What Forever changes for Shamans
How big is the Forever rework for Shamans, and where? Five blocks: new spells → talent highlights → removals → tuning notes → new races. Talent names and rows come from our client data snapshot and match the planner one-to-one.
Scale of changes (vs the Classic Era baseline)
New spells
| Spell | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Lava Burst | 40 | Elemental nuke at 40/50/60 on a 10 sec cooldown. |
| Riptide | 40 | Restoration instant heal at 40/50/60 on a 6 sec cooldown. |
| Fire Nova | 12 | Replaces Fire Nova Totem as a cast (levels 12-52). |
| Totemic Projection | 22 | Throw your totems to a target location, 1 min cooldown. |
| Totemic Recall | 20 | Recall placed totems and refund their cost at 20. |
Talent highlights
- Lava BurstElementalRow 7
The new Elemental row-7 capstone.
- RiptideRestorationRow 7
The new Restoration row-7 capstone.
- Rage of the FarseerEnhancementRow 7
The Enhancement row-7 capstone: +30% attack speed for 25 sec.
- Maelstrom WeaponEnhancementRow 6
Enhancement row 6 (5 ranks) — Maelstrom Weapon comes to classic.
- Lightning OverloadElementalRow 5
Elemental row 5 (3 ranks).
Removals
- Fire Nova TotemAll ranks replaced by the Fire Nova spell.
- Elemental MasteryThe talent is dropped.
- Tranquil Air TotemThe totem is removed.
Tuning notes
- Stormstrike cooldown 20→8 sec, reworked to empower your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Earth Shock.
- Windfury and Flametongue Weapon buffs last 60 min.
New race combos
Beta-phase tuning (official posts)
- Flametongue Totem loses its duration, is replaced instantly by the next totem, and no longer stacks with itself, Flametongue Weapon or Windfury Totem.
- Tranquil Air, Windfury and Grace of Air totems no longer stack together even across shamans in one group.
- Elemental Fury (3) and Elemental Alacrity (6) swapped rows; Lightning Bolt ranks 3-4 and Lava Burst ranks 1-2 gain base damage; Riptide can crit; Enhancement's Rage of the Far Seer loses its cast-speed part.
Next steps
Further reading: levelling talent chains for all nine classes · the launch levelling tier list
Basis: wow-forever.gg community-site build diff (1.60.1.70058 vs Era 1.15.9.70003, by spell id), untested in play; "removed" may reflect beta data stripping rather than design. One-line notes are our editorial summary — launch always governs.
Blizzard-confirmed: trees keep their 11/21/31-point milestone talents and add a one-point tier-4 milestone (e.g. Holy Strike at level 6, baseline Consecration at 20 for paladins).