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Stormbringer Elemental Shaman Mythic+ PvE Guide for Midnight Pre-Season

Welcome to Murlok’s Stormbringer Elemental Shaman PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: Midnight Pre-Season.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Stormbringer 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 12.0 competitive M+.

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

Top Mythic+ Stormbringer Elemental Shamans

  1. Rinauf's icon
    1
    Rinauf
    Kazzak (EU)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 242 ilvl
    4158
  2. Фаянец's icon
    2
    Фаянец
    Gordunni (EU)
    Draenei | Stormbringer | 237 ilvl
    4127
  3. 특화싸개's icon
    3
    특화싸개
    Azshara (KR)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 207 ilvl
    4121
  4. Fnminimi's icon
    4
    Fnminimi
    Outland (EU)
    Dwarf | Stormbringer | 228 ilvl
    4105
  5. Phunkyshammy's icon
    5
    Phunkyshammy
    Stormrage (US)
    Dark Iron Dwarf | Stormbringer | 231 ilvl
    4101

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

  • 14% Critical Strike +406
  • 13% Haste +437
  • 41% Mastery +498
  • 4% Versatility +238

Stat priority

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

Additional Minor Stats

  • 1% Avoidance +24
  • 0% Leech +22
  • 1% 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 Stormbringer 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. Silvermoon Sunveil

    • 28
    Silvermoon Sunveil icon

  2. Voidscarred Crown

    • 3
    Voidscarred Crown icon

  3. Rootspeaker's Headdress

    • 2
    Rootspeaker's Headdress icon

  4. Vortex Visage

    • 2
    Vortex Visage icon

  5. Aspect of Channeled Fury

    • Set
    • 1
    Aspect of Channeled Fury icon

Neck

  1. Amani Heartstring Pendant

    • 20
    Amani Heartstring Pendant icon

  2. Amani Totemstring

    • 6
    Amani Totemstring icon

  3. Pendant of Malefic Fury

    • 4
    Pendant of Malefic Fury icon

  4. Farstrider's Pendant

    • 2
    Farstrider's Pendant icon

  5. Loa-Blessed Beads

    • 2
    Loa-Blessed Beads icon

Shoulders

  1. Reanimator's Weight

    • 13
    Reanimator's Weight icon

  2. Ironroot Collar

    • 7
    Ironroot Collar icon

  3. Spaulders of Arrow's Flight

    • 5
    Spaulders of Arrow's Flight icon

  4. Jangling Felpaulets

    • 3
    Jangling Felpaulets icon

  5. Rootspeaker's Canopy

    • 3
    Rootspeaker's Canopy icon

Back

  1. Bloodthorn Burnous

    • 10
    Bloodthorn Burnous icon

  2. Defiant Defender's Drape

    • 6
    Defiant Defender's Drape icon

  3. Deepvine Shroud

    • 5
    Deepvine Shroud icon

  4. Fluxweave Cloak

    • 3
    Fluxweave Cloak icon

  5. Reshii Wraps

    • 2
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Rootspeaker's Trunk

    • 9
    Rootspeaker's Trunk icon

  2. Voidwarped Oozemail

    • 7
    Voidwarped Oozemail icon

  3. Galactic Warmonger's Chestguard

    • Set
    • 4
    Galactic Warmonger's Chestguard icon

  4. Preyseeker's Rugged Haubergeon

    • 4
    Preyseeker's Rugged Haubergeon icon

  5. Decaying Cuirass

    • 3
    Decaying Cuirass icon

Wrist

  1. Rootspeaker's Leafwraps

    • 14
    Rootspeaker's Leafwraps icon

  2. Corewarden Cuffs

    • 7
    Corewarden Cuffs icon

  3. Saptorbane Guards

    • 6
    Saptorbane Guards icon

  4. Amberfrond Bracers

    • 3
    Amberfrond Bracers icon

  5. Preyseeker's Rugged Bindings

    • 3
    Preyseeker's Rugged Bindings icon

Hands

  1. Grips of Forgotten Honor

    • 10
    Grips of Forgotten Honor icon

  2. Rootspeaker's Branches

    • 10
    Rootspeaker's Branches icon

  3. Season's Turn Gauntlets

    • 8
    Season's Turn Gauntlets icon

  4. Galactic Warmonger's Grips

    • Set
    • 6
    Galactic Warmonger's Grips icon

  5. Tarnished Dawnlit Sentinel's Handguards

    • 2
    Tarnished Dawnlit Sentinel's Handguards icon

Waist

  1. Hara'ti Defender's Belt

    • 27
    Hara'ti Defender's Belt icon

  2. Rootspeaker's Barkclasp

    • 4
    Rootspeaker's Barkclasp icon

  3. Behemoth Waistband

    • 2
    Behemoth Waistband icon

  4. Farstrider's Trophy Belt

    • Craft
    • 1
    Farstrider's Trophy Belt icon

  5. Galactic Warmonger's Cinch

    • Set
    • 1
    Galactic Warmonger's Cinch icon

Legs

  1. Rootspeaker's Leggings

    • 11
    Rootspeaker's Leggings icon

  2. Leggings of Orderly Conduct

    • 10
    Leggings of Orderly Conduct icon

  3. Greaves of the Divine Guile

    • 6
    Greaves of the Divine Guile icon

  4. Preyseeker's Rugged Legguards

    • 3
    Preyseeker's Rugged Legguards icon

  5. Wickedweave Trousers

    • 3
    Wickedweave Trousers icon

Feet

  1. Rootspeaker's Footwraps

    • 11
    Rootspeaker's Footwraps icon

  2. Whipcoil Sabatons

    • 10
    Whipcoil Sabatons icon

  3. Galactic Warmonger's Greaves

    • Set
    • 4
    Galactic Warmonger's Greaves icon

  4. Elder Mossclogs

    • 3
    Elder Mossclogs icon

  5. Felsoaked Soles

    • 2
    Felsoaked Soles icon

Rings

  1. Signet of Snarling Servitude

    • 12
    Signet of Snarling Servitude icon

  2. Evertwisting Swiftvine

    • 9
    Evertwisting Swiftvine icon

  3. Occlusion of Void

    • Set
    • 6
    Occlusion of Void icon

  4. Radiant Phoenix Band

    • 6
    Radiant Phoenix Band icon

  5. Lightwarden's Bind

    • 4
    Lightwarden's Bind icon

Trinkets

  1. Crucible of Erratic Energies

    • 31
    Crucible of Erratic Energies icon

  2. Emberwing Feather

    • 8
    Emberwing Feather icon

  3. Drum of Renewed Bonds

    • 5
    Drum of Renewed Bonds icon

  4. Vessel of Tortured Souls

    • 5
    Vessel of Tortured Souls icon

  5. Ever-Collapsing Void Fissure

    • 4
    Ever-Collapsing Void Fissure icon

Main Hand

  1. Nibbles' Training Rod

    • 8
    Nibbles' Training Rod icon

  2. Corespark Multitool

    • 7
    Corespark Multitool icon

  3. Bloomweaver's Pierce

    • 4
    Bloomweaver's Pierce icon

  4. Excavating Cudgel

    • 3
    Excavating Cudgel icon

  5. Dawnforged Ritual Knife

    • 2
    Dawnforged Ritual Knife icon

Off Hand

  1. Blood-Tempered Bulwark

    • 4
    Blood-Tempered Bulwark icon

  2. Ironvine Bulwark

    • 4
    Ironvine Bulwark icon

  3. Preyseeker's Tower Shield

    • 2
    Preyseeker's Tower Shield icon

  4. Reflux Reflector

    • 2
    Reflux Reflector icon

  5. Tempest's Shelter

    • 2
    Tempest's Shelter 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. Blessed Pango Charm

    • 2
    Masterwork Sin'dorei Band icon

  2. Dawnthread Lining

    • 2
    Glyph-Etched Binding icon

  3. Duskthread Lining

    • 1
    Glyph-Etched Vambraces icon

  4. Hunt

    • 1
    Floratender's Crutch icon

  5. Root Warden's Regalia

    • 1
    World Tender's Rootslippers 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 Midnight Pre-Season.

Head

  1. Enchant Helm - Blessing of Speed

    • 2
    Enchant Helm - Blessing of Speed icon

  2. Enchant Helm - Rune of Avoidance

    • 2
    Enchant Helm - Rune of Avoidance icon

  3. Enchant Helm - Rune of Avoidance

    • 2
    Enchant Helm - Rune of Avoidance icon

Shoulders

  1. Enchant Shoulders - Nature's Grace

    • 2
    Enchant Shoulders - Nature's Grace icon

  2. Enchant Shoulders - Thalassian Recovery

    • 2
    Enchant Shoulders - Thalassian Recovery icon

  3. Enchant Shoulders - Nature's Grace

    • 1
    Enchant Shoulders - Nature's Grace icon

Back

  1. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 1
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  2. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 1
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 2
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Council's Intellect

    • 1
    Council's Intellect icon

Wrist

  1. +72 Avoidance

    • 1
    +72 Avoidance icon

Legs

  1. Bright Linen Spellthread

    • 4
    Bright Linen Spellthread icon

  2. Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

    • 1
    Forest Hunter's Armor Kit icon

  3. Sunset Spellthread

    • 1
    Sunset Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

    • 1
    Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt icon

Rings

  1. Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

    • 4
    Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery icon

  2. Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

    • 4
    Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste icon

  3. Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery

    • 3
    Enchant Ring - Amani Mastery icon

Main Hand

  1. Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

    • 1
    Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis icon

  2. Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis

    • 1
    Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Aegis icon

  3. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 1
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

Off Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 1
    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

    • 2
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 1
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  2. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 1
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

Prismatic

    • 82

  2. Deadly Peridot

    • 8
    Deadly Peridot icon

  3. Deadly Onyx

    • 3
    Deadly Onyx icon

  4. Flawless Deadly Peridot

    • 3
    Flawless Deadly Peridot icon

  5. Flawless Masterful Peridot

    • 3
    Flawless Masterful Peridot 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 Midnight Pre-Season.

  1. Dwarf

    • 23
    Dwarf icon

  2. Draenei

    • 3
    Draenei icon

  3. Orc

    • 3
    Orc icon

  4. Dark Iron Dwarf

    • 2
    Dark Iron Dwarf icon

  5. Tauren

    • 2
    Tauren icon

Stormbringer 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 Stormbringer 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 Midnight Pre-Season and Patch 12.0.

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.