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Best Covenant for Enhancement Shaman - Shadowlands 9.1.5
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A core choice at the start of your journey in the Shadowlands will have you decide where your allegiance lies; would you rather support the Kyrian of Bastion, the Necrolords of Maldraxxus, the Night Fae of Ardenweald, or the Venthyr of Revendreth?
Choosing a covenant is the most important decision your character will make in Shadowlands, as the covenant abilities and soulbinds will significantly impact your spec's gameplay and performance. Through this choice, your rotation changes, certain bonuses appear in dungeons for your entire group, and you are able to follow the story in different paths.
In this Shadowlands guide, we will help you choose the right covenant for your playstyle, based on how much they impact your performance as a Enhancement Shaman, updated for .
If you need to learn more about the basics of Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits, we have other pages that explain the mechanics of these new systems:
Covenant Overview
explains basics of the Covenant system and rewards
How to Change Covenants?
details how to swap covenants, which requires special tasks over time.
Soulbinds Overview
explains the basics of this new system including how to unlock and swap Soulbinds.
Conduit Overview
details these items which allow an additional level of customization to your Soulbind, and how you can upgrade and replace them.
Wowhead's
Soulbind Calculator
allows you to create your own soulbind path including conduits to share with friends.
Furthermore, if you are interested in a list of class-specific abilities for your Shaman, we have compiled several references:
Shaman Covenant Abilities
details the class-specific abilities unlocked upon choosing a specific covenant.
Shaman Conduits
lists all available shaman conduits, organized by type, and their ranks.
Overview
NEW
Best Covenant
NEW Mage Tower
Gear
Talent Builds
Legendaries
Shards of Domination
Conduits
Kyrian
Necrolord
Night Fae
Venthyr
Pre-Patch
Starter Guide
Rotation, Priority, and Abilities
Advanced Concepts
Stats
Consumables
Macros & Addons
WeakAuras
Common Terms
NEW Castle Nathria Tips
Sanctum of Domination Tips
Mythic+
Common Questions
Twisting Corridors
NEW Simulations
About the Author
This guide is written by Wordup, an Enhancement theorycrafter who works closely with other moderators within the
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Best Covenants for Enhancement Shaman
As a primer we've created the table below to highlight the relative strength of each covenant in both Raid and Mythic+ scenarios. You can click the headers for each covenant to be taken to a dedicated page with a respective guide on what they provide for you!
Covenant Strengths
Covenant:
Strength:
Best Soulbind:
Kyrian
AoE
Mikanikos
Necrolord
Single Target
Heirmir
Night Fae
Versatile
Niya
Venthyr
Burst AoE
Nadjia
Ideal Covenant Picks
Content:
Covenant:
Best Soulbind:
Mythic+
Kyrian
Mikanikos
Raids
Night Fae
Niya
PvP/Open World
Venthyr
Nadjia
Important thing to note here is while they are put in brackets of how much they contribute, all but
Necrolord
are extremely competitive in each given scenario and it largely depends on fight style or pull size. Any of those 3 right now stands as a good choice and will give you a solid suite of tools to improve different damage profiles.
Covenant Changes for Enhancement Shaman in Patch 9.1
Every Covenant was granted additional rows of Soulbind traits alongside higher item level Conduits, which when paired with the numerical balancing that happened in patch 9.0.5 has resulted in a thoroughly competitive set of Covenants. You have free reign to pick what you want without worrying about performance hits, just so long as it isn't
Necrolord
which is the one lagging behind.
Kyrian
was the big winner of 9.1 with some excellent Soulbind additions, especially with
Mikanikos
' complete tree, and improved significantly to bring it up as a great AoE choice alongside bringing competitive single target.
Night Fae
remains strong in both single-target and AoE with the correct Soulbinds selected, but gained very little in the latter Soulbinds.
Necrolord
was already starting to fall behind and given it provides little in the ways of stand out AoE, and its single target can't outdo alternatives then it's just not worth the investment. The new 9.1 traits did little in the way of improving this either, so is the one Covenant you should probably avoid.
Venthyr
still remains a good jack of all trades pick that can slot into any encounter type without much difficulty. The premier Soulbind in
Nadjia
also received a nice new end trait to cap it off.
All of that considered then, it really is up to you what you pick.
Kyrian
and
Venthyr
have strong AoE abilities with Soulbinds to bring up the single target, while
Night Fae
has a strong single target ability with Soulbinds to enhance it further or bring up the AoE.
Best Enhancement Shaman Covenants for Raiding
Sanctum of Domination has a variety of different encounter types - moreso than Castle Nathria - but single target is still looking to be a very important factor. There are, however, a few encounters with cleave and AoE both stacked and spread, so there's room for many options to shine.
Kyrian
provides some extremely strong single-target soulbind selections that can focus on doing as much of that as possible, and stay competitive with
Night Fae
which can do the same. However, the advantage of being able to switch in
源生重槌
for fights with add spawns while still staying predominantly single target focused within
Mikanikos
' tree must be considered given that
Night Fae
needs to hard swap to
Korayn
and play
争先打击
to abuse these fights. These two sit on a fairly even playing field and both will likely see play depending on each given fight
Venthyr
on the other hand has nothing truly stand out in many of the single target encounters, it's simply business as usual. There are however less encounters that heavily punish
兴奋追猎者
which will likely change up the perceived power relative to Nathria, especially with
致命缺陷
in the mix.
收割链
also still remains an excellent tool for spread out burst AoE while still doing great in close quarters, and there are a number of fights with adds that remain stationary.
All 3 of these picks
have reasons to take them throughout the raid on a number of encounters, so I expect to see a healthy variety of different Covenants depending on each fight when Renown trees are maxed out and people are comfortable with the fights.
Necrolord
still remains at the bottom of the pile, and while it can kind of hold its own in single-target, the AoE benefits and no extra gimmicks that you can play off limits what this choice can do on each given encounter. With the other options only getting better I don't see any reason to pick this when it was already struggling in Nathria when it had a better shot.
Best Enhancement Shaman Covenants for Mythic+
For Mythic+ even moreso than raids, there really is 3 equal choices here.
Kyrian
brings a burst AoE tool with
暮钟图腾
that's even available more frequently now thanks to
溢流心能加速器
, and still has access to the ever powerful
源生重槌
on the same tree no less.
The old staple
Venthyr
still keeps its use because
收割链
hasn't gone anywhere to assist with group healing, and the higher frequency triggers from
兴奋追猎者
is now augmented by
致命缺陷
so this is still a tried and true choice.
While
Night Fae
still has a very single-target oriented ability, but the real strength of the Covenant comes directly from Soulbinds via
Korayn
and the
争先打击
effect paired with
荒猎团战术
. This means your opening burst with
毁灭之风
is consistently more punchy at the start of each pull, and will often outperform alternative options solely off this effect.
Sadly
Necrolord
fairs even worse in Mythic+, is far more specialized in what the ability does, and provides no off-healing compared to all 3 other options which in Mythic+ is a valuable thing to lose. Its lack of frontloaded bonuses for burst and fairly weak AoE setup without much of a boost to single-target makes it the weakest option by a decent margin.
Enhancement Shaman Covenant Popularity
Below you can see the data on what are the most picked Covenants for Enhancement Shamans. This data updates automatically and comes directly from Blizzard's API.
Enhancement Shaman Raiding Covenant Analysis
Kyrian
While
暮钟图腾
doesn't have a big wow factor as an ability, it is a solid flexible choice in many encounter types. It can be saved for add spawns of which many fights have, pre-placed to prime it for burst periods. Its cooldown is also low enough that you are usually able to weave it into most encounters fairly easily, and is all around a hard thing to misuse. It also adds a little bit of extra off-healing utility with the extra charges that can be triggered with things like
治疗之泉图腾
, though this is quite minor.
You also get some additional benefits with
召唤执事者
's
静谧之瓶
as an emergency heal that has some fringe benefits with certain debuffs.
Patch 9.1 supercharged the Kyrian soulbinds and none moreso than
Forgelite Prime Mikanikos
that was already sporting the excellent
源生重槌
for any fight that had frequent spawning adds. In particular things to note are
灵魂光谱仪
which provides a flat damage increase that cycles on your target, and
溢流心能加速器
that does strong single target damage, with the added benefit of granting scaling cooldown reduction to
暮钟图腾
when used in AoE. While the other Soulbinds are also improving, the gains here overshadow other choices.
Necrolord
The
Necrolord
ability
始源之潮
can be quite difficult to decipher from the tooltip. The way it works for
Enhancement specifically
is:
Deals Shadow damage to your current target and applies
烈焰震击
.
This grants you a buff that will cause your next
闪电箭
within 15 seconds to fire again on any enemies (including your target if applicable) with
烈焰震击
present for 150% of its base damage.
You can cast this for a small heal, but
this will not apply
激流
; all on a 45-second cooldown.
While
始源之潮
may be the most unique it's also the most awkward to make use of. Its single-target applications are fairly simple, a free
烈焰震击
application and a powered up
闪电箭
that follows. However, for AoE it has few applications outside of extended, sustained multi-target situations where enemies will live for long enough to make use of the extra
烈焰震击
it generates. There is the possibility of
始源熔岩助动器
as an option which in turn has led to the possibility of
火焰新星
having some
exceptionally
niche situations where it can perform very well, but right now there are no scenarios where that could realistically occur.
Necrolord
did once have some solid Soulbind options to keep it competitive (especially
Bonesmith Heirmir
bringing
炉脉幻想
and
海尔米尔的军械库：髓噬宝石
), but with nothing strong on the horizon for 9.1 any edge that gave to keep them competitive has fallen away and with the over-specialized nature of the ability, not even the extra survival provided by
血肉铸造
makes it worth the investment.
Night Fae
法夜输灵
is the longest cooldown of the choices, and also the most focused on single target. Due to both of these factors and the meteor effect of the damage, it makes it one of the least flexible abilities.
That said, the cast itself is very potent for burst windows and also comes with a number of Soulbinds that grant significant buffs when the channel completes. Its main downside is that it requires planning because you can't move or it will cancel, but with enough foresight that should be something you can get used to and make use of the powerful nuke without much issue. The Soulbind trees now also have more open access to double Potency slots without sacrificing powerful traits, meaning that taking
精粹提取
to align it better with some fight timers is a possibility too.
灵魂变形
just adds another movement tool to your arsenal, primarly via the
闪烁
blink as the shapeshift is effectively the same as
幽魂之狼
.
The
Night Fae
Soulbinds are still very favourable for any situation currently, even though the 9.1 gains were fairly small.
Niya
granting
尼娅的工具：锉刀
, a powerful single target proc
林地复兴
paired with
联结之心
to accentuate a
巫医的狼骨
mastery heavy build makes for a potent combination. Alongside that
Korayn
's tree granting both
荒猎团战术
and
争先打击
for opening burst with
毁灭之风
means there are a lot of flexible choices available to tailor your build to each encounter.
Venthyr
Compared to the other options,
收割链
is the most AoE-oriented option that, while it's still always a valuable press even in single target, it really shines at the 5 target mark. Any fight with spread out AoE makes this invaluable as many of our other tools tend to be point blank splashes, and is a very simple fire and forget tool. It also contributes a solid amount of extra burst healing that, should you need to, you can save people with in certain situations.
暗影之门
has very limited uses currently outside of PvP or niche scenarios, and is not a compelling part of the covenant package at all.
When it comes to Soulbinds
Venthyr
has some very good options, but are predominantly attached to specifically
Nadjia
.
兴奋追猎者
provides a solid base that was improved in 9.1 with
致命缺陷
, and with the complete tree has both
无畏决斗者
and
精心准备
to flex different damage profiles and is the go to pick. Both
Theotar
and
Draven
have some decent options scattered about their tree, but the opening traits are either weak or frustrating to play around so make them more of a secondary option.
Enhancement Shaman Mythic+ Analysis
The majority of what rings true for the raid sections also follows for Mythic+. The strengths of
Venthyr
as a burst AoE option is invaluable for certain fights, while
Kyrian
and
Night Fae
provide stellar Soulbind options to do consistent AoE. Because the abilities are just purely fire and forget burst damage tools, there isn't a great deal of variation in how they interact with different content types outside of a given pull or group composition.
The benefit of additional healing provided by both of these are arguably the biggest decider in what makes them valuable picks. In particular
收割链
and
法夜输灵
are effectively group healing cooldowns that will immediately top everyone and recover from bad situations, while
暮钟图腾
is more readily available and helps against rot damage. Since
Necrolord
is already unable to meaningfully contribute to your AoE output due to its ability and Soulbinds, this is the nail in the coffin because it brings nothing at all in this department either.
Enhancement Shaman Covenant and Soulbind Guides
Now that we have highlighted each Covenant's strengths and abilities for you to decide which is best, you can read our in-depth Covenant guides below. These pages detail the best soulbind paths for Shadowlands PvE as well as optimal covenant ability usage for each covenant.
Kyrian Enhancement Shaman GuideNecrolord Enhancement Shaman Guide
Night Fae Enhancement Shaman GuideVenthyr Enhancement Shaman Guide
Enhancement Shaman Soulbind Simulations
Here is a preview of how Enhancement Shaman Soulbinds stack against each other in terms of raw power, powered by
Bloodmallet
. Make sure to check the individual Covenant pages for more details about each of them.
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So I’m pretty sure hope wordup see the first Sim build today ..and his choices for very good not there 🧐🧐🧐
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Grommi
Hi, I greatly appreciate your guide. It was a saving grace for me as an Enhancement Shaman. I think I'm doing pretty well and I'm a Night Fae Enhancement, as opposed to Venthyr. You did a great job of explaining all of these things and I continually consult this guide, even as I'm pushing 13+ keys and 9/10 Heroic. Thank you for your hard work.
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Xedane
So I am a long time Enh player who recently decided to help my guild out by rolling Resto. We are currently 7/10H and am almost always at the top of the healing charts. Partly is due to these guides so I want to thank you all for the information provided. However, I really was trying to figure out how to play as Off Spec Enh. I miss my windfury procs and high burst. So I was reading these guides and had some trouble figuring out how to best maximize my gear by legendary and conduit combos based around Necrolord. In truth I would love to go back and become Venthyr, but I believe I will still be needed as a Healer, so I ask: What is the best way to maximize my conduits and legendary to easily transition between the 2 and not lose a so much DPS that it wouldn't be worth worth it. As it stands I am Running Doom Winds setup with the talents to go with it including Ascendance. But I think I may be missing something, that might make me atleast halfway decent and not bottom of the barrel DPS.
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