Elemental Shaman Priority List

Table of contents

• Talent Builds
• Opener
• Single Target
• AoE Fight

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Talent Builds

Elemental Shaman rotation breakdown. Spell priorities on this page change dynamically depending on selected talents, legendary and covenant. Original Russian page here. Author: Amani.

Set Raid build Set Mythic+ build

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Opener

Opener is a fixed ordered list of abilities to use at the start of an encounter.

1. Cast Stormkeeper 5 seconds before the pull.
2. Cast Fire Elemental 3.5 seconds before the pull.
3. Cast Fire Elemental 3.5 seconds before the pull.
4. Start casting Elemental Blast 2 seconds before the pull.
   • Boss Pull.
5. Start casting Lava Burst 2 seconds before the pull.
   • Boss Pull.
6. Start casting Lava Burst 2 seconds before the pull.
   • Boss Pull.
7. Cast Flame Shock.
8. Cast Flame Shock.
9. Cast Primordial Wave.
10. Cast Flame Shock.
11. Cast Flame Shock.
12. Cast Flame Shock.
13. Cast Vesper Totem.
14. Cast Ascendance.
15. Cast Lava Burst.
16. Cast Storm Elemental.
17. Cast Fae Transfusion.
18. Cast Lightning Bolt with the Stormkeeper buff.
19. Cast Lightning Bolt with the Stormkeeper buff.
20. Cast Lightning Bolt with the Stormkeeper buff.
21. Cast Echoing Shock.
22. Cast Lava Burst.
23. Cast Lava Burst.
24. Cast Lightning Bolt with the Stormkeeper buff.
25. Cast Earth Shock.
26. Cast Lava Burst.
27. Cast Lightning Bolt with the Stormkeeper buff.
28. Cast Liquid Magma Totem.
29. Cast Chain Harvest.
30. Cast Ascendance.
31. Cast Ascendance.
32. Cast Ascendance.
33. Continue with regular rotation.

Single Target

Spell priority list that changes dynamically based on selected talents, legendary and covenant.

• Spell priority with and without active Storm Elemental:

1. Cast Flame Shock if it’s not up on a target.
2. Cast Fire Elemental.
   • Don’t forget to use Meteor via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
3. Cast Fire Elemental.
   • Don’t forget to use Meteor via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
4. Элементаль бури.
   • Don’t forget to use Eye of the Storm via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
5. Cast Lava Burst with the Lava Surge buff.
6. Cast Fae Transfusion.
7. Cast Ascendance.
8. Cast Earthquake if you have Echoes of Great Sundering buff and your next spell will bring you above 100 Maelstrom.
9. Cast Earth Shock if your next spell will bring you above 100 Maelstrom.
10. Cast Earth Shock if your next spell will bring you above 100 Maelstrom.
11. Cast Elemental Blast.
12. Cast Elemental Blast.
13. Cast Elemental Blast, unless you are in Ascendance.
14. Cast Stormkeeper.
15. Cast Primordial Wave if it’s buff is not active.
16. Cast Earthquake with Echoes of Great Sundering and Master of the Elements buffs.
17. Cast Echoing Shock followed by Lava Burst.
18. Cast Vesper Totem.
19. Cast Fae Transfusion with the Master of the Elements buff.
20. Cast Fae Transfusion.
21. Cast Liquid Magma Totem.
22. Cast Lightning Bolt with Stormkeeper and Master of the Elements buffs.
23. Cast Lava Burst.
24. Cast Icefury.
25. Cast Earth Shock with the Master of the Elements buff.
26. Cast Earthquake with the Echoes of Great Sundering buff.
27. Cast Earthquake with the Echoes of Great Sundering buff.
28. Cast Earth Shock at 60+ Maelstrom.
29. Cast Earth Shock at 60+ Maelstrom.
30. Cast Flame Shock if it expires on target in less than 5.4 seconds.
31. Cast Frost Shock with the Icefury buff.
32. Cast Chain Harvest.
33. Cast Lightning Bolt.

AoE Fight

Changes the priority list in fight against two or more enemies:

• Cast Storm Elemental on packs and boss.
• In combat against two targets you should cast Lava Burst by the same rules as against one. On 3+ targets Lava Burst is casted according to the rules below.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• When Ascendance is active, cast Lava Burst in fight against 1-4 targets. On 5+ targets it is better to use Lava Beam instead.
• With Primordial Wave buff, always cast Ascendance before Lava Burst, if avaiable.
• Flame Shock on 4+ targets no need to specifically maintain, unless you are Necrolord or use the Skybreaker’s Fiery Demise or Deeply Rooted Elements legendaries.
• Flame Shock on 2-3 targets is maintained without active Storm Elemental, to increase Lava Surge procs and CD reduction of Storm Elemental.
• If you are Necrolord, cast the maximum number of Flame Shocks 15 seconds before the Primordial Wave CD ends.
• At the beginning of the battle with 3+ targets, first cast some Flame Shocks and Primordial Wave, and only then cast Lava Burst.
• When using the legendary Skybreaker’s Fiery Demise, maintain the maximum number of Flame Shocks in the moments when Storm Elemental is not active.
• You can cast one Flame Shock during a movement.
• With Fireheart set, while Storm Elemental is active, Lava Burst casts only with Lava Surge while moving, even without Flame Shock on target.
• If the targets live longer than 50 seconds, it’s worth casting about 5-7 Lava Bursts in order to extend Storm Elemental and use Eye of the Storm a second time.
• Without an active Storm Elemental it is worth to cast Lava Burst with Lava Surge, regardless of the number of targets, to reduce Storm Elemental CD.
• Chain Lightning replaces Lightning bolt as an AoE filler.
• In fight against 2 targets the Stormkeeper buff should be spent on Lightning Bolt. On 3+ targets – on Chain Lightning.
• Earthquake replaces Earth Shock in AoE fights. Always alternate between Earth Shock and Earthquake when using Echoes of the Great Sundering legendary.
• Earthquake replaces Earth Shock in AoE fights.
• Earthquake replaces Earth Shock in AoE fights.
• Earthquake replaces Earth Shock in AoE fights.
• Don’t forget to use Meteor via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
• Don’t forget to use Meteor via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
• Don’t forget to use Eye of the Storm via macro or pet action bar button (using macro is recommended).
• Echoing Shock should be used on Earthquake.
• Vesper Totem using on CD. Cast Ancestral Guidance, Earth Shield, Healing Stream Totem или Healing Surge for activating Raging Vesper Vortex legendary effect.
• Chain Harvest using on CD.
• Fae Transfusion using on CD. If possible, try to reduce Storm Elemental CD with it.
• If you use Fae Transfusion in Mythic+ with active buff from Urh, the Storm Elemental CD is reduced much more than without this buff.