Classic Era → Forever · build 1.60.1.70245
What changed for Shamans
Every talent and trainer ability Shamans have in Forever, set against Classic Era, from the game files of build 1.60.1.70245. Season of Discovery isn't counted as Classic.
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Talents
New talents 17
| Talent | Tree | Row |
|---|---|---|
 Elemental Alacrity | Elemental | 3 |
 Improved Fire Nova | Elemental | 4 |
 Earthbound | Elemental | 5 |
 Elemental Reach | Elemental | 5 |
 Lightning Overload | Elemental | 5 |
 Lava Burst | Elemental | 7 |
 Mental Dexterity | Enhancement | 2 |
 Shamanistic Focus | Enhancement | 3 |
 Improved Stormstrike | Enhancement | 5 |
 Mental Quickness | Enhancement | 5 |
 Spirit Weapons | Enhancement | 5 |
 Maelstrom Weapon | Enhancement | 6 |
 Rage of the Farseer | Enhancement | 7 |
| Mindfulness | Restoration | 2 |
 Natural Grace | Restoration | 2 |
 Water Shield | Restoration | 3 |
 Riptide | Restoration | 7 |
Removed talents 13
| Talent | Classic tree, row | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Fire Totems | Elemental, 4 | Reduces the delay before your Fire Nova Totem activates by 1 sec. and decreases the threat generated by your Magma Totem by 25%. |
| Storm Reach | Elemental, 5 | Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3 yards. |
| Lightning Mastery | Elemental, 6 | Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 0.2 sec. |
| Elemental Mastery | Elemental, 7 | When activated, this spell gives your next Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell a 100% critical strike chance and reduces the mana cost by 100%. |
| Shield Specialization | Enhancement, 1 | Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 1% and increases the amount blocked by 5%. |
| Enhancing Totems | Enhancement, 3 | Increases the effect of your Strength of Earth and Grace of Air Totems by 8%. |
| Two-Handed Axes and Maces | Enhancement, 3 | Allows you to use Two-Handed Axes and Two-Handed Maces. |
| Improved Weapon Totems | Enhancement, 5 | Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Windfury Totem by 15% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Totem by 6%. |
| Parry | Enhancement, 5 | Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks. |
| Weapon Mastery | Enhancement, 6 | Increases the damage you deal with all weapons by 2%. |
| Healing Grace | Restoration, 3 | Reduces the threat generated by your healing spells by 5%. |
| Nature's Guidance | Restoration, 3 | Increases your chance to hit with melee attacks and spells by 1%. |
| Totemic Mastery | Restoration, 3 | The radius of your totems that affect friendly targets is increased to 30 yd. |
Moved to another row 12
| Talent | Tree | Classic row | Forever row |
|---|---|---|---|
 Elemental Devastation | Elemental | 4 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Reverberation | Elemental | 3 | 2 ↑ earlier |
 Call of Thunder | Elemental | 3 | 4 ↓ later |
 Elemental Fury | Elemental | 5 | 6 ↓ later |
 Earth's Grasp | Enhancement | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Thundering Strikes | Enhancement | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Elemental Weapons | Enhancement | 5 | 3 ↑ earlier |
 Stormstrike | Enhancement | 7 | 4 ↑ earlier |
 Totemic Focus | Restoration | 2 | 1 ↑ earlier |
 Tidal Focus | Restoration | 1 | 2 ↓ later |
 Ancestral Healing | Restoration | 2 | 3 ↓ later |
 Mana Tide Totem | Restoration | 7 | 4 ↑ earlier |
Different number of ranks 4
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
 Anticipation | 5 | 3 |
| Call of Thunder | 5 | 1 |
| Elemental Fury | 1 | 5 |
 Healing Focus | 5 | 3 |
Moved to another tree 1
| Talent | Classic | Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Earth's Grasp | Elemental | Enhancement |
Spellbook
New abilities 6
Call of the Ancestorslevel 30
Call of the Elementslevel 20
Call of the Spiritslevel 40- Fire Novalevel 12
Totemic Projectionlevel 22
Totemic Recalllevel 20
Gone from the trainer 2
| Ability | Classic level | What it did in Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Nova Totem | 12 | Summons a Fire Nova Totem that has 5 health and lasts 5 sec. Unless it is destroyed within 4 sec., the totem inflicts 413 to 459 fire damage to enemies within 10 yd. [level-scaled values shown at level 60] |
| Tranquil Air Totem | 50 | Summons a Tranquil Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem reduces the threat caused by all party members within 20 yards by 20%. Lasts 2 min. |
Blizzard's notes about Shamans
16 lines across Blizzard's posts mention Shamans. 3 of them don't fully match the files:
- Partly
Flametongue Totem is no longer able to be stacked by repeatedly casting Flametongue Totem.
The files The 70009 rework of the buff into a totem aura, plus a new flag on it (Attributes_11 0x400), is in the files. The no-stacking rule itself is applied by the server.
- Partly
Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem.
The files In build 70009 the Flametongue Totem and Windfury Totem buffs became the same proc-aura type and both got the new Attributes_11 0x400 flag. Whether they stack is decided by the server.
Flametongue Totem
Windfury TotemDevelopment Notes, September 24 - Partly
Tranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem, and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack together even if used by different Shamans in the same group.
The files In build 70009 the Windfury, Grace of Air (8836, 10626, 25360) and Tranquil Air (25909) buffs got the same new flag (Attributes_11 0x400), shared only with the Flametongue Totem buffs; the stacking rule is server-side. Tranquil Air Totem itself (25908) has no spell record in the client and its trainer entry is marked never learned.
Tranquil Air
Grace of AirWindfury TotemDevelopment Notes, September 24
Development Notes, October 1Development Notes, September 24Races and classes