WoW Forever Shaman Talent Calculator & Build Planner

How to use this Shaman talent calculator

Use the planner to test a build before you spend gold or commit to a leveling, dungeon, raid or PvP role. You can explore every tree without creating an account.

Is Shaman a good fit for you?

Players who like party utility, totems and a class that can change jobs between encounters. Totem placement and the class's different resource demands make it flexible, but not entirely hands-off.

What changed from Classic for Shaman?

This calculator uses the current Forever beta snapshot rather than assuming the Classic tree is unchanged. For Shaman, the current data contains 12 new talents, 29 changed talents and 4 moved talents.

• NEW means the talent was not present in the Classic comparison tree.
• CHANGED means the name or position may look familiar, but its effect or rank wording differs.
• MOVED means the talent is in a different row or location, which can change how quickly you reach it.

Turn on Compare to Classic in the calculator for a quick check, then open the Shaman class changes page for the broader explanation.

Inside the Shaman trees

Every Shaman talent, in tree order. A rank is one level of a talent, and each rank makes the effect stronger. Click any talent for the full rank-by-rank wording, straight from the beta client.

✦ Elemental (16 talents)

Lightning spells with enormous critical hits. When Chain Lightning crits, the whole group notices. Key picks: Elemental Focus, Call of Thunder, Earthbound, Lava Burst. New in Forever: Lightning Overload, Earthbound, Lava Burst.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Convection CHANGED	5	1	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.
✦ Concussion CHANGED	5	1	Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.
✦ Elemental Warding CHANGED	3	2	Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 10%.
✦ Reverberation MOVED	5	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1 sec.
✦ Call of Flame CHANGED	3	2	Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 15%.
✦ Elemental Devastation CHANGED	3	2	Your offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.
✦ Elemental Focus	1	3	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%.
✦ Elemental Fury CHANGED	5	3	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.
✦ Improved Fire Nova CHANGED	2	4	Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova spell by 20% and reduces its cooldown by 4 sec.
✦ Eye of the Storm CHANGED	3	4	Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst by 70%.
✦ Call of Thunder CHANGED	1	4	Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.
✦ Elemental Reach CHANGED	2	5	Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards, and increases the range of your Flame Shock spell by 15 yards.
✦ Lightning Overload NEW	3	5	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.
✦ Earthbound NEW	1	5	Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.
✦ Elemental Alacrity CHANGED	3	6	Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.
✦ Lava Burst NEW	1	7	You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 106 to 134 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

✦ Enhancement (18 talents)

Fast melee boosted by Windfury procs. Sometimes the Windfury just... keeps going. Key picks: Shamanistic Focus, Stormstrike, Spirit Weapons, Rage of the Farseer. New in Forever: Mental Dexterity, Shamanistic Focus, Mental Quickness, Improved Stormstrike, Maelstrom Weapon, Rage of the Farseer.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Earth's Grasp MOVED	2	1	Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%.
✦ Thundering Strikes CHANGED	5	1	Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.
✦ Ancestral Knowledge CHANGED	5	1	Increases your Intellect by 10%.
✦ Guardian Totems	2	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.
✦ Mental Dexterity NEW	3	2	Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect.
✦ Improved Ghost Wolf CHANGED	2	2	Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.
✦ Improved Lightning Shield	3	2	Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%.
✦ Elemental Weapons MOVED	3	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%.
✦ Shamanistic Focus NEW	1	3	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
✦ Anticipation CHANGED	3	3	Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.
✦ Toughness CHANGED	5	4	Increases your Stamina by 10%.
✦ Flurry CHANGED	5	4	Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
✦ Stormstrike CHANGED	1	4	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.
✦ Spirit Weapons CHANGED	1	5	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 NEW	2	5	Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.
✦ Improved Stormstrike NEW	2	5	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 NEW	5	6	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 NEW	1	7	Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.

✦ Restoration (16 talents)

Totems plus flexible single-target and group healing. The "oh good, we have a shaman" tree. Key picks: Water Shield, Mana Tide Totem, Nature's Swiftness, Riptide. New in Forever: Mindfulness, Water Shield, Riptide.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Improved Healing Wave	5	1	Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec.
✦ Totemic Focus CHANGED	5	1	Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%.
✦ Mindfulness NEW	3	2	Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
✦ Natural Grace CHANGED	3	2	Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%.
✦ Tidal Focus CHANGED	5	2	Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.
✦ Improved Reincarnation CHANGED	2	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%.
✦ Ancestral Healing MOVED	3	3	Increases your target's armor value by 25% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.
✦ Healing Focus CHANGED	3	3	Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.
✦ Water Shield NEW	1	3	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.
✦ Tidal Mastery CHANGED	5	4	Increases the critical effect chance of your healing spells by 5%.
✦ Restorative Totems CHANGED	5	4	Increases the effect of your Mana Spring Totem by 25% and increases the effect of your Healing Stream Totem by 50%.
✦ Mana Tide Totem CHANGED	1	4	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 CHANGED	3	5	Increases the amount healed by your Healing Wave spell by 25%.
✦ Nature's Swiftness	1	5	When activated, your next Nature spell with a casting time less than 10 sec. becomes an instant cast spell.
✦ Purification CHANGED	5	6	Increases the effectiveness of your healing spells by 10%.
✦ Riptide NEW	1	7	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%.

Want the exact numbers? The full Shaman talent reference lists every rank word-for-word from the beta client. And if you're wondering what Blizzard shuffled, every Shaman change vs Classic sits on one page.

Quick checklist before you lock in points

• Check the level slider before judging a build. A deep talent may be a level-60 plan, not a level-20 plan.
• Read the prerequisite path, not just the final talent. Five points in a tree unlock the next row.
• Use the class guide to compare roles, then use build comparison when two versions look similar.
• Save or copy the link after testing. The current snapshot page explains how shared links behave when beta data changes.

Best races for Shaman

Orc · Tauren · Troll · Dwarf (new in Forever) · Skyborne (Horde)

Orcs resist stuns. Tauren can stomp and stun everything around them at once. Compare every racial passive side by side on the races page.