Tier Sets
Midnight Pre-Patch Tier Set Bonuses:
- 2 Set: Damage done increased by 6%
- 4 Set: Damage done increased by 10%
During the Midnight Pre-Patch, Tier sets have been changed to simply give a flat damage increase and will not affect your gameplay.
elemental shaman Best in Slot Gear
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.
If you’re unsure what to prioritize, running a Droptimizer sim can help you choose which dungeon to farm.
Overall Best Gear for Elemental Shaman
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Aspect Of Channeled Fury | Forgeweaver |
| Neck | Salhadaar's Folly | Nexus-King |
| Shoulders | Fangs Of Channeled Fury | Soul Hunters |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | Campaign quest |
| Chest | Furs Of Channeled Fury | Fractillus |
| Wrist | Glyph-Etched Vambraces (with Writhing Armor Banding) | Crafted |
| Gloves | Claws Of Channeled Fury | Soulbinder |
| Belt | Clasp Of Furious Freedom | Soul Hunters |
| Legs | Tassets Of Channeled Fury | Loom’ithar |
| Boots | Interloper's Chain Boots | Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Band Of The Shattered Soul | Dimensius |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Omega | Forgeweaver |
| Trinket | Araz's Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver |
| Trinket | Diamantine Voidcore | Fractillus |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractillus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond's Torch (with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension) | Crafted |
| Two Hand | Voidglass Spire | Soulbinder |
Trinkets
Araz's Ritual Forge will be the most important trinket for this season; it provides the most stats of any on-use trinket available. Even though it has a 2 minute cooldown you want to align this with Ascendance.
An alternative to this would be the Lily Of The Eternal Weave which provides mastery on-use which would require less mastery on gear to not overcap.
The best second trinket to wear is basically a tie between the Azhiccaran Parapodia and Diamantine Voidcore. They both provide an intellect buff with excellent uptime.
Ara-Kara Sacbrood, So'leah's Secret Technique and Empowering Crystal Of Anub'ikkaj are all good alternatives.
Embellishments
The best embellishment remains as Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension paired with Writhing Armor Banding.
It’s recommended to eventually have the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension embellishment on an off-hand Vagabond's Torch once a mythic main-hand is acquired.
The Writhing Armor Banding ideally goes on bracers.
Double Duskthread Lining is also a viable option.
Puzzling Cartel Chips
Season 3 turbo boost event brings back the dinar vendor to help complete your gear. There are some alternatives for trinkets if you’re able to obtain the alternative at a higher item level, make sure to sim yourself to see which is the better option.
I recommend prioritising buying things in this order:
- Voidglass Kris
- Araz's Ritual Forge
- Interloper's Chain Boots
- Diamantine Voidcore OR Astral Antenna OR Azhiccaran Parapodia
Reshii Wraps
Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.
The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.
To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers requires a work-order to a Tailor.
When picking a Fiber, I strongly recommend simming your character for the best stat for your current gear and intended content. If you just want a quick recommendation for which Reshii Fiber to use, then use Pure Energizing Fiber (Mastery).
To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.