Elemental Shaman talents
Every Elemental talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Elemental tree
16-point milestone: Call of Thunder. Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard38/13/0 at level 60, with Call of Thunder at level 25. A caster that kills from range. Pick this if you prefer casting to melee.
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Another legal route to Call of Thunder · not our pick
One order that reaches Call of Thunder within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Convection5 of 5Row 1
- 2Concussion5 of 5Row 1
- 3Elemental Fury5 of 5Row 3
- 4Call of Thunder1 of 1Row 4
All Elemental Shaman talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Elemental
16 · Call of Thunder (milestone taken)
38points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
2 talents
Max rank 5
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Max rank 5
Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Row 2needs 5 points in Elemental
4 talents
Max rank 3
Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 3/6/9%.
Max rank 5
Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1 sec.
Max rank 3
Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 5/10/15%.
Max rank 3
Rank 1: Your offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec. All 3 ranksHide ranks
- Rank 1: Your offensive spell critical strikes will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3% for 10 sec.
- Rank 2: Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 6% for 10 sec.
- Rank 3: Your offensive spell crits will increase your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 9% for 10 sec.
Row 3needs 10 points in Elemental
2 talents
Max rank 1
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%.
Max rank 5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 20/40/60/80/100%.
Row 4needs 15 points in Elemental
3 talents
Max rank 2
Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova spell by 10/20% and reduces its cooldown by 2/4 sec.
Max rank 3
Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst by 23/46/69%.
Call of Thunder
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
Requires 5 in Elemental Fury
Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.
Row 5needs 20 points in Elemental
3 talents
Max rank 2
Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 3/6 yards, and increases the range of your Flame Shock spell by 8/16 yards.
Max rank 3
Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3/6/9% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.
Max rank 1
Your Earthbind Totem immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.
Row 6needs 25 points in Elemental
1 talent
Max rank 3
Requires 1 in Call of Thunder
Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.17/0.34/0.51 sec.
Row 7needs 30 points in Elemental
1 talent
Max rank 1
Requires 3 in Lightning Overload
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 158 to 187 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
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Races that can be a Shaman: Dwarf, Orc, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne (Windshaper).
Talent data: public community datasets, Forever beta build 1.60.1.69893. Numbers can change in any later build or patch. Icon credits