WORLD OF WARCRAFT: FOREVER · TALENT TREES
Shaman Talents
Every talent compared with Classic: gold border = new, blue = changed, purple = moved, grey = unchanged. Click a talent for rank-by-rank tooltips and the Classic text.
Shamans get 12 new talents and the biggest baseline overhaul of any class. Totemic Projection moves your totems up to 30 yards, Call of the Elements drops up to four in one 3-second cast, Fire Nova is a spell rather than a totem, and Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Ghost Wolf are each half a second faster than Classic. Those five lines change how the class moves more than any talent does.
Each tree ends in a new capstone: Lava Burst (Elemental), Rage of the Farseer (Enhancement, above Maelstrom Weapon and Improved Stormstrike), Riptide (Restoration, with Water Shield beneath it). Three Tier 1 sets: The Spiritcaller's Storm (Elemental), The Spiritcaller's Rage (Enhancement), The Spiritcaller (Restoration) — the 5-piece of two of them shortens Lava Burst and Riptide, both new in Forever. Dwarf Shamans are new on the beta roster.
New talents 12 · not in Classic
Elemental 3
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.
Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.
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 6
Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.
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.
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.
Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.
Restoration 3
Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
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.
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%.
Capstones row 7 · 30 points
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.
Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.
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%.
Baseline ability changes trainable · 6
Half a second faster than Classic. Rank 7 is a 2.5 sec cast.
Also half a second faster: rank 1 is a 2 sec cast, 6 sec cooldown, 3 targets, each jump 30% weaker. Max Elemental Alacrity brings Lightning Bolt to the same 2 sec.
New. Pick a spot up to 30 yd away and your totems move there, not just to your feet. Seen on Guzu's stream: a green circle on the ground, then the totems appear by the mob. Totemic Recall is in too.
New: drops up to four totems from your Totem Bar in one 3 sec cast.
Base cast is 2 sec now, down from 3 in Classic. Improved Ghost Wolf takes 1 sec per rank and lets it work indoors, so at 2/2 it is instant: that is what Guzu's tooltip showed. Readers caught both halves of this.
A spell now, not a totem: 30 yd range, instant, 10 sec cooldown, and it blasts everything within 10 yd of your active Fire totem (rank 3 does 206 to 231 at 38). Improved Fire Nova trims 2 sec off the cooldown. Read on Esfand's stream.
Who can play a Shaman 5 races · gold = new combo · click for racials
Tier 1 sets Mount Hyjal · 3 sets
The Spiritcaller's Rage DPS · Enhancement
2p 1% haste · 3p Earth and Air Totems · 4p AP vs Elementals · 5p Stormstrike
The Spiritcaller's Storm DPS · Elemental
2p 1% hit · 3p Earthbind Totem · 4p AP vs Elementals · 5p Lava Burst
The Spiritcaller Healer · Restoration
2p +10 Spirit · 3p Fire and Water Totems · 4p 治疗 +26 / 伤害 +9 · 5p Riptide
Row 1 needs 0 points · each row unlocks per 5 points · row 7 = the 30-point capstone · some rank values are estimates until launch
Data source (CC BY 4.0), read from the WoW: Forever beta client 1.60.1. · source · Chinese names are provisional