What changed for the Shaman in WoW Forever — WoW Forever
The Shaman's spells and talents in WoW Forever, compared with WoW Classic: what's new, what changed and what's gone.
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Spells
New (9)
Changed (31)
Rockbiter Weapon
Stoneskin Totem
Lightning Shield
Flametongue Weapon
Strength of Earth Totem
Frostbrand Weapon
Frost Resistance Totem
Fire Resistance Totem
Flametongue Totem
Nature Resistance Totem
Windfury Weapon
Windfury Totem
Windwall Totem
Stormstrike
Grace of Air Totem
Healing Wave
Tremor Totem
Healing Stream Totem
Lesser Healing Wave
Poison Cleansing Totem
Mana Tide Totem
Mana Spring Totem
Disease Cleansing Totem
Chain Heal
Lightning Bolt
Earth Shock
Flame Shock
Frost Shock
Magma Totem
Chain Lightning
Elemental Mastery
Removed (2)
Talents
New (17)

Elemental Alacrity · Elemental
Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.

Trial by Fire · Elemental
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.

Earthbound · Elemental
Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

Elemental Reach · Elemental
Increases 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 · Elemental
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 113 to 145 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

Lightning Overload · Elemental
Gives 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.

Mental Dexterity · Enhancement
Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect.

Shamanistic Focus · Enhancement
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.

Spirit Weapons · Enhancement
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.

Mental Quickness · Enhancement
Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.

Improved Stormstrike · Enhancement
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.

Maelstrom Weapon · Enhancement
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.

Rage of the Farseer · Enhancement
Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

Mindfulness · Restoration
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Natural Grace · Restoration
Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%.

Water Shield · Restoration
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.

Riptide · Restoration
Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.
Changed (27)

Convection · Elemental
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.
- Now
- Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.

Concussion · Elemental
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 5%.
- Now
- Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.

Elemental Devastation · Elemental
Tier 4 → 2
- In WoW Classic
- Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.
- Now
- Your Critical Strikes with direct damage spells increase your chance to get a Critical Strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

Reverberation · Elemental
Tier 3 → 2
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1 sec.
- Now
- Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1.0 sec.

Call of Flame · Elemental
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems by 15%.
- Now
- Increases 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 Warding · Elemental
Tier 2 → 3
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost and Nature effects by 10%.
- Now
- Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 10%.

Eye of the Storm · Elemental
- In WoW Classic
- 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.
- Now
- Gives your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Elemental Fury · Elemental
Ranks: 1 → 5 · Tier 5 → 6
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing, Magma, and Fire Nova Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.
- Now
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.

Elemental Mastery · Elemental
- In WoW Classic
- 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%.
- Now
- Gain 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.

Earth's Grasp · Enhancement
Tier 2 → 1 · Moved from Elemental

Thundering Strikes · Enhancement
Tier 2 → 1
- In WoW Classic
- Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 5%.
- Now
- Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.

Ancestral Knowledge · Enhancement
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
- Now
- Increases your Intellect by 10%.

Improved Ghost Wolf · Enhancement
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 2 sec.
- Now
- Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3.0 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.

Elemental Weapons · Enhancement
Tier 5 → 3

Anticipation · Enhancement
Ranks: 5 → 3
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 5%.
- Now
- Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.

Toughness · Enhancement
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
- Now
- Increases your Stamina by 10%.

Flurry · Enhancement
- In WoW Classic
- Increases your attack speed by 30% for your next 3 swings after dealing a critical strike.
- Now
- Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.

Stormstrike · Enhancement
Tier 7 → 4
- In WoW Classic
- Gives you an extra attack. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.
- Now
- Instantly 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.

Tidal Focus · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5%.
- Now
- Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.

Totemic Focus · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- Reduces the Mana cost of your totems by 25%.
- Now
- Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%.

Improved Reincarnation · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- 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%.
- Now
- 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%.

Ancestral Healing · Restoration
Tier 2 → 3

Healing Focus · Restoration
Ranks: 5 → 3
- In WoW Classic
- Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.
- Now
- Gives your healing spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Tidal Mastery · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the critical effect chance of your healing and lightning spells by 5%.
- Now
- Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.

Restorative Totems · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- Increases the effect of your Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems by 25%.
- Now
- Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%.

Mana Tide Totem · Restoration
Tier 7 → 4
- In WoW Classic
- Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 170 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 20 yards.
- Now
- Summons 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 · Restoration
- In WoW Classic
- 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.
- Now
- Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%.
Removed (13)

Call of Thunder · Elemental
Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 6%.

Improved Fire Totems · Elemental
Reduces the delay before your Fire Nova Totem activates by 2 sec. and decreases the threat generated by your Magma Totem by 50%.

Storm Reach · Elemental
Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 6 yards.

Lightning Mastery · Elemental
Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 1 sec.

Shield Specialization · Enhancement
Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 5% and increases the amount blocked by 25%.

Enhancing Totems · Enhancement
Increases the effect of your Strength of Earth and Grace of Air Totems by 15%.

Two-Handed Axes and Maces · Enhancement
Allows you to use Two-Handed Axes and Two-Handed Maces.

Improved Weapon Totems · Enhancement
Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Windfury Totem by 30% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Totem by 12%.

Parry · Enhancement
Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.

Weapon Mastery · Enhancement
Increases the damage you deal with all weapons by 10%.

Nature's Guidance · Restoration
Increases your chance to hit with melee attacks and spells by 3%.

Totemic Mastery · Restoration
The radius of your totems that affect friendly targets is increased to 30 yd.

Healing Grace · Restoration
Reduces the threat generated by your healing spells by 15%.
