Earth Shock

Earth Shock
Earth Shock Row 1 Elemental shaman talent 40 yd range 60 Maelstrom Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing (686.96% of Spell power) Nature damage.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Improvements	[Aftershock], [Earthshatter], [Eye of the Storm], [Maelstrom Supremacy], [Mountains Will Fall], [Storm Frenzy], [Swelling Maelstrom]

Concussion beats concentration.

Earth Shock is an Elemental shaman ability that deals damage based on Maelstrom spent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Elemental Blast].

Notes and trivia

In the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game.

• In Classic, Earth Shock generated threat equal to twice its damage. The bonus threat was moved to [Frost Shock].
• Earth Shock is a common Shaman spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Earth Shock? Shouldn't it be "Azeroth Shock"?"

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-09-09): Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2025-04-15): Damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2024-11-26): Damage reduced by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now a choice node with [Elemental Blast].
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-02-27): Damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Elemental talent (was a level 10 Elemental ability).
  
• Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Earth Shock damage is no longer reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Earth Shock's damage has been reduced by 16%.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now consumes a fixed amount of maelstrom and deals a fixed amount of damage.
  
• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Earth Shock damage increased by 7%.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Earth Shock damage increased by 20% in non-PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
  • Damage increased by 15%.
  • Now learned at level 10 (was 3).
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Mana cost and cooldown removed, now deals damage based on Maelstrom spent. Range increased to 40 yards, up from 25. Now available at level 3 (was level 6).
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now available only to Elemental shaman. Enhancement and Restoration shaman should use [Frost Shock] in its place.
  • No longer applies the Weakened Blows effect.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer reduces melee and ranged attack speed of the target; instead applies the  [Weakened Blows] effect. Now learned at level 6 (was 5).
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Attack speed reduction of the target increased to 20%. Now learned at level 5 (was 4).
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Redesigned. This spell no longer interrupts spell casting, but rather reduces melee attack speed by 10% for 8 seconds (exclusive with similar effects such as [Thunder Clap]).
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Interrupting a channeled spell with this spell will now always properly prevent casting spells from the same spell school for 2 sec.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Rank 8 is now properly considered an Interrupt effect for talents and abilities that affect interrupts.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): No longer generates extra threat.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): The visual for ranks two through seven has been changed to be consistent with rank one.
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Now causes additional threat.
  

See also

• Earth Shock, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Earth Shock
  Earth Shock (7 ranks) Level 4 shaman ability 20 yd range 30 Mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 19 to 22 Nature damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec. Causes a high amount of threat.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	4
  Improvements	[Concussion], [Convection], [Reverberation]

• BC Classic

  Earth Shock
  Earth Shock (8 ranks) Level 4 shaman ability 20 yd range 30 Mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 19 to 22 Nature damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	4
  Improvements	[Concussion], [Convection], [Reverberation]

• Wrath Classic

  Earth Shock
  Earth Shock (10 ranks) Level 4 shaman ability 25 yd range 18% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 19 to 22 Nature damage and reducing melee attack speed by 10% for 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	4
  Improvements	[Concussion], [Convection], [Reverberation], [Shamanistic Focus]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Shocking]
  Related debuff
  Earth Shock Time between attacks increased by 10%. Duration: 8 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Earth Shock
  Earth Shock Level 5 shaman ability 25 yd range 18% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 16 Nature damage and reducing melee and ranged attack speed by 20% for 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	5
  Improvements	[Concussion], [Elemental Reach], [Focused Insight], [Fulmination], [Reverberation]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Shocking]
  Related debuff
  Earth Shock Time between attacks increased by 20%. Duration: 8 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Earth Shock
  Earth Shock Level 6 shaman ability 25 yd range 14.4% of base mana 6 sec cooldown Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing (96.2% of spell power) Nature damage and applying the Weakened Blows effect. Weakened Blows Demoralizes the target, reducing their physical damage dealt by 10% for 30 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Shaman
  School	Nature
  Cooldown	6 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	6
  Improvements	[Conductivity], [Elemental Reach], [Fulmination], [Spiritual Insight]
  Related debuff
  Weakened Blows Reduces physical damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 30 seconds

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