WoW Forever Shaman changes

All Shaman changes from the Blizzard developer notes (new spells, talents, tuning), grouped by date. See what is different from Classic at a glance.

25 changesLast updated November 12, 2026 Shaman BiS →

1. November 12, 2026LatestWoW Forever Hotfixes
   • Weapon imbues and weapon totems can be used together
   • Enhancement: Stormstrike 150% → 100% weapon damage, cooldown 6 → 8 sec
   • Mental Dexterity Int→AP 50/100/150% → 33/66/100%
   • Maelstrom Weapon: cast/mana reduction per stack 4–20% → 20% at every rank; procs 20 per minute → 6/7/8/9/10 by rank
   • Tooltip shows proc chance by main-hand speed — at 5 points, 60% with a 3.6 weapon, 33% with a 2.0 weapon
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2. November 11, 2026WoW Forever Hotfixes
   • Flametongue Totem rank 2 works again
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3. November 10, 2026WoW Forever Hotfixes
   • Enhancement: Stormstrike 150% → 100% weapon damage, cooldown 6 → 8 sec
   • Mental Dexterity Int→AP conversion 50/100/150% → 33/66/100%
   • Maelstrom Weapon: cast/mana reduction per stack 4–20% → 20% at every rank; procs 20 per minute → 6/7/8/9/10 by rank (tooltip shows chance by weapon speed)
   • Weapon imbues and weapon totems can be used together; Maelstrom Weapon trackable in the Cooldown Manager
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4. November 9, 2026WoW Forever Hotfixes
   • Lightning Overload now matches Lightning Bolt damage correctly
   • Improved Ghost Wolf fix; Lightning Mastery visual updated
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5. November 6, 2026Class Tuning Incoming
   • Enhancement: fixing Intellect and spell power beating Strength and attack power, which pushed players into caster gear
   • After the change Strength is always the top stat; best items are Strength/AP with a little Intellect or spell power
   • Leveling Enhancement Shamans are told to collect Strength gear now
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6. November 2, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
   • Lightning Bolt base damage up on every rank (most at the top); Chain Lightning 2.5 sec cast
   • Shock base damage restored to Classic values (higher than the previous Beta)
   • Totemic Projection → Totemic Call: moves your totems to you, 30 sec cooldown
   • Elemental: Lava Burst removed → Call of Thunder (+5% crit on Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning); Lightning Overload 3/7/10% → 10/20/30%
   • Enhancement: Stormstrike 100% → 150% and 8 → 6 sec cooldown; Maelstrom Weapon procs twice as often; Flurry 5–25% → 6–30%
   • Restoration: Riptide costs ~40% less mana, cooldown 6 → 12 sec, now heal-over-time only
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7. October 15, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
   • Grace of Air, Strength of Earth, Windfury and Flametongue totems are raid-wide; Grace of Air no longer excludes the other two
   • Chain Lightning mana cost down ~35%; Fire Nova damage and cost cut sharply
   • Elemental Mastery returns as the 31-point talent, Lava Burst moves to 21 points; Stormstrike costs 8% base mana
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8. September 24, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
   • Lightning Bolt ranks 3–4 buffed; totem stacking rules tidied
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Source: Blizzard developer notes on the official forums. Items are short summaries written by Forever Assist, not translations. Check the original for exact numbers.