  3. Fauni's icon
    3
    Fauni
    Stormreaver (EU)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 712 ilvl
    3615
  4. Djfroosh's icon
    4
    Djfroosh
    Twisting Nether (EU)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 711 ilvl
    3602
  5. Stovepoet's icon
    5
    Stovepoet
    Tarren Mill (EU)
    Tauren | Stormbringer | 718 ilvl
    3573

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Elemental Shaman's DPS performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 17% Critical Strike +8078
  • 26% Haste +17261
  • 68% Mastery +19906
  • 10% Versatility +7631

Stat priority

  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Versatility

Additional Minor Stats

  • 4% Avoidance +2273
  • 1% Leech +985
  • 3% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Elemental Shamans.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Elemental Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Aspect of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 17
    Aspect of Channeled Fury icon

  2. Glyph-Etched Guise

    • Craft
    • 14
    Glyph-Etched Guise icon

  3. Cryptbound Headpiece

    • 8
    Cryptbound Headpiece icon

  4. Dragonbane Diadem

    • 5
    Dragonbane Diadem icon

  5. Bite of the Astral Wastes

    • 4
    Bite of the Astral Wastes icon

Neck

  1. Momma's Mega Medallion

    • 16
    Momma's Mega Medallion icon

  2. Sin Stained Pendant

    • 12
    Sin Stained Pendant icon

  3. Ornately Engraved Amplifier

    • 6
    Ornately Engraved Amplifier icon

  4. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 4
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  5. Cabochon of the Infinite Flight

    • 4
    Cabochon of the Infinite Flight icon

Shoulders

  1. Fangs of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 50
    Fangs of Channeled Fury icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Furs of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 44
    Furs of Channeled Fury icon

  2. Harvested Attendant's Uniform

    • 3
    Harvested Attendant's Uniform icon

  3. Soaring Decimator's Hauberk

    • 2
    Soaring Decimator's Hauberk icon

  4. Tunic of Sworn Revenge

    • 1
    Tunic of Sworn Revenge icon

Wrist

  1. Glyph-Etched Vambraces

    • Craft
    • 39
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  2. Arcanotech Wrist-Matrix

    • 4
    Arcanotech Wrist-Matrix icon

  3. Confiscated Bracers of Concealment

    • 3
    Confiscated Bracers of Concealment icon

  4. Consecrated Baron's Bindings

    • 2
    Consecrated Baron's Bindings icon

  5. Pactbound Vambraces

    • 2
    Pactbound Vambraces icon

Hands

  1. Claws of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 44
    Claws of Channeled Fury icon

  2. Order Bashers

    • 5
    Order Bashers icon

  3. Claws of Tainted Ichor

    • 1
    Claws of Tainted Ichor icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 34
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  2. Glyph-Etched Binding

    • Craft
    • 6
    Glyph-Etched Binding icon

  3. Colossal Lifetether

    • 4
    Colossal Lifetether icon

  4. Clasp of Furious Freedom

    • 3
    Clasp of Furious Freedom icon

  5. Discount Mail-Order Belt

    • 2
    Discount Mail-Order Belt icon

Legs

  1. Tassets of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 48
    Tassets of Channeled Fury icon

  2. Acolyte's Infused Leggings

    • 1
    Acolyte's Infused Leggings icon

  3. Glyph-Etched Cuisses

    • Craft
    • 1
    Glyph-Etched Cuisses icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Chain Boots

    • 41
    Interloper's Chain Boots icon

  2. Shardskin Sabatons

    • 3
    Shardskin Sabatons icon

  3. Deathspindle Talons

    • 2
    Deathspindle Talons icon

  4. Defiance Crusher's Sabatons

    • 1
    Defiance Crusher's Sabatons icon

  5. Glyph-Etched Stompers

    • Craft
    • 1
    Glyph-Etched Stompers icon

Rings

  1. Signet of the False Accuser

    • 26
    Signet of the False Accuser icon

  2. Whispers of K'aresh

    • 20
    Whispers of K'aresh icon

  3. Radiant Necromancer's Band

    • 10
    Radiant Necromancer's Band icon

  4. High Nerubian Signet

    • 8
    High Nerubian Signet icon

  5. Ring of the Panoply

    • 7
    Ring of the Panoply icon

Trinkets

  1. Azhiccaran Parapodia

    • 24
    Azhiccaran Parapodia icon

  2. Lily of the Eternal Weave

    • 21
    Lily of the Eternal Weave icon

  3. Araz's Ritual Forge

    • 18
    Araz's Ritual Forge icon

  4. Astral Antenna

    • 18
    Astral Antenna icon

  5. Diamantine Voidcore

    • Set
    • 5
    Diamantine Voidcore icon

Main Hand

  1. Charged Runeaxe

    • Craft
    • 11
    Charged Runeaxe icon

  2. Voidglass Kris

    • Set
    • 8
    Voidglass Kris icon

  3. Vagabond's Bounding Baton

    • Craft
    • 7
    Vagabond's Bounding Baton icon

  4. Voidglass Spire

    • Set
    • 7
    Voidglass Spire icon

  5. Gluttonous Rondel

    • 3
    Gluttonous Rondel icon

Off Hand

  1. Everforged Defender

    • Craft
    • 16
    Everforged Defender icon

  2. Ward of the Weaving-Beast

    • 4
    Ward of the Weaving-Beast icon

  3. Sanctified Priory Wall

    • 3
    Sanctified Priory Wall icon

  4. Vagabond's Torch

    • Craft
    • 3
    Vagabond's Torch icon

  5. Event Horizon

    • 2
    Event Horizon icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Elemental Shamans.

  1. Duskthread Lining

    • 44
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  2. Ascendance

    • 23
    Charged Runeaxe icon

  3. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 16
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  4. Dawnthread Lining

    • 12
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  5. Bind Binding Of Binding

    • 2
    Binding of Binding icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Elemental Shaman gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 3.

Head

  1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

    • 1
    Greater Rune of the Void Ritual icon

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 43
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 7
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 50
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 43
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 6
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +1325 Leech

    • 1
    +1325 Leech icon

Legs

  1. Sunset Spellthread

    • 50
    Sunset Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 39
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 10
    Scout's March icon

  3. Cavalry's March

    • 1
    Cavalry's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Mastery

    • 57
    +315 Mastery icon

  2. +315 Haste

    • 17
    +315 Haste icon

  3. +315 Versatility

    • 14
    +315 Versatility icon

Main Hand

  1. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 23
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

  2. Stormrider's Fury

    • 10
    Stormrider's Fury icon

  3. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 9
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Elemental Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 48
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 2
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 32
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  2. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 12
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  3. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 3
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

  4. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 2
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  5. Precise Fiber

    • 1
    Precise Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Quick Onyx

    • 51
    Quick Onyx icon

  2. Masterful Emerald

    • 46
    Masterful Emerald icon

  3. Masterful Ruby

    • 37
    Masterful Ruby icon

  4. Deadly Onyx

    • 36
    Deadly Onyx icon

  5. Masterful Sapphire

    • 31
    Masterful Sapphire icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Static Charge

    • 20
    Static Charge icon

  2. Critical Chain

    • 6
    Critical Chain icon

  3. Electric Current

    • 4
    Electric Current icon

Most Played Races for Elemental Shaman M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Elemental Shaman DPS players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Dwarf

    • 42
    Dwarf icon

  2. Tauren

    • 3
    Tauren icon

  3. Mag'har Orc

    • 2
    Mag'har Orc icon

  4. Goblin

    • 2
    Goblin icon

  5. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 1
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

Elemental Shaman Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Elemental Shamans in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 3 and Patch 11.2.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.