How to Lava Burst: Elemental guide (Updated for 4.2)

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About Elemental

Elemental is the shaman's caster dps talent tree. What it lacks in mobility, it makes up in high damage while stationary. Like enhancement, elemental can off heal fairly easily if needed.

We use mail gear and wield a 1h and shield when we can, but a staff works just as well if the stats are better. is our enchant of choice because it gives us spell power.

Talents

Here is our base spec as elemental 29/7/0. There are two points in only to fill in the tree. We have five floating points that can either be used for utility or survivability. Below is a personal priority list of the optional talents.

Optional Talents:

Erdbeben: Although it is our ability at the bottom of the tree, it isn't mandatory because it is only for aoe. It is nice utility to have when takes down large groups of enemies but only just.

: Good if range is an issue for either your raid buffs or your searing totem.

: A lower cooldown for your wind shear is purely utility. In most cases you won't need a reduced cooldown to any of your shocks, but it is handy.

: If there is any aoe, then this helps to take strain off the healers.

: The reduction to damage is nice, but you can't guarantee you will be casting when you take damage.

: Only good if you tend to have mana problems, so this talents works well at lower gear levels, but begins to lose its value as gear gets better.

: This takes some strain off your healers, but you should be getting enough heals anyway.

Overall, I recommend taking Erdbeben, and . It is nice to have some freedom and not have to worry about your totems a lot.

Glyphs

Prime

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Allows us to move a little more freely while casting. Only use if the fight requires more movement than Gunst des Geistwandlers can handle. (Recommended)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: One of our best spells gets better. This glyph should be dropped if Ausgebrannte Glyphe is needed. (Recommended)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Our filler gets better. (Recommended)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: It indirectly increases our dps by giving us more GCD's(Global Cooldowns) for casting. As well as allowing more freedom and ease to work in Erdschock. (Recommended)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Great for fights that last longer than 5 minutes. In 4.2, this becomes obsolete because of our Tier 12 2-set. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: It is alright and provides a small dps increase, but not all that much. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Saves a brief amount of time. (Optional)

Major

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Good for fights with a lot of adds; this helps proc a plethora of charges. Only issue is that you may run into cleaving problems. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Helps with mana control and with some aoe situations. Mana will only be an issue at low gear levels, but it's still handy to have. (Recommended)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: You won't lose a charge if you get hurt after Fulmination. (Mandatory)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: More speed! I'm giving it all she's got captain! (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Makes it a survivability cooldown. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Not much uses, but you never know. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Mitigates a little bit of damage, but uses 2 GCD's to use. One to place it down and a second to place your buff back down. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Two totems in one. It can be useful if your group needs the buff. (Optional)

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Very handy when on CC duty in case someone decides to break your little frog's neck.

The major glyphs are up in the air on what to take. You can pick any that fit your play style. The ones that are recommended are my choice, but shouldn't be taken as fact.

Minor

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: More mana and won't knock adds away from your tank if you are close. (Recommended)

This is the only glyph I truly recommend; all the others are a matter of personal choice.

Spell Priority

Single Target

/Totem der Verbrennung (if expired)
Keep up
Lavaeruption
Erdschock at 7+ stacks of

does more damage than Totem der Verbrennung, so use anytime you can and keep Totem der Verbrennung out in between its cooldown. Erdschock with does more damage than Lavaeruption, but due to how Lavasog works, Lavaeruption is prioritized higher. Lavasog procs randomly, so if you don't cast Lavaeruption you can potentially miss out on a Lavasog proc.

With 4.2, our mobile dps is very similar to our single target rotation. Always stop to cast Lavaeruption when you can. If stopping is not an option, use Gunst des Geistwandlers to accommodate. is no longer in any of our rotation.

For AoE

Cast Erdbeben
Roll on multiple targets
Use on cooldown
in between the slaughter

Stats

hit to cap > intellect > haste >= mastery > crit
The hit cap for our spells is 17% or 1742 hit rating (1640 hit rating for Draenei). We get hit from spirit thanks to , so we share gear with our Resto counterparts. Haste and Mastery are very similar in increasing our dps. Haste tends to increase our dps faster by a small margin, so most elemental shaman stack haste over mastery. You can stack either one for good dps. Crit is our worst stat and should be reforged from when possible.

Gemming

Intellect is our main stat, but being hit capped is also our priority. Socket bonuses sometimes isn't worth going for if it is merely +10 of a secondary stat. For yellow, it depends on what you decided to stack.

Red: Glänzender Infernorubin
Yellow: Tollkühner Gluttopas Kunstvoller Gluttopas
Blue: Geläutertes Dämonenauge/Verschleiertes Dämonenauge or Glänzender Infernorubin depending on set bonus or if hit capped
Meta: Brennender Irrlichtdiamant

Example on when to put a red gem in a blue socket: Say you have a socket bonus of +20 crit. Placing a Geläutertes Dämonenauge in the socket would give you 20 intellect, 20 spirit, and 20 crit. However, putting a Glänzender Infernorubin into the socket would get you an extra 20 intellect at the cost of 20 spirit and 20 crit, which is a dps increase unless you are 20 hit from hit cap.

Enchants

Slot:BiS Lesser AlternativesProfession Based
Head Arkanum des Hyjal
ShouldersGroße Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins Geringere Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins Inschrift des Teufelsfeuers
BackGroße Intelligenz
Chest Unvergleichliche Werte Mächtige Werte, Außergewöhnliche Vielseitigkeit
WristsMächtige Intelligenz Großes Tempo
HandsGroße Meisterschaft Meisterschaft, Tempo
Waist Gürtelschnalle aus Schwarzstahl
LegsMächtiger geisterhafter Zauberfaden Geisterhafter Zauberfaden
FeetTempo Meisterschaft, Präzision
Weapon Machtstrom Hurrikan
Off-handÜberragende Intelligenz Meisterschaft

Consumables

Fläschchen der drakonischen Gedanken
Abgetrennter Weisenfischkopf
Meeresfrüchtefestmahl Magnifique
Fläschchen des Schlachtzugs
Elixier der unmöglichen Präzision if under hit cap
Gegrillter Drache/Köstlicher Weisenfischschwanz if under hit cap

Addons

Addons help you. They handle information that could be clustered and organizes it for your convenience.

ShockAndAwe
Totem Timers
Omen Threat Meter
Clique
Deadly Boss Mods
Power Auras Classic

Further Information

Zatox's Shaman Cataclysm Reputation and Justice Points Guide provides a lot of information on where to get your first pieces of gear. I suggest you check it out.

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Reserved. I used soccergenius' enhance post as a backbone. =)

I'm going to bed...

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Few comments. First on Prime Glyphs:
Ausgebrannte Glyphe: It indirectly increases our dps by giving us more GCD's(Global Cooldowns) for casting. (Recommended)
It also makes more room for Earth Shock, and gives more freedom. One of the reasons I also always pick 2/2 . It's always annoying when cooldowns and procs clash.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Great for fights that last longer than 5 minutes. In 4.2, this may surpass Glyph of Flame Shock, but not until then. (Optional)
4.2 (Tier 12 2-set) doesn't directly make our Fire Elemental any better, only seems to up the time it is potentially up. At the least, I would add in that reference. I can't see why this would potentially change the usefulness of this one, and especially not surpass that of Flame Shock.

Major Glyphs:
Not really a lot of comments, just a few opinions that might give some other viewpoints.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Good for fights with a lot of adds, but a dps loss if there aren't 4+ adds. (Optional)
Most of the time you get to AoE properly, there should always be more than 4 targets anyway. It might be worth mentioning that this also gives a phenomenal amount of Rolling Thunder-charges.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Helps with mana control and with some aoe situations. (Recommended)
Mana isn't an issue at higher gear levels, but can certainly be useful at first, or entry raid. I'd probably change this to Optional.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: You won't lose a charge if you get hurt after Fulmination. (Recommended)
Should be - as the only Major Glyph - Mandatory.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: More speed! I'm giving it all she's got captain! (Recommended)
Would certainly give this Optional, as I have never even used Ghost Wolf in raid-encounters - except when running back after a wipe. You won't use it in combat either, as you'd try to fire off Shocks (or use Spiritwalker's Grace) as much as possible.

Ausgebrannte Glyphe: Not much uses, but you never know. (Optional)
I actually found this quite useful, as it essentially increases our AoE radius by 50% (10 -> 15 yards). While Earthquake is more limited, this can essentially make your AoE cover a huge area - in case the trash is spread out over a large area. Not likely to happen, but still nice. Keep it Optional ofcourse. :)

Also, you forgot about the useful Ausgebrannte Glyphe. Very nice for keeping the CC sharp.

Enchants

Head: Arkanum des Hyjal
Shoulders: Große Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins or Inschrift des Teufelsfeuers for Scribes - or Geringere Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins
Back: Große Intelligenz or for Tailors
Chest: Unvergleichliche Werte or Mächtige Werte - or Außergewöhnliche Vielseitigkeit
Wrist: Mächtige Intelligenz or for LW - or Großes Tempo
Hands: Große Meisterschaft or Tempo - or Meisterschaft
Waist: Gürtelschnalle aus Schwarzstahl (with Glänzender Infernorubin)
Legs: Mächtiger geisterhafter Zauberfaden or Geisterhafter Zauberfaden
Feet: Meisterschaft, Tempo, or Präzision
Weapon: Machtstrom or Hurrikan
Off-hand: Überragende Intelligenz - or Meisterschaft
There's a few other nice (and cheaper) additions that could be made. Potentially, it could be made into a table with a "Best" and "others"-columns. Added a few cheaper options above in bold, and an addition to the beltbuckle.

It would also be great to link to "Zatox's Shaman Cataclysm Reputation and Justice Points Guide!" from the Helpful Threads. Nice information there.

Besides that, it's turning out nice. Some in-depth information would probably be great - and remember to cite your resources ;)

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Brilliant Inferno Ruby on red and blue geam if it can be put onhy on red slots?

I hope you were meaning that Inferno Rubies only activate Red Sockets. Because you can put any color gem anywhere.

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Well metas only fit in meta sockets but thats pretty obvious information

And cogwheels in cogwheels, which is why i chose "any color gem" wording. ^^

And I still don't see how Unleash Elements is so useless. I regularly get a decent 10k hit out of it and I normally try to burn it before a Flame Shock, extra 20% damage. Though I'll be honest I haven't taken the time to test it. I mostly just heal, and swap out Jar for Witching Hourglass for faceroll 11k in heroics. lol

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Thank you for your information, Gnub. I put this together in 2 hours, so I guess I missed a few things. Is it weird that the only source I would have is the Wowhead database? This is all just from the 2 weeks I played elemental just to play it. I had originally misread the T12 set-2 bonus and I altered my post accordingly.
Hehe, not at all strange. Just wanted to be sure.

About the enchant-table thing:

Slot:Best:Details or other (cheaper) options:
HeadArkanum des Hyjal -
ShouldersGroße Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins Geringere Inschrift des geladenen Leitsteins, or Inschrift des Teufelsfeuers for Scribes
BackGroße Intelligenz for Tailors
ChestUnvergleichliche Werte Mächtige Werte, Außergewöhnliche Vielseitigkeit
WristsMächtige Intelligenz Großes Tempo, or for LW
HandsGroße Meisterschaft Meisterschaft, Tempo
WaistGürtelschnalle aus Schwarzstahl See Gemming-section for further details.
LeggingsMächtiger geisterhafter Zauberfaden Geisterhafter Zauberfaden
FeetMeisterschaft Tempo, Präzision
WeaponMachtstrom Hurrikan
Off-handÜberragende Intelligenz Meisterschaft

You can add in the following to get it to look a bit different, in the first line:
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Yeah, I was planning on making it a fancy table when I get the chance. It'll probably happen later tonight.

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Table for enchants is done.

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Table for enchants is done.

I'm totally ninja'ing that. I'm not a pro at BBC code so I wasn't sure on it =P

I stole it from the "Assessing all the options" thread in the warlock forums =D

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Go for it. I cleaned it up from where I stole it from, so it's pretty easy to plug in new stuff.

I can't wait until I can use my premium for a year from winning first prize in the last wowhead contest. My captcha had subscripts and superscripts just to F with me...

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Table for enchants is done.

I'm totally ninja'ing that. I'm not a pro at BBC code so I wasn't sure on it =P
Hehe, the code isn't that bad, once you notice the logic in it. It's almost identical to HTML-tags. Regardless, it looks neat now.

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looks nicer inside of box? the shadings actually come out

nvm, its a browser issue

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