WoW Forever Shaman guide, levels 1 to 20: spells, first talents and Legacy

A Shaman is a Dwarf on the Alliance side and an Orc, Tauren, Troll, or Windshaper Skyborne on the Horde side. Windshaper Skyborne come with the Skyborne Heroic Pack and the packs that include it. Alliance Shaman: the Dwarf Shaman compares their racials. A new Shaman already knows Lightning Bolt and Healing Wave; your class trainer teaches every other spell in the level list, and each new rank, once you reach its level, except the first rank of Stoneskin Totem, Searing Totem and Healing Stream Totem, which the totem quests teach. Your first talent point comes at level 10, or earlier with the Legacy perk Talented.

Which spells does a Shaman learn at each level up to level 20?

Each of these totem spells needs its totem item in your bags: the Earth Totem for Stoneskin Totem, Earthbind Totem, Stoneclaw Totem, Strength of Earth Totem and Tremor Totem, the Fire Totem for Searing Totem and the Water Totem for Healing Stream Totem. Each comes from a Shaman quest chain: Call of Earth by level 4, Call of Fire at level 10 and Call of Water at level 20.

What does each new spell do?

  • Lightning Bolt: Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 14 to 16 Nature damage.
  • Rockbiter Weapon: Imbue the Shaman's weapon, increasing melee attack power by 29 and allowing melee attacks to cause additional threat when using that weapon. Lasts for 60 minutes.
  • Healing Wave: Heals a friendly target for 36 to 46.
  • Earth Shock: Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 19 to 21 Nature damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2 seconds. Causes a high amount of threat.
  • Stoneskin Totem: Summons a Stoneskin Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem protects party members within 30 yards, reducing Physical damage taken by 4. Lasts 5 minutes.
  • Earthbind Totem: Summons an Earthbind Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 45 seconds that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards.
  • Stoneclaw Totem: Summons a Stoneclaw Totem with 50 health at the feet of the caster for 15 seconds that taunts creatures within 8 yards to attack it.
  • Lightning Shield: The caster is surrounded by 3 balls of lightning. When a spell, melee or ranged attack hits the caster, the attacker will be struck for 13 Nature damage. This expends one lightning ball. Only one ball will fire every few seconds. Lasts 10 minutes.
  • Flame Shock: Instantly sears the target with fire, causing 24 Fire damage immediately and 28 Fire damage over 12 seconds.
  • Searing Totem: Summons a Searing Totem with 5 health at your feet for 30 seconds that repeatedly attacks an enemy within 20 yards for 9 to 11 Fire damage.
  • Strength of Earth Totem: Summons a Strength of Earth Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the strength of party members within 30 yards by 7. Lasts 5 minutes. Since the October 15 beta update its Strength bonus also reaches raid members in range, not only your party.
  • Fire Nova: Instantly inflicts 48 to 56 fire damage to enemies within 10 yd of your active Fire totem. The October 15 beta update significantly lowers both its base damage and its mana cost.
  • Purge: Purges the enemy target, removing 1 magic effect.
  • Ancestral Spirit: Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 65 health and 120 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.
  • Cure Poison: Cures 1 poison effect on the target.
  • Tremor Totem: Summons a Tremor Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that shakes the ground around it, removing Fear, Charm and Sleep effects from party members within 30 yards. Lasts 5 minutes.
  • Call of the Elements: Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar.
  • Frost Shock: Instantly shocks the target with frost, causing 68 to 72 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50%. Lasts 8 seconds.
  • Totemic Recall: Returns your totems to the earth, giving you 25% of the mana required to cast each totem destroyed by Totemic Recall.
  • Ghost Wolf: Turns the Shaman into a Ghost Wolf, increasing speed by 40%. Only useable outdoors.
  • Healing Stream Totem: Summons a Healing Stream Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 minutes that heals group members within 30 yards for 5 every 2 seconds.
  • Lesser Healing Wave: Heals a friendly target for 150 to 172.
  • Flametongue Weapon: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with fire. Each hit causes 3 to 13 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. When applied to main hand, disables any benefit you personally receive from Flametongue Totem. Lasts for 60 minutes.
  • Frostbrand Weapon: Imbue the Shaman's weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing 32 additional Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 25% for 8 seconds. Lasts for 60 minutes.

Where can your first talent points go?

From your first talent point on, you get one at every level. The first row of each tree is open from the first point; the effects below are for each talent's first rank. The October 15 beta update swaps two Restoration talents: Tidal Focus moves into the first row and Totemic Focus into the second. At its first rank, Tidal Focus reads: Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 1% and improves your chance to hit by 1%. The Restoration entries below show the tree before the update:

  • Elemental
    • Convection (max 5): Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.
    • Concussion (max 5): Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 1%.
  • Enhancement
    • Earth's Grasp (max 2): Increases the health of your Stoneclaw Totem by 25% and the radius of your Earthbind Totem by 10%.
    • Thundering Strikes (max 5): Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.
    • Ancestral Knowledge (max 5): Increases your Intellect by 2%.
  • Restoration
    • Improved Healing Wave (max 5): Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.1 sec.
    • Totemic Focus (max 5): Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 5%.

Which Legacy challenges does a Shaman earn?

  • Novice Shaman (1 Legacy point): Reach Level 25 for the first time on a Shaman

What do you plan next as a Shaman?

Spend points in the Shaman talent planner and check every rank in the Shaman spellbook.

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