Elemental Shaman Leveling Guide
Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Elemental Shaman leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.5! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!
Talents
Spec Tree
- Storm Elemental
- Gives you Wind Gust, which increases your Haste by 4%, stacking up to 4 times.
- Stormkeeper
- Gives you 2 buffed Chain Lightnings which are instant.
- Echoes of Great Sundering
- Increases your next Earthquake damage after casting an Earth Shock.
- Liquid Magma Totem
- Applies Flame Shock to 3 nearby enemies.
- Primordial Wave
- Grants you a ton of Haste through Splintered Elements.
Class Tree
- Wind Shear
- 12 seconds cooldown interrupt, which is very nice to constantly interrupt mobs that cast on you.
- Thunderstorm
- If you pick Thundershock, this becomes a nice disrupt to stop mobs from casting on you.
- Refreshing Waters
- Increases Healing Surge healing on yourself by 25%.
- Spiritwalker's Grace
- Allows you to cast while moving for 15 seconds.
Hero Talents
- Farseer performs better as it is more front-loaded damage. You summon Ancestors that will cast spells based on what you are casting. If you cast a Single-Target spell, they will cast a Lava Burst, and if you cast an AoE spell they will cast a Chain Lightning.
- You summon Ancestors with:
- Primordial Wave.
- Ancestral Swiftness.
- Routine Communication.
Leveling Talent Points
- Choose Farseer as your Hero Talent.
- Pick Heed My Call.
- Pick Primordial Capacity.
- Pick Maelstrom Supremacy.
- Pick Ancestral Swiftness.
- Pick Latent Wisdom.
- Pick Offering from Beyond.
- Pick Elemental Reverb.
- Pick Spiritwalker's Momentum.
- Pick Final Calling.
- Pick Natural Harmony.
Rotation
Single-Target
If you have a Single-Target on-use trinket such as Belor'relos, the Suncaller, it is very strong for leveling as it means you can use all your cooldowns on AoE and still be able to kill a high health mob quickly.
Below you can find a rough estimate of which spells you want to prioritise using when killing a high health mob.
- Use Storm Elemental.
- Use Primordial Wave.
- Use Lava Burst.
- Use Stormkeeper.
- Use Lightning Bolt until you can cast Earth Shock.
AoE
You mainly kill mobs with Chain Lightnings and Earthquake, which means you just want to stack mobs as quickly as possible. If there are caster mobs, try to spread some Flame Shocks and kill them with your Primordial Wave Lava Burst.
Below you can find a rough estimate of which spells you want to prioritise using when killing multiple mobs at once.
- You want to stack mobs and use Liquid Magma Totem to apply Flame Shock.
- Use Primordial Wave to cast a Lava Burst at every target with Flame Shock.
- If you can stack mobs in an Echoes of Great Sundering buffed Earthquake, they die very quickly.
- Use Stormkeeper on Chain Lightnings.
Shopping List
- 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
- 40x Fried Bonefish
- 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
- 4x Howling Rune
- Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
or - 10x Draconic Augment Rune
- 20x Goblin Glider Kit
- Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
- 20x Gunshoes
- Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
- Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
- Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
- Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
- Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
- Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination
Credits
Written by: Clickz
Reviewed by: Wexi