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Enhancement Shaman

Stormstrike moves to 16 points on an 8-second cooldown, Maelstrom Weapon arrives, and Intellect starts to matter.

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Enhancement changes

  • NewRage of the Farseer

    31-point talent. 30% attack speed for 25 seconds on a 3-minute cooldown.

  • NewMaelstrom Weapon

    Row 6. Melee hits build charges that shorten Lightning Bolt, up to instant.

  • NewImproved Stormstrike

    Row 5. Stormstrike can enable mana regeneration while casting and reset on dodge or parry.

  • NewShamanistic Focus

    11-point talent. Much cheaper Shocks and Lightning Shield.

  • NewMental Dexterity and Mental Quickness

    Attack power, and spell damage and healing, from a share of Intellect.

  • ChangedStormstrike

    Now the 16-point talent with an 8-second cooldown (was 20). Boosts your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Earth Shock by 20%.

  • ChangedFlurry

    Up to 25% attack speed (was 30%); now requires Mental Dexterity.

  • ChangedSpirit Weapons

    Was Parry, now 21 points. Lowers threat, or raises it with Rockbiter for off-tanking.

  • ChangedImproved Ghost Wolf

    Usable indoors, and instant at rank 2.

  • ChangedThundering Strikes and Toughness

    Thundering Strikes adds crit to all spells and attacks; Toughness gives Stamina instead of armour.

  • ChangedMoved to baseline

    Enhancing Totems, two-handed axes and maces, Weapon Mastery and Improved Weapon Totems.

  • Shield Specialization icon
    RemovedShield Specialization

    Removed.

Baseline changes — every Shaman

These apply to Enhancement too, regardless of where talent points go.

  • NewCall of the Elements

    Level 20. A totem bar where you preset one totem per element and drop all four with a 3-second cast. Call of the Spirits (30) and Call of the Ancestors (40) add a second and third set.

  • Totemic Recall icon
    NewTotemic Recall

    Level 20. Destroys all your totems and refunds 25% of their mana.

  • NewTotemic Projection

    Level 22. Moves all totems up to 30 yards, 1-minute cooldown.

  • ChangedTotems

    Global cooldown 1 second instead of 1.5, buff totems last 5 minutes instead of 2, and resistance totems cover the whole raid group.

  • ChangedWeapon imbues

    Last 60 minutes instead of 5 and stack with stones and oils.

  • ChangedWindfury and Flametongue Totems

    Party buffs instead of weapon enchants. They do not stack with each other or with the matching weapon imbue.

  • ChangedFire Nova

    Now a spell that erupts from your current Fire totem; Fire Nova Totem is gone.

  • ChangedLightning Bolt and Chain Lightning

    Lightning Bolt rank 4 and up casts in 2.5 seconds (was 3), Chain Lightning in 2 (was 2.5), with coefficients cut to match.

  • RemovedTranquil Air Totem

    Removed.

All Shaman changes

Every spec on one page.

Races & racials

Which race suits which class.

Levelling

Skip the climb — market rates.

Market check · 14 October 2026

Enhancement Shaman: skip the climb to 60

Levelling 1–60 takes about 150 hours of play by community estimates, and Blizzard has announced no WoW Token and no paid boost for Forever. These are the prices other sellers are already taking pre-orders at.

Market prices: pre-order listings on lfcarry.com, wowvendor.com, skycoach.gg, kingboost.net and others, checked 14 October 2026. Our own rates go up when realms open — no one can deliver Forever gold before 4 November.