Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Elemental Shamans in The War Within 11.0

All sections for Elemental Shaman PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Elemental Shamans in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will guide you on the best Elemental Shaman Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Elemental Shaman Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike > Haste

Starting off, we have Versatility as our highest priority. This stat is fundamental to your success and is a no-brainer for PvP; we are often attacked in a majority of matchups, and we naturally obtain this stat through our gearing process. You’ll want to reach up to 25% of this stat to increase both our survivability and throughput.

After Versatility, you’ll want to obtain as much Mastery as you can. This makes our Lava Burst procs stronger when they do duplicate, and becomes even better with Stormkeeper as our Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning always benefit off our Mastery when this cooldown is used. Not to mention, Mastery is more effective now when Ascendance is active, making our burst more impactful.

Followed by Mastery, we have Critical Strike. Although this stat is quite marginal in its effects, we have talents such as Elemental Fury and Primordial Fury that make our crits stronger.

Finally, we have Haste as our weakest stat. Even though we receive more Maelstrom from Searing Flames and more Lava Burst procs, as well as a higher tick count for our periodic effects, our other secondary stats are way more favored due to our current loadout.

BiS Elemental Shaman PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Head: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Faceguard or Algari Competitor’s Chain Cowl with Haste / Versatility
Shoulders: Concourse of the Forgotten Reservoir
Chest: Vestments of the Forgotten Reservoir
Gloves: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Handguards
Legs: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Breeches

Off-Pieces

Back: Forged Gladiator’s Drape or Algari Competitor’s Cloth Cloak with Haste / Versatility
Belt: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Belt or Algari Competitor’s Chain Girdle with Haste / Versatility
Bracers: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Bracers or Algari Competitor’s Chain Cuffs with Haste / Versatility
Boots: Forged Gladiator’s Chain Sabatons or Algari Competitor’s Chain Treads with Haste / Versatility

Jewelry

Neck: Algari Competitor’s Amulet with Haste / Versatility, otherwise Forged Gladiator’s Necklace if you lack Versatility.
Ring 1: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Haste / Versatility
Ring 2: Algari Competitor’s Signet with Haste / Versatility, otherwise Forged Gladiator’s Ring if you lack Versatility.

Weapons

Main Hand: Algari Competitor’s Scepter with Haste / Versatility
Off Hand: Forged Gladiator’s Shield or Algari Competitor’s Shield with Haste / Versatility

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity
Trinket 2: Forged Gladiator’s Medallion

For your first trinket, you’ll almost always use Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity. We receive a constant flow of procs that buff our primary stat, and we receive even more Haste from equipping it.

You will then need a Forged Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.

As an alternative pick, you may find use out of Forged Gladiator’s Emblem if you are the opposing team’s kill target. In order for this trinket to have high value, you’ll want to use it before you enter Crowd Control. This reduces the chance of your character dying in a setup.

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Best Elemental Shaman Embellishments

Item 1: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted piece.
Item 2: Elemental Focusing Lens on any crafted piece.

The Elemental Focusing Lens embellishment provides us with the most consistent throughput, and is only effective as long as you have at least 1 gem equipped.

This embellishment occasionally deals damage from a specific school of magic based on the gem you equip. Keep in mind that the damage from this embellishment can’t be buffed by cooldowns, talents, or any damage bonuses from school types.

Best Elemental Shaman Gems

Core Gems: Cognitive Bloodstone or Enduring Bloodstone + Quick Sapphire

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

As Versatility and Haste are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible.

As for our PvP exclusive gems, only one of these can be attributed on your character’s gem slots. Out of these, we recommend two that you can choose from depending on what you prefer; Cognitive Bloodstone or Enduring Bloodstone.

Cognitive Bloodstone reacts almost identical to the Precognition embellishment from Dragonflight.
Enduring Bloodstone gives you some additional damage reduction when affected by Crowd Control.

For all gem slots, we will use Quick Sapphire. This will provide us a hefty amount of Versatility, while weaving in some Haste to best suit our stat priority.