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How the 32/0/19 build works
Elemental to Lava Burst, which Forever puts at the bottom of the tree, through Elemental Fury, Call of Thunder and Lightning Overload. Elemental Alacrity is new too and taken in full.
Nineteen Restoration points buy Improved Healing Wave, Tidal Focus, Mindfulness, Natural Grace and Water Shield, which is new in Forever.
Elemental Shaman leveling build
One talent point a level from 10 to 60, in this order, ending at 38/13/0 without a respec. Pick the Leveling tab above and drag the level slider to watch the trees fill in.
Levels 10–20
Concussion for 5% more Lightning Bolt and Earth Shock damage, Convection for cheaper spells, and Elemental Focus at 20 for free casts.
Levels 21–29
Elemental Alacrity takes half a second off Lightning Bolt, Call of Flame strengthens Flame Shock and Fire totems, Call of Thunder adds crit, and Eye of the Storm cuts pushback by 70%.
Levels 30–40
Lightning Overload for free extra bolts, Elemental Reach for range, Elemental Fury to double your crit bonus, and Lava Burst at 40, 20% stronger on targets with Flame Shock.
Levels 41–60
Call of Flame finished, then Enhancement for Thundering Strikes (crit) and Ancestral Knowledge (Intellect), Improved Ghost Wolf and Shamanistic Focus, and Elemental Warding and Reverberation to finish.
| Level | Talent | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | Concussion 5/5 | Elemental |
| 15–19 | Convection 5/5 | Elemental |
| 20 | Elemental Focus 1/1 | Elemental |
| 21–23 | Elemental Alacrity 3/3 | Elemental |
| 24 | Call of Flame 1/3 | Elemental |
| 25 | Call of Thunder 1/1 | Elemental |
| 26–28 | Eye of the Storm 3/3 | Elemental |
| 29 | Call of Flame 2/3 | Elemental |
| 30–32 | Lightning Overload 3/3 | Elemental |
| 33–34 | Elemental Reach 2/2 | Elemental |
| 35–39 | Elemental Fury 5/5 | Elemental |
| 40 | Lava Burst 1/1 | Elemental |
| 41 | Call of Flame 3/3 | Elemental |
| 42–46 | Thundering Strikes 5/5 | Enhancement |
| 47–51 | Ancestral Knowledge 5/5 | Enhancement |
| 52–53 | Improved Ghost Wolf 2/2 | Enhancement |
| 54 | Shamanistic Focus 1/1 | Enhancement |
| 55–57 | Elemental Warding 3/3 | Elemental |
| 58–60 | Reverberation 3/5 | Elemental |
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Every talent in the Elemental Shaman raid build
Each talent with its Forever tooltip at the rank the build takes.
Elemental· 32 points
Convection 5/5
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.
Concussion 5/5
Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.
Reverberation 5/5
Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 1.0 sec.
Call of Flame 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 15%.
Elemental Focus 1/1
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%.
Elemental Alacrity 3/3New in Forever
Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.
Call of Thunder 1/1
Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.
Lightning Overload 3/3New in Forever
Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.
Elemental Fury 5/5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.
Lava Burst 1/1New in Forever
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 164 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
Restoration· 19 points
Improved Healing Wave 5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.5 sec.
Mindfulness 3/3New in Forever
Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Natural Grace 3/3New in Forever
Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%.
Tidal Focus 5/5
Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.
Improved Reincarnation 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 20 min, increases your maximum health by 4%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 20%.
Water Shield 1/1New in Forever
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.
New Elemental talents in WoW Forever
The 6 talents in Forever's Elemental tree that Classic does not have, shown at full rank. Another 9 carry over from Classic with different ranks, positions or numbers.
Elemental Alacrity · row 3, 3 ranks
Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.
Improved Fire Nova · row 4, 2 ranks
Increases the damage done by your Fire Nova spell by 20% and reduces its cooldown by 4 sec.
Elemental Reach · row 5, 2 ranks
Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards, and increases the range of your Flame Shock spell by 15 yards.
Lightning Overload · row 5, 3 ranks
Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.
Earthbound · row 5, 1 rank
Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.
Lava Burst · row 7, 1 rank
You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 164 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
Questions
What are the best Ele Shaman talents in WoW Forever?
Our recommended Elemental Shaman build is 32/0/19: Elemental to Lava Burst, Water Shield from Restoration. It is one of the Forever sim's preset builds. Nobody has played a level 60 yet, so treat it as a starting point until launch on 4 November.
Are WoW Forever's Elemental talents the same as Classic's?
No. Forever's Elemental tree has 16 talents, and 6 of them do not exist in Classic: Elemental Alacrity, Improved Fire Nova, Elemental Reach, Lightning Overload, Earthbound and Lava Burst. Another 9 have different ranks, positions or numbers. The tree is still seven rows deep, and each row still needs five points spent above it.
What is the Elemental 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
Lava Burst, which is new in Forever. You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 164 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.
What is the best Elemental Shaman leveling build in WoW Forever?
Ours takes one point a level from 10 to 60 with no respec and ends at 38/13/0. It picks up Elemental Focus at 20, Call of Thunder at 25, Lava Burst at 40 and Shamanistic Focus at 54. The full order is on this page.
How many talent points do you get in WoW Forever?
51 at level 60, one per level from level 10, as in Classic. The Legacy perk Talented starts them at level 5 instead, which matters for alts while levelling.
Where does this talent data come from?
From the WoW Forever beta client's own talent tables (build 1.60.1.70338), not from Classic. Every tooltip on this page is rendered from the client's spell data, and we checked them against the numbers the beta's own tooltips show. The trees can still change before launch.
