Shaman
- Roles
- HEALER · DPS
- Races
- DwarfNEWOrcTaurenTrollWindshaper SkyborneNEW
Overview
Shaman has 50 talents in 3 trees (Elemental 16, Enhancement 18 and Restoration 16). Taking every rank would need 148 points; a level 60 character has 51, enough for 34% of all ranks.
Each tree has up to 7 tiers; a tier opens after 5 points per tier spent in that tree. The last tier (30 points in the tree) holds Lightning Mastery (Elemental), Rage of the Farseer (Enhancement) and Riptide (Restoration). 12 talents have a single rank and the rest up to 5; 7 talents require another talent first.
In WoW: Forever the class is playable by 5 races: Dwarf, Orc, Tauren, Troll and Windshaper Skyborne. In Classic Era (1.15.9.70003) it was 3 races: Orc, Tauren and Troll. New in Forever: Dwarf and Windshaper Skyborne.
Compared with Classic Era, 49 talent records changed in Forever (build 1.60.1.70938): 14 in Restoration, 22 in Enhancement and 13 in Elemental. By kind: 17 × moved, 4 × max rank changed, 11 × new talent, 6 × renamed, 7 × removed talent, 3 × rank values changed and 1 × requirement changed.
Talent trees
Open in Talent CalculatorElemental
16 talents · 46 points| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 pts |  Convection | 5 | Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%. |
| 10 pts |  Concussion | 5 | Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%. |
| 25 pts |  Elemental Devastation | 3 | Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec. |
| 25 pts |  Reverberation | 5 | Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1 sec. |
| 25 pts |  Elemental Alacrity | 3 | Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.5 sec. |
| 25 pts |  Call of Flame | 3 | Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock and Fire Nova spells by 15%, as well as increases the duration of your Flame Shock spell by 9 sec. |
| 310 pts |  Elemental Focus | 1 | Gives 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%. |
| 310 pts |  Elemental Warding | 3 | Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 10%. |
| 415 pts |  Trial by Fire | 2 | Increases 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. |
| 415 pts |  Eye of the Storm | 3 | Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. |
| 415 pts |  Earthbound | 1 | Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast. |
| 520 pts |  Elemental Reach | 2 | Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Fire Nova spells by 6 yards. |
| 520 pts |  Call of Thunder | 1 | Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 5%. |
| 520 pts |  Lightning OverloadRequires Elemental Alacrity (3) | 3 | Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 30% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat. |
| 625 pts |  Elemental FuryRequires Lightning Overload (3) | 5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%. |
| 730 pts |  Lightning MasteryRequires Call of Thunder (1) | 1 | Gain mastery over Lightning, reducing the cast time of your Lightning Bolt spell by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from your Chain Lightning spell. Lasts 15 sec. |
Enhancement
18 talents · 51 points| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 pts |  Earth's Grasp | 2 | Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%. |
| 10 pts |  Thundering Strikes | 5 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%. |
| 10 pts |  Ancestral Knowledge | 5 | Increases your Intellect by 10%. |
| 25 pts |  Guardian Totems | 2 | Increases 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. |
| 25 pts |  Mental Dexterity | 3 | Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 150% of your Intellect. |
| 25 pts |  Improved Lightning Shield | 3 | Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%. |
| 310 pts |  Elemental Weapons | 3 | Increases 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%. |
| 310 pts |  Shamanistic Focus | 1 | Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%. |
| 310 pts |  Anticipation | 3 | Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%. |
| 415 pts |  Toughness | 5 | Increases your Stamina by 10%. |
| 415 pts |  FlurryRequires Mental Dexterity (3) | 5 | Increases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. |
| 415 pts |  Stormstrike | 1 | Instantly strike for 150% 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. |
| 415 pts |  Improved Ghost Wolf | 2 | Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors. |
| 520 pts |  Spirit Weapons | 1 | Gives 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. |
| 520 pts |  Mental Quickness | 2 | Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect. |
| 520 pts |  Improved StormstrikeRequires Stormstrike (1) | 2 | When 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. |
| 625 pts |  Maelstrom Weapon | 5 | When 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. |
| 730 pts |  Rage of the FarseerRequires Mental Quickness (2) | 1 | Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec. |
Restoration
16 talents · 51 points| Tier | Talent | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 pts |  Improved Healing Wave | 5 | Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec. |
| 10 pts |  Tidal Focus | 5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%. |
| 25 pts | Mindfulness | 3 | Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| 25 pts |  Natural Grace | 3 | Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%. |
| 25 pts |  Totemic Focus | 5 | Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%. |
| 25 pts |  Improved Reincarnation | 2 | Reduces 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%. |
| 310 pts |  Ancestral Healing | 3 | Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells. |
| 310 pts |  Healing Focus | 3 | Gives your healing spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. |
| 310 pts |  Water Shield | 1 | The 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. |
| 415 pts |  Tidal Mastery | 5 | Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%. |
| 415 pts |  Restorative Totems | 5 | Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%. |
| 415 pts |  Mana Tide Totem | 1 | Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12999 sec that restores 88 mana every 3 seconds to group members within $16191a1 yards. |
| 520 pts |  Healing Way | 3 | Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%. |
| 520 pts |  Nature's Swiftness | 1 | When activated, your next Nature spell with a casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell. |
| 625 pts |  Purification | 5 | Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%. |
| 730 pts |  RiptideRequires Healing Way (3) | 1 | Heals a friendly target for 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%. |
What's new in Forever
Open in Talent CalculatorNew talents 11
- EarthboundNEWElemental
- Improved StormstrikeNEWEnhancement
- Lightning OverloadNEWElemental
- Maelstrom WeaponNEWEnhancement
- Mental DexterityNEWEnhancement
- Mental QuicknessNEWEnhancement
- MindfulnessNEWRestoration
- Rage of the FarseerNEWEnhancement
- RiptideNEWRestoration
- Shamanistic FocusNEWEnhancement
- Water ShieldNEWRestoration
Changed talents 31
- Ancestral HealingRestorationMoved from tier 2 column 2 to tier 3 column 1
- Ancestral KnowledgeEnhancementMoved from tier 1 column 2 to tier 1 column 3Rank values changedClassic Era: Increases your maximum Mana by 5%.Forever: Increases your Intellect by 10%.
- AnticipationEnhancementMax rank 5 → 3Rank values changedClassic Era: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 5%.Forever: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.
- Call of FlameElementalMoved from tier 2 column 3 to tier 2 column 4Rank values changedClassic Era: Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems by 15%.Forever: Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock and Fire Nova spells by 15%, as well as increases the duration of your Flame Shock spell by 9 sec.
- Call of ThunderElementalMax rank 5 → 1Moved from tier 3 column 3 to tier 5 column 2Rank values changedClassic Era: Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 6%.Forever: Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 5%.
- Earth's GraspEnhancementMoved from tier 2 column 1 to tier 1 column 1Tree changed: Elemental → Enhancement
- Elemental AlacrityElementalRenamed from Lightning MasteryMax rank 5 → 3Moved from tier 6 column 3 to tier 2 column 3Requirement changed: Call of Thunder → noneRank values changedClassic Era: Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 1 sec.Forever: Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.5 sec.
- Elemental DevastationElementalMoved from tier 4 column 4 to tier 2 column 1
- Elemental FuryElementalMax rank 1 → 5Moved from tier 5 column 2 to tier 6 column 3Requirement changed: none → Lightning Overload
- Elemental ReachElementalRenamed from Storm Reach
- Elemental WardingElementalMoved from tier 2 column 2 to tier 3 column 2
- Elemental WeaponsEnhancementMoved from tier 5 column 2 to tier 3 column 1
- Eye of the StormElementalRank values changedClassic Era: Gives you a 100% chance to gain the Focused Casting effect that lasts for 6 sec after being the victim of a melee or ranged critical strike. The Focused Casting effect prevents you from losing casting time when taking damage.Forever: Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- FlurryEnhancementRequirement changed: Thundering Strikes → Mental Dexterity
- Healing FocusRestorationMax rank 5 → 3
- Healing WayRestorationMoved from tier 5 column 1 to tier 5 column 2Rank values changedClassic Era: Your Healing Wave spells have a 100% chance to increase the effect of subsequent Healing Wave spells on that target by 6% for 15 sec. This effect will stack up to 3 times.Forever: Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%.
- Improved Ghost WolfEnhancementMoved from tier 2 column 3 to tier 4 column 4Rank values changedClassic Era: Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 2 sec.Forever: Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.
- Improved Lightning ShieldEnhancementMoved from tier 2 column 4 to tier 2 column 3
- Improved ReincarnationRestorationMoved from tier 2 column 1 to tier 2 column 4Rank values changedClassic Era: Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 20 min and increases the amount of health and mana you reincarnate with by an additional 20%.Forever: Reduces 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%.
- Lightning MasteryElementalRenamed from Elemental MasteryRequirement changed: Elemental Fury → Call of ThunderRank values changedClassic Era: When activated, this spell gives your next Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell a 100% critical strike chance and reduces the mana cost by 100%.Forever: Gain mastery over Lightning, reducing the cast time of your Lightning Bolt spell by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from your Chain Lightning spell. Lasts 15 sec.
- Mana Tide TotemRestorationMoved from tier 7 column 2 to tier 4 column 3Requirement changed: Restorative Totems → noneRank values changedClassic Era: Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12999 sec that restores 170 mana every 3 seconds to group members within $16191a1 yards.Forever: Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12999 sec that restores 88 mana every 3 seconds to group members within $16191a1 yards.
- Natural GraceRestorationRenamed from Healing GraceMoved from tier 3 column 4 to tier 2 column 2
- Restorative TotemsRestorationRank values changedClassic Era: Increases the effect of your Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems by 25%.Forever: Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%.
- ReverberationElementalMoved from tier 3 column 2 to tier 2 column 2
- Spirit WeaponsEnhancementRenamed from ParryMoved from tier 5 column 3 to tier 5 column 1Rank values changedClassic Era: Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.Forever: Gives 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.
- StormstrikeEnhancementMoved from tier 7 column 2 to tier 4 column 3Requirement changed: Elemental Weapons → noneRank values changedClassic Era: Gives you an extra attack. $?a435884[In addition, Nature damage dealt to the target is increased by 20% for 12 sec.][In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.]Forever: Instantly strike for 150% 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.
- Thundering StrikesEnhancementMoved from tier 2 column 2 to tier 1 column 2
- Tidal FocusRestorationRank values changedClassic Era: Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5%.Forever: Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.
- Tidal MasteryRestorationMoved from tier 4 column 3 to tier 4 column 1
- ToughnessEnhancementMoved from tier 4 column 3 to tier 4 column 1
- Trial by FireElementalRenamed from Improved Fire TotemsRank values changedClassic Era: Reduces the delay before your Fire Nova Totem activates by 2 sec. and decreases the threat generated by your Magma Totem by 50%.Forever: Increases 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.
Removed talents 7
- Enhancing TotemsEnhancement
- Improved Weapon TotemsEnhancement
- Nature's GuidanceRestoration
- Shield SpecializationEnhancement
- Totemic MasteryRestoration
- Two-Handed Axes and MacesEnhancement
- Weapon MasteryEnhancement
Official patch notes
All patch notesNov 3, 2026WoW: Forever update — November 2, 2026
- Windfury Weapon now causes the Shaman to animate an additional weapon swing attack.
- Windfury Totem now causes the player to animate an additional weapon swing attack.
- Totemic Projection renamed Totemic Call. It now teleports the Shaman’s totems to the Shaman’s own location, and its cooldown is reduced to 30 seconds.
- Lightning Bolt: Base damage of all ranks increased, with larger percentage increases on the higher ranks. Max rank was increased by 80%. Each rank’s new base damage is roughly 78% of the base damage as the Classic Era version (but cast time is lower than Classic Era).
- Chain Lightning cast time increased to 2.5 seconds. Primary target base damage increased to approximately 145% of comparable rank Lightning Bolt base damage. Mana cost increased to approximately 225% of comparable rank Lightning Bolt Mana cost.
- Shocks: All shock base damage reverted to match Classic Era values (higher than previous Forever Beta values).
- Elemental
- Lightning Overload: Talent now grants a 10/20/30% chance to trigger a duplicate spell, up from 3/7/10% chance.
- Lava Burst: Removed. Replaced with Call of Thunder, which increases critical strike chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 5%. All references to Lava Burst removed.
- Elemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed.
- Elemental Reach no longer reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection.
- Enhancement
- Improved Ghost Wolf moved from 2nd row to 4th row.
- Maelstrom Weapon: Chance to trigger doubled.
- Stormstrike: Now deals 150% normalized weapon damage, up from 100%. Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 8 seconds.
- Mental Dexterity: Now increases the Shaman’s Attack Power by 50/100/150% of Intellect, up from 33/67/100%.
- Flurry: Now increases attack speed by 6/12/18/24/30%, up from 5/10/15/20/25%.
- Restoration
- Riptide: Mana cost reduced by about 40%. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 6 seconds. Riptide no longer deals any initial healing, just healing over time.
Oct 16, 2026WoW: Forever update — October 15, 2026
- Fixed an issue where Totemic Recall cost 70 silver on the trainer instead of 22 silver, as intended.
- Grounding Totem is now correctly destroyed after redirecting a spell.
- Windfury Weapon’s attacks now appear as White hits in the scrolling combat text.
- Grace of Air Totem is no longer exclusive with Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem.
- Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem retain their exclusivity.
- Grace of Air Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Windfury Totem, and Flametongue Totem are now Raid wide.
- Chain Lightning: Mana cost reduced by approximately 35% on all four ranks.
- Fire Nova’s Spell Power Coefficient has been changed to 0.143 (was 0.214).
- Fire Nova’s base damage has been significantly reduced.
- Fire Nova’s mana cost has been significantly reduced.
- Flametongue Totem and Windfury Totem now correctly only affect players.
- Added a little green to the visual of Chain Heal without overpowering the original effect.
- Elemental
- Your Clearcasting from the Elemental Focus talent will no longer have a way to be spent on the same Fire Nova that activates it.
- Elemental Mastery: This talent has returned as the new 31-point gold medal talent. Reduces the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 seconds and removes the cooldown from Chain Lightning for 15 seconds. 3-minute CD. Lava Burst is pre-requisite.
- Lava Burst: Moved from the 7th row to the 5th row as the 21-point gold medal talent. New rank 4 added and ranks reflowed. No longer has any pre-requisite.
- Elemental Fury: Now has Lightning Overload as pre-requisite.
- Lightning Overload: Now has Elemental Alacrity as pre-requisite.
- Elemental Alacrity: Moved from 3rd row to 2nd row.
- Elemental Warding: Moved from 2nd row to 3rd row.
- Call of Thunder: Talent removed.
- Earthbound: Moved to 4th row as the 16-point gold medal talent.
- Elemental Reach: Now also reduces the cooldown on Totemic Projection by 10/20 seconds.
- Call of Flame: Now also extends duration of Flame Shock by 3/6/9 seconds.
- Column Arrangement: Many talents moved to make room for other talents and their connections.
- Clearcasting will no longer be consumed by Lightning Overload activations.
- Fire Nova’s tooltip now correctly increases when placing talents into Trial By Fire (the talent formerly known as Improved Fire Nova).
- Enhancement
- Your Stormstrike debuff is no longer consumed if your spell does not land.
- Fixed an issue where Stormstrike could be consumed by other players or pets that weren’t the casting Shaman.
- Stormstrike’s cost changed to 8% of Base Mana (was 125 Mana at all points in the game).
- Restoration
- Added an additional Rank of Mana Tide Totem that is learned at level 38, so now you have ranks at level 25, 38, 48, 58 (was levels 25, 48, 58).
- The Restorative Totems talent now correctly increases the effect of the entirety of Healing Stream totem (was the base value).
- Tidal Focus and Totemic Focus have swapped locations. Tidal Focus is now in the 1st row, and Totemic Focus is now in the 2nd row.
- Water Shield: Can now trigger from any critical spell cast by the Shaman (was only critical heals).
Oct 8, 2026WoW: Forever update — October 8, 2026
- Flametongue Totem will now correctly use the target’s attack speed if they are Shapeshifted, instead of using the speed of their equipped weapon.
- Lightning Bolt: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-5 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-6 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
- Elemental
- Elemental Focus is no longer activated and immediately consumed when using Fire Nova.
- Restoration
- Water Shield now accurately displays the mana restored in the buff tooltip.
- Water Shield no longer says it has a 15 second cooldown (it didn’t have one).
- Mana Tide Totem will once again display its visual when pulsing.
Oct 1, 2026WoW: Forever update — October 1, 2026
- Ghost Wolf should now be more visible while in well-lit areas.
- Fixed an issue where Disease Cleansing Totem wasn’t a 5-minute duration.
- Fixed an issue where Totemic Recall was not restoring Mana.
Sep 24, 2026WoW: Forever update — September 24, 2026
- Lightning Bolt: Damage on ranks 3 and 4 increased to make these spells always upgrades over previous ranks (despite changing cast times).
- Windfury Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Windfury Totem” instead of “Windfury Totem Passive”.
- Flametongue Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as “Flametongue Totem” instead of “Flametongue Totem Effect”.
- Flametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is instantly replaced when placing another totem.
- Flametongue Totem is no longer able to be stacked by repeatedly casting Flametongue Totem.
- Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon.
- Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem.
- Tranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem, and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack together even if used by different Shamans in the same group.
- Elemental
- Swapped the positions of the Elemental Fury (Row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (Row 6) talents.
- Lava Burst damage on ranks 1 and 2 increased to be about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level.
- Enhancement
- Rage of the Far Seer (Row 7) no longer increases the Shaman’s Spell Casting Speed.
- Restoration
- Corrected an issue and now Riptide can land critical hits.
Source: Blizzard, official WoW: Forever development notes (linked from each entry).