Shaman Heirlooms

Welcome to the Shaman Heirlooms Guide for Legion. This post will cover all three of the Shaman specs, including the optimal enchants. Please keep in mind that heirlooms are designed for leveling, and the choices of which pieces of gear to use as well as which enchants are designed towards leveling rather than raiding. In many cases the choices are the same, but if something seems odd then I’ve likely chosen it for a reason. Feel free to ask if you’re confused or care to offer other comments or suggestions. In the long run, as long as you’re wearing heirlooms with the right primary stats on it, it doesn’t necessarily matter which ones you choose.

Elemental (DPS)

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Mystical Coif of Elements	N/A
Neck	Eternal Horizon Choker	Gift of Multistrike
Cloak	Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak	Gift of Multistrike
Shoulder	Aged Pauldrons of the Five Thunders	Greater Crane Wing Inscription
Chest	Mystic Vest of Elements	Peerless Stats
Legs	Mystical Kilt of Elements	Greater Cerulean Spellthread
Ring 1	Signet of the Third Fleet	Gift of Multistrike
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Multistrike
Main Hand	Blessed Hammer of Grace	Elemental Force
Off Hand	Weathered Observer’s Shield	Major Intellect
Trinket 1	Discerning Eye of the Beast	N/A
Trinket 2	Discerning Eye of the Beast	N/A

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Intellect > Multistrike > Haste = Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

Haste is better for single target DPS, where Crit is better for your AoE DPS. If you’re going to run a lot of dungeons you may want to prioritize the crit, but I tend to lean towards haste for my casters as it allows me to cast more spells in less time which also improves mobility. Similarly, Multistrike is a higher priority than either Haste or Crit, but I would probably stick with Haste over even Multistrike personally just because that fits my playstyle more and I don’t really care much for multistrike overall.

Enhancement (DPS)

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Tarnished Raging Berserker’s Helm	N/A
Neck	Eternal Will o the Martyr	Gift of Haste
Cloak	Inherited Cape of the Black Baron	Gift of Haste
Shoulder	Prized Beastmaster’s Mantle	Greater Tiger Claw Inscription
Chest	Champion’s Deathdealer Breastplate	Peerless Stats
Legs	Tarnished Leggings of Destruction	Shadowleather Leg Armor
Ring 1	Admiral Taylor’s Loyalty Ring	Gift of Haste
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Haste
Main Hand	Venerable Mace of McGowan	Elemental Force
Off Hand	Venerable Mace of McGowan	Elemental Force
Trinket 1	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A
Trinket 2	Swift Hand of Justice	N/A

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Agility > Haste > Mastery > Multistrike > Versatility > Critical Strike

Another option I wanted to point out for weapon enchants is Landslide for one or both weapons. I recently leveled an Enhancement Shaman with dual Elemental Force and it was fantastic. I frequently did 30-100% more DPS than other people in dungeons, and often 300-400% higher than the second highest DPS in battlegrounds. Elemental Force procs often and its effect can crit. After a lot of testing, I’ve found Ele Force to be one of the most useful weapon enchants in the game for non-healers (and it’s even good for them if you’re going to do any amount of DPS while leveling).

Restoration (Healing)

Slot	Item Name	Enchant
Helm	Mystical Coif of Elements	N/A
Neck	Eternal Horizon Choker	Gift of Haste
Cloak	Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak	Gift of Haste
Shoulder	Aged Pauldrons of the Five Thunders	Greater Crane Wing Inscription
Chest	Mystic Vest of Elements	Peerless Stats
Legs	Mystical Kilt of Elements	Greater Cerulean Spellthread
Ring 1	Admiral Taylor’s Loyalty Ring	Gift of Haste
Ring 2	Dread Pirate Ring	Gift of Haste
Main Hand	Blessed Hammer of Grace	Jade Spirit*
Off Hand	Weathered Observer’s Shield	Major Intellect
Trinket 1	Discerning Eye of the Beast	N/A
Trinket 2	Discerning Eye of the Beast	N/A

If you don’t have access to the enchants mentioned above, you may choose others. Jade Spirit is one that’s particularly uncommon as it was locked behind a MoP rep grind that I found very few people had access to when I came back to the game in mid-WoD. My suggestions for replacements there would be Mark of Warsong > Major Spellpower > Elemental Force. Ele Force might seem like an odd enchant for a healer, but I found that with heals as powerful as they are I’m almost always doing some form of DPS as a healer, and I don’t really need more strength as a healer, so buffing my damage was handy.

Your stat priorities are as follows (from Icy-Veins.com):

Intellect > Spirit > Mastery > Haste > Multistrike = Critical Strike > Versatility