Shaman in WoW Classic

WoW SoD Enhancement Shaman

In this WoW SoD Enhancement Shaman DPS build you will find the best build for melee Shamans in the Season of Discovery in WoW Classic. The build contains talents, the best runes, and BiS gear for an Enhancement DPS Shaman.

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📅 Last updated on February 13, 2025.

WoW SoD DW Enhancement Shaman Talents & Runes

Choose the following talents and runes as a dual-wielding Enhancement Shaman Shaman in Phase 7 at level 60:

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Your weapon imbues are Windfury Weapon Windfury Weapon on your main and Flametongue Weapon Flametongue Weapon on your off-hand weapon. Swap the rune Axe Specialization Axe Specialization to Nature Specialization Nature Specialization, if you’re using an axe and play an Orc Orc. The rune effect does not stack with the racial ability.

Learn where to find each rune in our guide Season of Discovery Shaman Runes.

WoW SoD 2H Enhancement Shaman Talents & Runes

Choose the following talents and runes to play Enhancement Shaman Shaman with a two-handed weapon in Phase 7 at level 60:

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Use Windfury Weapon Windfury Weapon as your weapon imbuement. Swap the rune Axe Specialization Axe Specialization to Nature Specialization Nature Specialization, if you’re using an axe and play an Orc Orc. The rune effect does not stack with the racial ability.

SoD Phase 7 Enhancement Shaman BiS List

The following Enhancement Shaman Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 7 of Season of Discovery:

Legend: Items marked with Icon are BiS for dual-wielding. Items marked with Icon are BiS for two-handed weapons.

1 Use Vodouisant's Shroud Vodouisant's Shroud if you’re dual-wielding one-handed weapons. Use Vodouisant's Embrace Vodouisant's Embrace with a two-handed weapon.
2 Use Enchant Gloves - Superior Strength Enchant Gloves - Superior Strength if you’re dual-wielding one-handed weapons. Use Enchant Gloves - Minor Haste Enchant Gloves - Minor Haste with a two-handed weapon.

Use Soul of the Stormbreaker Soul of the Stormbreaker as your new shoulder enchant.

SoD Phase 6 Enhancement Shaman BiS List

The following Enhancement Shaman Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 6 of Season of Discovery:

Legend: Items marked with Icon are BiS for dual-wielding. Items marked with Icon are BiS for two-handed weapons.

1 Use Vodouisant's Shroud Vodouisant's Shroud instead of Vodouisant's Embrace Vodouisant's Embrace, if you’re missing hit chance. If you’re playing with one-handed weapons and your race is Troll Troll or Tauren Tauren you will always use Vodouisant's Shroud Vodouisant's Shroud.
2 Use Enchant Gloves - Greater Strength Enchant Gloves - Greater Strength if you’re playing with one-hand weapons, otherwise Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility.

SoD Phase 5 Enhancement Shaman BiS List

The following Enhancement Shaman Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 5 of Season of Discovery:

Legend: Items marked with Icon are BiS for dual-wielding. Items marked with Icon are BiS for two-handed weapons.

1 This quest requires Coif of Elements Coif of Elements from Scholomance and Vest of Elements Vest of Elements from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Boots of Elements Boots of Elements from Blackrock Spire, Kilt of Elements Kilt of Elements from Stratholme, and Pauldrons of Elements Pauldrons of Elements from Blackrock Spire to complete.

SoD Phase 4 Enhancement Shaman BiS List

The following Enhancement Shaman Shaman BiS list contains the best items you can get in Phase 4 of Season of Discovery to DPS in raids and dungeons:

Legend: Items marked with Icon are BiS for dual-wielding. Items marked with Icon are BiS for two-handed weapons.

1 This quest requires Coif of Elements Coif of Elements from Scholomance and Vest of Elements Vest of Elements from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Cord of Elements Cord of Elements and Gauntlets of Elements Gauntlets of Elements to complete. Both items drop in Blackrock Spire.
3 You get Shining Chromatic Gauntlets Shining Chromatic Gauntlets by turning in Chromatic Gauntlets Chromatic Gauntlets, 25 Firelands Ember Firelands Ember, and 1 Fiery Core Fiery Core at Lokhtos Darkbargainer in Blackrock Depths. Chromatic Gauntlets Chromatic Gauntlets is crafted with Leatherworking and requires materials from Molten Core.

Fire Resistance for Heat Level 2 and Heat Level 3

To raid the more difficult heat levels in Molten Core you need to hit Fire Resistance thresholds. For Heat Level 2 you need at least 96 Fire Resistance and for Heat Level 3 you need at least 226 Fire Resistance. To increase your Fire Resistance you can equip gear, utilize enchantments, use consumables, and cast your Fire Resistance Totem Fire Resistance Totem.

Use the following sources to increase your Fire Resistance to the required threshold:

Using Fire Resistance items often results in a DPS loss in comparison to your BiS list. After you’ve acquired new raid items recalculate your Fire Resistance and re-optimize your gear loadout.

🔥 Since the boss Garr from Molten Core can dispel magic effects, you should make sure your Shaman Shaman is hitting the Fire Resistance threshold without Mark of the Wild Mark of the Wild for that specific fight. This might require you to have some off-pieces for that boss fight.

SoD Enhancement Shaman Pre-Raid BiS List

The following Enhancement Shaman Shaman pre-BiS list contains the best items you can get in Season of Discovery before entering the endgame raids at level 60.

1 This quest requires Coif of Elements Coif of Elements from Scholomance and Vest of Elements Vest of Elements from Blackrock Spire to complete.
2 This quest requires Boots of Elements Boots of Elements from Blackrock Spire, Kilt of Elements Kilt of Elements from Stratholme, and Pauldrons of Elements Pauldrons of Elements from Blackrock Spire to complete.
3 This quest requires Cord of Elements Cord of Elements and Gauntlets of Elements Gauntlets of Elements to complete. Both items drop in Blackrock Spire.
4 Items marked with Icon are for two-handed builds only.

Enhancement Shaman Rotation

The rotation as an Enhancement Shaman Shaman in WoW SoD consists of the following priority list:

  1. Make sure Lightning Shield Lightning Shield is active before the fight.
  2. Cast Feral Spirit Feral Spirit whenever it’s available (skip if you don’t use that rune).
  3. Cast Lava Lash Lava Lash whenever it’s available (skip if you don’t use that rune).
  4. Cast Stormstrike Stormstrike whenever it’s available.
  5. Keep Flame Shock Flame Shock active.
  6. Cast Lava Burst Lava Burst whenever it’s available (skip if you don’t use that rune).
  7. Cast Chain Lightning Chain Lightning if you have 5 stacks from Maelstrom Weapon Maelstrom Weapon.
  8. Cast Earth Shock Earth Shock whenever it’s available.
  9. Keep Searing Totem Searing Totem active.

Depending on your raid and how many Shamans Shamans you have cast Shamanistic Rage Shamanistic Rage regularly. Make sure you have Spirit of the Alpha Spirit of the Alpha active on the tank.

Enhancement Shaman Consumables in SoD

The following list of consumables can be used by Enhancement Shamans Shamans in endgame raids at level 60:

Enhancement Shaman Stat Priority

As an Enhancement Shaman Shaman you want to prioritize gear with the following stats:

  1. Up to 9% Hit Chance against level 60 raid bosses.
  2. Crit Chance.
  3. Strength.
  4. Intellect.
  5. Agility.
  6. Attack Power.

After reaching the hit cap, more Hit Chance loses some of its value and other stats become more impactful. Due to your finger runes, you will need less hit chance from your gear to reach the hit cap.

More Shaman Specs in Season of Discovery

The Shaman Shaman is a true hybrid. Out of the 9 playable WoW Classic classes, only two classes can take on 4 different play styles. The Shaman Shaman is one of these two classes. They can heal, and tank, and have a melee and ranged DPS build.

Tank Spec for Shamans

To tank in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Shaman Tank Spec. It is optimized to maintain your opponents’ aggro and reduce incoming damage.

Healer Spec for Restoration Shamans

To heal in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Shaman Healer Spec. This spec is optimized to heal and keep your party alive.

DPS Spec for Elemental Shamans

To play as an Elemental Shaman Shaman in dungeons and raids, use the WoW SoD Elemental Shaman DPS Spec. This spec is optimized to deal maximum damage by casting spells.

Additional Resources

You can find more resources about the WoW SoD Shaman here, including Shaman Macros for WoW Classic. Special thanks to the WoWSims team for providing an invaluable simulation tool to optimize BiS lists. The BiS list for the current phase is based on current simulations. If you want to learn more about Shamans Shamans and optimize your gameplay, visit the Classic Shaman Discord community for discussions and insights.