Elemental Shaman Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

Elemental Shaman in Shadowlands

Elemental shaman is one from 24 damage dealers specializations in World Of Warcraft. They are charmers who subdue the destructive forces of the elements. Elemental shamans are unique in damage dealing to groups of enemies and solo targets, they also help allies with their totems by using healing water power and calling the elementals. In every stage of this guide you will find enough information to be sure what to do in different situations while you are playing as an elemental shaman. We will tell you how to use your abilities correctly, what gear you have to use, what talents you have to choose and the role the covenant will play in your choice.

Elemental Shamans use Maelstrom power and mana. The energy of the Maelstrom is accumulated through some spells and is spent on the use of powerful ones. They spend mana on healing and damage spells.

Let’s look through strong and weak sides of this specialization:

Strengths

Single-target talent build is very mobile
Talent builds are very easy in use
Potential for massive burst damage for single-target and AoE
Excellent utility outside of Raids
Talent choices allow varied playstyles

Weaknesses

Weak survivability and always depends on talents, that are choosen by situations
If the best talent build was chosen it becomes difficult to play

About Author

The author of the guide is Llounal. I am playing World of Warcraft relatively short time, but I managed to try all the classes and I have get used in their mechanics. My RIO score is 3189. In mythic raids, I have taken part from BfA and I have gained Cutting Edge: Lady Jaina Proudmoore and Cutting Edge: N’Zoth the Corruptor.

Basic Abilities

Damage abilities

Lightning bolt – Hurls a bolt of lightning at the target, dealing Nature damage. Generates Malestorm power.

Chain lightning – Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 5 total targets. Generates Malestorm power for each damaged target.

Lava burst – Hurls molten lava at the target, dealing Fire damage. Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame shock. Generates Malestorm power.

Flame shock – Sears the target with fire, causing Fire damage and then an additional Fire damage over 18 sec.

Frost Shock – Chills the target with frost, causing Frost damage and reducing the target’s movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.

Primal Strike – An instant weapon strike that causes 34% Physical damage.

Earthquake – Causes the earth within 8 yards of the target location to tremble and break, dealing Physical damage over 6 sec and sometimes knocking down enemies.

Earth Shock – Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing Nature damage.

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Healing surge – A quick surge of healing energy that restores a friendly target’s health.

Healing stream totem – Summons a totem at your feet for 15 sec that an injured party or raid member within 40 yards every 2 sec.

Chain heal – Heals the friendly target, then jumps to heal the 2 most injured nearby allies. Healing is reduced by 30% with each jump.

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Cooldowns and protection abilities

Astral Shift – Shift partially into the elemental planes, taking 40% less damage for 8 sec.

Bludlust/Heroism – Increases haste by 30% for all party and raid members for 40 sec. Allies receiving this effect will become Sated and unable to benefit from Bloodlust or Time Warp again for 10 min.

Earth elemental – Calls forth a Greater Earth Elemental to protect you and your allies for 1 min.

Fire Elemental – Calls forth a Greater Fire Elemental to rain destruction on your enemies for 30 sec. While the Fire Elemental is active, Flame shock deals damage 25% faster.

Subsidiary abilities

Astral recall – Yanks you through the twisting nether back to <Hearthstone Location>. Speak to an Innkeeper in a different place to change your home location.

Spiritwalkers Grace – Calls upon the guidance of the spirits for 15 sec, permitting movement while casting Shaman spells. Castable while casting.

Purify spirit – Removes all Curse and Magic effects from a friendly target.

Far sight – Changes your viewpoint to the targeted location for 1 min.

Ancestral spirit – Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 35% of maximum health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Ghost wolf – Turn into a Ghost Wolf, increasing movement speed by 30% and preventing movement speed from being reduced below 100%.

Wind shear – Disrupts the target’s concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.

Purge – Purges the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.

Hex – Transforms the enemy into a frog for 1 min. While hexed, the victim is incapacitated, and cannot attack or cast spells. Damage may cancel the effect. Limit 1. Only works on Humanoids and Beasts.

Capacitor totem – Summons an Air totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that explodes after 6 sec to stun all enemies within 8 yards for 3 sec.

Earthbind totem – Summons an Earth Totem at the target location for 20 sec that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards by 50%.

Tremor totem – Summons a Tremor Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that shakes the ground around it, removing Fear, Charm and Sleep effects from party members within 30 yards. Lasts 5 min.

Water walking – Allows the friendly target to walk across water for 10 min. Damage will cancel the effect.

Lightning Shield – Surround yourself with a shield of lightning for 30 min. Melee attackers have a 100% chance to suffer by Nature damage and have a 100% chance to generate Maelstrom. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at a time.

Thunderstorm – Calls down a bolt of lightning, dealing Nature damage to all enemies within 10 yards, reducing their movement speed by 40% for 5 sec, and knocking them away from the Shaman. Usable while stunned.

Cleanse Spirit – Removes all Curse effects from a friendly target.