Shaman in WoW Forever

Overview

Healer · Damage · Mana

Shaman commune directly with the elements. Their combination of wisdom and resilience makes them ideal as community advisors and leaders. In battle the shaman use totems and spells to manipulate the elements and provoke other fighters to untold heights of rage and might. Shaman exemplify the primal bond between the mortal races and their environment.

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, compared against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. Read from the client on September 22, 2026.

Playable races

OrcDwarfTaurenTrollWindshaper Skyborne

Every race and its racial abilities

Talent trees

• Elemental

  16 talents — 4 new, 10 changed

• Enhancement

  18 talents — 6 new, 9 changed

• Restoration

  16 talents — 3 new, 10 changed

What changed from Classic Era

Every Shaman talent and ability the beta altered or added, with the Classic Era wording beside it. Numbers that moved are marked inside the sentence.

Talents

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  Call of Thunder

  Elemental, tier 4 · 1 rankNew

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.

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  Lightning Overload

  Elemental, tier 5 · 3 ranksNew

  Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

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  Earthbound

  Elemental, tier 5 · 1 rankNew

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

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  Lava Burst

  Elemental, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 105 to 135 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

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  Mental Dexterity

  Enhancement, tier 2 · 3 ranksNew

  Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.

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  Shamanistic Focus

  Enhancement, tier 3 · 1 rankNew

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

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  Mental Quickness

  Enhancement, tier 5 · 2 ranksNew

  Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.

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  Improved Stormstrike

  Enhancement, tier 5 · 2 ranksNew

  When you Stormstrike, you have a 50% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 50% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry.

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  Maelstrom Weapon

  Enhancement, tier 6 · 5 ranksNew

  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 4%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

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  Rage of the Farseer

  Enhancement, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.

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  Mindfulness

  Restoration, tier 2 · 3 ranksNew

  Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

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  Water Shield

  Restoration, tier 3 · 1 rankNew

  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 healing 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.

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  Riptide

  Restoration, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  Heals a friendly target for 484 to 535, an additional 445 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

Abilities

• Call of the Elements

  Elemental Combat · rank 1 at level 20New

  Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar.

• Totemic Recall

  Elemental Combat · rank 1 at level 20New

  Returns your totems to the earth, giving you 25% of the mana required to cast each totem destroyed by Totemic Recall.

• Call of the Ancestors

  Elemental Combat · rank 1 at level 30New

  Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements.

• Call of the Spirits

  Elemental Combat · rank 1 at level 40New

  Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements or Call of the Ancestors.

• Lava Burst

  Elemental Combat · rank 2 at level 50New

  You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 164 to 212 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

• Riptide

  Restoration · rank 2 at level 50New

  Heals a friendly target for 613 to 678, an additional 575 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%.

Top of the ability ladder

The last ranks this class trains, highest level first.

• Ancestral Spirit

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Earth Shock

  Rank 7 at level 60

• Flame Shock

  Rank 6 at level 60

• Grace of Air Totem

  Rank 3 at level 60

• Healing Stream Totem

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Healing Wave

  Rank 10 at level 60

• Lava Burst

  Rank 3 at level 60

• Lesser Healing Wave

  Rank 6 at level 60

Every Shaman ability, rank by rank

Known from the start

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  Healing Wave

  Heals a friendly target for 34 to 44.

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  Lightning Bolt

  Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 13 to 15 Nature damage.