What changed for the Shaman in WoW WotLK — WoW WotLK

Improved Fire Nova · Elemental

Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova by 20% and reduces the cooldown by 4 sec.

Elemental Reach · Elemental

Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards, increases the radius of your Thunderstorm spell by 20%, and increases the range of your Flame Shock by 15 yards.

Storm, Earth and Fire · Elemental

Reduces the cooldown of your Chain Lightning spell by 2.5 sec, your Earthbind Totem also has a 100% chance to root targets for 5 sec when cast and the periodic damage done by your Flame Shock is increased by 60%.

Booming Echoes · Elemental

Reduces the cooldown of your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 2 sec., and increases the direct damage done by your Flame Shock and Frost Shock spells by an additional 20%.

Elemental Oath · Elemental

While Clearcasting from Elemental Focus is active, you deal 10% more spell damage. In addition, party and raid members within 100 yards receive a 5% bonus to their spell critical strike chance.

Astral Shift · Elemental

When stunned, feared or silenced you shift into the Astral Plane reducing all damage taken by 30% for the duration of the stun, fear or silence effect.

Lava Flows · Elemental

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Lava Burst spell by an additional 24%, and when your Flame Shock is dispelled your spell casting speed is increased by 30% for 6 sec.

Shamanism · Elemental

Your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells gain an additional 20% and your Lava Burst gains an additional 25% of your bonus damage effects.

Thunderstorm · Elemental

You call down a bolt of lightning, energizing you and damaging nearby enemies within 10 yards. Restores 8% mana to you and deals 566 to 644 Nature damage to all nearby enemies, knocking them back 20 yards. This spell is usable while stunned.

Improved Shields · Enhancement

Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%, increases the amount of mana gained from your Water Shield orbs by 15% and increases the amount of healing done by your Earth Shield orbs by 15%.

Improved Windfury Totem · Enhancement

Increases the melee haste granted by your Windfury totem by 4%.

Mental Dexterity · Enhancement

Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.

Frozen Power · Enhancement

Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lava Lash and Shock spells by 10% on targets afflicted by your Frostbrand Attack effect, and your Frost Shock has a 100% chance to root the target in ice for 5 sec. when used on targets at or further than 15 yards from you.

Static Shock · Enhancement

You have a 6% chance to hit your target with a Lightning Shield orb charge when you deal damage with melee attacks and abilities, and your Lightning Shield gains 6 additional charges.

Lava Lash · Enhancement

You charge your off-hand weapon with lava, instantly dealing 100% off-hand Weapon damage. Damage is increased by 25% if your off-hand weapon is enchanted with Flametongue.

Improved Stormstrike · Enhancement

When you Stormstrike, you have a 100% chance to immediately grant you 20% of your base mana.

Earthen Power · Enhancement

Your Earthbind Totem's pulses have a 100% chance to also remove all snare effects from you and nearby friendly targets, and your Earth Shock reduces enemy attack speed by an additional 10%.

Maelstrom Weapon · Enhancement

When you deal damage with a melee weapon, you have a chance (higher than rank 4) to reduce the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, Healing Wave, Chain Heal, or Hex spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Feral Spirit · Enhancement

Summons two Spirit Wolves under the command of the Shaman, lasting 45 sec.

Improved Water Shield · Restoration

You have a 100% chance to instantly gain mana as if you consumed a Water Shield Orb when you gain a critical effect from your Healing Wave or Riptide spells, a 60% chance when you gain a critical effect from your Lesser Healing Wave spell, and a 30% chance when you gain a critical effect from your Chain Heal spell.

Tidal Force · Restoration

Increases the critical effect chance of your Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave and Chain Heal by 60%. Each critical heal reduces the chance by 20%. Lasts 20 sec.

Cleanse Spirit · Restoration

Cleanse the spirit of a friendly target, removing 1 poison effect, 1 disease effect, and 1 curse effect.

Blessing of the Eternals · Restoration

Increases the critical effect chance of your spells by 4%, and increases the chance to apply the Earthliving heal over time effect on the target by 80% when they are at or under 35% total health.

Ancestral Awakening · Restoration

When you critically heal with your Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave or Riptide you summon an Ancestral spirit to aid you, instantly healing the lowest percentage health friendly party or raid target within 40 yards for 30% of the amount healed.

Improved Earth Shield · Restoration

Increases the amount of charges for your Earth Shield by 2, and increases the healing done by your Earth Shield by 10%.

Tidal Waves · Restoration

When you cast Chain Heal or Riptide, you have a 100% chance to lower the cast time of your Healing Wave spell by 30% and increase the critical effect chance of your Lesser Healing Wave spell by 25%, until two such spells have been cast. In addition, your Healing Wave gains an additional 20% of your bonus healing effects and your Lesser Healing Wave gains an additional 10% of your bonus healing effects.

Riptide · Restoration

Heals a friendly target for 639 to 691 and another 665 over 15 sec. Your next Chain Heal cast on that primary target within 15 sec will consume the healing over time effect and increase the amount of the Chain Heal by 25%.

Convection · Elemental

In WoW TBC

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, Chain Lightning, Lava Burst, and Wind Shear spells by 10%.

Concussion · Elemental

In WoW TBC

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, Thunderstorm, Lava Burst and Shock spells by 5%.

Call of Flame · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems by 15%.

Now

Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and Fire Nova by 15%, and damage done by your Lava Burst spell by 6%.

Elemental Warding · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost and Nature effects by 10%.

Now

Reduces all damage taken by 6%.

Elemental Devastation · Elemental

Tier 4 → 2

In WoW TBC

Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

Now

Your non-periodic offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.

Reverberation · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1 sec.

Now

Reduces the cooldown of your Shock and Wind Shear spells by 1 sec.

Elemental Focus · Elemental

In WoW TBC

After landing a critical strike with a Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell, you enter a Clearcasting state. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next 2 damage spells by 40%.

Now

After landing a non-periodic critical strike with a Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell, you enter a Clearcasting state. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next 2 damage or healing spells by 40%.

Elemental Fury · Elemental

Ranks: 1 → 5 · Tier 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

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%.

Eye of the Storm · Elemental

In WoW TBC

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 on Shaman spells when taking damage.

Now

Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lava Burst and Hex spells by 70%.

Call of Thunder · Elemental

Ranks: 5 → 1 · Tier 3 → 5

In WoW TBC

Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 5%.

Now

Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Thunderstorm spells by an additional 5%.

Unrelenting Storm · Elemental

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Regenerate mana equal to 10% of your Intellect every 5 sec, even while casting.

Now

Regenerate mana equal to 12% of your Intellect every 5 sec, even while casting.

Elemental Precision · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Increases your chance to hit with Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 6% and reduces the threat caused by Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 10%.

Now

Increases your chance to hit with Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 3% and reduces the threat caused by Fire, Frost and Nature spells by 30%.

Lightning Mastery · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.5 sec.

Now

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.5 sec.

Elemental Mastery · Elemental

In WoW TBC

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

When activated, your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Lava Burst spell becomes an instant cast spell. In addition, you gain 15% spell haste for 15 sec. Elemental Mastery shares a cooldown with Nature's Swiftness.

Lightning Overload · Elemental

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 20% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

Now

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 33% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

Totem of Wrath · Elemental

In WoW TBC

Summons a Totem of Wrath with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the chance to hit and critically strike with spells by 3% for all party members within 20 yards. Lasts 2 min.

Now

Summons a Totem of Wrath with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases spell power by 100 for all party and raid members, and increases the critical strike chance of all attacks by 3% against all enemies within 40 yards. Lasts 5 min.

Enhancing Totems · Enhancement

Ranks: 2 → 3 · Tier 3 → 1

In WoW TBC

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

Now

Increases the effect of your Strength of Earth and Flametongue Totems by 15%.

Earth's Grasp · Enhancement

Tier 2 → 1 · Moved from Elemental

In WoW TBC

Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%.

Now

Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%, and reduces the cooldown of both totems by 30%.

Ancestral Knowledge · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

Increases your maximum mana by 5%.

Now

Increases your Intellect by 10%.

Guardian Totems · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

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.

Now

Increases the amount of armor increased by your Stoneskin Totem by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Grounding Totem by 2 sec.

Thundering Strikes · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

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%.

Elemental Weapons · Enhancement

Tier 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Increases the damage caused by 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%.

Now

Increases the damage caused by your Windfury Weapon effect by 40% increases the spell damage on your Flametongue Weapon by 30% and increases the bonus healing on your Earthliving Weapon by 30%.

Shamanistic Focus · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

After landing a melee critical strike, you enter a Focused state. The Focused state reduces the mana cost of your next Shock spell by 60%.

Now

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock spells by 45%.

Anticipation · Enhancement

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 5%.

Now

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 3%, and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%. This does not stack with other Disarm duration reducing effects.

Toughness · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

Increases your armor value from items by 10%, and reduces the duration of movement slowing effects on you by 50%.

Now

Increases your Stamina by 10%, and reduces the duration of movement slowing effects on you by 30%.

Spirit Weapons · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks and reduces the threat generated by your melee attacks by 30%.

Now

Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks and reduces all threat generated by 30%.

Unleashed Rage · Enhancement

Ranks: 5 → 3 · Tier 8 → 6

In WoW TBC

Causes your critical hits with melee attacks to increase all party members' melee attack power by 10% if within 20 yards of the Shaman. Lasts 10 sec.

Now

Increases your expertise by 9, and increases all party and raid members' attack power by 10% while within 100 yards of the Shaman.

Weapon Mastery · Enhancement

Ranks: 5 → 3

Stormstrike · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

Instantly attack with both weapons. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.

Now

Instantly attack with both weapons. In addition, the next 4 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target from the Shaman are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.

Mental Quickness · Enhancement

Tier 6 → 9

In WoW TBC

Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast Shaman spells by 6% and increases your spell damage and healing by an amount equal to 30% of your attack power.

Now

Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast Shaman spells by 6% and increases your spell power by an amount equal to 30% of your attack power.

Shamanistic Rage · Enhancement

In WoW TBC

Reduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 30% of your attack power. Lasts 15 sec.

Now

Reduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 15% of your attack power. This spell is usable while stunned. Lasts 15 sec.

Totemic Focus · Restoration

Tier 2 → 1

Improved Reincarnation · Restoration

In WoW TBC

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 15 min and increases the amount of health and mana recovered when reincarnating by an additional 20%.

Healing Grace · Restoration

Tier 3 → 2

In WoW TBC

Reduces the threat generated by your healing spells by 15% and reduces the chance your spells will be dispelled by 30%.

Now

Reduces the threat generated by your healing spells by 15% and reduces the chance your helpful spells and damage over time effects will be dispelled by 30%.

Tidal Focus · Restoration

Tier 1 → 2

Healing Focus · Restoration

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any Shaman healing spell.

Now

Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting any Shaman healing spell by 70%.

Ancestral Healing · Restoration

Tier 2 → 3

In WoW TBC

Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

Now

Reduces your target's physical damage taken by 10% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

Restorative Totems · Restoration

Ranks: 5 → 3

In WoW TBC

Increases the effect of your Mana Spring and Healing Stream Totems by 25%.

Now

Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 20%, and increases the amount healed by your Healing Stream Totem by 45%.

Healing Way · Restoration

In WoW TBC

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%.

Nature's Swiftness · Restoration

In WoW TBC

When activated, your next Nature spell with a casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell.

Now

When activated, your next Nature spell with a base casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell. Nature's Swiftness shares a cooldown with Elemental Mastery.

Nature's Guardian · Restoration

In WoW TBC

Whenever a damaging attack is taken that reduces you below 30% health, you have a 50% chance to heal 10% of your total health and reduce your threat level on that target. 5 second cooldown.

Now

Whenever a damaging attack brings you below 30% health, your maximum health is increased by 15% for 10 sec and your threat level towards the attacker is reduced. 30 second cooldown.

Mana Tide Totem · Restoration

In WoW TBC

Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 6% of total mana every 3 seconds to group members within 20 yards.

Now

Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 10% of the caster's health at the feet of the caster for 12 sec that restores 6% of total mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards.

Nature's Blessing · Restoration

In WoW TBC

Increases your spell damage and healing by an amount equal to 30% of your Intellect.

Now

Increases your healing by an amount equal to 15% of your Intellect.

Earth Shield · Restoration

In WoW TBC

Protects the target with an earthen shield, giving a 30% chance of ignoring spell interruption when damaged and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for 150. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 6 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.

Now

Protects the target with an earthen shield, reducing casting or channeling time lost when damaged by 30% and causing attacks to heal the shielded target for 150. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. 6 charges. Lasts 10 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time and only one Elemental Shield can be active on a target at a time.

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.

Elemental Shields · Elemental

Reduces the chance you will be critically hit by melee and ranged attacks by 6%.

Shield Specialization · Enhancement

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

Improved Lightning Shield · Enhancement

Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%.

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%.

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 yards.