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WoW Forever talents

Shaman talents

41 of Shaman's 50 talents are new or changed in WoW Forever, including the new talents Earthbound, Lava Burst, Lightning Overload, Mental Dexterity, Shamanistic Focus and Mental Quickness. Open the talent calculator to plan a build by level.

Shaman builds

Elemental Combat

TalentTierRanksMax rank
Convection15Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.
Concussion15Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.
Elemental Devastation Changed23Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.
Reverberation Changed25Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1.0 sec.
Elemental Alacrity Changed23Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.
Call of Flame Changed23Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 15%, as well as increases the duration of your Flame Shock spell by 9 sec.
Elemental Focus31Gives you a 10% chance to enter a Clearcasting state after casting any Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.
Elemental Warding Changed33Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 10%.
Trial by Fire Changed42Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova spell by 20% and reduces its cooldown by 4 sec, and increases the duration of your Magma Totem by 20 sec.
Eye of the Storm Changed43Gives your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Earthbound New41Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.
Elemental Reach Changed52Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards and reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection by 20 sec.
Lava Burst New51You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 114 to 145 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
Lightning Overload New53Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.
Elemental Fury Changed65Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.
Elemental Mastery Changed71Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.

Enhancement

TalentTierRanksMax rank
Earth's Grasp Changed12Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%.
Thundering Strikes Changed15Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.
Ancestral Knowledge Changed15Increases your Intellect by 10%.
Guardian Totems22Increases the amount of damage reduced by your Stoneskin Totem and Windwall Totem by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Grounding Totem by 2 sec.
Mental Dexterity New23Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect.
Improved Ghost Wolf Changed22Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3.0 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.
Improved Lightning Shield23Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%.
Elemental Weapons Changed33Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 20%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 40% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 15%.
Shamanistic Focus New31Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
Anticipation Changed33Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.
Toughness Changed45Increases your Stamina by 10%.
Flurry Changed45Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
Stormstrike Changed41Instantly strike for normal weapon damage and increase the damage you deal to the target with your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Earth Shock spell by 20% for 12 sec.
Spirit Weapons Changed51Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.
Mental Quickness New52Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.
Improved Stormstrike New52When you Stormstrike, you have a 100% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 100% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.
Maelstrom Weapon New65When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.
Rage of the Farseer New71Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

Restoration

TalentTierRanksMax rank
Improved Healing Wave15Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec.
Tidal Focus Changed15Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.
Mindfulness New23Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Natural Grace Changed23Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%.
Totemic Focus25Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%.
Improved Reincarnation Changed22Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 20 min, increases your maximum health by 4%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 20%.
Ancestral Healing Changed33Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.
Healing Focus Changed33Gives your healing spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Water Shield New31The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.
Tidal Mastery Changed45Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.
Restorative Totems Changed45Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%.
Mana Tide Totem Changed41Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 88 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards.
Healing Way Changed53Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%.
Nature's Swiftness51When activated, your next Nature spell with a casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell.
Purification65Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%.
Riptide New71Heals a friendly target for 486 to 534, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

Last updated 2026-10-28. Game data from the WoW Forever client (Beta build 1.60.1.70532); community picks credited where used.