Elemental Shaman

Elemental Shaman puts 31 points into Elemental, 11 points into Enhancement and 9 points into Restoration by level 60, with no respec on the way.

No talent ability is worth building around here: the points go to passive bonuses.

Lava Burst is left out on purpose: in our sim it does less for leveling than the same points spent elsewhere.

By our sim, this build gets you from 10 to 60 in about 34% less time than playing with no talents.

At level 40 most of your ability damage comes from Earth Shock (45%), Lightning Bolt (36%) and Flame Shock (19%).

Each talent gets a tier for how much it helps this build level, by our sim: S best, A strong, B solid, C small, Filler needed to reach deeper talents.

1. 10-20
   First, filler points:

   • Ancestral Knowledge 1-5B
   • Earth's Grasp 1-2
   • Thundering Strikes 1-3

   

   Shamanistic Focus 1 S

   Enhancement, at level 20. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
2. 21-25
   

   Convection 1-5 A

   Elemental. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
3. 26-28
   

   Call of Flame 1-3 A

   Elemental. A tier: a strong point for leveling.
4. 29-36
   First, filler points:

   • Totemic Focus 1-5

   

   Mindfulness 1-3 S

   Restoration, at level 34. S tier: one of this build's best points for leveling.
5. 37
   

   Tidal Focus 1 B

   Restoration. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
6. 38-39
   

   Concussion 1-2 B

   Elemental. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
7. 40-44
   

   Reverberation 1-5 B

   Elemental. B tier: a solid point for leveling.
8. 45-47
   

   Concussion 3-5 B

   Elemental. B tier: a solid point for leveling.

1. 
   Earth Shock

   on cooldown
2. 
   Lightning Bolt

   filler
3. 
   Flame Shock

   once per mob

Share of your ability damage

• Earth Shock45%
• Lightning Bolt36%
• Flame Shock19%

What our sim found levels best at this level with this build: DoTs once per mob, cooldowns on cooldown, and the rest on your best filler. Auto attacks are always on, so they are not listed.

MP5 > Spell power > Intellect > Spirit

• MP51.00
• Spell power0.83
• Intellect0.60
• Spirit0.50

1% hit is worth about 3 MP5. 1% crit is worth about 1 MP5.

Stat values like Pawn: point for point, your best stat is 1.00 and the rest are worth that share of it. MP5 is mana regen per 5 seconds, as item tooltips show it. Your own gear shifts these: the Character page works them out for you.

• Put Flame Shock on each mob once: most mobs die before it needs refreshing.
• At level 40, for the same item budget, spell power helps most, then Intellect. Look for gear with those first.
• Some points (Earth's Grasp, Elemental Warding and Elemental Devastation and others) are filler to reach the next tier; they do little for leveling on their own.

How this is made: a typical character at each level (Classic-like stats, quest greens for gear) pulling same-level mobs one at a time, with downtime counted. It is an early version, refined as players’ combat logs measure what each talent really does.