Enhancement Shaman Talents

The War Within Season 1

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Enhancement Shaman talents for The War Within Season 1.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Shaman specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Shaman class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Shaman's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Chain Heal	2.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Heals the friendly target for 12,945, then jumps up to 15 yards to heal the 3 most injured nearby allies. Healing is reduced by 30% with each jump.
Lava Burst	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Hurls molten lava at the target, dealing 7,641 Fire damage. Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock.
Astral Shift	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Shift partially into the elemental planes, taking 40% less damage for 12 sec.
Chain Lightning	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing 4,069 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Affects 3 total targets.
Earth Shield	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Protects the target with an earthen shield, increasing your healing on them by 20% and healing them for 4,907 when they take damage. This heal can only occur once every few seconds. Maximum 9 charges. Earth Shield can only be placed on one target at a time. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman.
Wind Shear	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Disrupts the target's concentration with a burst of wind, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec.
Planes Traveler	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Astral Shift by 30 sec.
Astral Bulwark	Passive	Astral Shift reduces damage taken by an additional 20%.
Spirit Wolf	Passive	While transformed into a Ghost Wolf, you gain 5% increased movement speed and 5% damage reduction every 1 sec, stacking up to 4 times.
Thunderous Paws	Passive	Ghost Wolf removes snares and increases your movement speed by an additional 25% for the first 3 sec. May only occur once every 20 sec.
Frost Shock	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Chills the target with frost, causing 4,012 Frost damage and reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.
Winds of Al'Akir	Passive	Increases the movement speed bonus of Ghost Wolf by 10%. When you have 3 or more totems active, your movement speed is increased by 15%.
Elemental Orbit	Passive	Increases the number of Elemental Shields you can have active on yourself by 1. You can have Earth Shield on yourself and one ally at the same time.
Fire and Ice	Passive	Increases all Fire and Frost damage you deal by 3%.
Ancestral Wolf Affinity	Passive	Cleanse Spirit, Wind Shear, Purge, and totem casts no longer cancel Ghost Wolf.
Capacitor Totem	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Summons a totem at the target location that gathers electrical energy from the surrounding air and explodes after 2 sec, stunning all enemies within 8 yards for 3 sec.
Spirit Walk	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Removes all movement impairing effects and increases your movement speed by 60% for 8 sec.
Gust of Wind	Instant - 20 Sec Cooldown	A gust of wind hurls you forward.
Encasing Cold	Passive	Frost Shock snares its targets by an additional 10% and its duration is increased by 2 sec.
Arctic Snowstorm	Passive	Enemies within 10 yds of your Frost Shock are snared by 30%.
Brimming with Life	Passive	Maximum health increased by 10%, and while you are at full health, Reincarnation cools down 75% faster.
Healing Stream Totem	Passive
Earthgrab Totem	Instant - 35 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Summons a totem at the target location for 20 sec. The totem pulses every 2 sec, rooting all enemies within 8 yards for 8 sec. Enemies previously rooted by the totem instead suffer 50% movement speed reduction.
Static Charge	Passive - 1 Min Cooldown	Reduces the cooldown of Capacitor Totem by 5 sec for each enemy it stuns, up to a maximum reduction of 20 sec.
Guardian's Cudgel	Passive	When Capacitor Totem fades or is destroyed, another Capacitor Totem is automatically dropped in the same place.
Purge	Instant - 30 Yd Range	Purges the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.
Greater Purge	Instant - 30 Yd Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Purges the enemy target, removing 2 beneficial Magic effects.
Earth Elemental	Instant - 5 Min Cooldown	Calls forth a Greater Earth Elemental to protect you and your allies for 1 min. While this elemental is active, your maximum health is increased by 15%.
Elemental Resistance	Passive	Healing from Healing Stream Totem reduces Fire, Frost, and Nature damage taken by 6% for 3 sec.
Cleanse Spirit	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 8 Sec Cooldown	Removes all Curse effects from a friendly target.
Tremor Totem	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Summons a totem at your feet that shakes the ground around it for 10 sec, removing Fear, Charm and Sleep effects from party and raid members within 30 yards.
Nature's Guardian	Passive	When your health is brought below 35%, you instantly heal for 20% of your maximum health. Cannot occur more than once every 45 sec.
Nature's Fury	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your Nature spells and abilities by 4%.
Refreshing Waters	Passive	Your Healing Surge is 25% more effective on yourself.
Elemental Warding	Passive	Reduces all magic damage taken by 6%.
Hex	1.7 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Transforms the enemy into a frog for 1 min. While hexed, the victim is incapacitated, and cannot attack or cast spells. Damage may cancel the effect. Limit 1. Only works on Humanoids and Beasts.
Wind Rush Totem	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 2 Min Cooldown	Summons a totem at the target location for 15 sec, continually granting all allies who pass within 10 yards 40% increased movement speed for 5 sec.
Primordial Bond	Passive	While you have an elemental active, your damage taken is reduced by 5%.
Spiritwalker's Grace	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Calls upon the guidance of the spirits for 15 sec, permitting movement while casting Shaman spells. Castable while casting.
Ancestral Guidance	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	For the next 10 sec, 25% of your healing done and 25% of your damage done is converted to healing on up to 3 nearby injured party or raid members, up to 39,468 healing to each target per second.
Thunderstorm	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Calls down a bolt of lightning, dealing 845 Nature damage to all enemies within 10 yards, reducing their movement speed by 40% for 5 sec, and knocking them away from the Shaman. Usable while stunned.
Voodoo Mastery	Passive	Your Hex target is slowed by 70% during Hex and for 6 sec after it ends. Reduces the cooldown of Hex by 15 sec.
Totemic Focus	Passive	Increases the radius of your totem effects by 15%. Increases the duration of your Earthbind and Earthgrab Totems by 10 sec. Increases the duration of your Healing Stream, Tremor, Poison Cleansing, and Wind Rush Totems by 3.0 sec.
Ascending Air	Passive	Wind Rush Totem's cooldown is reduced by 30 sec and its movement speed effect lasts an additional 2 sec.
Jet Stream	Passive	Wind Rush Totem's movement speed bonus is increased by 10% and now removes snares.
Enhanced Imbues	Passive	The effects of your weapon imbues are increased by 30%.
Graceful Spirit	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Spiritwalker's Grace by 30 sec and increases your movement speed by 20% while it is active.
Spiritwalker's Aegis	Passive	When you cast Spiritwalker's Grace, you become immune to Silence and Interrupt effects for 5 sec.
Lightning Lasso	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Grips the target in lightning, stunning and dealing 38,738 Nature damage over 5 sec while the target is lassoed. Can move while channeling.
Totemic Projection	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Relocates your active totems to the specified location.
Totemic Surge	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of your totems by 6 sec.
Seasoned Winds	Passive	Interrupting a spell with Wind Shear decreases your damage taken from that spell school by 15% for 18 sec. Stacks up to 2 times.
Mana Spring	Passive	Your Lava Burst casts restore 150 mana to you and 4 allies nearest to you within 40 yards. Allies can only benefit from one Shaman's Mana Spring effect at a time, prioritizing healers.
Thundershock	Passive	Thunderstorm knocks enemies up instead of away and its cooldown is reduced by 5 sec.
Traveling Storms	Passive	Thunderstorm now can be cast on allies within 40 yards, reduces enemies movement speed by 60%, and knocks enemies 25% further.
Poison Cleansing Totem	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Summons a totem at your feet that removes all Poison effects from a nearby party or raid member within 30 yards every 1.5 sec for 6 sec.
Totemic Recall	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Resets the cooldown of your most recently used totem with a base cooldown shorter than 3 minutes.
Nature's Swiftness	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Your next healing or damaging Nature spell is instant cast and costs no mana.
Stone Bulwark Totem	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Summons a totem with 59,202 health at the feet of the caster for 30 sec, granting the caster a shield absorbing 199,224 damage for 15 sec, and up to an additional 19,922 every 5 sec.
Call of the Elements	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of otemic Recall by 60 sec.
Creation Core	Passive	otemic Recall affects an additional totem.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Enhancement Shamans with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Enhancement Shamans from other Shaman specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Stormstrike	Instant - Melee Range - 7.5 Sec Cooldown	Energizes both your weapons with lightning and delivers a massive blow to your target, dealing a total of 720 Physical damage.
Windfury Weapon	Instant	Imbue your main-hand weapon with the element of Wind for 1 hour. Each main-hand attack has a 25% chance to trigger two extra attacks, dealing 164 Physical damage each.
Lava Lash	Instant - Melee Range - 18 Sec Cooldown	Charges your off-hand weapon with lava and burns your target, dealing 3 Fire damage. Damage is increased by 100% if your offhand weapon is imbued with Flametongue Weapon.
Forceful Winds	Passive	Windfury causes each successive Windfury attack within 15 sec to increase the damage of Windfury by 20%, stacking up to 5 times.
Improved Maelstrom Weapon	Passive	Maelstrom Weapon now increases the damage of spells it affects by 20% per stack and the healing of spells it affects by 20% per stack.
Molten Assault	Passive	Lava Lash cooldown reduced by 6.0 sec, and if Lava Lash is used against a target affected by your Flame Shock, Flame Shock will be spread to up to 4 enemies near the target.
Unruly Winds	Passive	Windfury Weapon has a 100% chance to trigger a third attack.
Tempest Strikes	Passive	Stormstrike, Ice Strike, and Lava Lash have a 100% chance to discharge electricity at your target, dealing 213 Nature damage.
Elemental Blast	Passive	Harnesses the raw power of the elements, dealing 10,917 Elemental damage and increasing your Critical Strike or Haste by 3% or Mastery by 6% for 10 sec.
Raging Maelstrom	Passive	Maelstrom Weapon can now stack 5 additional times, and Maelstrom Weapon now increases the damage of spells it affects by an additional 5% per stack and the healing of spells it affects by an additional 5% per stack.
Ice Strike	Instant - Melee Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Strike your target with an icy blade, dealing 764 Frost damage and snaring them by 50% for 6 sec. Ice Strike increases the damage of your next Frost Shock by 100%.
Hailstorm	Passive	Each stack of Maelstrom Weapon consumed increases the damage of your next Frost Shock by 15%, and causes your next Frost Shock to hit 1 additional target per Maelstrom Weapon stack consumed, up to 5.
Fire Nova	Instant - Melee Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Erupt a burst of fiery damage from all targets affected by your Flame Shock, dealing 267 Flamestrike damage to up to 6 targets within 8 yds of your Flame Shock targets.
Doom Winds	Instant - Melee Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Strike your target for 396 Physical damage, increase your chance to activate Windfury Weapon by 200%, and increases damage dealt by Windfury Weapon by 10% for 8 sec.
Flurry	Passive	Increases your attack speed by 15% for your next 3 melee swings after dealing a critical strike with a spell or ability.
Overflowing Maelstrom	Passive	Your damage or healing spells will now consume up to 10 Maelstrom Weapon stacks.
Sundering	Instant - 40 Sec Cooldown	Shatters a line of earth in front of you with your main hand weapon, causing 1,106 Flamestrike damage and Incapacitating any enemy hit for 2 sec.
Swirling Maelstrom	Passive	Consuming at least 2 stacks of Hailstorm, using Ice Strike, and each explosion from Fire Nova now also grants you 1 stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
Hot Hand	Passive	Melee auto-attacks with Flametongue Weapon active have a 5% chance to reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash by 75% and increase the damage of Lava Lash by 40% for 8 sec.
Storm's Wrath	Passive	Increase the chance for Mastery: Enhanced Elements to trigger Windfury and Stormbringer by 150%.
Crash Lightning	Instant - Melee Range - 12 Sec Cooldown	Electrocutes all enemies in front of you, dealing 160 Nature damage. Hitting 2 or more targets enhances your weapons for 12 sec, causing Stormstrike, Ice Strike, and Lava Lash to also deal 146 Nature damage to all targets in front of you. Damage reduced beyond 6 targets.
Stormflurry	Passive	Stormstrike has a 25% chance to strike the target an additional time for 40% of normal damage. This effect can chain off of itself.
Ashen Catalyst	Passive	Each time Flame Shock deals periodic damage, increase the damage of your next Lava Lash by 12% and reduce the cooldown of Lava Lash by 0.5 sec.
Stormblast	Passive	Stormbringer now also causes your next Stormstrike to deal 25% additional damage as Nature damage.
Elemental Weapons	Passive	Each active weapon imbue Increases all Fire, Frost, and Nature damage dealt by 5.0%.
Converging Storms	Passive	Each target hit by Crash Lightning increases the damage of your next Stormstrike by 25%, up to a maximum of 6 stacks.
Crashing Storms	Passive	Crash Lightning damage increased by 40%. Chain Lightning now jumps to 2 extra targets.
Lashing Flames	Passive	Lava Lash increases the damage of Flame Shock on its target by 100% for 20 sec.
Primordial Wave	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Blast your target with a Primordial Wave, dealing 3,611 Elemental damage and applying Flame Shock to them. Your next Healing Wave will also hit all targets affected by your Riptide for 175% of normal damage.
Feral Spirit	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Summons two Spirit Wolves that aid you in battle for 15 sec. They are immune to movement-impairing effects, and each Feral Spirit summoned grants you 15% increased Physical damage dealt by your abilities. Feral Spirit generates one stack of Maelstrom Weapon immediately, and one stack every 3 sec for 15 sec.
Deeply Rooted Elements	Passive	Casting Stormstrike has a 7% chance to activate Ascendance for 6.0 sec. scendance Transform into an Air Ascendant for 15 sec, immediately dealing 1,141 Nature damage to any enemy within 8 yds, reducing the cooldown and cost of Stormstrike by 60%, and transforming your auto attack and Stormstrike into Wind attacks which bypass armor and have a 30 yd range.
Ascendance	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Transform into an Air Ascendant for 15 sec, immediately dealing 1,136 Nature damage to any enemy within 8 yds, reducing the cooldown and cost of Stormstrike by 60%, and transforming your auto attack and Stormstrike into Wind attacks which bypass armor and have a 30 yd range.
Primal Maelstrom	Passive	Primordial Wave generates 10 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon.
Elemental Assault	Passive	Stormstrike damage is increased by 20%, and Stormstrike, Lava Lash, and Ice Strike have a 100% chance to generate 1 stack of Maelstrom Weapon.
Witch Doctor's Ancestry	Passive	Increases the chance to gain a stack of Maelstrom Weapon by 4%, and whenever you gain a stack of Maelstrom Weapon, the cooldown of Feral Spirits is reduced by 1.0 sec.
Legacy of the Frost Witch	Passive	Consuming 10 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon will reset the cooldown of Stormstrike and increases the damage of your Physical and Frost abilities by 25% for 5 sec.
Static Accumulation	Passive	20% chance to refund Maelstrom Weapon stacks spent on Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning. While Ascendance is active, generate 2 Maelstrom Weapon stacks every 1 sec.
Splintered Elements	Passive	Primordial Wave grants you 10% Haste plus 4% for each additional Lightning Bolt generated by Primordial Wave for 12 sec.
Elemental Spirits	Passive	Your Feral Spirits are now imbued with Fire, Frost, or Lightning, increasing your damage dealt with that element by 20%.
Alpha Wolf	Passive	While Feral Spirits are active, Chain Lightning and Crash Lightning causes your wolves to attack all nearby enemies for 121 Physical damage every 2 sec for the next 8 sec.
Thorim's Invocation	Passive	Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning damage increased by 20%. While Ascendance is active, Windstrike automatically consumes up to 5 Maelstrom Weapon stacks to discharge a Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning at 100% effectiveness at your enemy, whichever you most recently used.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Enhancement Shaman class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Totemic

Name	Cast	Effect
Surging Totem	Passive
Totemic Rebound	Passive	Chain Heal now jumps to a nearby totem within 20 yards once it reaches its max targets, causing the totem to cast Chain Heal on an injured ally within 30 yards for 8,294. Jumps to 2 nearby targets within 20 yards.
Amplification Core	Passive	While Surging Totem is active, your damage and healing done is increased by 3%.
Oversurge	Passive	While Ascendance is active, Surging Totem is 150% more effective.
Lively Totems	Passive	Your Healing Tide Totem, Healing Stream Totem, Cloudburst Totem, Mana Tide Totem, and Spirit Link Totem cast a free, instant Chain Heal at 100% effectiveness when you summon them.
Oversized Totems	Passive	Increases the size and radius of your totems by 15%, and the health of your totems by 30%.
Swift Recall	Passive	Successfully removing a harmful effect with Tremor Totem or Poison Cleansing Totem, or controlling an enemy with Capacitor Totem or Earthgrab Totem reduces the cooldown of the totem used by 5 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 20 sec per totem.
Wind Barrier	Passive	If you have a totem active, your totem grants you a shield absorbing 11,840 damage for 30 sec every 30 sec.
Reactivity	Passive	Your Healing Stream Totems now also heals a second ally at 50% effectiveness. Cloudburst Totem stores 25% additional healing.
Imbuement Mastery	Passive	Increases the duration of your Earthliving effect by 3 sec.
Pulse Capacitor	Passive	Increases the healing done by Surging Totem by 25%.
Supportive Imbuements	Passive	Learn a new weapon imbue, Tidecaller's Guard. idecaller's Guard Imbue your shield with the element of Water for 1 hour. Your healing done is increased by 2% and the duration of your Healing Stream Totem and Cloudburst Totem is increased by 3 sec.
Totemic Coordination	Passive	Chain Heals from your totems are 25% more effective.
Earthsurge	Passive	Allies affected by your Earthen Wall Totem, Ancestral Protection Totem, and Earthliving effect receive 10% increased healing from you.
Whirling Elements	Passive	Elemental motes orbit around your Surging Totem. Your abilities consume the motes for enhanced effects. ater: Your next Healing Wave or Healing Surge also heals an ally inside of your Healing Rain at 100% effectiveness. ir: The cast time of your next healing spell is reduced by 40%. arth: Your next Chain Heal applies Earthliving at 150% effectiveness to all targets hit.

Stormbringer

Name	Cast	Effect
Tempest	Passive	Every 40 Maelstrom Weapon stacks spent replaces your next Lightning Bolt with Tempest.
Unlimited Power	Passive	Spending Maelstrom Weapon stacks grants you 1% haste for 15 sec, stacking. Gaining a new stack does not refresh the duration.
Stormcaller	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of your Nature damage spells by 5% and the critical strike damage of your Nature spells by 5%.
Shocking Grasp	Passive	Your Nature damage critical strikes reduce the target's movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
Supercharge	Passive	Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning have a 35% chance to refund 3 Maelstrom Weapon stacks.
Storm Swell	Passive	When Tempest only strikes a single target, gain 3 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon.
Arc Discharge	Passive	When Tempest strikes more than one target, your next 2 Chain Lightning spells are instant cast and deal 40% increased damage.
Rolling Thunder	Passive	Tempest summons a Nature Feral Spirit for 15 sec.
Voltaic Surge	Passive	Crash Lightning, Chain Lightning, and Earthquake damage increased by 15%.
Conductive Energy	Passive	Gain the effects of the Lightning Rod talent: ightning Rod Lightning Bolt, Elemental Blast, and Chain Lightning make your target a Lightning Rod for 8 sec. Lightning Rods take 20% of all damage you deal with Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning.
Nature's Protection	Passive	Targets struck by your Tempest deal 10% less damage to you for 6 sec.
Surging Currents	Passive	After using Tempest, your next Chain Heal, or Healing Surge will be instant cast and consume no Mana.
Awakening Storms	Passive	Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning have a chance to strike your target for 10,988 Nature damage. Every 3 times this occurs, your next Lightning Bolt is replaced by Tempest.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Enhancement Shaman 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Ride the Lightning		If there are more than 2 enemies within 8 yards when you cast Stormstrike, you also cast a Chain Lightning on the target, dealing 3,978 Nature damage. Otherwise, you conjure bolts of lightning to up to 2 furthest enemies within 40 yards dealing 2,755 Nature damage.
Shamanism		Your Heroism spell now has a 60 sec. cooldown, but increases Haste by 20%, and only affects you and your friendly target when cast for 10 sec. In addition, Heroism is no longer affected by Exhaustion.
Totem of Wrath		Primordial Wave summons a totem at your feet for 15 sec that increases the critical effect of damage and healing spells of all nearby allies within 40 yards by 15% for 15 sec.
Counterstrike Totem		Summons a totem at your feet for 15 sec. Whenever enemies within 20 yards of the totem deal direct damage, the totem will deal 100% of the damage dealt back to attacker.
Unleash Shield		Unleash your Elemental Shield's energy on an enemy target: ightning Shield: Knocks them away. arth Shield: Roots them in place for 2 sec. ater Shield: Summons a whirlpool for 6 sec, reducing damage and healing by 50% while they stand within it.
Grounding Totem		Summons a totem at your feet that will redirect all harmful spells cast within 30 yards on a nearby party or raid member to itself. Will not redirect area of effect spells. Lasts 3 sec.
Static Field Totem		Summons a totem with 4% of your health at the target location for 6 sec that forms a circuit of electricity that enemies cannot pass through.
Burrow		Burrow beneath the ground, becoming unattackable, removing movement impairing effects, and increasing your movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. When the effect ends, enemies within 6 yards are knocked in the air and take 36,524 Physical damage.
Stormweaver		Maelstrom Weapon no longer benefits Healing Surge or Chain Heal. Instead, consuming Maelstrom Weapon on a damage spell causes your next Healing Surge or Chain Heal to gain 150% of the benefits of Maelstrom Weapon based on the stacks consumed.
Electrocute		When you successfully Purge a beneficial effect, the enemy suffers 6,640 Nature damage over 3 sec.