Elemental Shaman

Stormbringer

Not supported in this fight ⓘPatched ⓘ

With the Single-Button Assistant and its cooldowns, Elemental Shaman (Stormbringer) deals 83% of perfect manual play in M+ dungeons (rank 24 of 51) and 89% of perfect manual play on a raid boss (rank 5 of 51). In M+, the best build we found for the button deals 9.8% more than SimulationCraft's.

At a glance

4-piece set · SimulationCraft's talents · share of manual DPS kept

Fight	Manual DPS	SBA + cooldown	SBA alone	Assisted Highlight	Rank (SBA + cooldown)
M+ dungeon	300,108	82.5%−17.49%	67.3%−32.68%	91.2%−8.76%	24 of 51
Raid boss	238,178	89.3%−10.72%	69.3%−30.66%	93.8%−6.16%	5 of 51

Against real +15 players

Too few real Stormbringer runs on the standard routes to compare (3). See the specs that have enough

Fight

Tier set

Talents

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What the assistant costs

M+ dungeon · 4-piece set · Best talents for the button · data as of 2026-11-11 08:07 UTC

78%of manual DPS with SBA + cooldown. SBA alone reaches 63%, Assisted Highlight 88%.

Manual347.8Kreference
SBA + cooldown272.0K78% of manual
SBA alone219.5K63% of manual
Assisted Highlight306.9K88% of manual

SimulationCraft does not support this fight for Elemental Shaman.Its own report says results for this spec in the M+ dungeon are inaccurate and should not be used, so the build is not ranked there. The raid boss figures are not affected.

Patched: SimulationCraft needs a fix to play Blizzard's list for this spec.Patch 0009-shaman-sba-flame-shock-becomes-voltaic-blaze. In the game the Flame Shock button becomes Voltaic Blaze when it is talented; SimulationCraft never pressed Voltaic Blaze. The patch lets the button become Voltaic Blaze. Without the fix (SimulationCraft as published, or Raidbots) the assistant's figures differ; manual play is not affected.

Patched: SimulationCraft needs a fix to play Blizzard's list for this spec.Patch 0010-shaman-elemental-sba-tempest-before-chain-lightning. In the game the button casts Tempest (Stormbringer) as soon as it is available, ahead of Chain Lightning; SimulationCraft only pressed it in place of Lightning Bolt, so never on 4 or more targets. The patch puts Tempest first. Checked against a combat log on 5 target dummies (2026-10-06). Without the fix (SimulationCraft as published, or Raidbots) the assistant's figures differ; manual play is not affected.

Patched: SimulationCraft needs a fix to play Blizzard's list for this spec.Patch 0011-shaman-farseer-final-calling-does-not-trigger. In the game the Ancestors (Farseer) never cast Elemental Blast when they leave: no trace of it in combat logs on 1 and 5 target dummies (130 departures, 2026-10-06), while SimulationCraft cast it every time and gave its stat buff. The patch turns Final Calling off, for the manual rotation too. Without the fix (SimulationCraft as published, or Raidbots) the assistant's figures differ; manual play is not affected.

Best Mythic+ talents for the button

For one-button play in M+, import this build: +9.8% damage with SBA + cooldown over SimulationCraft's build.

Best of 8 builds tested with the button (SimulationCraft's and the top 10 Mythic+ players' on murlok.io, plus a talent search), 2026-10-30: a talent search for the button, one talent swap at a time from SimulationCraft's build. SimulationCraft does not support the M+ fight for this spec, so treat it as a rough guide.

One-button damage (SBA + cooldown DPS), M+ dungeon, 4-piece

Best M+ build for the buttonRecommended271,978+9.8%
SimulationCraft's build247,605

Best M+ build for the button: talent string Recommended for one-button

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SimulationCraft's build: talent string

CYQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAzMbbzMmZmZZbZgxMDAAAAAWMjhNYBmRDN2AgZbmZGjtFTYmxYxMzMmZWsMjFzMjZWAAGGYmBGGGA

In game, open the talent window, choose Import and paste it. The best build we found for the button. Every figure on this page uses it.

Best raid talents for the button

For one-button play on a raid boss, import this build: +1.7% damage with SBA + cooldown over SimulationCraft's raid build.

Talent search for the button on the raid boss, 4-piece set (2026-11-10): it starts from SimulationCraft's raid build, tries every legal single talent swap, keeps the ones that add damage and repeats, never touching a defensive talent; a build wins only when it beats SimulationCraft's raid build by more than 0.2 %. Perfect manual play keeps SimulationCraft's raid build, so the Ranking compares the button on its best talents with the best manual build.

Talents changed: it drops Hex, Lightning Rod and takes Flametongue Weapon, Refreshing Waters. Defensive talents stay: no build that drops one is offered. The search only counts damage, so check you can do without what it drops (a utility spell, for example).

Best raid build for the button: talent string Recommended for one-button

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SimulationCraft's raid build: talent string

CYQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAzMbbzMmZmZZbZgxMDAAAAAWMjhNYBmRDN2AgZbmZGjtFTYmxYxMzMmZWsMjFzMjZWAAGGYmBGGGA

In game, open the talent window, choose Import and paste it.

Where the damage comes from

M+ dungeon · 4-piece set · Best talents for the button · data as of 2026-11-11 08:07 UTC

Compare manual play with

Damage per second and casts per ability, averaged over the simulated fights. Pets and summons show their own name in brackets.

Ability	Manual	SBA + cooldown	SBA + cooldown vs manual
Chain Lightning Overload	43.6K12.5% · 174.1 casts	26.3K9.6% · 102.8 casts	−17.3K
Elemental Blast	43.3K12.4% · 49.1 casts	35.2K12.9% · 39.5 casts	−8,135
Earthquake (Damage)	38.8K11.1% · 128.4 casts	33.4K12.2% · 114.9 casts	−5,463
Lightning Rod	31.4K9.0% · 379.1 casts	15.6K5.7% · 234.8 casts	−15.9K
Chain Lightning	24.2K6.9% · 47.8 casts	13.4K4.9% · 21.2 casts	−10.8K
Tempest	19.0K5.4% · 18.5 casts	14.8K5.4% · 16.4 casts	−4,231
Stormfury (Primal Storm Elemental)	17.9K5.1% · 8.2 casts	10.7K3.9% · 7.9 casts	−7,156
Lava Burst	14.6K4.2% · 46.2 casts	17.1K6.3% · 55.1 casts	+2,463
Lightning Bolt	13.7K3.9% · 55.8 casts	15.8K5.8% · 58.3 casts	+2,063
Tempest Overload	15.6K4.5% · 30.3 casts	11.3K4.1% · 26.6 casts	−4,331
Flame Shock	10.3K2.9% · 57.9 casts	9,6173.5% · 56.9 casts	−673
Elemental Blast Overload	10.1K2.9% · 60.4 casts	7,6032.8% · 46.7 casts	−2,521
Lightning Bolt Overload	8,9892.6% · 84.8 casts	10.1K3.7% · 84.8 casts	+1,116
Earthquake Overload	9,8122.8% · 181.3 casts	7,9532.9% · 158 casts	−1,859
Lava Burst Overload	7,1282.0% · 59.7 casts	7,9442.9% · 70 casts	+816
Lava Burst (Pf)	6,9962.0% · 28.2 casts	6,8122.5% · 28.2 casts	−184
Voltaic Blaze	6,4921.9% · 19 casts	6,2882.3% · 18 casts	−204
Fire Blast (Primal Fire Elemental)	6,0171.7% · 28.2 casts	5,3011.9% · 26.5 casts	−716
Elemental Blast (Foe)	5,1031.5% · 15.9 casts	4,2371.6% · 13.5 casts	−866
Wind Gust (Primal Storm Elemental)	3,7341.1% · 46.9 casts	2,5150.9% · 34 casts	−1,219
Lava Burst Overload (Pf)	3,3901.0% · 36.7 casts	3,2601.2% · 36.8 casts	−130
Elemental Blast Overload (Foe)	2,5990.7% · 20.6 casts	2,0390.7% · 16.7 casts	−560
Lava Burst (Asc)	1,5780.5% · 2.5 casts	1,2210.4% · 2.5 casts	−357
Meteor (Primal Fire Elemental)	1,4940.4% · 2.5 casts	1,2350.5% · 2.5 casts	−259
Call Lightning (Primal Storm Elemental)	9310.3% · 8.2 casts	8690.3% · 7.9 casts	−62
Rune of Unleashed Fire	9180.3% · 53.4 casts	9150.3% · 53.3 casts	−3
Immolate (Primal Fire Elemental)	9160.3% · 3.8 casts	8990.3% · 3.9 casts	−17
Lava Burst Overload (Asc)	5880.2% · 7.7 casts	4800.2% · 7.3 casts	−108
Rune of Lingering	2670.1% · 53.4 casts	2640.1% · 53.3 casts	−3
Total	349.6K	273.0K	−76.6K

A dash means the ability was never used in that mode. Damage is attributed the way SimulationCraft reports it, so a pet's damage appears under the pet.

Questions about Elemental Shaman (Stormbringer)

What are the best Mythic+ talents for Elemental Shaman (Stormbringer) with the one-button rotation?

The best build we found for the Single-Button Assistant in Mythic+ deals 9.8% more damage with the button than SimulationCraft's build. It was the best of 8 builds tested (SimulationCraft's and the top 10 Mythic+ players' on murlok.io), plus a talent search for the button. Its talent string is on this page, ready to import. The raid build is searched separately.

What are the best raid talents for Elemental Shaman (Stormbringer) with the one-button rotation?

The best build we found for the Single-Button Assistant on a raid boss deals 1.7% more damage with the button than the raid build we used before. It comes from a talent search for the button on the raid boss, 4-piece set. Its talent string is on this page, ready to import.

How much DPS does Elemental Shaman (Stormbringer) lose with the Single-Button Assistant?

Related builds

Other hero talents of Elemental Shaman

Elemental Shaman · FarseerM+ −8.01% · raid −10.20%

Other Shaman specs

DPS lost with SBA + cooldown, 4-piece set, SimulationCraft's talents (a top player's build for the hero talents SimulationCraft has no profile for). All specs · Ranking

How it's measured, and its limits

SBA + cooldown is a best case: the simulator never misplays. It is always better to sim your own character.
Manual play is SimulationCraft's own rotation executed perfectly, so it is an upper bound for what a person can do, not a typical player.
Assisted Highlight assumes every suggestion is seen and pressed at once, which is generous for a player reading the highlight.
The M+ dungeon is SimulationCraft's own DungeonSlice fight style, its approximation of Mythic+ pulls, not a specific dungeon route.
Best talents for the button: of SimulationCraft's build, the top 10 Mythic+ players' builds on murlok.io and a talent search for the button, the one that deals the most with SBA + cooldown in the M+ dungeon. Gear and rotation are unchanged.
SimulationCraft ships no profile for some hero talents (9 here). Those use SimulationCraft's gear with a top player's build: a top Mythic+ player's build on murlok.io in M+, and on the raid boss the most played build in top raid kills on Warcraft Logs when there are any, otherwise SimulationCraft's raid talents with that Mythic+ build's hero talents (or the Mythic+ build itself where it deals more). No talent search for the button has been run for them yet.
SimulationCraft ships no profile at all for Devastation Evoker and Balance Druid. Those use the median gear of real +15 players, raised to the item level of SimulationCraft's profiles, with the build most real players use (or a top player's build where too few play that hero talent), and a talent search for the button.

Full method, reliability rule and patches: Sources · Simulated with SimulationCraft 1210-01 (WoW 12.1.5.70575) 710c240 +16 patches, 10,000 iterations per figure.