Elemental Shaman DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables - Dragonflight 10.2.7 (2024)

Last updated on May 07, 2024 at 11:20by Stormy61 comments

This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasksto use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the differentstats for Elemental Shaman, please visit our dedicated Stats page.

As a reminder, you do NOT need any consumables to change your talents anywhere. Tome of the Still Mind are obsolete.

As part of Dragonflight's overhaul of Professions,many crafted items and consumables may have multiple ranks of quality that impacttheir effects. For consumables, there are potentially three ranks of an itemthat may be used, with Rank 3 items (shown as item level 415 in-game andwith three gold stars) providing the most powerful bonuses. However, higher qualityconsumables will generally be more expensive and not always necessary dependingon the content you are doing. You should be willing to use whatever rank ofan item is most within your budget, and save higher-quality consumablesfor content where you will really need the extra boost!

If you would like to learn more about quality ranks on profession items,or the overhaul to professions as a whole, please see our overview below.

With T31, you want to reach the Mastery "soft cap" of 88% (~7200 Mastery) or asclose as you can, though remember to sim as stats synergize with each other and havesome diminishing returns. Remember not to go over this cap — adjust your gemsand enchants accordingly.

You should use one Illimited Diamond with your best stat, most likely Skillful Illimited Diamond (or Inscribed before T31),and then depending on your stats ratio, Zen Neltharites, Keen Neltharite, Keen Ysemeralds ( Crafty Ysemerald or Crafty Alexstraszite before T31)in the rest of your sockets.

If you are using Elemental Lariat, keep in mind that the proc worksstrangely and will always give you whatever the LOWER stat on your gem is, sousing Keen Neltharite would proc a haste buff.

Note that you can use Tiered Medallion Setting successively at increasinglyhigh qualities to add sockets to your necklace, up to a total of 3.

You want to use Improved Flametongue Weapon unless you are not speccedinto it, in which case you should use a Howling Rune as they do not stack.If, for some reason, you are using a fire build without Improved Flametongue Weapon,you can use Hissing Rune to try to reach 88% Mastery.

Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power is your strongest potion, but it costs Primal Chaos, so you can use regular Elemental Potion of Powerinstead.

Phial of Tepid Versatility should be your default pick for all content.

Phial of Elemental Chaos can deal more damage than Phial of Tepid Versatilitybut is very unreliable and works badly with our stats in T31. Iced Phial of Corrupting Rageis more reliable but is generally not worth the drawback until damage taken is irrelevantand you just want to parse. Phial of Static Empowerment and Phial of Charged Isolation arealmost always trap picks.

In Mythic+ you will most likely want to use Phial of Tepid Versatility,as Phial of Glacial Fury's AoE damage is not enough to overtake the all-roundervalue of a big consistent versatility buff, and Iced Phial of Corrupting Ragewill almost certainly kill you multiple times.

Use both Warlock Healthstone and Refreshing Healing Potions. Note that Potion of Withering Vitality areoften better to survive complicated situations, especially when you are an Alchemistspecced into Decayology. Keep in mind that over 15 seconds,you will lose all the gained Health.

Sometimes, you will be dead. But some potions can allow you to still participateeven while dead! Delicate Suspension of Spores and Residual Neural Channeling Agentcould just make the difference between a wipe and barely surviving a fight.

You should eat from the Hoard of Draconic Delicacies or Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak when available and otherwise eat your own Deviously Deviled Eggsor Fated Fortune Cookies (Warning, you cannot eat the cookies during a Mythic+ dungeon).Some characters may find that Sizzling Seafood Medley is actually the superioroption for them, especially if they are a bit low on those stats, sims will tell!

If you can afford it, you should use Draconic Augment Runes toincrease your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runesavailable, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on them forwhen you need them. Patch 10.2 brought a renown reward granting an infinitely reusablerune!