Elemental Shaman in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

Bêta Publié 19/11/2020 à 01:40 par Gistwiki

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What has changed for Elemental Shaman?Vague de laveTerre et CielChoc pyroclastiqueÉquilibre élémentaireMaître des élémentsÉcho électriqueExplosion élémentaireElemental Shaman Leveling Perks

Level 52: Fureur élémentaire - The new Rank 2 of this passive now also grants our heals the 250% bonus on critical strikes that our damaging spells already receive now.

Level 54: Transfert astral - This boosts the duration of Transfert astral from 8 seconds to 12, which is a nice bump to how it can be used in certain scenarios.

Level 56: Maléfice - Dropping 10 seconds off the cooldown of Maléfice isn't a great PvE perk unless your CC is broken early, but it should help a small amount in PvP.

Level 58: Totem d’élémentaire de feu - Doubling the length of Horion de flammess cast while your Élémentaire de feu is active helps ease the pain of the base duration of Horion de flammes being cut from 24 seconds to 18 seconds in the pre-patch.

Covenant AbilitiesKyrianTotem carillonneurRequiem élyséenInvocation de régisseurFlasque de sérénitéTotem de séismeNight FaeTransfusion faëriqueExtraction essentielleForme d’âmeLoup fantômeEsprit du loupLoup fantômeNecrolordVague primordialeHorion de flammesExplosion de laveHorion de flammesExplosion de laveFracas des vaguesRépliquesHorion de flammesExplosion de laveChair recomposéeAccrétion vitaleVenthyrMoisson en chaîneÉclairMoisson généreuseMoisson en chaînePorte des ombresForme d’âmeSelecting a Covenant for Elemental ShamanHorion de flammesFortifiéBest Soulbinds for Elemental ShamanNecrolordKyrianElemental Shaman ConduitsPotency Conduits

Always use Appel des flammes

If you're not Venthyr use your Covenant-Specific conduits Requiem élyséen, Extraction essentielle, & Fracas des vagues for all situations

If you are Venthyr, use Choc pyroclastique for situations that don't have significant AoE & Moisson généreuse for situations with significant AoE.

Requiem élyséen - A strong damage bonus for our Totem carillonneur which favors single-target though adds the same total amount of damage in all content per use.

Extraction essentielle - A nice simple bonus, reducing the cooldown of Transfusion faërique. This bonus also favors single target, though is stronger than all but one of our other potency conduits for AoE

Fracas des vagues - Getting multiple Vague primordiales for the price of one is always quite nice, and the additional Horion de flammess provided by the resets only make it better until you get to a very high number of targets.

Moisson généreuse - Lowering the cooldown upon a crit for Moisson en chaîne is quite nice for AoE, but this conduit only just barely above 0 dps for single-target.

Appel des flammes - Extending the duration of Élémentaire de feu or Élémentaire de tempête is a strong, stable damage bonus in all types of content. Add to this that current tuning makes this our most powerful conduit numerically is icing on the cake.

Haute tension - This is a single-target conduit that's struggling to find a niche at the moment. The builds that would, at a glance, benefit it the most (Élémentaire de tempête based builds) are already swimming in Maelström and this conduit ironically means that you'll be casting Éclair less. This means that the conduit fights against itself to an extent, which will likely leave it weak unless tuning targets it specifically.

Choc pyroclastique - Extending Horion de flammes is nice in a world where it only lasts for 18 seconds, and current tuning makes this the second strongest of the general potency conduits for single target currently!

Ébranler les fondations - This is a 0 dps for anything outside of AoE. However, even in M+ this is likely to see little-no use as this conduit comes with the frustrating feature of consuming Gardien des tempêtes charges when it procs which feels very awkward currently and is personally a deal-breaker for the conduit.

Endurance Conduits

Accrétion vitale - This is the best all-around Endurance Conduit for us, and provides an additional defensive cooldown to keep Elemental alive in dangerous situations.

Eaux rafraîchissantes - Staying alive while you take bursts of damage is usually more important than healing it up afterwards, but on the rare occasion that it is important (or the not nearly as rare occasion where you have the opportunity to use two Endurance conduits) it's a fine choice.

Protection astrale - Unless we run into another scenario akin to Uu'nat, where Réincarnation is extremely useful for one individual to die at very specific times without expending a battle res this conduit will likely go unused across the board as it'll have difficulty comparing with the other two.

Finesse Conduits

Pattes tonitruantes - A mobility boost upon entering Loup fantôme is fairly nice, and Elemental rarely says no to a boost to our limited mobility

Résonance spirituelle - While it won't always be useful to have Grâce du marcheur des esprits at the beginning of Héroïsme, there will be occasions where it is. This is especially true as we get higher ranks of this conduit and it eventually grows to nearly half the length of Héroïsme.

Afflux totémique - A reduction in the cooldown to Totem de séisme is fairly niche, as you're not frequently put into scenarios where you need a fear dispel all that often. A reduction in the cooldowns of Totem de lien terrestre & Totem condensateur however, are quite nice in a few situations.

Maléfice affaiblissant - Reduces the cooldown of Maléfice. Which sadly has little-no use in practical PvE situations currently

Legendaries for Elemental ShamanGeneral Shaman Legendary Powers

Réminiscence ancestrale - A nice little bump to Héroïsme uptime, but like the legion legendary that inspired it that isn't enough to make it worth using.

Chaînes de dévastation - An interesting legendary that may warrant consideration if a style of play similar to the Battle Shaman builds that were used in Battle of/for Dazar'alor or Azshara's Eternal Palace become popular, but is a dps loss normally.

Pierre de secousse tellurique - This legendary actually does a surprising amount of damage, but not enough to make it worth using regardless of the number of targets.

Éléments profondément enracinés - This effect grants a nice damage bonus, but it's not good enough compared to the alternatives. If we get the opportunity to use multiple legendaries together later on in the expansion, this could synergize quite well with some of our other options!

Elemental Shaman Specific Legendary Powers

Équilibre élémentaire - A nice bonus that is fairly thematic for Elemental, but is too weak to find a niche where it could be used.

Résurgence de lave du parlevent - This is our most powerful single-target legendary at the moment, driven primarily by the relative strength of Explosion de lave and the relatively low number of Vague de lave procs we'll have this expansion in comparison to BFA

Échos de la Grande Fracture - The Séismes we get from this legendary make it a legendary that provides close to the best of both worlds. It's one of our best single-target legendaries, and our best AoE legendary.

Fin enflammée du Brise-ciel - This legendary has a few niches where it's very powerful. Namely on council-style fights and on fights where you want to place Horion de flammess onto many targets to funnel damage into a single target. Otherwise it's ok, but not amazing. We do however expect it to scale fairly well with gear, so it may climb the ranks of legendaries as the expansion moves on.

Picking a Legendary

In raids, single-target damage is almost always the most important damage type and as such you'll want to focus first on the most powerful single target legendary - Résurgence de lave du parlevent - followed by picking up at least a rank 1 version of Fin enflammée du Brise-ciel for those fights where it's powerful.

In M+, having a spread of damage for all situations is usually more important and so my suggestion is to start with Échos de la Grande Fracture for that legendary that's always strong regardless of the damage profile you want to focus on. Later it'll likely be worth picking up Résurgence de lave du parlevent & Fin enflammée du Brise-ciel for those situations they shine in.