ENHANCEMENT SHAMAN
Enhancement Shaman is built on the Enhancement talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 18 talents: 6 new in Forever, 10 changed from Classic.
ENHANCEMENT GUIDE
We'll write the Enhancement Shaman rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
The catalogue has no raid contribution tied only to Enhancement; the ones below apply to every Shaman.
DIFFERENT IN FOREVER
- Stormstrike: Raised Nature damage for everyone in Classic; in Forever only the shaman's own next spell.
EVERY SHAMAN BRINGS
Strength of Earth TotemGrace of Air TotemWindfury TotemFlametongue TotemMana Spring TotemHealing Stream TotemStoneskin TotemFire resistanceFrost resistanceNature resistancePoison cleanseDisease cleanseOffensive dispelInterruptFear protectionOut-of-combat resurrection
DETAILS ON THE CLASS PAGE →TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
2Earth's Grasp
5Thundering Strikes
5Ancestral Knowledge
2Guardian Totems
3Mental Dexterity
2Improved Ghost Wolf
3Improved Lightning Shield
3Elemental Weapons
1Shamanistic Focus
3Anticipation
5Toughness
5Flurry
1Stormstrike
1Spirit Weapons
2Mental Quickness
2Improved Stormstrike
5Maelstrom Weapon
1Rage of the Farseer- Earth's GraspRow 1 · 2 rankMoved
Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 50% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 20%.
- Thundering StrikesRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.
- Ancestral KnowledgeRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your Intellect by 10%.
- Guardian TotemsRow 2 · 2 rank
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 DexterityRow 2 · 3 rankNew
Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect.
- Improved Ghost WolfRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Reduces the cast time of your Ghost Wolf spell by 3.0 sec, and Ghost Wolf may be used indoors.
- Improved Lightning ShieldRow 2 · 3 rank
Increases the damage done by your Lightning Shield orbs by 15%.
- Elemental WeaponsRow 3 · 3 rankChanged
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 FocusRow 3 · 1 rankNew
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
- AnticipationRow 3 · 3 rankChanged
Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.
- ToughnessRow 4 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your Stamina by 10%.
- FlurryRow 4 · 5 rankChanged
Increases your attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.
- StormstrikeRow 4 · 1 rank · activeChanged
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 WeaponsRow 5 · 1 rankChangedClassic name: Parry
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 QuicknessRow 5 · 2 rankNew
Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.
- Improved StormstrikeRow 5 · 2 rankNew
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 WeaponRow 6 · 5 rankNew
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 FarseerRow 7 · 1 rank · activeNew
Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.
Removed from Classic: Shield Specialization, Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Improved Weapon Totems, Weapon Mastery
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Shaman talent calculator.