Shaman in WoW: Forever

What changed for Shamans in Forever

• Totem Bar: Call of the Elements, Call of the Ancestors and Call of the Spirits drop four totems in one cast. Totemic Recall pulls them back and refunds mana. Totems have a 1-second global cooldown and buff totems last 5 minutes.
• Weapon imbues last 60 minutes. Windfury and Flametongue Totems are raid-wide buffs.
• Elemental: Lava Burst adds a Fire nuke, Lightning Overload procs extra Lightning spells, Lightning Mastery at 31 points speeds up Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst casts. Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning cast faster baseline.
• Enhancement: two-handed axes and maces are baseline, Stormstrike is earlier with a shorter cooldown, Maelstrom Weapon stacks to make Lightning Bolt instant, Rage of the Farseer (31) is a personal 30% haste buff for 25 seconds.
• Restoration: Riptide (31) is an instant heal with a heal-over-time, Water Shield improves mana recovery, Mana Tide Totem moved earlier.
• Fire Nova now deals area damage through an active Fire totem instead of consuming a totem slot.

Specs and builds

Enhancement to level, Restoration for every group that needs a healer, Elemental when you want to melt things from range.

Leveling 1–60

• Enhancement with the biggest two-hander you can find. Windfury Weapon at 30, Stormstrike at 40.
• Drop your totem set once per area; buff totems last five minutes now, and Totemic Recall gives mana back when you move on.
• Shamans heal themselves well. Water Shield keeps mana up between fights.
• Dwarf Shamans are new to the Alliance and the only Alliance Shaman option. Stoneform plus Shaman self-healing is very hard to kill.

Dungeon role

• Healing: Earth Shield is not here, so lead with Lesser Healing Wave and Chain Heal when three people take damage. Riptide for instant top-ups.
• Totems by pull: Tremor for fears, Grounding for caster bosses, Poison and Disease Cleansing in the Ruins of Lordaeron.
• Windfury Totem makes the melee happy. Strength of Earth and Mana Spring in every group.

Raid prep for December 9

• Restoration is the Outfit's raid healing backbone for Hyjal Summit. Chain Heal with Mana Tide in the caster group.
• Elemental brings Totem of Wrath style value and burst. Spell power, hit (unified) and crit.
• Enhancement is the melee group's best friend: raid-wide Windfury Totem, plus Rage of the Farseer burst windows.

Professions

Leatherworking and Skinning while leveling for mail at 40. Alchemy and Herbalism for Restoration and Elemental at 60, Engineering and Mining for Enhancement.

Sources

Talent names and values reflect Blizzard's deep dives and the launch build and may change with hotfixes. Builds are The Outfit's recommendations, not official Blizzard guidance.