What changed

WoW Forever Enhancement Shaman Guide

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Talent-tree windows over lake and tower scene. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft: Forever Class Deep Dives.
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Class card art: blue-skinned elf (modern World of Warcraft art, not a Forever screenshot). Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft official Classes page (modern WoW art).

Tooltips: Wowhead Forever DB, exact matches only (build 70532, 28 Oct).

Enhancement tree, beta client (ForeverDiff, build 1.60.1.70532). Rank text for changed and unchanged talents: Wowhead Forever tooltip.

Points at 60: 51 [Unconfirmed]; evidence on the class talents page.

Enhancement talents

Talent Row ×Max Forever: max-rank text
Earth's Grasp 1 2 △ Changed
Thundering Strikes 1 5 △ Changed
Ancestral Knowledge 1 5 △ Changed
Guardian Totems 2 2 –
Mental Dexterity 2 3 ✦ New: "Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect."
Improved Ghost Wolf 2 2 △ Changed
Improved Lightning Shield 2 3 –
Elemental Weapons 3 3 △ Changed
Shamanistic Focus 3 1 ✦ New: "Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%."
Anticipation 3 3 △ Changed
Toughness 4 5 △ Changed
Flurry 4 5 △ Changed Needs Mental Dexterity.
Stormstrike 4 1 △ Changed
Spirit Weapons 5 1 △ Changed
Mental Quickness 5 2 ✦ New: "Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect."
Improved Stormstrike 5 2 ✦ New: "When you Stormstrike, you have a 100% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells for 15 sec, and Stormstrike's cooldown has a 100% chance to reset each time you Dodge or Parry." Needs Stormstrike.
Maelstrom Weapon 6 5 ✦ New: "When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec."
Rage of the Farseer 7 1 ✦ New: "Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec." Needs Mental Quickness.
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Recommended build

Level 60 build: Not yet published, updated at launch. Try the talent calculator.

See also: Shaman talents · Best race

Fan site. Beta (cap 30) until launch Thu 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 AEDT; numbers may change. [Unconfirmed] = not yet confirmed.

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Sources
  • ForeverDiff — Shaman talent calculator (client data, build 1.60.1.70532)
  • Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Updated October 26)
  • Wowhead — Level 30 Enhancement Shaman Guide (17 Oct)
  • ForeverDiff — Shaman talent changes