Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Stat priorities remain the same for all builds currently.
Mastery>>Haste/Crit>>>Versatility
Stat Outline
Mastery started out as the worst stat of the expansion but thanks to the rework to Ascendance it’s now the strongest. During Ascendance the value of Mastery is essentially quadrupled thanks to the 150% damage increase and the additional overload.
Mastery also giving more overloads increases maelstrom generation which in turn increases the odds of triggering Deeply Rooted Elements.
Haste is fairly self explanatory, more casts means both more damage and more maelstrom generation. The biggest reason haste isn’t valued much higher than crit is thanks to Preeminence already giving a lot during Ascendance.
Critical Strike chance is a strong stat for Elemental thanks to Elemental Fury and Primordial Fury making Critical Strikes do almost triple damage rather than the normal double damage other classes do. Lava Burst having an inherent 100% chance to critical strike on targets with Flame Shock reduces the value of crit slightly.
Versatility is just a generic increase to damage dealt and reduction to damage taken.
Races
The most important part about choosing a race is to pick the one you want to play.
For throughput, Tauren and Dwarf are generally the strongest thanks to their 2% critical damage increase. Everything else is about the same apart from Vulpera which is the only bad choice.
Enchants
Cloak: Chant of Winged Grace
Chest: Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Chant of Armored Avoidance
Boots: Defender’s March
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Rings: Radiant Mastery
Weapon: Authority of the Depths for single target and Authority of Radiant Power for everything else.
Gems
1x Masterful Ruby
1x Masterful Sapphire
1x Masterful Emerald
Fill the rest of your slots with Deadly Onyx or Quick Onyx
Consumables
Food: The Sushi Special or Beledar’s Bounty
Flask: Flask of Alchemical Chaos
Potions: Tempered Potion
Health Potions: Algari Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune