Class Guide

Elemental Shaman

How this spec actually plays, read from real archived arena matches: the talents top-rated players converge on, which of them earn their slot in-game, and the burst window.

10 matches · rated 3066–2024

Death Knight

Blood• Frost• Unholy•

Demon Hunter

Devourer• Havoc• Vengeance

Druid

Balance• Feral• Guardian• Restoration•

Evoker

Augmentation• Devastation• Preservation•

Hunter

Beast Mastery• Marksmanship• Survival•

Mage

Arcane• Fire• Frost•

Monk

Brewmaster• Mistweaver• Windwalker•

Paladin

Holy• Protection• Retribution•

Priest

Discipline• Holy• Shadow•

Rogue

Assassination• Outlaw• Subtlety•

Shaman

Elemental Enhancement• Restoration•

Warlock

Affliction• Demonology• Destruction•

Warrior

Arms• Fury• Protection•

• = match sample analysed

The core kit

Taken by nearly every sampled player, and put to work in nearly every game.

Echo of the Elements

used in 10/10

Stormkeeper

used in 10/10

Ascendance

used in 10/10

Flash of Lightning

used in 10/10

Voltaic Blaze

used in 10/10

Purging Flames

used in 10/10

Inferno Arc

used in 10/10

Swelling Maelstrom

used in 10/10

Elemental Reverb

used in 10/10

Ancestral Swiftness

used in 10/10

Spiritwalker's Grace

used in 10/10

Earth Shield

used in 10/10

Wind Shear

used in 10/10

Earthgrab Totem

used in 10/10

Flames of the Cauldron

used in 10/10

Elemental Unity

used in 10/10

Flames of the Firelord

used in 10/10

Instinctive Imbuements

used in 10/10

Windspeaker

used in 10/10

Ancestral Influence

used in 10/10

Lava Flows

used in 10/10

Lava Burst

used in 10/10

Call of the Ancestors

used in 10/10

Earth Shock

used in 10/10

Therazane's Resilience

used in 10/10

Greater Purge

used in 10/10

Spiritwalker's Aegis

used in 10/10

First Ascendant

used in 10/10

Earth Elemental

used in 9/10

Totemic Surge

used in 9/10

Molten Wrath

used in 9/10

Grounding Totem

used in 9/10 PvP

Astral Shift

used in 8/10

Totemic Projection

used in 8/10

Natural Harmony

used in 8/10

Gust of Wind

used in 8/10

Tremor Totem

used in 8/10

Planes Traveler

used in 8/10

Thunderous Paws

used in 8/10

Burst window

View the full talent build →

The single highest-damage real 12s window in the sample

Stormkeeper
→
Tempest
→
Elemental Blast
→
Tempest
→
Lightning Bolt
→
Lightning Bolt
→
Greater Purge
→
Lava Burst
→
Nature's Swiftness
→
Elemental Blast
→
Tempest
→
Lightning Bolt

Also commonly taken

Hex 10/10 Burrow 10/10 Primal Elementalist 10/10 Elemental Fury 10/10 Call of Fire 10/10 Earthshatter 10/10 Lightning Capacitor 10/10 Spiritwalker's Momentum 10/10 Maelstrom Supremacy 10/10 Offering from Beyond 10/10 Brimming with Life 10/10 Elemental Warding 10/10 Elemental Orbit 10/10 Fire and Ice 10/10 Enhanced Imbues 10/10 Nature's Guardian 10/10 Nature's Fury 10/10 Crackling Fury 10/10 Amped Up 10/10 Mystic Knowledge 10/10 Spiritual Awakening 10/10 Feedback Loop 10/10 Fury of the Storms 10/10 Aftershock 10/10 Routine Communication 10/10 Ancient Fellowship 10/10 Elemental Resonance 10/10 Shamanism 10/10 Path of the Seer 9/10 Totemic Focus 8/10 Capacitor Totem 7/10 Windveil 6/10

▶ The sample — 10 matches

Match	Rating	Length	Flagged talents
Match 1	3066	220s	10
Match 2	2940	242s	8
Match 3	2457	88s	10
Match 4	2379	106s	15
Match 5	2271	415s	11
Match 6	2152	172s	12
Match 7·i18n	2142	130s	9
Match 8·i18n	2142	130s	9
Match 9·i18n	2109	214s	12
Match 10·i18n	2024	409s	11