Shaman

The Shaman in World of Warcraft: Forever: Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration, 5 races, and every ability rank from level 1 to 60, what it costs and where to train it.

Talent calculator Abilities Changes

Specs

Races

5 races can play a Shaman, 2 of them new for Forever. Dwarf is new for this class in Forever. Windshaper Skyborne is Forever's new Skyborne race.

What changed from Classic

Removed means gone from Forever: 10 Classic talents are gone, and 2 Classic abilities are gone. Together that is the Removed count on the Changes page.

New in Forever

From Blizzard's beta notes 67 notes
  • Totemic Recall costs 22 silver at the trainer, as intended (it cost 70 silver). 15 Oct
  • Grounding Totem is now correctly destroyed after redirecting a spell. 15 Oct
  • Windfury Weapon's attacks now show as white hits in the scrolling combat text. 15 Oct
  • Grace of Air Totem no longer excludes Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem; Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem still exclude each other. 15 Oct
  • Grace of Air Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem now reach the whole raid. 15 Oct
  • Chain Lightning's Mana cost is about 35% lower on all four ranks. 15 Oct
  • Fire Nova's Spell Power coefficient is 0.143 (was 0.214). 15 Oct
  • Fire Nova's base damage is significantly lower. 15 Oct
  • Fire Nova's Mana cost is significantly lower. 15 Oct
  • Flametongue Totem and Windfury Totem now correctly only affect players. 15 Oct
  • Chain Heal's visual has a little green added, without overpowering the original effect. 15 Oct
  • Your Clearcasting from Elemental Focus can no longer be spent on the same Fire Nova that triggers it. 15 Oct
  • Elemental Mastery returns as the new 31-point talent: it cuts the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 seconds and removes Chain Lightning's cooldown for 15 seconds, on a 3-minute cooldown. Lava Burst is its prerequisite. 15 Oct
  • Lava Burst moves from row 7 to row 5 as the 21-point talent, gets a new rank 4 with the ranks reflowed, and no longer has a prerequisite. 15 Oct
  • Elemental Fury now needs Lightning Overload first. 15 Oct
  • Lightning Overload now needs Elemental Alacrity first. 15 Oct
  • Elemental Alacrity moves from row 3 to row 2. 15 Oct
  • Elemental Warding moves from row 2 to row 3. 15 Oct
  • Call of Thunder is removed. 15 Oct
  • Earthbound moves to row 4 as the 16-point talent. 15 Oct
  • Elemental Reach now also lowers the cooldown of Totemic Projection by 10/20 seconds. 15 Oct
  • Call of Flame now also extends the duration of Flame Shock by 3/6/9 seconds. 15 Oct
  • Many Elemental talents moved columns to make room for other talents and their connections. 15 Oct
  • Clearcasting is no longer used up by Lightning Overload activations. 15 Oct
  • Fire Nova's tooltip now correctly rises with points in Trial By Fire (the talent formerly known as Improved Fire Nova). 15 Oct
  • Your Stormstrike debuff is no longer used up if your spell does not land. 15 Oct
  • Stormstrike can no longer be used up by other players or pets that were not the casting Shaman. 15 Oct
  • Stormstrike costs 8% of base Mana (it was 125 Mana at every point in the game). 15 Oct
  • Mana Tide Totem gets another rank, learned at level 38: ranks now come at levels 25, 38, 48 and 58 (they were 25, 48 and 58). 15 Oct
  • Restorative Totems now increases the effect of the whole Healing Stream Totem (it only increased the base value). 15 Oct
  • Tidal Focus and Totemic Focus swap places: Tidal Focus is now in row 1 and Totemic Focus in row 2. 15 Oct
  • Water Shield can now trigger from any critical spell the Shaman casts (it was only critical heals). 15 Oct
Earlier notes (35)
  • Flametongue Totem uses a shapeshifted ally's attack speed instead of their weapon's. 8 Oct
  • Water Shield's buff shows the Mana it restores, and its tooltip no longer claims a 15 second cooldown (it never had one). 8 Oct
  • Mana Tide Totem shows its visual again when it pulses. 8 Oct
  • Lightning Bolt ranks 1 to 5 were retuned so damage grows evenly up to rank 6 and every new rank is an upgrade. 8 Oct
  • All totems now have a 1.0 second global cooldown, down from 1.5 seconds. 7 Oct
  • Totems that give persistent buffs now last 5 minutes instead of 2; shorter totems are unchanged. 7 Oct
  • A new totem tracking UI shows which totems are active and how long they have left, and right-clicking it unsummons a totem at once. 7 Oct
  • Resistance totems now give their bonus to the whole raid group. 7 Oct
  • Frostbrand, Flametongue, Rockbiter and Windfury Weapon now last 60 minutes instead of 5, and can be active together with temporary weapon enchantments such as Sharpening Stones, Weight Stones and Wizard Oil. 7 Oct
  • Fire Nova Totem is replaced by a Fire Nova spell that erupts Fire damage at your current Fire Totem, so one placed totem can trigger it again and again. 7 Oct
  • Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem are no longer weapon enchantments but party-wide buffs; a Shaman with the matching weapon imbue gets no benefit from the totem, and a party cannot benefit from Windfury Totem together with Grace of Air or Flametongue Totem. 7 Oct
  • Tranquil Air Totem is removed. 7 Oct
  • Totemic Projection is a new ability learned at level 22 that teleports all your totems to a new spot within 30 yards: 1 minute cooldown, 25% of base mana. 7 Oct
  • Totemic Recall is a new ability learned at level 20 that destroys all your totems at once and returns 25% of their Mana cost (a beta bug did not refund the Mana when Blizzard wrote this). 7 Oct
  • Call of the Elements, learned at level 20, unlocks the totem bar: pre-set one totem per element and summon all four after a 3 second cast, for the combined Mana cost of the four. 7 Oct
  • Call of the Spirits and Call of the Ancestors each let a Shaman pre-set another set of 4 totems. 7 Oct
  • Lightning Bolt ranks 4 and up now cast in 2.5 seconds (was 3) and every rank of Chain Lightning in 2 seconds (was 2.5); their spell power coefficients were lowered to match. 7 Oct
  • Shield Specialization is removed from the Enhancement tree. 7 Oct
  • Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Weapon Mastery and Improved Weapon Totems are baseline abilities now, no longer Enhancement talents. 7 Oct
  • Nature's Guidance is removed from the Restoration tree. 7 Oct
  • Stormstrike moves from the 31-point to the 16-point Enhancement talent, its cooldown drops from 20 to 8 seconds, and it now raises your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Earth Shock by 20% instead of the next 2 Nature attacks from any attacker. 7 Oct
  • Spirit Weapons (formerly Parry) now also reduces threat while you are not using Rockbiter Weapon and increases it while you are, so Enhancement Shaman can manage threat yet still tank briefly in small groups. 7 Oct
  • Maelstrom Weapon is a new row 6 Enhancement talent: melee attacks can stack charges that shorten Lightning Bolt's cast time, which becomes instant at enough ranks and charges. 7 Oct
  • Riptide is a new 31-point Restoration talent (needs Healing Way): it heals the target instantly and over 15 seconds, makes Chain Heal 25% stronger on targets with your Riptide, and has a 6 second cooldown. 7 Oct
  • Water Shield is a new 11-point Restoration talent granting a shield ability with 3 globes that give Mana when an attack hits you or one of your healing spells critically strikes; only one shield can be active at a time. 7 Oct
  • Ghost Wolf is more visible in well-lit areas. 1 Oct
  • Disease Cleansing Totem now lasts the intended 5 minutes. 1 Oct
  • Totemic Recall now restores Mana as intended. 1 Oct
  • Lightning Bolt ranks 3 and 4 hit harder so each rank is an upgrade. 24 Sep
  • Flametongue Totem no longer has a duration, cannot be stacked and does not stack with Flametongue Weapon or Windfury Totem; Tranquil Air, Windfury and Grace of Air Totems no longer stack, even from different Shamans. 24 Sep
  • Elemental Fury (row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (row 6) swapped places. 24 Sep
  • Lava Burst ranks 1 and 2 deal about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level. 24 Sep
  • Rage of the Far Seer (row 7) no longer raises spell casting speed. 24 Sep
  • The Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem buffs now read "Windfury Totem" and "Flametongue Totem" instead of "Windfury Totem Passive" and "Flametongue Totem Effect". 24 Sep
  • Can now land critical hits (fixed in the 24 September build): Riptide. 24 Sep

What you learn at each level

179 ranks from level 1 to 60. A price is what Classic's trainers charged, and a price marked (beta) is what a trainer asked in the beta. A rank with no price says where it comes from instead.

Dwarf shamans are new in Forever and have their own Alliance version of these quests, new in the beta.

Levels 1 to 1016 ranks, 13 changedClassic cost 20s 10c
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
1Healing WaveRank 1Known from the startKnown from the startChanged
Lightning BoltRank 1Known from the startKnown from the startChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 110c10cChanged
4Earth ShockRank 11s1sChanged
Stoneskin TotemRank 1Taught by a quest: Call of Earth (both factions: Minor Manifestation of Earth, Spirit Rock, Durotar)Taught by a quest: Call of Earth (both factions: Minor Manifestation of Earth, Spirit Rock, Durotar)Changed
6Earthbind TotemRank 11s1s
Healing WaveRank 21s1sChanged
8Earth ShockRank 21s1sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 21s1sChanged
Lightning ShieldRank 11s1sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 21s1sChanged
Stoneclaw TotemRank 11s1s
10Flame ShockRank 14s4sChanged
Flametongue WeaponRank 14s4sChanged
Searing TotemRank 1Taught by a quest: Call of Fire (both factions: Brazier of the Dormant Flame, Shrine of the Dormant Flame, Durotar)Taught by a quest: Call of Fire (both factions: Brazier of the Dormant Flame, Shrine of the Dormant Flame, Durotar)
Strength of Earth TotemRank 14s4sChanged
Levels 11 to 2024 ranks, 3 new, 15 changedClassic cost 3g 36s 20c
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
12Ancestral SpiritRank 18s8s
Fire NovaRank 1New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Healing WaveRank 38s8sChanged
PurgeRank 17s 20c7s 20c
14Earth ShockRank 39s9sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 39s9sChanged
Stoneskin TotemRank 29s9sChanged
16Cure PoisonRank 118s18s
Lightning ShieldRank 218s18sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 318s18sChanged
18Flame ShockRank 220s20sChanged
Flametongue WeaponRank 220s20sChanged
Healing WaveRank 420s20sChanged
Stoneclaw TotemRank 220s20s
Tremor TotemRank 120s20sChanged
20Call of the ElementsNew in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Frost ShockRank 122s22sChanged
Frostbrand WeaponRank 122s22sChanged
Ghost WolfRank 122s22s
Healing Stream TotemRank 1Taught by a quest: Call of Water (both factions: Minor Manifestation of Water, North Tide's Run, Silverpine Forest)Taught by a quest: Call of Water (both factions: Minor Manifestation of Water, North Tide's Run, Silverpine Forest)Changed
Lesser Healing WaveRank 122s22sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 422s22sChanged
Searing TotemRank 222s22s
Totemic Recall22s (Blizzard)22s (Blizzard)New
Levels 21 to 3035 ranks, 3 new, 20 changedClassic cost 14g 50s
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
22Cure DiseaseRank 19s (level 14 in Classic)9s (level 14 in Classic)
Fire NovaRank 2New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Poison Cleansing TotemRank 130s30sChanged
Totemic ProjectionNew in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Water BreathingRank 130s30s
24Ancestral SpiritRank 235s35s
Earth ShockRank 435s35sChanged
Frost Resistance TotemRank 135s35sChanged
Healing WaveRank 535s35sChanged
Lightning ShieldRank 335s35sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 435s35sChanged
Stoneskin TotemRank 335s35sChanged
Strength of Earth TotemRank 235s35sChanged
25Mana Tide TotemRank 1From a talentFrom a talentChanged
26Far SightRank 140s40s
Flametongue WeaponRank 340s40sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 540s40sChanged
Magma TotemRank 140s40sChanged
Mana Spring TotemRank 140s40sChanged
28Fire Resistance TotemRank 160s60sChanged
Flame ShockRank 360s60sChanged
Flametongue TotemRank 160s60sChanged
Frostbrand WeaponRank 260s60sChanged
Lesser Healing WaveRank 260s60sChanged
Stoneclaw TotemRank 360s60s
Water WalkingRank 160s60s
30Astral RecallRank 170s70s
Call of the AncestorsNew in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Grounding TotemRank 170s70s
Healing Stream TotemRank 270s70sChanged
Lava BurstRank 1From a talentFrom a talentNew
Nature Resistance TotemRank 170s70sChanged
ReincarnationRank 170s70s
Searing TotemRank 370s70s
Windfury WeaponRank 170s70sChanged
Levels 31 to 4037 ranks, 2 new, 27 changedClassic cost 32g 62s
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
32Chain LightningRank 180s80sChanged
Fire NovaRank 3New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Healing WaveRank 680s80sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 680s80sChanged
Lightning ShieldRank 480s80sChanged
PurgeRank 272s72s
Windfury TotemRank 180s80sChanged
34Frost ShockRank 290s90sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 590s90sChanged
Sentry TotemRank 190s90s
Stoneskin TotemRank 490s90sChanged
36Ancestral SpiritRank 31g1g
Earth ShockRank 51g1gChanged
Flametongue WeaponRank 41g1gChanged
Lesser Healing WaveRank 31g1gChanged
Magma TotemRank 21g1gChanged
Mana Spring TotemRank 21g1gChanged
Windwall TotemRank 11g1gChanged
38Disease Cleansing TotemRank 11g 10s1g 10sChanged
Flametongue TotemRank 21g 10s1g 10sChanged
Frost Resistance TotemRank 21g 10s1g 10sChanged
Frostbrand WeaponRank 31g 10s1g 10sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 71g 10s1g 10sChanged
Mana Tide TotemRank 25g 50s (level 48 in Classic)5g 50s (level 48 in Classic)Changed
Stoneclaw TotemRank 41g 10s1g 10s
Strength of Earth TotemRank 31g 10s1g 10sChanged
40Call of the SpiritsRank 1New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Chain HealRank 11g 20s1g 20sChanged
Chain LightningRank 21g 20s1g 20sChanged
Flame ShockRank 41g 20s1g 20sChanged
Healing Stream TotemRank 31g 20s1g 20sChanged
Healing WaveRank 71g 20s1g 20sChanged
Lava BurstRank 2New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Lightning ShieldRank 51g 20s1g 20sChanged
RiptideRank 1From a talentFrom a talentNew
Searing TotemRank 41g 20s1g 20s
Windfury WeaponRank 21g 20s1g 20sChanged
Levels 41 to 5030 ranks, 1 new, 23 changedClassic cost 53g
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
42Fire NovaRank 4New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Fire Resistance TotemRank 21g 60s1g 60sChanged
Grace of Air TotemRank 11g 60s1g 60sChanged
Windfury TotemRank 21g 60s1g 60sChanged
44Lesser Healing WaveRank 41g 80s1g 80sChanged
Lightning BoltRank 81g 80s1g 80sChanged
Nature Resistance TotemRank 21g 80s1g 80sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 61g 80s1g 80sChanged
Stoneskin TotemRank 51g 80s1g 80sChanged
46Chain HealRank 22g2gChanged
Flametongue WeaponRank 52g2gChanged
Frost ShockRank 32g2gChanged
Magma TotemRank 32g2gChanged
Mana Spring TotemRank 32g2gChanged
Windwall TotemRank 22g2gChanged
48Ancestral SpiritRank 42g 20s2g 20s
Chain LightningRank 32g 20s2g 20sChanged
Earth ShockRank 62g 20s2g 20sChanged
Flametongue TotemRank 32g 20s2g 20sChanged
Frostbrand WeaponRank 42g 20s2g 20sChanged
Healing WaveRank 82g 20s2g 20sChanged
Lightning ShieldRank 62g 20s2g 20sChanged
Mana Tide TotemRank 38g (level 58 in Classic)8g (level 58 in Classic)Changed
Stoneclaw TotemRank 52g 20s2g 20s
50Healing Stream TotemRank 42g 40s2g 40sChanged
Lava BurstRank 3New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Lightning BoltRank 92g 40s2g 40sChanged
RiptideRank 2New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Searing TotemRank 52g 40s2g 40s
Windfury WeaponRank 32g 40s2g 40sChanged
Levels 51 to 6037 ranks, 1 new, 30 changedClassic cost 89g 20s
LevelIconAbilityClassic costStatus
52Fire NovaRank 5New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Flame ShockRank 52g 70s2g 70sChanged
Lesser Healing WaveRank 52g 70s2g 70sChanged
Strength of Earth TotemRank 42g 70s2g 70sChanged
Windfury TotemRank 32g 70s2g 70sChanged
54Chain HealRank 32g 90s2g 90sChanged
Frost Resistance TotemRank 32g 90s2g 90sChanged
Rockbiter WeaponRank 72g 90s2g 90sChanged
Stoneskin TotemRank 62g 90s2g 90sChanged
56Chain LightningRank 43g3gChanged
Flametongue WeaponRank 63g3gChanged
Grace of Air TotemRank 23g3gChanged
Healing WaveRank 93g3gChanged
Lightning BoltRank 103g3gChanged
Lightning ShieldRank 73g3gChanged
Magma TotemRank 43g3gChanged
Mana Spring TotemRank 43g3gChanged
Windwall TotemRank 33g3gChanged
58Fire Resistance TotemRank 33g 20s3g 20sChanged
Flametongue TotemRank 43g 20s3g 20sChanged
Frost ShockRank 43g 20s3g 20sChanged
Frostbrand WeaponRank 53g 20s3g 20sChanged
Mana Tide TotemRank 4New in ForeverNew in ForeverChanged
Stoneclaw TotemRank 63g 20s3g 20s
60Ancestral SpiritRank 53g 40s3g 40s
Earth ShockRank 73g 40s3g 40sChanged
Flame ShockRank 6From a book: Tablet of Flame Shock VIFrom a book: Tablet of Flame Shock VIChanged
Grace of Air TotemRank 3From a book: Tablet of Grace of Air Totem IIIFrom a book: Tablet of Grace of Air Totem IIIChanged
Healing Stream TotemRank 53g 40s3g 40sChanged
Healing WaveRank 10From a book: Tablet of Healing Wave XFrom a book: Tablet of Healing Wave XChanged
Lava BurstRank 4New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Lesser Healing WaveRank 63g 40s3g 40sChanged
Nature Resistance TotemRank 33g 40s3g 40sChanged
RiptideRank 3New in ForeverNew in ForeverNew
Searing TotemRank 63g 40s3g 40s
Strength of Earth TotemRank 5From a book: Tablet of Strength of Earth Totem VFrom a book: Tablet of Strength of Earth Totem VChanged
Windfury WeaponRank 43g 40s3g 40sChanged

Where to train

In every capital. A city's name opens its map with the trainers marked; a trainer's name opens it on that trainer. Every Shaman trainer on the world map shows your side's (set My character there).

Weapons and armor

Armor

  • Cloth
  • Leather
  • Mailfrom level 40
  • Shield

Weapons and where to train them

A weapon master teaches each weapon skill, for 10s in Classic. A beta weapon master can charge differently. A name opens its city map on them.

IconWeaponAlliance weapon masterHorde weapon master
One-handed
AxesBuliwyf Stonehand IronforgeHanashi OrgrimmarSayoc Orgrimmar
MacesBuliwyf Stonehand IronforgeAnsekhwa Thunder Bluff
DaggersWoo Ping Stormwind CityBixi Wobblebonk IronforgeIlyenia Moonfire DarnassusArchibald UndercitySayoc Orgrimmar
Fist WeaponsBuliwyf Stonehand IronforgeIlyenia Moonfire DarnassusSayoc Orgrimmar
Two-handed
StavesWoo Ping Stormwind CityIlyenia Moonfire DarnassusHanashi OrgrimmarAnsekhwa Thunder Bluff

A shaman also wields two-handed axes and two-handed maces, which in Classic came from the Two-Handed Axes and Maces talent.

Recommended builds

Starting builds up to level 30. Open one in the talent calculator, or save it to My builds.

  • Elemental

    Damage, level 30, 21 points

    21Elemental0Enhancement0Restoration
    Open build
  • Enhancement

    Damage, level 30, 21 points

    0Elemental21Enhancement0Restoration
    Open build
  • Restoration

    Healer, level 30, 21 points

    0Elemental0Enhancement21Restoration
    Open build

Best in slot at level 30: Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration.

Questions

Which races can be a Shaman in WoW Forever?

5 races can play a Shaman: Dwarf, Orc, Tauren, Troll and Windshaper Skyborne. New for Forever: Dwarf and Windshaper Skyborne.

What changed for the Shaman in Forever?

Of 50 talents in the Forever trees, 14 are new and 28 changed from Classic; 10 Classic talents are gone. Of 49 trainer abilities, 6 are new and 28 changed, and 2 Classic abilities are gone; 8 abilities taught by a talent are counted with the talents.

What does a Shaman learn up to level 30?

Up to level 30, the beta's level cap, a Shaman learns 75 ability ranks across 43 abilities: Healing Wave, Lightning Bolt, Rockbiter Weapon, Earth Shock, Stoneskin Totem, Earthbind Totem, Lightning Shield, Stoneclaw Totem, Flame Shock, Flametongue Weapon, Searing Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, Ancestral Spirit, Fire Nova, Purge, Cure Poison, Tremor Totem, Call of the Elements, Frost Shock, Frostbrand Weapon, Ghost Wolf, Healing Stream Totem, Lesser Healing Wave, Totemic Recall, Cure Disease, Poison Cleansing Totem, Totemic Projection, Water Breathing, Frost Resistance Totem, Mana Tide Totem, Far Sight, Magma Totem, Mana Spring Totem, Fire Resistance Totem, Flametongue Totem, Water Walking, Astral Recall, Call of the Ancestors, Grounding Totem, Lava Burst, Nature Resistance Totem, Reincarnation and Windfury Weapon.

What armor can a Shaman wear?

Cloth, leather, mail from level 40 and shields. Weapons: axes, maces, daggers, fist weapons and staves.

Where are the Shaman trainers?

In Ironforge (1), Orgrimmar (3) and Thunder Bluff (3). Forever also adds 6 new trainers outside the capitals.

How much did Shaman training cost in Classic?

In Classic, the ranks listed on this page cost 192g 88s 30c at the trainer from level 1 to 60, 18g 6s 30c of it up to level 30. A beta trainer can charge differently; the table on this page marks every price seen in the beta.