Enhancement Shaman Raid Guide

11.0.2 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 5, 2024|Change Log|FAQ

Welcome to the Enhancement Shaman Raid guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! This guide covers everything you need to know to understand your character! Are you starting out and leveling up from 70? Check out the leveling guide!

Overview

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman
Enhancement ShamanRaid
Single-Target
Excellent
AoE
Strong
Utility
Strong
Survivability
Strong
Mobility
Strong
Enhancement Shaman Raid Best in Slot

Hero Talents

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman
  • Stormbringer currently performs better than Totemic in both Raids and Mythic+.
Stormbringer
Totemic
  • Tempest
    • Your ‍Lightning Bolt turns into ‍Tempest after either
      • You spend 40 Maelstrom Weapon.
      • You get 3 stacks of ‍Awakening Storms.
    • The main idea of this Hero Tree is to cycle through as much Maelstrom Weapon as possible and cast as many ‍Tempest as possible.
  • Storm Swell or ‍Arc Discharge
    • Arc Discharge is the AoE talent, which makes your next 2 ‍Chain Lightning instant cast and deal increased damage after your Tempest hits 2 or more targets.
    • Storm Swell grants you 3 Maelstrom Weapon after your ‍Tempest only hits 1 target.
  • Rolling Thunder
    • Tempest also summons a Nature Feral Spirit.
  • Conductive Energy
    • Casting ‍Tempest  applies ‍Lightning Rod to your target.
  • The rest of this tree are passives that do not affect your gameplay much.
    • Unlimited Power
      • Spending Maelstrom Weapon grants you Haste.
    • Voltaic Surge
      • Increases the damage of your ‍Crash Lightning and ‍Chain Lightning by 15%.
    • Stormcaller
      • Increases the critical strike chance and damage of your nature spells by 5%.
  • Surging Totem
    • Summons a totem that pulses a large amount of damage every 5 sec, reduced by Haste.
  • Whirling Elements
    • After summoning your Surging Totem your next:
      • Stormstrike or Windstrike deal 25% increased damage and hits 1 nearby enemy at 75% effectiveness.
      • Sundering or Elemental Blast has their cooldown reduced by 12 sec after casting.
      • Increases the critical strike chance of your next Fire Nova or Lava Lash by 25%, and its critical strike damage by 75%.
  • Lively Totems
    • Lava Lash has a chance to summon a Searing Totem that shoots Searing Bolts at a nearby enemy
      • Frost Shock empowered by Hailstorm, Lava Lash and Fire Nova makes your Searing Totem shoot a Searing Volley at 5 nearby enemies.
  • The rest of this is passsive and doest not affect your gameplay much.
    • Totemic Rebound
      • Stormstrike has a chance to empower your totem and deal extra damage.
    • Imbuement Mastery
      • Increases the chance of Windfury Weapon to be to be triggered by 10%, and its damage by 15%.
    • Amplification Core
      • While Surging Totem is active, you deal 3% increased damage and healing.
    • Totemic Coordination
      • Increases your Searing Totems critical strike chance by 15%, and its critical strike damage by 30%.
    • Pulse Capacitor
      • Increases the damage of your Surging Totem by 25%.

Talents

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman
Stormbringer Elementalist
Stormbringer Storm
Stormbringer Elementalist Enhancement Shaman Single-Target talents in Raids

Gameplay Altering Talents

Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.

Spec Tree

  • Feral Spirit
    • Together with Witch Doctor's Ancestry and Elemental Spirits this increases your damage a lot, even with the short cooldown.
  • Elemental Assault
    • Causes Stormstrike, Lava Lash and Ice Strike to have a 100% chance to generate 1 stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
  • Primordial Wave
    • Your next Lightning Bolt hits every target with Flame Shock for 175% of the normal damage.
  • Ascendance
    • 3 min cooldown, changes your Stormstrike into Windstrike.
  • Static Accumulation
    • 20% chance to refund any Maelstrom Weapon spent.
    • Generate 2 Maelstrom Weapon every sec while in Ascendance.
  • Thorim's Invocation
    • Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning deals 20% increased damage.
    • While Ascendance is active, Windstrike automatically consumes up to 5 Maelstrom Weapon to cast a Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning, whichever was most recently casted.
  • Molten Assault
    • Your Lava Lash now spreads Flame Shock to 4 nearby targets.
  • Hot Hand
    • Auto-attacks have a chance to trigger Hot Hand, which reduces the cooldown of Lava Lash by 75% and increases its damage by 40% for 8 sec.
  • Ashen Catalyst
    • Flame Shock ticks reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash and increases its damage, stacking up to 8. The stack gets consumed when you use Lava Lash

Hero Talents

  • Tempest
    • Your ‍Lightning Bolt turns into ‍Tempest after either
      • You spend 40 Maelstrom Weapon
      • You get 3 stacks of ‍Awakening Storms.
  • Storm Swell
    • Grants you 3 Maelstrom Weapon after your ‍Tempest only hits 1 target.
  • Rolling Thunder
    • Tempest also summons a Nature Feral Spirit.
Stormbringer Enhancement Shaman Single-Target talents in Raids

When to use this Spec

These 2 builds are extremely close and you can play either build and have the same results. If any tuning happens 1 build might end up ahead but as of right now the Storm version sims higher but seems to perform a few % worse.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

  • Added
    • Forceful Winds
    • Unruly Winds
    • Doom Winds
    • Stormflurry
  • Removed
    • Hot Hand
    • Ashen Catalyst
    • Lashing Flames
    • Elemental Spirits

Rotation

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

Tier Set

  • 2-Set: Stormstrike, Lava Lash and Ice Strike deal 15% increased damage.
  • 4-Set: Activating Feral Spirit summons 1 additional Feral Spirit.

Single-Target

Stormbringer Storm

Opener

  • Your goal is to cast Windstrike whenever you can, and only cast something else if you don't proc a reset.
Enhancement Shaman Storm single-target opener in Raids
  • Ideally, you only cast Windstrike, but if you don't proc a reset you only cast 1 other global in between.
  • You want to manually cast Tempest during Ascendance if you are at 10 Maelstrom Weapon

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
  2. Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
  3. Cast Tempest at 6+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  4. Cast Elemental Blast at 6+ Maelstrom Weapon,
  5. Cast Lightning Bolt at 5+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  6. Cast Stormstrike on cooldown.
  7. Cast Ice Strike on cooldown.
  8. Cast Frost Shock with Hailstorm.
  9. Cast Lava Lash on cooldown.

Multi-Target

Stormbringer Elementalist
Stormbringer Storm

Opener

  • Your goal is to set up a strong Ascendance window which you achieve by using Crash Lightning and Chain Lightning before.
Enhancement Shaman 2-Target opener in Raids
  • You cast one Lava Lash before using Ascendance to spread Flame Shock.
  • Ideally, you only cast Windstrike, but if you don't proc a reset you only cast 1 other global in between.
  • You want to cast Chain Lightning before Ascendance so that your Thorim's Invocation is set to Chain Lightning. On AoE you reach a Tempest before Primordial Wave falls off, which you cast to consume it.
  • You want to cast Feral Spirit a second time as soon as you can. This gives you a bunch of wolves up at once which makes you deal a ton of damage.

2+ Target Priority List

  1. Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
  2. Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
  3. Cast Tempest at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  4. Cast Lightning Bolt at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon if you have Primordial Wave active.
  5. Cast Chain Lightning at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  6. Cast Lava Lash on a target without Lashing Flames.
  7. Cast Crash Lightning to keep the buff up.
  8. Cast Ice Strike on cooldown.
  9. Cast Frost Shock with Hailstorm.
  10. Cast Stormstrike on cooldown.

Opener

  • Your goal is to cast Stormstrike as much as possible, and since you have Doom Winds active you should be able to only use Stormstrike until you need to spend. This example assumes worst case scenario.
Enhancement Shaman 2-Target opener in Raids
  • You want to spend Maelstrom Weapon as soon as you can.
  • You prioritise Stormstrike over any other generator.
  • You want to cast Feral Spirit as soon as you get it back.

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
  2. Cast Tempest at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  3. Cast Chain Lightning at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  4. Cast Doom Winds on cooldown.
  5. Cast Stormstrike on cooldown.
  6. Cast Crash Lightning to keep the buff up.
  7. Cast Sundering on cooldown.
  8. Cast Ice Strike on cooldown.
  9. Cast Lava Lash on cooldown.
  10. Cast Frost Shock on cooldown.

AoE

Stormbringer Elementalist
Stormbringer Storm

Opener

  • Your goal is to set up a strong Ascendance window which you achieve by using Crash Lightning and Chain Lightning before.
Enhancement Shaman AoE opener in Raids
  • You cast one Lava Lash before using Ascendance to spread Flame Shock.
  • Ideally, you only cast Windstrike, but if you don't proc a reset you only cast 1 other global in between.
  • You want to cast Chain Lightning before Ascendance so that your Thorim's Invocation is set to Chain Lightning. On AoE you reach a Tempest before Primordial Wave falls off, which you cast to consume it.
  • You want to cast Feral Spirit a second time as soon as you can. This gives you a bunch of wolves up at once which makes you deal a ton of damage.

Priority List

  1. Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
  2. Cast Primordial Wave on cooldown.
  3. Cast Tempest at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  4. Cast Lightning Bolt at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon if you have Primordial Wave active.
  5. Cast Chain Lightning at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  6. Cast Lava Lash on a target without Lashing Flames.
  7. Cast Crash Lightning to keep the buff up.
  8. Cast Ice Strike on cooldown.
  9. Cast Frost Shock with Hailstorm.
  10. Cast Stormstrike on cooldown.

Opener

  • Your goal is to cast Stormstrike as much as possible, and since you have Doom Winds active you should be able to only use Stormstrike until you need to spend. This example assumes worst case scenario.
Enhancement Shaman AoE opener in Raids
  • You want to spend Maelstrom Weapon as soon as you can.
  • You prioritise Stormstrike over any other generator.
  • You want to cast Feral Spirit as soon as you get it back.

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

  1. Cast Feral Spirit on cooldown.
  2. Cast Tempest at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  3. Cast Chain Lightning at 8+ Maelstrom Weapon.
  4. Cast Doom Winds on cooldown.
  5. Cast Stormstrike on cooldown.
  6. Cast Crash Lightning to keep the buff up.
  7. Cast Sundering on cooldown.
  8. Cast Ice Strike on cooldown.
  9. Cast Lava Lash on cooldown.
  10. Cast Frost Shock on cooldown.

Deep Dive

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

Elementalist vs. Storm

  • Above I have listed the 2 most prominent builds for Enhancement. The name Elementalist comes from the fact that it uses all elements to deal damage.
  • Storms name is based on the type of damage it deals mostly, which is Lightning and Physical.
  • Because both builds play Stormbringer, the number one priority in both builds is to spend as much Maelstrom Weapon as possible to get to Tempest.
  • While both builds play Stormbringer, there are some differences in how they are played. Elementalist resembles the end of Dragonflight more as Lava Lash is a higher priority.
  • Storm is very similar to how it was played in Aberrus, where you are casting a lot of Stormstrike, with the main difference being that spending Maelstrom Weapon is a higher priority than anything.
  • Storm is currently the stronger pick for Single-Target fights, while Elementalist is stronger on AoE or Cleave fights.

Tempest Strikes vs. Elemental Blast

  • With the recent buffs to Elemental Blast, it is now the best option for any raid encounter although it is way more annoying to play. You can play Tempest Strikes if you want to get used to the spec but it will perform worse.

Using Chain Lightning vs. Elemental Blast/Lightning Bolt

The way you spend Maelstrom Weapon varies based on the number of targets you are fighting, whether your priority is killing a certain target, and which build you are playing.

  • If you are specced into Elemental Blast
    • You use Chain Lightning if
      • You are fighting 3 or more targets and you do not need to focus on killing a certain target.
      • You are fighting 2 targets and Elemental Blast is on cooldown or you do not have Feral Spirit active.
    • You use Elemental Blast if
      • There is an important target that needs to die quickly, even if there are more than 5 targets. This results in less overall damage output but it is worth it to kill dangerous priority enemies.
      • You are fighting 2 targets and Feral Spirit is active.
  • If you are specced into Tempest Strikes
    • You use Chain Lightning if
      • You are fighting 2 or more targets and you do not need to focus on killing a certain target.
    • You use Lightning Bolt if
      • You are fighting 1 target.
      • You have Primordial Wave active.

Understanding Mechanics

Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.

Nerub-ar Palace

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Enhancement Shaman

← Scroll for more Bosses

Ulgrax
Bloodbound Horror
Sikran
Rasha'nan
Broodtwister
Nexus-Princess
Silken Court
Queen Ansurek
Stormbringer Storm Enhancement Shaman Ulgrax talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem if you are targetted by Digestive Acid.
  • You should be using Wind Rush Totem during Carnivorous Contest to help your raid run away. You should also use Feral Lunge to get back to the boss after.
  • If you are playing Spirit Walk, you can use it to break Stalker Netting, this only works on Normal and Heroic difficulty.
Stormbringer Storm Enhancement Shaman Bloodbound Horror talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Defensive Cooldown Usage

If you're assigned to Group 1:

If you're assigned to Group 2:

Boss Tips

  • When Goresplatter is coming up, you should use Spirit Walk to get out and Feral Lunge to get back in. You can also look around for a Demonic Gateway to use.
Stormbringer Storm Enhancement Shaman Sikran talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem whenever you are targetted by Decimate.
Stormbringer Storm Enhancement Shaman Rasha'nan talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • You can use Earthbind Totem and Capacitor Totem to slow and stun the Infested Spawn before they reach players.
  • Move out with Spinneret's Strands and place it to the sides.
  • When the boss moves to a new position, drop Wind Rush Totem and move it with Totemic Projection if needed, in order to help your raid.
Stormbringer Elementalist Enhancement Shaman Broodtwister talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem if you are targetted by Experimental Dosage.
  • You can use Thunderous Paws and Spirit Walk to cleanse Unstable Web yourself. Wind Rush Totem when specced into Jet Stream also works but watch out so you don't dispel others and cause them to root other nearby allies with Web Eruption.
  • On each Experimental Dosage, some adds will spawn. Whenever Blood Parasites spawn, use Earthbind Totem to slow them, these need to be killed before they reach their fixate target.
  • A Voracious Worm can also spawn which has to be interrupted. Shamans are great at this with your short CD on Wind Shear.
Stormbringer Storm Enhancement Shaman Nexus-Princess talents in Raids

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • If you get targetted by Assassination, use a defensive just before it goes off as you will get Queensbane right after which shoots out projectiles. If you get hit by other players projectiles this can quickly become very deadly.
  • Watch where the Nether Rift are placed as they pull you towards their location, if there are multiple ones on the same side, it might be a very strong pull so use Wind Rush Totem for your raid on this.
Stormbringer Elementalist Enhancement Shaman Silken Court talents in Raids

Defensive Cooldown Usage

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • Try to use Crash Lightning whenever you can hit 2 targets. Most of the time you should either have the bosses stacked or there are some Shattershell Scarabs you can hit.
  • Use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem on Venomous Rain.
  • Use Wind Rush Totem on the Web Vortex to help players break the Binding Webs quickly.
  • In P1, Skeinspinner Takazj, casts Poison Bolt on the current tank. Poison Cleansing Totem is a great tool to help your healers out.
Stormbringer Elementalist Enhancement Shaman Queen Ansurek talents in Raids

Defensive Cooldown Usage

  • In P3 you use Astral Shift and Stone Bulwark Totem reactively if you get Royal Condemnation.
  • Earth Elemental should be used in P3 after using your other defensive to cover you for another minute.

Offensive Cooldown Usage

Boss Tips

  • You can use Spirit Walk to break yourself free from Silken Tomb. Evokers can help you by giving you Time Spiral.
  • Wind Rush Totem Is very useful to help your raid dodge Web Blades and Acid Explosion.
  • In P3 the boss spawns Gloom Hatchlings which you need to stop before they reach the boss. Capacitor Totem with Guardian's Cudgel is a great way as they do not go on stun DR at all. Thunderstorm can also help you out.
  • Make sure you interrupt Summoned Acolytes Null Detonation as soon as you can as it does more damage each time the cast goes off.

Stat Priority

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Raid boss fights as a Enhancement Shaman. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.

Enhancement Shaman Stat Priorities in Raid

Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.

  • All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!

Tertiary

  • Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
  • Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing.
  • Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.

Gear

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman
Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
SlotItemLocation
HeadNoetic of the Forgotten ReservoirTier
NeckSureki Zealot's InsigniaSikran
ShoulderConcourse of the Forgotten ReservoirTier
CloakWings of Shattered SorrowRasha'Nan
ChestGoresplattered MembraneBloodbound Horror
WristGlyph-Etched VambracesSikran
GlovesCovenant of the Forgotten ReservoirTier
BeltCinch of Lingering InfluenceCity of Threads
LegsSarong of the Forgotten ReservoirTier
BootsSilksteel StridersAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Ring 1Seal of the Poisoned PactQueen Ansurek
Ring 2Writhing RingwormBroodtwister
Trinket 1Treacherous TransmitterNexus-Princess
Trinket 2Ara-Kara SacbroodAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Main-handVoid Reaper's Warp BladeNexus-Princess
Off-handEverforged MaceCrafting

Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.

SlotItemLocation
HeadCryptbound HeadpieceAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Neck"Emergency Stop" KeychainThe Stonevault
ShoulderWintersnap ShoulderguardsMists of Tirna Scithe
CloakAnvilhide CapeThe Stonevault
ChestGoliath's Chitinous ChainmailCity of Threads
WristPenumbral RimeguardsCity of Threads
GlovesClaws of Tainted IchorAra-Kara, City of Echoes
BeltCinch of Lingering InfluenceCity of Threads
LegsEntwined Chimeric LegguardsThe Stonevault
BootsSilksteel StridersAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Ring 1Seal of the City WatchSiege of Boralus
Ring 2Band of the Ancient DredgerSiege of Boralus
Trinket 1Skardyn's GraceGrim Batol
Trinket 2Ara-Kara SacbroodAra-Kara, City of Echoes
Main-HandEirich's Fist of DeceptionThe Stonevault
Off-HandBainbridge's BlackjackSiege of Boralus

Trinkets

Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the raid boss.

Active Trinket alternatives

  • Skardyn's Grace
    • Can be the best on fights where you can use Skardyn's Grace at 2 min and then together with Ascendance at 4 min, so you don't lose a use of either.
  • Overclocked Gear-a-Rang Launcher
    • Decent on-use damage trinket.

Passive Trinket alternatives

  • Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
    • This is one of your best passive options, better than most other trinkets at the same ilvl.
  • Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
    • Great passive choice, almost as strong as your best options.
  • Dead-Eye Spyglass
    • Great passive choice, one of your most solid options.
  • Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
    • Great passive choice, one of your most solid options.

Embellishments

  • Dawnthread Lining
  • Duskthread Lining
    • Both of these are your overall best embellishments, depending on what stats you currently need.
    • The optimal slots to craft on are Wrists, Boots, or Waist depending on your available gear.

Remaining Sparks

  • Crafted items are 636 item level and regular items are 636 on max item level, therefore, it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.

Simcraft

To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.

Consumables

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman
  • Phials
    • Flask of Tempered Swiftness -- maximum DPS.
    • Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
  • Food
    • Feast of the Divine Day
  • Combat Potion
    • Tempered Potion
  • Health Potion
    • Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
  • Weapon Oil
    • Windfury Weapon
    • Flametongue Weapon
  • Augment Rune
    • Crystallized Augment Rune
  • Sockets
    • Deadly Onyx
    • Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
      • Quick Ruby
      • Quick Sapphire
      • Masterful Emerald

Enchantments

HeadNerubian Gemweaver
NeckMagnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
CloakEnchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace
ChestEnchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
WristEnchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance
Nerubian Gemweaver
WaistNerubian Gemweaver
LegsStormbound Armor Kit
BootsEnchant Boots - Scout's March
Ring 1Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Ring 2Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x
Main-HandEnchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths
Off-HandEnchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths
Enhancement Shaman Enchantments in Raids

You buy Nerubian Gemweaver from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.

Races

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

For min-maxing a Enhancement Shaman in raiding, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your character. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.

  • Stoneform -- Dwarf
    • Dispels Magic and Bleed debuffs. Has been useful in the past on some bosses with Bleeds.
  • Rocket Jump -- Goblin
    • Do a small jump in the direction your character is facing.
    • While you're in the Rocket Jump animation you are placed on a global cooldown until your character lands.
  • Berserking -- Troll
    • Strong DPS racial that lines up perfectly with Ascendance.
    • Reduce the duration of movement-impairing effects by 20%. This was only useful once in the recent history of progression raiding but is still worth noting.
  • Blood Fury -- Orc
    • Good DPS racial that lines up poorly with Ascendance.
    • 20% reduced stun duration on you which can be useful in some situations.
  • Ancestral Call -- Mag'har Orc
    • Good DPS racial that lines up poorly with Ascendance.
    • Reduces the duration of poisons, diseases and curses by 10%.
  • Haymaker -- Kul'Tiran
    • Stuns your target for 3 sec and knocks them back, not the coolest for raiding
    • 1% Versatility which makes this race decent for DPS.
Enhancement Shaman 5min ST Race sims in Raid

Recommendation

In general, it's safe to say that if you care about min-maxing your DPS, you should go with the highest DPS racial. That being said, the story is a bit different if it's about progression raiding. Some help out massively to speed up the progression on certain bosses. Notably, Dwarf with their Stoneform helped out on Tindral Sageswift and Fyrakk the Blazing in the latest Race to World First by having easy access to dispelling yourself at crucial points of the fights mentioned.

If there is a good use of any races utility, it's always recommended to play it, but Troll is the overall best DPS racial currently. I prefer Goblin as its a small dps loss and Rocket Jump can save you from some bad situations.

Macros

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

Discover recommended macros for Enhancement Shamans during Raid encounters and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.

Macro Import Guide Video

Cursor Macros

Totemic Projection -- Casts Totemic Projection on your cursor without confirmation.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Totemic Projection

Wind Rush Totem -- Casts Wind Rush Totem on your cursor without confirmation.

#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Wind Rush Totem

Mouseover Macros

Utility Macros

Addons

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Enhancement Shaman

Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Enhancement Shaman, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Raids to make your life easier.

Enhancement Shaman Raid
Enhancement Shaman Interface in Raids

Addons

WeakAuras

Changes this Patch

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Enhancement Shaman

Patch 11.0.2

Patch 11.0

FAQ

Patch 11.0.2 - The War Within
Destruction Warlock

Q: Why is Totemic never played?

Credits

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