PvE Elemental Shaman Gems, Enchants, & Consumables

Most definitely do not slack on the enchants, gems, and consumables available to you. The amount of stats you can get from these enhancements can be equal to an entire piece of gear or more! It’s a gold investment, but one worth making if you’re looking to do the most damage you possibly can.

Gems

You’ll want to prioritize hitting your spell hit cap of 15% as that’ll be your main DPS gain until you do hit it. Of course, Intellect is a stat that can only come from so many sources, being a primary stat, so you’ll want to get as much of it as you can through the gems that offer it as it directly increases your Spell Power. Then finally, if the previous requirements are satisfied, then you can focus on secondary stats like Mastery or Haste.

Meta Socket

• Burning Primal Diamond
• Sinister Primal Diamond (Phase 2 Legendary gem)

Prismatic Socket

• Brilliant Serpent’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Brilliant Primordial Ruby

Red Socket

• Brilliant Serpent’s Eye (Jewelcrafting)
• Brilliant Primordial Ruby

Yellow Socket

If Hit Capped:

• Artful Vermilion Onyx
• Reckless Vermilion Onyx

If Not Hit Capped:

• Energized Wild Jade
• Lightning Wild Jade
• Sensei’s Wild Jade
• Zen Wild Jade

Blue Socket

• Purified Imperial Amethyst
• Veiled Imperial Amethyst
• Rigid River’s Heart (If you desperately need Hit)
• Sparkling River’s Heart (If you desperately need Hit)

Sha-Touched Socket

• Crystallized Horror

Cog-Wheel Socket

A special socket type for Engineers who craft a Energized Retinal Armor for themselves. You can slot in special gems that are crafted by Engineers that offer bonus stats. It’s recommended to use this slot for secondary stats like Mastery and Haste for DPS gains unless you can perfectly balance your Hit/Spirit through these slots and make use of other areas to increase throughput.

If Hit Capped:

• Fractured Tinker’s Gear
• Quick Tinker’s Gear

If Not Hit Capped:

• Rigid Tinker’s Gear
• Sparkling Tinker’s Gear

Enchants

Armor

• Shoulders:
  • Secret Crane Wing Inscription (Inscription)
  • Greater Crane Wing Inscription
• Cloak:
  • Lightweave Embroidery (Tailoring)
  • Enchant Cloak – Accuracy (Hit rating)
  • Enchant Cloak – Superior Intellect
• Chest:
  • Enchant Chest – Glorious Stats
• Bracers:
  • Fur Lining – Intellect (Leatherworking)
  • Socket Bracers (Blacksmithing – stacks with other enchants)
  • Enchant Bracer – Super Intellect
• Gloves:
  • Enchant Gloves – Superior Mastery
  • Enchant Gloves – Greater Haste
  • Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing – stacks with other enchants)
  • Synapse Springs (Engineering – stacks with other enchants)
• Waist:
  • Living Steel Belt Buckle (Blacksmithing)
• Legs:
  • Greater Pearlescent Spellthread (If you need Hit)
  • Greater Cerulean Spellthread
• Boots:
  • Enchant Boots – Pandaren’s Step
• Rings:
  • Enchant Ring – Greater Intellect (Enchanting)

Weapons

• Main Hand:
  • Enchant Weapon – Jade Spirit (You’ll notice this proc includes a bonus to Spirit as well as Intellect, but as it’s unreliable and not up often enough, so do not count this number towards your Hit cap)
  • Flametongue Weapon (Stacks with permanent enchants)
• Shield:
  • Enchant Off-Hand – Major Intellect

Consumables

Potions

Make sure to bring both a DPS potion and a healing potion. They do not share a cooldown, and having a defensive option for free is just an easy choice to make.

• Potion of the Jade Serpent
• Master Healing Potion

Flasks & Elixirs

• Flask of the Warm Sun

Food

You’re going to have a few different options for food buffs as it depends on what your Hit cap and secondary stats are at. Also, if you’re a Pandaren you’ll have the Epicurean racial to increase buffs from foods, so make sure not to skip out!

Intellect Options

• Mogu Fish Stew
• Spiced Blossom Soup
• Braised Turtle
• Swirling Mist Soup

Beginner Options

• Steamed Crab Surprise / Fire Spirit Salmon / Shrimp Dumplings / Spicy Salmon (Hit rating)
• Rice Pudding
• Spicy Vegetable Chips