Shaman Abilities
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Shamans are totem-based hybrids that heal, cast elemental spells or fight in melee. Forever adds Lightning Mastery as the Elemental capstone talent and Riptide as the Restoration capstone talent, Mental Dexterity and Rage of the Farseer for Enhancement, and quality-of-life totem tools: Call of the Elements, Call of the Ancestors and Call of the Spirits drop up to four totems in one 3 sec cast, and Totemic Recall returns them for mana.
Elemental (Caster DPS)
Elemental opens with Flame Shock, fills with Lightning Bolt and uses Chain Lightning on cooldown for cleave. Elemental Alacrity (tier 2) makes Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning faster and leads to Lightning Overload, Call of Thunder (tier 5) gives both 5% more crit chance, Elemental Fury (tier 6) doubles spell crit bonus, and Lightning Mastery (tier 7, after Call of Thunder) takes 0.5 sec off Lightning Bolt and removes Chain Lightning's cooldown for 15 sec. Call of Flame makes Flame Shock and your Fire totems hit harder.
Enhancement (Melee DPS)
Enhancement is a melee shaman with Windfury Weapon, Flurry and Stormstrike, backed by powerful group totems. Forever builds the tree around Intellect: Mental Dexterity turns Intellect into attack power, Shamanistic Focus takes 45% off the Mana cost of shocks and Lightning Shield, Stormstrike moves up to tier 4, and Maelstrom Weapon and Rage of the Farseer sit at the bottom. Call of the Elements drops up to four preset totems, such as Windfury, Strength of Earth, Mana Spring and a fire totem, in one 3 sec cast.
Restoration (Healer)
Restoration Shaman is a group healer with Chain Heal and totems. Forever adds Riptide as the tier 7 Restoration talent: a heal over time that makes Chain Heal cast directly on that target 25% stronger. The loop is Riptide the tank, Chain Heal off them, and fill with Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave, while Mindfulness and Water Shield keep your mana flowing.
Best in slot gear at any level: Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration
Shaman abilities
- Ancestral Fortitude
- Healing Wave (level 1)
- Lightning Bolt (level 1)
- Rockbiter Weapon (level 1)
- Earth Shock (level 4)
- Stoneskin Totem (level 4, from the Classic class quest Call of Earth (rank 1))
- Earthbind Totem (level 6)
- Lightning Shield (level 8)
- Stoneclaw Totem (level 8)
- Flame Shock (level 10)
- Flametongue Weapon (level 10)
- Searing Totem (level 10, from the Classic class quest Call of Fire (rank 1))
- Strength of Earth Totem (level 10)
- Ancestral Spirit (level 12)
- Fire Nova (level 12)
- Purge (level 12)
- Cure Poison (level 16)
- Tremor Totem (level 18)
- Call of the Elements (level 20)
- Frost Shock (level 20)
- Frostbrand Weapon (level 20)
- Ghost Wolf (level 20)
- Healing Stream Totem (level 20, from the Classic class quest Call of Water (rank 1))
- Lesser Healing Wave (level 20)
- Totemic Recall (level 20)
- Cure Disease (level 22)
- Poison Cleansing Totem (level 22)
- Totemic Call (level 22)
- Water Breathing (level 22)
- Frost Resistance Totem (level 24)
- Far Sight (level 26)
- Magma Totem (level 26)
- Mana Spring Totem (level 26)
- Fire Resistance Totem (level 28)
- Flametongue Totem (level 28)
- Water Walking (level 28)
- Astral Recall (level 30)
- Call of the Ancestors (level 30)
- Grounding Totem (level 30)
- Nature Resistance Totem (level 30)
- Reincarnation (level 30)
- Windfury Weapon (level 30)
- Chain Lightning (level 32)
- Windfury Totem (level 32)
- Sentry Totem (level 34)
- Windwall Totem (level 36)
- Disease Cleansing Totem (level 38)
- Call of the Spirits (level 40)
- Chain Heal (level 40)
- Grace of Air Totem (level 42)
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