Elemental Shaman Mythic+ Guide (2024)

When to use this Spec

This is the standard Mythic+ build after the rework. You can expect new variations of both builds to be played in the pre-patch and the first few weeks of The War Within. For now, this is the most standard build that performs well in most scenarios.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

• Ascendance
  • Together with the new choice node below, Preeminence or First Ascendant, this becomes a powerful cooldown.
• Primordial Wave
  • Enables you to deal great AoE damage with Lava Burst as it causes your next Lava Burst to hit all targets affected with Flame Shock.
  • This also increases your Haste by 20%, up to 40%, based on the number of enemies hit through Splintered Elements talented.
• Fire Elemental
  • When picking Skybreaker's Fiery Demise and Echo of the Elementals, you have high uptime on Fire Elemental which greatly increases your Flame Shock damage.
• Master of the Elements
  • Using this on Elemental Blast or Earthquake increases their damage by 15% and when played correctly noticeably improves your DPS.
• Icefury
  • The newly reworked version plays more smoothly and is a great addition to your rotation.
• Liquid Magma Totem
  • Instantly applies Flame Shock to nearby 3 targets and deals AoE damage to enemies near the totem.
• Echoes of Great Sundering
  • Greatly empowers Earthquake making this your best way of dealing uncapped AoE damage.

Class Tree

• Thunderstorm
  • When talented into Thundershock, this is one of the best AoE CCs in the game. Effectively, it works as a 2 second stun without putting anything on diminishing return, while also having a short cooldown.
• Wind Shear
  • The shortest cooldown interrupt in the game, allowing shamans of all specs to solo interrupt certain mobs.
• Ancestral Guidance
  • Massive off-healing CD, especially on AoE.

When to use this Spec

Another variation of Elemental in Mythic+. This version has Stormkeeper which gives you more on demand burst AoE at the loss of some single target damage. As mentioned in the other Talent build, these are bound to change in the next few weeks as people experiment and figure out what is best after the rework.

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Power of the Maelstrom
  • Echo Chamber
  • Stormkeeper

• Removed
  • Icefury
  • Fusion of Elements
  • Echo of the Elementals

Boss Tips

Treemouth

• Treemouth frequently spawns 4 Decaying Slimes, which makes this fight perfect for Elemental Shamans, Spread your Flame Shocks and preferably hold your Primordial Wave for these moments.
• You also need to stop the Decaying Slimes cast, Gushing Ooze. Use Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem.

Gutshot

• You do not want to walk close to the Rotfang Hyenas, so use Primordial Wave and mouseover Flame Shock on them to maximize your boss damage.
• If it is talented, you can Spirit Walk out of Ensnaring Trap if you ever get caught in one.

Decatriarch Wratheye

• You should hold Primordial Wave for each Rotburst Totem as they are the most important thing to kill on this fight.
• Use Astral Shift on Withered Eruption.

Trash Tips

• Hackclaw's War-Band Area
  • Use Thunderstorm to stop Claw Fighter's Vicious Clawmangle, or Bone Bolt from Bonebolt Hunters.
  • Be ready to Wind Shear whatever is needed in this area as there are a number of dangerous casts.
• Treemouth Area
  • If you are playing a Fetid Rotsinger, be ready to kill Decay Totem when they spawn.
  • Use Thunderstorm to stop Summon Lashers from Decayed Elders to greatly reduce the damage your group takes.

Boss Tips

The Lost Dwarves

• Use Astral Shift if you are targeted by Ricocheting Shield.
• Make sure you interrupt Defensive Bulwark.

Bromach

• Focus on killing Quaking Totems instantly. They spawn roughly every 40 seconds so you should be holding Primordial Wave for each totem.
• The boss continuously summons adds, 3 melee, and one caster that requires interrupts, but thanks to these adds you always deal good damage to the Quaking Totems. Just make sure you are applying Flame Shock to the adds.
• Rotate Astral Shift and Ancestral Guidance on the totems.

Sentinel Talondras

• Use Astral Shift if you get Earthen Shards but make sure you use it so that it covers a Crushing Stomp as well.

Emberon

• Manually Flame Shock all the adds in the intermission.

Chrono-Lord Deios

• You can use Spirit Walk to remove Time Sink. You can also talent into Thunderous Paws and use it but you lose some survivability removing Spirit Wolf.
• Use Ancestral Guidance in the intermission.

Trash Tips

• Bromach Area
  • Chain Lightning and Spiked Carapace are both very deadly so use Wind Shear and Thunderstorm to stop them.
• Emberon Area
  • Use Astral Shift for the Runic Protector's Earthquake.
  • Stop the Earthen Weaver's Hail of Stone.
• Chrono-Lord Deios Area
  • Make sure you interrupt Earthen Warder's Curse of Stone.
  • You can Line of Sight Ebonstone Golem's Thunderous Clap.

Boss Tips

Granyth

• Focus on killing Nokhud Saboteurs, use slows and stuns to give your group more time to kill them.
• Rotate defensives on Shards of Stone.

The Raging Tempest

• Use Astral Shift and Ancestral Guidance during Electrical Storm.
• Make sure you soak orbs early in the fight to stack up Surge of Power quickly.

Teera and Maruuk

• Use Astral Shift on Gale Arrow. This is one of the hardest hitting abilities in all of Mythic+ so you might need to stack up Spirit Wolf on higher key levels.

Balakar Khan

• Ancestral Guidance is most effective during the intermission to help out your healer.
• Use Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem to stop the adds casts during the intermission.
• Save Astral Shift for when you are targeted by a Iron Spear in P1 or a Static Spear in P2.

Trash Tips

• Granyth Area
  • Use Thunderstorm on Rally the Clan or Hunt Prey.
  • Focus on killing Nokhud Lancemasters and interrupt their Disruptive Shout.
• Teera and Maruuk Area
  • Desecrated Ohunas cast Rotting Wind which is a very deadly spell. You can use Thunderstorm to stop the cast but try to stop it at the last second because they are coded so that the next cast has already started when the first cast is about to finish. This allows you to stop two of their casts at the same time.
• Balakar Khan Area
  • If you are playing Batak and Balara, remember that Balara's Vehement Charge goes on the closest target. Make sure you bait it into a wall if you are the closest, but try not to get this on you as you should be playing far enough away to where this is not a mechanic for you.

Boss Tips

Vexamus

• Mana Bomb does a lot of damage over time and also explodes at the end so you should use Astral Shift or Earth Elemental. You can also Healing Surge yourself right before Mana Bomb goes off to top yourself before the big explosion.
• At around 2 minutes into the fight there is an overlap of Mana Bomb and Arcane Fissure, make sure you have Astral Shift ready.

Overgrown Ancient

• Use Liquid Magma Totem whenever adds spawn to spread Flame Shock. Be ready to target the Ancient Branch when it spawns.
• Astral Shift and Earth Elemental should be used for Burst Forth.

Crawth

• Deafening Screech does increasingly more damage each stack. For the first 1-2 stacks you should be fine with only Spirit Wolf. For higher stack amounts you need to use Astral Shift and Earth Elemental. If your group plays up to 4 stacks of Deafening Screech, you may need an external on higher key levels to survive.

Echo of Doragosa

• Use Astral Shift and Earth Elemental if you get Energy Bomb.
• If you are at 3 stacks of Overwhelming Power, constantly position yourself so you are in a good place to drop Arcane Rift.

Trash Tips

• Vexamus Area
  • Look out for Spellbound Scepters casting Mystic Blast and use Thunderstorm with Thundershock to stop them.
• Overgrown Ancient Area
  • Try to play far away so you do not clutter melee with more Detonation Seeds than necessary.

Boss Tips

Watcher Irideus

• Make sure you have Primordial Wave for the intermission to quickly kill the Nullification Devices.
• Use Capacitor Totem to stop Nullification Devices from casting Purifying Blast.
  • Thunderstorm does NOT work to stop their casts.

Gulping Goliath

• Use Astral Shift on Overpowering Croak.
• Earthbind Totem, Capacitor Totem, and Thunderstorm are all very useful abilities to help slow the Curious Swoglets.
• Quickly spread your Flame Shock to the Curious Swoglets to gain some extra boss damage but be careful so you do not take melees from them.

Khajin the Unyielding

• Use Ancestral Guidance and Astral Shift when your healer is struggling.

Primal Tsunami

• You can stack with the melees to spawn the Infused Globule as they spawn around player locations but you should proceed to move away so you are no longer in danger. If you are standing far away from the melees that is also acceptable just do not be too close without being stacked.
• Use Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem to stop the intermission adds from casting Inundate.

Trash Tips

• Watcher Irideus Area
  • Use Wind Shear, Capacitor Totem, and Thunderstorm to stop Expulse and Demoralizing Shout.
  • Focus on killing the Containment Apparatuses.
• Gulping Goliath Area
  • Earthbind Totem is a great way to slow the Curoius Swoglets. You can also use Poison Cleansing Totem to dispel the Gulp Swog Toxin off of your group.
• Khajin & Primal Tsunami Area
  • Use Astral Shift for the Glacial Proto-Dragon's Deep Chill.
  • Stop Ice Shard to help your tank.

Boss Tips

Leymor

• This is a fight where you get a lot of value from Spirit Wolf and even Phial of Icy Preservation on higher keys. Explosive Brand and Consuming Stomp do massive damage.

Azureblade

• There is not much to this boss, interrupt and kill the Draconic Images.
• In the intermission you can manually Flame Shock all of the Draconic Illusions.

Telash Greywing

• Use Astral Shift if you are targeted by Icy Devastator.
• Stack up your Spirit Wolf for Absolute Zero.

Umbrelskul

• At 75%, 50%, and 25% Umbralskul spawns Detonating Crystals and one Hardened Crystal. The latter has an absorb shield that needs to be broken quickly because the shield deals massive AoE damage to your group as long as it persists.
• Make sure you have Primordial Wave and if possible, have Liquid Magma Totem ready to use on the largest stack of crystals. This is also when you want to use Ancestral Guidance and Astral Shift.

Trash Tips

• Azureblade Area
  • Interrupt Arcane Elemental's Waking Bane and Ritual Seal Keeper's Icy Bindings. You can also use Thunderstorm to stop these casts.
• Telash Greywing Area
  • Focus Drakonid Breakers, and use defensives on Shoulder Slam.

Boss Tips

Chargath, Bane of Scales

• Use Astral Shift and Ancestral Guidance during Fiery Focus. This happens roughly every 55 seconds so rotate them accordingly.
• Make sure you have Primordial Wave for every Fetter.

Forgemaster Gorek

• Use Astral Shift when the boss casts Might of the Forge. If you use it halfway through the cast it also covers Blazing Aegis which comes immediately following.

Magmatusk

• Rotate Astral Shift, Ancestral Guidance, and Earth Elemental on Magma Eruption. This mechanic lasts longer after each cast so later in the fight you should be ready to use Healing Surge, especially if you are targeted by Lava Spray.

Warlord Sargha

• Use Cleanse Spirit whenever someone loots a pile of gold and gets affected by Curse of the Dragon Hoard. You want to cleanse all before the next Magma Shield.
• Hold Primordial Wave for when the Magma Shield breaks.

Trash Tips

• Chargath Area
  • Watch out for Qalashi Hunter's Bold Ambush. A random player gets leaped on and receives a massive bleed, use defensives on this bleed or remove it with Stoneform if you are a Dwarf.
• Forgemaster Gorek Area
  • Lava Flares cast a very dangerous spell that needs to be interrupted or stopped. Coordinate with your group when you want to use Thunderstorm and Capacitor Totem.
• Magmatusk Area
  • Wind Shear Qalashi Thaumaturge's Molten Core. You also need to stop their Magma Conflagration after the initial cast finishes and it starts a targeted channel.

Boss Tips

Melidrussa Chillworn

• Chillstorm is the main mechanic of this fight. As it happens too frequently for Elemental Shamans to have defensives for each cast, try to weave in a Healing Surge right before it explodes when you do not have defensives.
• During Frost Overload is the absolute best time to use Ancestral Guidance as there are whelps you can AoE for extra healing.

Kokia Blazehoof

• Kokia casts Ritual of Blazebinding every 30 sec, which spawns a Blazebound Firestorm. This add needs to be killed asap. Elemental Shamans are very strong on this fight as Primordial Wave lines up almost perfectly.
• Blazebound Firestorm casts Roaring Blaze which needs to be interrupted, and Kokia casts Molten Boulder at the same time which needs to be baited in a good direction. Blazebound Firestorm also casts Inferno which deals massive group-wide damage so rotate your defensives. Ideally, you kill it before the second cast of Inferno.

Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein

• In P1 Kyrakka targets one random player with Infernocore, use Astral Shift if you are targetted.
• In P2 Kyrakka starts to apply Infernocore to multiple players so you want to nuke her down as quickly as possible. This is the best time to Bloodlust.

Trash Tips

• Melidrussa Chillworn Area
  • You need to stop Flashfrost Earthshaper's Tectonic Slam so use your Thunderstorm on these casts.
• Kokia Blazehoof Area
  • This area is one of the roughest in all of Mythic+, Blazebound Destroyers casts Inferno and Living Bomb which are extremely deadly. Use Astral Shift if you get Living Bomb.
  • Ancestral Guidance is extremely effective against Inferno.
  • Interrupt Primalist Cinderweavers as much as possible and use Thunderstorm to stop Primalist Flamedancer's Flame Dance.

• Kyrakka and Erkhart Area
  • Flame Channelers cast Flashfire which can be solo interrupted by Elemental Shamans due to the short cooldown of Wind Shear.
  • Tempest Channelers and High Channeler Ryvati both cast Lightning Storm so rotate Astral Shift and Ancestral Guidance. Cover with Healing Surge if you are dying.

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Earthquake

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Liquid Magma Totem

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Wind Rush Totem

#showtooltip/cast [@cursor] Totemic Projection