This site makes extensive use of JavaScript.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
Live
PTR
11.0.2
PTR
11.0.5
Beta
Elemental Shaman Artifact Weapon: The Fist of Ra-Den – Legion 7.3.5
By Gistwiki
Last Updated:
2018/06/29
Changelog
Patch: 11.0.2
Table of Contents
Rating: 4.3/5
(
5
Votes)
Guide Navigation
Rating: 4.3/5
(
5
Votes)
This section of the Elemental Shaman guide explains the best possible choices for the Netherlight Crucible, important traits and relic bonuses, and how to progress through your Elemental Shaman artifact weapon Fist of Ra-den.
Artifacts in Battle for Azeroth
As of June 26th, completing the quest
The Power in Our Hands
will further empower your Artifact Weapon, enabling all traits and at least
Concordance of the Legionfall
level 75, further increasing in power over time until the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion patch.
Therefore, only the Netherlight Crucible recommendations are relevant on this guide page leading up to BFA, as you already receive all Artifact Traits by default. This makes content easier to complete, especially some
content going away
such as
Ahead of the Curve
and
Mage Tower Challenges
.
In the
BFA pre-patch
, your Artifact Traits will be removed, and relics will simply increase the item level of your artifact weapon. However, many artifact traits are returning as talents or azerite powers in Battle for Azeroth and we have a compiled a
full list you can read here
.
Moving forward in Battle for Azeroth, you will still be able to acquire the Artifact Weapon which will mainly interest transmog collectors for the appearances. Learn how to unlock all appearances in BFA with our
Artifact Appearance Guide
.
Artifact Weapon:
The Fist of Ra-Den
Active Ability
Equipping The Fist of Ra-Den grants you the ability
Stormkeeper
, which causes your next few
or
to be instant casts and deal heavily increased damage.
Relics
Ideal relic traits for the Elemental Shaman Artifact - may vary based on talent choices
Elemental Destabilization
Lava Imbued
Molten Blast
Earthen Attunement
(very strong with T21 4-pc, ranks just ahead of Lava Imbued)
Call the Thunder
Firestorm
(very strong with the T20-4pc, ranks between Lava Imbued & Molten Blast)
Avoidable relic traits
Electric Discharge
(AoE/Cleave only)
Protection of the Elements
(self healing)
Shamanistic Healing
(self healing)
The Ground Trembles
(AoE only)
Traits
Trait
Ranks
Effect
Notes
Call the Thunder
4
Increases Nature damage by 1% per rank
Passive effect
Concordance of the Legionfall
50
Grants a 1.37 RPPM 10 second intellect buff, starting at 2000 and increasing by 200 per point
Can ignore the buff and treat it largely as a passive effect
Earthen Attunement
4
Increases
Earth Shock
damage by 4% per rank
Passive effect
Electric Discharge
4
Increases
Chain Lightning
damage by 5% per rank
Passive effect
Elemental Destabilization
4
Increases the bonus of
Elemental Fury
by 5% per rank
Passive effect. Does not change stat priority
Elementalist
1
Reduces cooldown of
Fire Elemental
by 2 seconds every time
Lava Burst
is cast
Triggers off spell casts only (ie: not off overloads) but interacts with talents like Echo of the Elements & Ascendance. Reduces the 5 minute cooldown to roughly 3 minutes.
Firestorm
4
Increases
Flame Shock
damage by 10% per rank
Passive effect
Fury of the Storms
1
Using
Stormkeeper
summons a Lightning Elemental for 8 seconds
Has single target & cleave abilities. Behaves similarly to
Fire Elemental
Lava Imbued
4
Increases
Lava Burst
damage by 3.33% per rank
Passive effect
Master of the Elements
1
Increases
Mastery: Elemental Overload
damage by 12%
Multiplies with base 85% damage of the original cast to become 85.2%%
Molten Blast
4
Increases
Lava Burst
critical damage by 3.33% per rank
Multiplies with
Elemental Fury
. See
this comment
for information on the math behind it.
Power of the Earthen Ring
1
Increases damage and stamina by 10%.
Required to add 4th rank to existing 3 rank traits
Power of the Maelstrom
1
30% chance to tigger from
Lava Burst
casts. Causes the next 3
Lightning Bolt
s to overload an additional time
Despite first impressions this is not worth optimising for. The buff can effectively be ignored.
Protection of the Elements
4
Increases
Healing Surge
healing by 15% per rank
Very useful for solo sustain, but very little else.
Seismic Storm
1
Gives
Earthquake
a 5% chance per hit to trigger a 700% SP single target attack
Does not change existing
Earthquake
priorities
Shamanistic Healing
4
Heals for 412.5% Spellpower when health drops under 35%. 30 second cooldown, increases healing by 412.5% Spellpower per rank
Low output & frequency mean this should be the last trait to max out
Static Overload
1
The first
Chain Lightning
or
Lightning Bolt
cast after
Stormkeeper
is cast will proc
Mastery: Elemental Overload
on every hit.
Effective
Mastery: Elemental Overload
chance is Mastery % * 0.9 + 0.1
Stormkeeper
1
Causes next 3
Lightning Bolt
s or
Chain Lightning
s to deal 200% additional damage
Use as a low priorty to ensure all charges are used. Delaying by a few seconds is better than wasting a charge.
Stormkeeper's Power
1
Increases all damage by 5%
Only accessable when all other traits have been completed.
Surge of Power
1
Increases
Lightning Bolt
damage by 15%
Passive effect
Swelling Maelstrom
1
Increases maximum Maelstrom by 25 and increases maximum cost of
Earth Shock
by 25
Passive effect. Maximum damage of
Earth Shock
is effectively increased by 25%
The Ground Trembles
4
Increases
Earthquake
damage by 5% per rank
Passive effect
Volcanic Inferno
1
Lava Burst
has a 25% chance to trigger a
Volcanic Inferno
on the target
Low area of effect damage with a small radius. Not practical for actual multi-target damage
Build Path
Aim for Power of the Maelstrom first, then fill in
Static Overload
,
Lava Imbued
and one point in
Shamanistic Healing
.
Then get traits in the following order:
Call the Thunder
&
Fury of the Storms
The Ground Trembles
,
Earthen Attunement
&
Volcanic Inferno
Master of the Elements
via
Electric Discharge
Last two ranks of
Shamanistic Healing
Traits 36-49
36
Power of the Earthen Ring
37
Elemental Destabilization
38
Swelling Maelstrom
39
Seismic Storm
40
Lava Imbued
41
Firestorm
42
Molten Blast
43
Call the Thunder
44
Earthen Attunement
45
Electric Discharge
46
The Ground Trembles
47
Protection of the Elements
48
Shamanistic Healing
49
Concordance of the Legionfall
Share your comments about this guide in our Shaman forum!
Tags:
PvE
Get Wowhead
Premium
$2
A Month
Enjoy an ad-free experience, unlock premium features, & support the site!