Class Deep Dive — Mage & Shaman · Oct 7, 2026 — updated by Beta Notes, Oct 15

Shaman

Totems became a system, the raid became the audience — and Elemental was rebuilt a week after its own deep dive. Elemental · Enhancement · Restoration.

Shaman — Forever vs Classic Era

What Changed

98 Shaman changes that alter play — new and reworked abilities, mechanics and talents — each shown against its Classic Era 1.15.9 form. Not listed: tooltip-only wording, rank-count changes, and sub-threshold numeric drift.

98Changes covered

21New

57Changed

16Removed

4Mechanics

Headline Changes

All Specs4 headlines

Totems on a One-Second GCD

The totem global cooldown drops from 1.5 to 1.0 seconds in Forever, and persistent buff totems last 5 minutes.

Totem GCD1.5 sec1.0 sec

Persistent buff totemsExpire sooner5 min duration

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Totems Reach the Raid

Grace of Air, Strength of Earth, Windfury and Flametongue Totems are raid-wide in Forever. Windfury and Flametongue are no longer weapon enchantments — they are party-wide buffs, mutually exclusive with each other.

Buff totem scopeParty onlyRaid-wide

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One Click, Four Totems

Three new Call spells each place a full totem set at once: [Call of the Elements]! (level 20), [Call of the Ancestors]! (level 30) and [Call of the Spirits]! (level 40). [Totemic Recall]! (level 20) takes them down again.

Call of the ElementsNot in Classic EraLevel 20

Call of the AncestorsNot in Classic EraLevel 30

Call of the SpiritsNot in Classic EraLevel 40

Totemic RecallNot in Classic EraLevel 20

[Call of the Elements]![client]

Imbues Last an Hour

Weapon imbues — Rockbiter, Flametongue, Frostbrand, Windfury — last 60 minutes in Forever, up from 5, and can coexist with temporary weapon enchantments.

Imbue duration5 min60 min

With temporary enchantsOverwritten / blockedCoexist

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Elemental1 headline

Lava Burst and Lightning Overload

[Lava Burst]! and [Lightning Overload]! are both new Elemental talents at row 5 — a guaranteed-critical nuke and a chance to fire twice.

Lava BurstNot in Classic EraElemental, row 5, 1 rank

Lightning OverloadNot in Classic EraElemental, row 5, 1 rank

[Lava Burst]![client]

Enhancement1 headline

Maelstrom Weapon

[Maelstrom Weapon]! is a new Enhancement talent at row 6: melee hits build charges that speed up the next cast. [Spirit Weapons]! (row 5) replaces the old [Parry]! talent.

Maelstrom WeaponNot in Classic EraEnhancement, row 6, 3 ranks

Parry (talent)Enhancement talentReplaced by Spirit Weapons, row 5

[Maelstrom Weapon]![client]

Restoration1 headline

Riptide

[Riptide]! is a new Restoration talent at row 7 — an instant heal with a heal-over-time tail. [Water Shield]! arrives at row 3.

RiptideNot in Classic EraRestoration, row 7, 1 rank

Water ShieldNot in Classic EraRestoration, row 3, 1 rank

[Riptide]![client]

Shaman — the meaningful set

The Record

Every remaining change, grouped by kind. Hover a name for its tooltip; hold Shift for the Classic Era side.

New Abilities

[Call of the Ancestors]!NEW

Call of the Ancestors is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Call of the Elements]!NEW

Call of the Elements is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Call of the Spirits]!NEW

Call of the Spirits is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Totemic Recall]!NEW

Totemic Recall is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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Changed Abilities

[Ancestral Fortitude]!

Range and tooltip text changed. Ranks 3 → 1.

	Classic Era	Forever
Range	Self	Vision Range
Ranks	3 ranks	1 rank

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[Chain Lightning]!

Cost, cast time and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Cost	605 Mana	315 Mana
Cast time	2.5 sec cast	2 sec cast
Text	…bolt at the enemy, dealing 551 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby…	…bolt at the enemy, dealing 123 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby…

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[Disease Cleansing Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…effect from party members within 20 yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 2 min.	…effect from party members within [dynamic] yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 5 min.

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[Enhancing Totems]!

Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	until cancelled	—

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[Fire Nova]!

Fire Nova is a cast spell in Forever — its totem is gone (see Removed).

	Classic Era	Forever
Cost	520 Mana	375 Mana
Range	Self	30 yd range
Text	Instantly inflicts 442 fire damage to enemies within [dynamic] yd of your active Fire…	Instantly inflicts 239 fire damage to enemies within [dynamic] yd of your active Fire…

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[Fire Resistance Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…the feet of the caster for 2 min that increases the fire resistance of party members…	…the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the fire resistance of party or raid…

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[Flametongue Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…at the feet of the caster. The totem enchants all party members' main-hand weapons with…	…at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party or raid…

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[Flametongue Weapon]!

Imbues last 60 minutes and coexist with enchants — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Frost Resistance Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…the feet of the caster for 2 min. The totem increases party members' frost resistance by…	…the feet of the caster for 5 min. The totem increases party and raid members' frost…

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[Frostbrand Weapon]!

Imbues last 60 minutes and coexist with enchants — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Grace of Air Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…increases the agility of party members within 20 yards by 77. Lasts 2 min.	…increases the agility of party or raid members within 30 yards by 89. Lasts 5 min.

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[Healing Stream Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	1 min	5 min
Text	…the feet of the caster for 1 min that heals group members within 20 yards for 14 every 2…	…the feet of the caster for 5 min that heals group members within 30 yards for 11 every 2…

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[Improved Weapon Totems]!

Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.

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[Lightning Bolt]!

Cost, cast time and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Cost	265 Mana	220 Mana
Cast time	3 sec cast	2.5 sec cast
Text	…lightning at the target for 467 Nature damage.	…lightning at the target for 196 Nature damage.

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[Mana Spring Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	1 min	5 min
Text	…the feet of the caster for 1 min that restores 10 mana every 2 seconds to group members…	…the feet of the caster for 5 min that restores 10 mana every 2 seconds to group members…

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[Nature Resistance Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…the feet of the caster for 2 min that increases the nature resistance of party members…	…the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the nature resistance of party and raid…

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[Poison Cleansing Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…effect from party members within 20 yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 2 min.	…effect from party members within [dynamic] yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 5 min.

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[Reincarnation]!

Duration changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	until cancelled	—

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[Rockbiter Weapon]!

Imbues last 60 minutes and coexist with enchants — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Stoneskin Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…protects party members within 20 yards, reducing melee damage taken by -30. Lasts 2 min.	…protects party members within 30 yards, reducing Physical damage taken by -30. Lasts 5…

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[Strength of Earth Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…increases the strength of party members within 20 yards by 77. Lasts 2 min.	…increases the strength of party or raid members within 30 yards by 53. Lasts 5 min.

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[Totemic Projection]!

Cost and cooldown changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Cost	No cost	25% of base mana
Cooldown	10 sec cooldown	1 min cooldown

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[Tremor Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…effects from party members within 30 yards. Lasts 2 min.	…effects from party members within [dynamic] yards. Lasts 5 min.

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[Two-Handed Axes and Maces]!

Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.

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[Weapon Mastery]!

Talent in Classic Era; baseline in Forever.

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[Windfury Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…at the feet of the caster. The totem enchants all party members main-hand weapons with…	…at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party or raid…

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[Windfury Weapon]!

Imbues last 60 minutes and coexist with enchants — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Windwall Totem]!

Duration and tooltip text changed.

	Classic Era	Forever
Duration	2 min	5 min
Text	…protects party members within 20 yards, reducing ranged damage taken by -64. Lasts 2 min.	…protects party members within 30 yards, reducing ranged damage taken by -64. Lasts 5 min.

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Removed

[Fire Nova Totem]!REMOVED

Removed. Fire Nova is a cast spell in Forever (see Changed Abilities).

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[Focused Casting]!REMOVED

Not in the Forever client.

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[Shamanistic Rage]!REMOVED

Not in the Forever client.

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Mechanics

Totem cooldown

Totem cooldown is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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Raid-wide totems

Raid-wide totems is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

BN-1015

Windfury and Flametongue Totems

Windfury and Flametongue Totems is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

DD-MS

Weapon imbues

Weapon imbues is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

DD-MS

Talents

[Healing Grace]!RestorationREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Mindfulness]!RestorationNEW

New talent. Restoration, row 2, 3 ranks.

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[Natural Grace]!RestorationNEW

New talent. Restoration, row 2, 3 ranks.

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[Nature's Guidance]!RestorationREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Riptide]!RestorationNEW

Riptide is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Totemic Mastery]!RestorationREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Water Shield]!RestorationNEW

Water Shield is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Enhancing Totems]!EnhancementREMOVED

Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.

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[Improved Stormstrike]!EnhancementNEW

New talent. Enhancement, row 5, 2 ranks.

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[Improved Weapon Totems]!EnhancementREMOVED

Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.

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[Maelstrom Weapon]!EnhancementNEW

Maelstrom Weapon is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Mental Dexterity]!EnhancementNEW

New talent. Enhancement, row 2, 3 ranks.

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[Mental Quickness]!EnhancementNEW

New talent. Enhancement, row 5, 2 ranks.

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[Parry]!EnhancementREMOVED

Parry is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Rage of the Farseer]!EnhancementNEW

New talent. Enhancement, row 7, 1 rank.

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[Shamanistic Focus]!EnhancementNEW

New talent. Enhancement, row 3, 1 rank.

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[Shield Specialization]!EnhancementREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Spirit Weapons]!EnhancementNEW

Spirit Weapons is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Two-Handed Axes and Maces]!EnhancementREMOVED

Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.

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[Weapon Mastery]!EnhancementREMOVED

Baseline in Forever - see Changed Abilities.

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[Call of Thunder]!ElementalREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Earthbound]!ElementalNEW

New talent. Elemental, row 4, 1 rank.

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[Elemental Alacrity]!ElementalNEW

New talent. Elemental, row 2, 3 ranks.

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[Elemental Reach]!ElementalNEW

New talent. Elemental, row 5, 2 ranks.

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[Improved Fire Totems]!ElementalREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Lava Burst]!ElementalNEW

Lava Burst is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Lightning Mastery]!ElementalREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Lightning Overload]!ElementalNEW

Lightning Overload is covered as a headline — see Headline Changes ↑

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[Storm Reach]!ElementalREMOVED

Era talent; no Forever counterpart.

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[Trial by Fire]!ElementalNEW

New talent. Elemental, row 4, 2 ranks.

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[Ancestral Healing]!

Row 2 → 3.

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[Ancestral Knowledge]!

Changed.

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[Anticipation]!

Max ranks 5 → 3.

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[Call of Flame]!

Changed.

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[Concussion]!

Changed.

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[Convection]!

Changed.

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[Earth's Grasp]!

Row 2 → 1 · Tree Elemental → Enhancement.

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[Elemental Devastation]!

Row 4 → 2.

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[Elemental Fury]!

Row 5 → 6 · Max ranks 1 → 5.

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[Elemental Mastery]!

Changed.

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[Elemental Warding]!

Row 2 → 3.

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[Elemental Weapons]!

Row 5 → 3.

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[Eye of the Storm]!

Changed.

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[Flurry]!

Changed.

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[Healing Focus]!

Max ranks 5 → 3.

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[Healing Way]!

Changed.

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[Improved Ghost Wolf]!

Changed.

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[Improved Healing Wave]!

Changed.

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[Improved Reincarnation]!

Changed.

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[Mana Tide Totem]!

Row 7 → 4.

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[Purification]!

Changed.

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[Restorative Totems]!

Changed.

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[Reverberation]!

Row 3 → 2.

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[Stormstrike]!

Row 7 → 4.

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[Thundering Strikes]!

Row 2 → 1.

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[Tidal Focus]!

Changed.

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[Tidal Mastery]!

Changed.

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[Totemic Focus]!

Changed.

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[Toughness]!

Changed.

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Not listed: 14 of 112 entries, excluded by category (tooltip-text-only: 14).

The Trait Canvas

Shaman Talents

Three trees, 51 points at level 60. Rows unlock every 5 points spent across the build; milestones at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points; capstones at 30. Click a node to spend — hover for its tooltip, with the next rank shown while it is unmaxed.

Shaman Talents0 / 51 points

Elemental0 pts

Enhancement0 pts

Restoration0 pts

Click to spend · Shift-click or right-click to remove. A tier unlocks at 5 points per tier spent across the build; ◆ marks the 11/16/21/31-point milestones. Arrows show only the prerequisites present in the client TraitEdge data (7 of 50 talents here) — a prerequisite must be at max rank.

Spellbook

Shaman Spellbook

[Ancestral Knowledge]!Enhancement · Tier 0

[Concussion]!Elemental · Tier 0

[Convection]!Elemental · Tier 0

[Earth's Grasp]!Enhancement · Tier 0

[Improved Healing Wave]!Restoration · Tier 0

[Thundering Strikes]!Enhancement · Tier 0

[Tidal Focus]!Restoration · Tier 0

[Call of Flame]!Elemental · Tier 1

[Elemental Alacrity]!Elemental · Tier 1

[Elemental Devastation]!Elemental · Tier 1

[Guardian Totems]!Enhancement · Tier 1

[Improved Ghost Wolf]!Enhancement · Tier 1

[Improved Lightning Shield]!Enhancement · Tier 1

[Improved Reincarnation]!Restoration · Tier 1

[Mental Dexterity]!Enhancement · Tier 1

[Mindfulness]!Restoration · Tier 1

[Natural Grace]!Restoration · Tier 1

[Reverberation]!Elemental · Tier 1

[Totemic Focus]!Restoration · Tier 1

[Ancestral Healing]!Restoration · Tier 2

[Anticipation]!Enhancement · Tier 2

[Elemental Focus]!Elemental · Tier 2

[Elemental Warding]!Elemental · Tier 2

[Elemental Weapons]!Enhancement · Tier 2

[Healing Focus]!Restoration · Tier 2

[Shamanistic Focus]!Enhancement · Tier 2

[Water Shield]!Restoration · Tier 2

[Earthbound]!Elemental · Tier 3

[Eye of the Storm]!Elemental · Tier 3

[Flurry]!Enhancement · Tier 3

[Mana Tide Totem]!Restoration · Tier 3

[Restorative Totems]!Restoration · Tier 3

[Stormstrike]!Enhancement · Tier 3

[Tidal Mastery]!Restoration · Tier 3

[Toughness]!Enhancement · Tier 3

[Trial by Fire]!Elemental · Tier 3

[Elemental Reach]!Elemental · Tier 4

[Healing Way]!Restoration · Tier 4

[Improved Stormstrike]!Enhancement · Tier 4

[Lava Burst]!Elemental · Tier 4

[Lightning Overload]!Elemental · Tier 4

[Mental Quickness]!Enhancement · Tier 4

[Nature's Swiftness]!Restoration · Tier 4

[Spirit Weapons]!Enhancement · Tier 4

[Elemental Fury]!Elemental · Tier 5

[Maelstrom Weapon]!Enhancement · Tier 5

[Purification]!Restoration · Tier 5

[Elemental Mastery]!Elemental · Tier 6

[Rage of the Farseer]!Enhancement · Tier 6

[Riptide]!Restoration · Tier 6

Talent-granted spells only. Trainer-taught baseline spells are not listed.

Batch History

2026-10-01 · BN-1001

Beta Notes — Oct 1, 2026

Totemic Recall’s mana-refund bug fixed.

2026-10-07 · DD-MS

Class Deep Dive — Mage & Shaman, Oct 7, 2026

The design pass: Call of the Elements totem sets, 1.0-sec totem GCD, 5-minute buff totems, 60-minute imbues, Fire Nova becomes a spell. Its Elemental…

2026-10-15 · BN-1015

Beta Notes — Oct 15, 2026

Elemental restructured: Elemental Mastery returns as the 31-point, Lava Burst drops to the 21-point slot, Earthbound becomes the 16-point, Call of…

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Shaman

What Changed

Headline Changes

Totems on a One-Second GCD

Totems Reach the Raid

One Click, Four Totems

Imbues Last an Hour

Lava Burst and Lightning Overload

Maelstrom Weapon

Riptide

The Record

New Abilities

Changed Abilities

Removed

Mechanics

Talents

Totem Configurator — 4 slots, raid coverage

Raid coverage of this set

Shaman Talents

Spellbook

Batch History

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