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Enhancement Shaman Stat Priority in WoW Forever

Engine a667dce84 · Client 1.60.1.70425 · 10,000 iterations

Weights for the Enhancement 18/33/0 (Elemental Focus, Rockbiter Weapon) reference build. Talent values are still being checked against the beta client.

The simmed WoW Forever Enhancement Shaman stat priority is Expertise > Haste ≈ Spell hit > Strength ≈ Intellect ≈ Crit ≈ Spell damage > Agility > Attack power ≈ Spell crit > Armor penetration, from the damage each stat adds per point on the Enhancement 18/33/0 (Elemental Focus, Rockbiter Weapon) reference build over 10,000 iterations.

Top stat
Expertise
EP reference
Attack power
Hit on reference
Below cap
Iterations
10,000

Enhancement stat weights, damage

EP: Attack power = 1

Enhancement Shaman stat priority, single target

ExpertisethenHasteabout equal toSpell hitthenStrengthabout equal toIntellectabout equal toCritabout equal toSpell damagethenAgilitythenAttack powerabout equal toSpell critthenArmor penetration

Highest damage per point first. ≈ marks stats within 5% of each other or within the measurement's noise. Weapon damage, spell penetration, school spell damage and survival stats are left out of the line and listed under it in the table.

#StatEPDPS / pt
1Expertise
4.00
0.615
2Haste
2.59
0.398
3Spell hit
2.52
0.387
4Strength
2.20
0.338
5Intellect
2.19
0.337
6Crit
2.03
0.311
7Spell damage
1.88
0.289
8Agility
1.56
0.239
9Attack powerreference
1.00
0.154
10Spell crit
0.96
0.148
11Armor penetration
0.38
0.059
Not in the line: rare on gear, a narrower copy of another stat, or a survival stat
Nature spell damage
0.72
0.111

No effect on this build (measured at exactly zero): Hit.

Hit and expertise caps

Every Forever sim is a level 60 character against a level 63 raid boss. These caps are the engine's; whether the reference build has reached them is read from its own weights, since a stat past its cap measures exactly zero.

Spell hit: 16% (160 rating)

Spells miss the boss 17% of the time and never less than 1%, so the cap is the 16% spell hit cap. The reference build is below it, and spell hit is worth 2.52 EP to it. Hit from talents and racials counts toward the cap.

Melee hit: 8% (80 rating)

Special attacks and swings with one weapon miss the boss 8% of the time, so the cap is the 8% hit cap (9% with the boss's extra hit suppression turned on in Advanced). Dual-wield white swings miss 19% more, so they keep gaining hit up to the 27% dual-wield hit cap. The reference build is already at the cap: its hit measured zero.

Expertise: 6.5% dodge (65 rating) from behind

Each 10 expertise rating takes 1% off the boss's dodge and parry. From behind, only its 6.5% dodge applies, gone at 65 rating; from the front its 14% parry counts too. The reference build is below that, and expertise is worth 4.00 EP to it.

Ratings per 1%: hit 10, spell hit 10, crit 14, spell crit 14, haste 10, expertise 10. Forever unifies hit and crit rating, so melee and spell hit or crit on an item count for both.

Methodology

Reference build

The Enhancement 18/33/0 (Elemental Focus, Rockbiter Weapon) build the Enhancement Shaman trinket board and tier list row sim: fixed level 60 gear, talents, race and rotation, with the engine's standard raid buffs, debuffs and consumables.

How a weight is measured

The engine sims the build with a little less and a little more of each stat, 10,000 iterations split between the two from one seed, and reports the damage each point adds. EP divides that by Attack power's. The ± column is each weight's standard error.

Fight

One raid boss for about two minutes, no movement and no adds, the same encounter as the trinket boards.

Your own weights

Weights move with gear: a stat near its cap, a set bonus or a proc changes them. A Forever Quick Sim with stat weights on measures them for your own character.

Engine build

MythicSim Forever fork a667dce8492b, Forever client 1.60.1.70425, pinned Oct 22, 2026. The weights are measured again at every engine update, and this page follows them.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best stat for Enhancement Shaman in WoW Forever?

Expertise, per point, on the Enhancement 18/33/0 (Elemental Focus, Rockbiter Weapon) reference build. The full simmed order is Expertise > Haste ≈ Spell hit > Strength ≈ Intellect ≈ Crit ≈ Spell damage > Agility > Attack power ≈ Spell crit > Armor penetration.

What is the Enhancement Shaman hit cap in WoW Forever?

16% spell hit (160 rating) against a level 63 raid boss, counting hit from talents and racials. The reference build is below the cap, where spell hit is worth 2.52 EP.

Where do these stat weights come from?

MythicSim's Forever engine sims the Enhancement 18/33/0 (Elemental Focus, Rockbiter Weapon) reference build with less and more of each stat over 10,000 iterations, and the order is the damage each point adds. They are measured again at every engine update.

Should I use these weights or sim my own?

These fit a character close to the reference build. Gear near a cap, set bonuses and procs move weights, so a Forever Quick Sim with stat weights on gives you your own.