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Fight with lightning, a big weapon or healing waters, backed by totems.
You are a hybrid who can swing a big weapon, throw lightning from range or heal, and your totems buff the group or hurt enemies around them. While leveling you mostly fight in melee with shocks and heal yourself when a fight gets close. Groups value you for totems, a spare heal and flexible damage.
Best to level: EnhancementEnhancement mixes weapon hits with shocks and quick self-heals, and early talents like Mental Dexterity and Improved Ghost Wolf add damage and speed up travel. Also good: Elemental.
Damage
You stand back and cast Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Flame Shock, with Fire Nova for groups of enemies and Lava Burst from level 40. It levels slowly before your late 30s, so most players switch to it later.
Damage
You fight in melee with an imbued weapon and weave in shocks and quick heals. Stormstrike from about level 25 boosts your next Earth Shock or Lightning Bolt, and later Maelstrom Weapon turns your swings into faster, cheaper Lightning Bolts.
Healer
You heal with Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave, add Chain Heal at 40 and keep your group topped up with totems. Riptide, the new top talent, is an instant heal that also makes Chain Heal stronger on that target.
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These races can play a Shaman. Hover a racial icon for the details.
Dwarf
Alliance
Your only choice on the Alliance side, and a fine one. Mace Specialization adds 1% crit while you wield a mace, and Stoneform clears bleeds, poisons and diseases while cutting incoming damage by 10% for 8 seconds.
Orc
Horde
The strongest Horde pick for every spec. Blood Fury adds 10% attack and spell power for 15 seconds with no drawback, and Shatter Curse instantly clears every curse on you while cutting magic damage taken by 15%.
Tauren
Horde
Built to last. Endurance now adds 1% hit chance on top of 5% more health, and War Stomp stuns up to 5 enemies around you when a fight turns bad.
Troll
Horde
Close behind the Orc and a great pick for solo play. Berserking adds 10% attack and cast speed on demand, and Rapid Regeneration heals half your health over 6 seconds between fights.
Skyborne
Horde
The new race, available on the Horde side for Shaman. Wind Blessed adds 1% haste to everything you cast or swing, and Walk on Air and Skysight both help you get around faster while leveling.
Rotation Trainer
See every button with the reason behind it, your Mana live and all presses on a timeline. Then take over with keys 1 to 9 and compare your damage.
The builds players plan for level 60, under the names you hear in chat. One click opens the full build in the talent calculator.
Damage·Melee damage in dungeons and raids
Elemental 17Enhancement 34Restoration 0
5/5
2/2
2/2
Mix Stormstrike and Flurry melee damage with Lightning Bolts sped up by Maelstrom Weapon. Elemental Fury boosts your spell critical damage, and Spirit Weapons lowers your threat when Rockbiter Weapon is not active.
Damage·Battlegrounds and world PvP burst
Elemental 12Enhancement 39Restoration 0
5/52/22/2
2/5Follow Stormstrike with Earth Shock for bonus damage. Maelstrom Weapon speeds up Lightning Bolt, while Improved Ghost Wolf makes Ghost Wolf instant and usable indoors to stay mobile.
Damage·Ranged spell damage in dungeons and raids
Elemental 31Enhancement 10Restoration 10
3/3
2/2
3/3
Apply Flame Shock before Lava Burst for its damage bonus. Elemental Alacrity speeds up your casts, while Lightning Overload adds a chance at a free extra Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning hit.
Damage·Battlegrounds, casting through pressure
Elemental 33Enhancement 18Restoration 0
3/3
3/3
3/3Root nearby enemies with Earthbound and keep casting through pressure with Eye of the Storm. Reverberation shortens your Shock cooldowns, while Lightning Overload adds extra Lightning hits.
Healer·Group and raid healing in dungeons
Elemental 0Enhancement 8Restoration 43
5/5
3/3
5/5Use Riptide before Chain Heal on the same target to boost its healing. Water Shield and Mindfulness sustain your mana, while Mana Tide Totem restores mana to your whole group.
Healer·Battlegrounds, healing through burst damage
Elemental 0Enhancement 15Restoration 36
5/53/35/5Heal under pressure with Healing Focus, Riptide and Nature's Swiftness. Water Shield restores your mana, while Guardian Totems shortens Grounding Totem's cooldown to peel off enemy casters.
Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change. Builds as published on wowforeverbuilds.com.
Rare and epic armor (Leather, Mail from 40) and weapons you can use, dungeon by dungeon by level. Armor and weapon types as in Classic.
Stinging ViperOne-Hand
Feet of the LynxFeet
Seedcloud BucklerShield
Serpent's ShouldersShoulder
Kresh's BackShield
Armor of the FangChest
Living RootTwo-Hand
Leggings of the FangLegs
Tail SpikeOne-Hand
Footpads of the FangFeet
Belt of the FangWaist
Worn Turtle Shell ShieldShield
RockslicerTwo-Hand
Taskmaster AxeTwo-Hand
Smite's Mighty HammerTwo-Hand
Smite's ReaverOne-Hand
Emberstone StaffTwo-Hand
Blackened Defias BeltWaist
Blackened Defias ArmorChest
Gold-plated BucklerShieldRhahk'Zor's HammerTwo-Hand
Buzzer BladeMain Hand
Smelting PantsLegs
Cookie's TenderizerOne-Hand
Meteor ShardOne-Hand
Black Wolf BracersWrist
Baron's ScepterMain Hand
Arced War AxeTwo-Hand
Commander's CrestShield
Girdle of the BlindwatcherWaist
Odo's Ley StaffTwo-Hand
Butcher's CleaverOne-HandRugged SpauldersShoulder
Starsight TunicChest
Moss CinchWaist
Rod of the SleepwalkerTwo-Hand
Bite of Serra'kisOne-Hand
Naga Battle GlovesHands
Reef AxeTwo-Hand
Bands of Serra'kisWrist
Prison ShankOne-Hand
Iron KnucklesOne-HandThermaplugg's Central CoreShield
Gnomebot Operating BootsFeet
Manual Crowd PummelerTwo-Hand
HydrocaneTwo-Hand
Toxic RevengerOne-Hand
Swinetusk ShankMain Hand
Pronged ReaverOne-Hand
CorpsemakerTwo-Hand
Ferine LeggingsLegs
Death Speaker ScepterMain HandThornspikeOne-Hand
Whisperwind HeaddressHeadMantle of ThievesShoulder
Ebon ViseHands
Ironspine's FistOne-Hand
Torturing PokerOne-Hand
Hypnotic BladeMain Hand
Illusionary RodTwo-Hand
Loksey's Training StickTwo-Hand
BonefingersHands
Coldrage DaggerOne-HandGlutton's CleaverOne-Hand
Fleshhide ShouldersShoulder
Aegis of the Scarlet CommanderShield
Mograine's MightTwo-Hand
Hand of RighteousnessMain Hand
Branded Leather BracersWrist
Rockshard PauldronsShoulder
Revelosh's SpauldersShoulderStonevault ShivOne-Hand
The Hand of Antu'sulMain Hand
The Chief's EnforcerTwo-Hand
Zum'rah's Vexing CaneTwo-HandGahz'rilla FangOne-Hand
Gahz'rilla Scale ArmorChest
Bracers of the Stone PrincessWrist
Princess Theradras' ScepterTwo-Hand
Charstone DirkMain Hand
Fist of StoneMain Hand
Gatorbite AxeTwo-Hand
Claw of CelebrasOff Hand
WidowmakerOne-Hand
Savage Gladiator ChainChest
Pyremail WristguardsWristSavage Gladiator GripsHands
Savage Gladiator LeggingsLegs
Savage Gladiator GreavesFeet
Savage Gladiator HelmHead
Verek's LeashWaist
Greaves of Withering DespairFeetFleetfoot GreavesFeetSearingscale LeggingsLegsKindling StaveTwo-HandStoneshell GuardShield
Beaststalker's MantleShoulderBoots of ElementsFeet
Beaststalker's GlovesHandsSeen in the beta, unless it says otherwise.
Totems are far less work. Call of the Elements drops up to four totems in one cast from level 20, Totemic Recall picks them up for some mana back, and Totemic Projection moves them up to 30 yards from level 22.
Fire Nova is now a spell you learn at 12 instead of a totem. It blasts every enemy near your active Fire totem and hits hard against packs.
Buff totems like Strength of Earth and Stoneskin now last 5 minutes and reach 30 yards, and weapon imbues like Rockbiter Weapon last a full hour.
Early talents fix old pain points: Mental Dexterity turns your Intellect into attack power, Mindfulness keeps some mana regeneration going while you cast, and Improved Ghost Wolf makes Ghost Wolf instant and usable indoors.
Each spec gets a new top talent: Lava Burst for Elemental, Rage of the Farseer for Enhancement and Riptide for Restoration. Stormstrike moves up the tree with a shorter cooldown, and Maelstrom Weapon speeds up your Lightning Bolts.
Not tested yetLightning Bolt and Chain Lightning cast faster than before, but their base damage is lower and more spell power comes from gear, so early casting feels weak without it.
12 of 50 talents are new
Elemental3 new, 12 changed, 16 in total
Enhancement6 new, 10 changed, 18 in total
Restoration3 new, 11 changed, 16 in total
Enhancement. Enhancement mixes weapon hits with shocks and quick self-heals, and early talents like Mental Dexterity and Improved Ghost Wolf add damage and speed up travel. Also good: Elemental.
. Races that can play it: Dwarf, Orc, Tauren, Troll and Skyborne.
Damage and healer. Elemental: damage. Enhancement: damage. Restoration: healer.
Restoration. You heal with Healing Wave and Lesser Healing Wave, add Chain Heal at 40 and keep your group topped up with totems. Riptide, the new top talent, is an instant heal that also makes Chain Heal stronger on that target.
Enhancement. You fight in melee with an imbued weapon and weave in shocks and quick heals. Stormstrike from about level 25 boosts your next Earth Shock or Lightning Bolt, and later Maelstrom Weapon turns your swings into faster, cheaper Lightning Bolts.
For example Enhancement at level 60: open with Rage of the Farseer, Stormstrike, Flame Shock. Then your main buttons are Lightning Bolt, Stormstrike, Flame Shock and Earth Shock. The Rotation Trainer shows every button with the reason behind it and lets you play it yourself.
Enhancement Dungeon Damage, Enhancement PvP, Elemental Dungeon Caster, Elemental PvP Caster, Restoration Dungeon Healer and Restoration PvP Healer. Each one opens in the talent calculator with one click. Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change.
The Shaman is medium to start with. You juggle totems, shocks, weapon imbues and heals on one mana bar, but your own heals make mistakes easy to recover from.
Leather, Mail from level 40. Armor types as in Classic.
Staves, One-Handed Maces, One-Handed Axes, Daggers, Fist Weapons, Two-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Maces.
As of Sep 23, 2026. Beta values, things can still change until launch. Talent tree data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0)
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Ravager
Horns of Eranikus
Fist of the Damned
Beaststalker's Cap
Coif of Elements
Foresight Girdle
Beaststalker's Boots
Draconian Deflector
Beaststalker's Tunic
Vest of Elements
Pauldrons of Elements
Gauntlets of Elements
