If you want to level a shaman with the Elemental talent build, you will have a hard time unless you know how to find the right Elemental Shaman leveling gear.
The Elemental Shaman is much more item-dependant than the Enhancement Shaman which makes it absolutely necessary to find the right gear all the time or lose a lot of your leveling efficiency.
Low Level Elemental Shaman Leveling Gear
Most people do not spec Elemental before they reach the outland where the items are a lot better for caster classes. If you want to level with this spec in the early levels, there are two things you can do.
The first thing is to visit the AH and look for random green items with the right prefixes. It’s faster than visiting instances, but the gear is not too great.
- [Item] of Healing = +spell power
- [Item] of Nature’s Wrath = +nature damage
- [Item] of Intellect = +intellect
- [Item] of the Eagle = +intellect and stamina
- [Item] of the Owl = +intellect and spirit
- [Item] of the Gorilla = +intellect and strength
- [Item] of the Falcon = +intellect and agility
The second option is to run instances and collect better Elemental Shaman leveling gear. This will take more time and you should think twice before doing it since instances slow down your leveling progress unless you really rush through them (with a level 80 friend, for example).
- Ragefire Chasm: Robe of Evocation, Crystalline Cuffs
- The Deadmines: Emberstone Staff, Lavishly Jeweled Ring, Gold-flecked Gloves
- Wailing Caverns: Deep Fathom Ring Robe of the Moccasin, Slime-encrusted Pads , Seedcloud Buckler, Serpent Gloves
- Shadowfang Keep: Eerie Stable Lantern, Feline Mantle, Girdle of the Blindwatcher, Robes of Arugal
- Blackfathom Deeps: Gaze Dreamer Pants, Glowing Thresher Cape Moss Cinch Rod of the Sleepwalker
- The Stockade: Kam’s Walking Stick
- Gnomeregan: Electromagnetic Gigaflux Reactivator , Acidic Walkers
- Razorfen Kraul: Death Speaker Mantle, Death Speaker Scepter, Death Speaker Robes
- Razorfen Downs: Bonefingers Deathchill Armor, Glowing Eye of Mordresh
- Scarlet Monastery: Hand of Righteousness, Triune Amulet, Hypnotic Blade
- Zul’Farrak: Jinxed Hoodoo Kilt, Jinxed Hoodoo Skin, Jumanza Grips, Lifeblood Amulet
- Maraudon: Soothsayer’s Headdress , Charstone Dirk, Gemshard Heart, Gizlock’s Hypertech Buckler
- Sunken Temple: Bloodfire Talons Crest of Supremacy, Featherskin Cape, Windscale Sarong , Horns of Eranikus, The Dragon’s Eye
Outlands and Northrend
Once you access the outlands, lots of your problems will disappear and Elemental will be a lot easier to play. There will be tons of viable gear and all you have just have to do is to choose the one that will help you the most.
To find the best Elemental Shaman leveling gear, I recommend these stat priorities:
Spell Damage > Intellect > Critical Strike Rating > Hit Rating
I hope you enjoyed this guide and can now find your perfect Elemental Shaman leveling gear! Have fun leveling!