Elemental Shaman Midnight Gearing Guide

Midnight Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses:

• (2) Set Bonus: Casting Stormkeeper grants 15% haste for 10 sec.
• (4) Set Bonus: Stormkeeper grants one additional stack and increases the damage of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 25%.

Tier Set Discussion:

While this tier set doesn’t affect gameplay much, it is decently strong with a haste buff that has decent uptime and is very welcome in the first tier of an expansion when there’s less stats on gear. Stormbringer could, in theory, have this buff up 1/3rd of the time if Herald Of The Storms is taken.

Another stack to Stormkeeper and causing those buffed casts to deal more damage improves burst potential and is going to be more impactful in AoE.

You should still prioritise the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Elemental Shaman, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.

Elemental wants to have one trinket with an active effect that is paired with Ascendance and then another one that provides a passive effect.

There are two options for active trinket:

• Emberwing Feather - Provides a large amount of haste.
• Vaelgor's Final Stare - Massive amount of Mastery pairs well with Ascendance.

The better option between these largely comes down to whether or not you have Power Infusion from a priest, with Vaelgor's Final Stare overtaking Emberwing Feather drastically if you receive Power Infusion.

For Passive trinkets there are also two strong options:

• Gaze Of The Alnseer - Intellect buff that procs extremely frequently and stacks.
• Locus-Walker's Ribbon - Intellect proc that grows stronger the longer the fight is.

Generally, Locus-Walker's Ribbon is the superior choice for raiding but Gaze Of The Alnseer works better in m+ while still being very strong in raid.

The best thing to craft first is a high itemlevel staff, with embellishment Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt if you don’t intend on crafting two more items right away. This is not the best in slot item for the entire patch, but it is by far the biggest power gain and a worthwhile investment.

The best embellishments for Elemental is the World Tender-set, consisting of World Tender's Barkclasp and World Tender's Rootslippers which have a set-bonus that provides a generous amount of secondary stats at random.

Bonus Rolls (Nebulous Voidcores)

I recommend targeting trinkets with your Nebulous Voidcores bonus rolls, especially Emberwing Feather if you’re not receiving Power Infusion on a regular basis, otherwise Vaelgor's Final Stare followed by Locus-Walker's Ribbon or Gaze Of The Alnseer.

Ascendant Voidcores

When Ascendant Voidcores become available you have the option of upgrading your weapons and trinkets.

In absolute best-in-slot gear you use a one-hand and shield, but initially it is much better to use a two-handed weapon since it’s more efficient with these upgrades.

Start by upgrading your two-handed weapon, probably a crafted staff or intellect mace.

Afterwards upgrade the active trinket you're using and finally the passive trinket before working on an eventual one-hand with shield combo.