How to Play Elemental Shaman in the Shadowlands Prepatch

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is replacing on the Level 25 (formerly Level 30) row. As was both powerful and largely passive, and is (bugs pending) duplicating most of the buffs we can apply to our spells, this new talent is fun and carries quite a bit of synergy with other talents in our kit such as and .

is headed to the Level 15 row in our talents, as moved to the Level 25 row to replace . This new talent feels like an active version of at the moment.

- At current tuning levels, this does a noteworthy amount of healing for the button press, preventing the need for healing up in most solo settings.

feels a bit odd to use at first, though in small group settings it can do quite a bit of burst healing will pair well with the Covenant ability when the healing is needed. As it's capped at 3 targets for Elemental, it won't be as strong in a raid setting.

As mentioned earlier, is making a return to Elemental. This spell will open up options to mitigate movement, not only for cooldown windows if you're running or , but for movement in general. This should mitigate the pain of movement for a great many talent builds for Elemental, though it won't remove it.

Finally, we have , , and which are returning to Elemental in the pre-patch as well. The first two will have little to no use for Elemental as they are melee-focused and won't do enough damage to justify use. will be used in any situation where you don't have , as it's a 30-minute long maintenance buff that will occasionally do damage. As such there's no reason not to have it active, but it is also unlikely to contribute.

How Do AoE Target Caps Affect Elemental Shaman in Shadowlands Pre-Patch

/ - Soft-cap at 20 targets

- 8 targets

- 6 targets

/ - 5 targets (Unchanged)

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Set up by casting &

Cast once

Cast twice in a row (the delay between the initial and echoed Chain Lightning will consistently allow you to place the first Earthquake before the Echoed Chain Lightning goes off and generates with a bit of practice)

Cast to use your second charge

Cast a third

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Level 25: If the fight requires a level of sustained AoE (such as Hivemind) then you may look at taking instead.

Level 45: In any scenario where you're consistently working with multiple targets, will work well to either pair with or on its own to avoid having to worry about the lost charges of that tend to accompany AoE/multi-target.

Best Rotation for Elemental Shaman in Pre-Patch

Avoid overcapping

Keep active on your primary target at all times

Use or to dump

Use any rotational ability with a cooldown, on cooldown.

Fill any gaps left with and

rotation guideBest Stats for Elemental Shaman in Pre-Patch

Critical Strike = Haste = Versatility

Mastery

Best Azerite Traits for Elemental Shaman in Pre-PatchBest Essences for Elemental Shaman in Pre-PatchFor Raiding

Major: (Standard build Single-Target), (AoE), or (-based Single-Target)

Minors: , ,

For Mythic+

Major: (If using ) or otherwise. Note that may be the better way to go to pair up with the burst window, but we're not certain of that yet.

Minors: , , - Honorable mention to if you're favoring single-target.

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Comentários

Comentado por fedeoppen

they are taking away the totems?

Comentado por mtmf

Small mistake when you are talking about the flexible talents, it should be level 45 instead of 40.

Comentado por Likewhoa7

If I'm not taking Icefury, is it worth it to weave in Frost Shocks to keep my 3x Natural Harmony mastery buff up?

Comentado por Perpantaq

although I enjoy this new build and talents ( if you are not after the ultimate Dps you can have different and fun rotation) I think they left some key features during the transition to Fulmination and back. first one some kind of passive maelstrom regen. second, the same with enhancement the issue survivability.

also while I like earth shock, as a finisher it is underwhelming. and if they could make spreading flame shock easier, or link it earth quick by some talent, it would be great.

How to Play Elemental Shaman in the Shadowlands Prepatch

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