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ShamanPvP · level 60

Level 60 Enhancement Shaman PvP build

“Stormstrike bruiser” — Player vs player.

A two-handed PvP burst build that pairs Stormstrike, Flurry, Weapon Mastery and hard-hitting shocks with enough stamina and mail pieces to survive long enough for a kill window.

Open in the builder →Compare with mineRating today84.8 / 100

Solid. A few specific changes below would lift it further.

Talents

20 Elemental / 31 Enhancement / 0 Restoration · 51 points at level 60

Elemental · 20

  • Convection4/5
  • Concussion5/5
  • Earth's Grasp2/2
  • Elemental Warding3/3
  • Elemental Focus1/1
  • Reverberation5/5

Enhancement · 31

  • Ancestral Knowledge5/5
  • Thundering Strikes5/5
  • Improved Ghost Wolf2/2
  • Two-Handed Axes and Maces1/1
  • Anticipation2/5
  • Flurry5/5
  • Improved Weapon Totems1/2
  • Elemental Weapons3/3
  • Parry1/1
  • Weapon Mastery5/5
  • Stormstrike1/1

Restoration · 0

No points.

Gear

SlotItemStatsSource
HeadWarlord's Mail Helm382 armor · +35 Stamina · +19 Intellect · +11 Strength · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Spell critical chance · +9 Spell Damage · +9 HealingPvP · Rank 17 · Warlord's Earthshaker
NeckSadist's Collar+24 Stamina · +1% Critical strike chance · +20 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Gothik the Harvester
ShouldersTaut Dragonhide Shoulderpads170 armor · +30 Stamina · +46 Attack Power · +48 Ranged Attack PowerBlackwing Lair · Chromaggus
BackCloak of the Scourge63 armor · +23 Stamina · +30 Attack Power · +1% Hit chanceNaxxramas · Noth the Plaguebringer
ChestWarlord's Mail Armor470 armor · +35 Stamina · +20 Intellect · +9 Strength · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Spell critical chance · +9 Spell Damage · +9 HealingPvP · Rank 17 · Warlord's Earthshaker
WristsBracers of Eternal Reckoning242 armor · +26 Agility · +20 Stamina—
HandsGeneral's Mail Gauntlets283 armor · +18 Stamina · +17 Intellect · +17 Strength · +1% Critical strike chancePvP · Rank 16 · Warlord's Earthshaker
WaistBelt of Never-ending Agony142 armor · +20 Stamina · +64 Attack Power · +1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chanceTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · C'Thun
LegsScaled Sand Reaver Leggings427 armor · +23 Stamina · +10 Intellect · +62 Attack Power · +2% Critical strike chanceTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · Fankriss the Unyielding
FeetBoots of the Shadow Flame166 armor · +22 Stamina · +44 Attack Power · +2% Hit chanceBlackwing Lair · Nefarian
Ring 1Archimtiros' Ring of Reckoning+14 Agility · +28 StaminaBlackwing Lair · Nefarian
Ring 2Ring of the Qiraji Fury+12 Stamina · +40 Attack Power · +1% Critical strike chanceTemple of Ahn'Qiraj · Viscidus
Trinket 1Slayer's Crest+64 Attack PowerNaxxramas · Sapphiron
Trinket 2Kiss of the Spider+1% Critical strike chance · +1% Hit chanceNaxxramas · Maexxna
Main HandMight of Menethil289–435 · 3.8s · 95.3 dps · +46 Stamina · +20 Strength · +2% Critical strike chanceNaxxramas · Kel'Thuzad
Ranged / RelicTotem of RageBlackrock Depths · Magmus
  • Warlord's Earthshaker (3/6) — (2) +20 Stamina.; (3) Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all Shock spells by 2%.

Rotation

  1. 1Lightning Shieldbuff not active on you
  2. 2Frostbrand Weaponbuff not active on you
  3. 3Ghost Wolfwhile moving
  4. 4Lesser Healing Waveyou are low on health
  5. 5Stormstrikewhen ready
  6. 6Earth Shocktarget below 20% health
  7. 7Frost Shockwhile moving
  8. 8Flame Shockdebuff missing on target
  9. 9Chain Lightning3+ enemies
  10. 10Lightning Boltresource pooled (high rage/energy/mana)

Read top to bottom: use the first ability that is ready and whose condition holds.

Why it works

This is a 31 Enhancement / 20 Elemental PvP build: Enhancement supplies Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Flurry, Parry, Weapon Mastery and Stormstrike for the melee burst package, while Elemental adds Concussion, Elemental Warding, Elemental Focus, Earth’s Grasp and full Reverberation so shocks hit harder, cost less over time, and come back faster.

The gear leans tough-burst rather than pure glass cannon. Might of Menethil is the key weapon: a very slow 3.8 speed two-hander with high top-end damage, stamina, strength and crit. Warlord’s Mail Helm/Armor and General’s Mail Gauntlets keep armor, stamina, intellect and crit in the set, while Belt of Never-ending Agony, Boots of the Shadow Flame, Ring of the Qiraji Fury, Kiss of the Spider and Slayer’s Crest provide the kill-window stats. Cloak of the Scourge, the belt, boots and Kiss together give 5% hit, which is the PvP melee target against equal-level players. Totem of Rage is chosen because instant shocks decide fights.

On the survival curve, the efficient toughness knee is around balance 70: 3180 gear HP at only about −7% throughput. This setup intentionally plays closer to the heavy PvP end, near the 3370 gear-HP band, accepting roughly an −11% throughput tradeoff for much better odds against stuns, focus fire and caster burst.

Play by pre-buffing Lightning Shield and Frostbrand Weapon, close with Ghost Wolf outdoors, then force a burst exchange with Stormstrike into shocks. Use Earth Shock to finish or stop casts, Frost Shock when chasing or kiting, Flame Shock if the target will live, and cast Chain Lightning only into clustered enemies or when you have space.

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Generated by the optimizer from Classic Era client build 1.15.9.69722 and checked against the builder's rules (row gates, prerequisites, what the class can wear). The rating above is recomputed from today's data. Race not set — pick yours in the builder for racial bonuses.