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Stormbringer Enhancement Shaman PvP Guide For Blitz

Shaman class icon Enhancement Shaman specialization icon
Enhancement Shaman
Stormbringer icon
Stormbringer
The War Within Season 1
Based on 50 Characters
From 1612 to 2232 Rating

Welcome to Murlok.io's PvP guide for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz Battlegrounds. This guide covers the best stats, races, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, and gems for Patch 11.0, based on data from the top 50 Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in The War Within Season 1 across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions. This includes Dbluxd (Doomhammer EU) , who is currently the highest-ranked with a rating of 2232.

Updated every 12 hours with the latest data from the Battle.net API , this guide also examines each character's recent playtime, specialization frequency, and equipment choices for greater accuracy.

Top Enhancement Shamans

Stat Priority

Stats are crucial attributes that influence a character's power in World of Warcraft. They determine the character's strength and overall playstyle. Stat bonuses can be found on various equipment pieces, consumables created by Alchemy, certain foods, some enchantments, and gems.

Each stat experiences diminishing returns once its equipped bonus reaches +20%. Optimizing a character's performance involves finding a balanced distribution. Here is the optimal way to balance Stormbringer Enhancement Shaman secondary and minor stats for Blitz:

Secondary Stats

+268
10% Critical Strike
+7550
11% Haste
+4873
30% Mastery
+12355
16% Versatility
  1. Versatility
  2. Haste
  3. Mastery
  4. Critical Strike

Minor Stats

+87
0% Avoidance
+180
0% Leech
+698
4% Speed
  1. Speed
  2. Leech
  3. Avoidance

Races

Each race in World of Warcraft has unique traits that enhance abilities or improve in-game quality of life. Although these racial traits offer minor advantages, they can provide a competitive edge in certain scenarios.

With Orc currently being the top race for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz, here are the other races that also stand out due to their advantageous traits:

  1. Orc icon
    Orc
    20
  2. Dark Iron Dwarf icon
    Dark Iron Dwarf
    14
  3. Draenei icon
    Draenei
    5
  4. Earthen icon
    Earthen
    3
  5. Troll icon
    Troll
    3

Class Talents

Talents are the main element defining a character's build, significantly influencing playstyle by adding, modifying, and enhancing abilities and behaviors. They are crucial in shaping how a character functions in battle.

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Shaman specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Shaman class. They offer a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Shaman's overall capabilities. The following tree reproduces the in-game class talents disposition as a heatmap. Each color represents the usage frequency and general recommendation level of the talents:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. The following tree reproduces the in-game specialization talents disposition and shows the best talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow deeper customization of the Enhancement Shaman class fantasy, enhancing character builds. The following trees show the Totemic and Stormbringer hero talents as a heatmap, highlighting the most effective choices:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with war mode enabled, these talents optimize a Stormbringer Enhancement Shaman's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players, reflecting the unique demands of PvP gameplay. The following shows the best PvP talents as a heatmap:

  1. Most frequently used talents, highly recommended for optimal performance.
  2. Widely used talents offering flexibility for alternative choices or personal preference.
  3. Less commonly selected talents, typically chosen to fill necessary slots for advancing to the next tier.

Best In Slot Gear

Gear consists of items that directly determine a character's power level. It can be acquired from various sources: dungeons, raids, world drops, crafted through professions, obtained from PvP vendors, or chosen as rewards from the Great Vault.

Each piece of gear significantly boosts a character's overall strength and capabilities. Here are the top items for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz, tailored for each equipment slot:

Embellishments

Embellishments are unique effects associated with crafted items, either as predefined elements in a recipe or added with an optional embellishment reagent, creating embellished gear. These enhancements diversify and amplify characters' capabilities.

Given that only a maximum of two embellished items can be equipped at a time, here are the best embellishments for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz:

  1. Algari Competitor's Pickaxe icon
    Ascendance
    25
  2. Algari Competitor's Chain Cuffs icon
    Writhing Armor Banding
    18
  3. Algari Competitor's Signet icon
    Elemental Focusing Lens
    9
  4. Algari Competitor's Chain Chainmail icon
    Duskthread Lining
    3
  5. Algari Competitor's Pickaxe icon
    Blessed Weapon Grip
    2

Enchantments

Enchantments provide minor yet valuable enhancements to various items, including Back, Chest, Wrist, Legs, Rings, Feet, Main Hand, and Off Hand.

Most enchantments are crafted via the Enchanting profession. However, Legs enhancements are crafted by Leatherworkers.

Enchantments are usually available at the auction house, making them accessible for upgrades. Here is a list of the top enchantments for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz, essential for optimizing combat effectiveness:

Gems

Gems are crafted stones from the Jewelcrafting profession, typically offering stat bonuses to enhance your gear and balance character stats as a final touch. These gems can be socketed into specific items such as Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, and Rings.

Even though the presence of sockets on these items is usually random upon their drop, neck pieces can be uniquely modified to have up to three sockets by using three Tiered Medallion Setting . Additionally, a single socket can be added to other eligible items with an Eye of Awakening , which requires three Aspects' Tokens of Merit obtained from the Great Vault.

Available through both the auction house and the crafting order system, the following are the top gem choices for Stormbringer Enhancement Shamans in Blitz:

  1. Versatile Onyx icon
    Versatile Onyx
    15
  2. Enduring Bloodstone icon
    Enduring Bloodstone
    14
  3. Determined Bloodstone icon
    Determined Bloodstone
    12
  4. Quick Emerald icon
    Quick Emerald
    5
  5. Quick Sapphire icon
    Quick Sapphire
    5