Shaman abilities

For shaman abilities and talents on Classic servers, see Shaman abilities (Classic).

Shaman abilities are abilities used by shaman. Most abilities are shared between all specializations, while some are only specific to one (or two) specializations.

Class

All shaman automatically learn the following spells at the specified level, regardless of specialization.

Ability	Level
[Lightning Bolt]	1
[Primal Strike]	2
[Flame Shock]	3
[Healing Surge]	4
[Earthbind Totem]	5
[Lightning Bolt] Rank 2	6
[Flametongue Weapon]	7
[Reincarnation]	8
[Lightning Shield]	9
[Ghost Wolf]	10/ [1-10] A Shaman's Duty
[Ancestral Spirit]	13
[Far Sight]	14
[Astral Recall]	32
[Water Walking]	33
[Heroism]/ [Bloodlust]	48

Specializations

The three shaman specializations are Elemental (caster DPS), Enhancement (melee DPS) and Restoration (healer).

For an exploration of each shaman specialization, see Shaman specializations.

Elemental
Ability Level

[Mastery: Elemental Overload] 10
Enhancement
Ability Level

[Dual Wield] 10

[Mastery: Enhanced Elements] 10
Restoration
Ability Level

[Ancestral Vision] 10

[Purify Spirit] 10

[Mastery: Deep Healing] 10

[Water Shield] 12

Talents

Talents become available at level 10. They can be changed at any time outside of combat, except during a PvP match or Mythic+ dungeon. A talented ability cannot be changed while it is on cooldown.

Row 5 is locked until 8 points are spent, and row 8 is locked until 20 points are spent.

Class talents


Tier	Talent	Ranks	Requirement
1	[Chain Heal]	1	Automatic for Restoration
	[Lava Burst]	1	Automatic for Elemental/Restoration
	[Astral Shift]	1
	[Chain Lightning]	1	Automatic for Elemental/Enhancement
2	[Wind Shear]	1	Lava Burst or Astral Shift
	[Planes Traveler]/ [Astral Bulwark]	1	Astral Shift
	[Spirit Wolf]/ [Thunderous Paws]	1	Astral Shift
	[Frost Shock]	1	Chain Lightning
	[Maelstrom Weapon]	1	Chain Lightning (Automatic for Enhancement)
3	[Earth Shield]	1	Chain Heal
	[Fire and Ice]	1	Lava Burst OR Wind Shear
	[Earth Elemental]	1	Wind Shear
	[Capacitor Totem]	1	Wind Shear OR Planes Traveler/Astral Bulwark OR Spirit Wolf/Thunderous Paws
	[Ancestral Wolf Affinity]	1	Spirit Wolf/Thunderous Paws OR Frost Shock
	[Brimming with Life]	1	Chain Lightning
4	[Elemental Orbit]	1	Earth Shield
	[Healing Stream Totem]	1	Earth Shield OR Fire and Ice
	[Ancestral Defense]	1	Fire and Ice
	[Tremor Totem]	1	Fire and Ice OR Earth Elemental OR Capacitor Totem
	[Static Charge]/ [Guardian's Cudgel]	1	Capacitor Totem
	[Purge]/ [Greater Purge]	1	Frost Shock OR Ancestral Wolf Affinity OR Brimming with Life
	[Flurry]	1	Maelstrom Weapon OR Brimming with Life
5	[Swirling Currents]	2	Healing Stream Totem
	[Cleanse Spirit]	1	Healing Stream Totem OR Ancestral Defense (Elemental/Enhancement only)
	[Improved Purify Spirit]	1	Healing Stream Totem OR Ancestral Defense (Restoration only)
	[Earthgrab Totem]/ [Wind Rush Totem]	1	Ancestral Defense OR Tremor Totem OR Static Charge/Guardian's Cudgel
	[Hex]	1	Ancestral Wolf Affinity OR Static Charge/Guardian's Cudgel OR Purge/Greater Purge
	[Nature's Fury]	2	Brimming with Life OR Purge/Greater Purge OR Flurry
6	[Surging Shields]	2	Elemental Orbit OR Swirling Currents
	[Elemental Warding]	2	Swirling Currents OR Cleanse Spirit OR Improved Purify Spirit OR Earthgrab Totem/Wind Rush Totem
	[Nature's Guardian]	2	Earthgrab Totem/Wind Rush Totem OR Hex
	[Voodoo Mastery]/ [Enfeeblement]	1	Hex
	[Winds of Al'Akir]	2	Nature's Fury
7	[Spiritwalker's Grace]	1	Swirling Currents OR Surging Shields OR Elemental Warding
	[Thunderstorm]	1	Elemental Warding OR Nature's Guardian
	[Totemic Focus]	2	Hex OR Nature's Guardian
	[Spirit Walk]/ [Gust of Wind]	1	Voodoo Mastery/Enfeeblement OR Winds of Al'Akir
8	[Graceful Spirit]/ [Spiritwalker's Aegis]	1	Spiritwalker's Grace
	[Ancestral Guidance]	1	Elemental Warding OR Spiritwalker's Grace OR Thunderstorm
	[Totemic Projection]	1	Nature's Guardian OR Thunderstorm OR Totemic Focus
	[Totemic Surge]	2	Voodoo Mastery/Enfeeblement OR Totemic Focus OR Spirit Walk/Gust of Wind
	[Go with the Flow]	2	Spirit Walk/Gust of Wind
9	[Mana Spring]	1	Graceful Spirit/Spiritwalker's Aegis OR Ancestral Guidance
	[Thundershock]/ [Lightning Lasso]	1	Thunderstorm
	[Poison Cleansing Totem]	1	Totemic Focus OR Totemic Projection OR Totemic Surge
	[Totemic Recall]	1	Totemic Surge OR Go with the Flow
10	[Nature's Swiftness]	1	Graceful Spirit/Spiritwalker's Aegis OR Mana Spring
	[Stoneskin Totem]/ [Tranquil Air Totem]	1	Totemic Projection OR Thundershock/Lightning Lasso OR Poison Cleansing Totem
	[Call of the Elements]/ [Creation Core]	1	Totemic Recall

Specialization talents

Elemental
Tier	Talent	Ranks	Requirement
1	[Earth Shock]	1
2	[Earthquake]	1	Earth Shock
	[Elemental Fury]	1	Earth Shock
	[Fire Elemental]/ [Storm Elemental]	1	Earth Shock
3	[Tumultuous Fissures]/ [Inundate]	1	Earthquake
	[Primordial Fury]/ [Focused Insight]	1	Elemental Fury
	[Refreshing Waters]/ [Primordial Bond]	1	Fire Elemental/Storm Elemental
4	[Call of Thunder]	1	Tumultuous Fissures/Inundate
	[Flow of Power]	1	Primordial Fury/Focused Insight
	[Lava Surge]	1	Refreshing Waters/Primordial Bond
5	[Unrelenting Calamity]	1	Call of Thunder
	[Icefury]	1	Call of Thunder OR Flow of Power
	[Swelling Maelstrom]	1	Flow of Power
	[Echo of the Elements]	1	Flow of Power OR Lava Surge
	[Call of Fire]	1	Lava Surge
6	[Stormkeeper]	1	Unrelenting Calamity
	[Flux Melting]/ [Electrified Shocks]	1	Icefury
	[Aftershock]/ [Surge of Power]	1	Swelling Maelstrom OR Echo of the Elements
	[Flames of the Cauldron]	1	Call of Fire
7	[Flash of Lightning]	1	Stormkeeper
	[Eye of the Storm]	2	Stormkeeper OR Flux Melting/Electrified Shocks
	[Power of the Maelstrom]	2	Flux Melting/Electrified Shocks OR Aftershock/Surge of Power
	[Master of the Elements]	2	Aftershock/Surge of Power OR Flames of the Cauldron
	[Improved Flametongue Weapon]	1	Flames of the Cauldron
8	[Elemental Blast]	1	Flash of Lightning OR Eye of the Storm
	[Primordial Wave]	1	Eye of the Storm OR Power of the Maelstrom
	[Deeply Rooted Elements]/ [Ascendance]	1	Power of the Maelstrom OR Master of the Elements
	[Primal Elementalist]/ [Liquid Magma Totem]	1	Master of the Elements OR Improved Flametongue Weapon
9	[Echoes of Great Sundering]	2	Flash of Lightning OR Elemental Blast
	[Elemental Equilibrium]	2	Eye of the Storm OR Elemental Blast OR Primordial Wave
	[Rolling Magma]	2	Primordial Wave
	[Echo Chamber]	2	Power of the Maelstrom OR Primordial Wave OR Deeply Rooted Elements/Ascendance
	[Oath of the Far Seer]	2	Deeply Rooted Elements/Ascendance
	[Magma Chamber]	2	Master of the Elements OR Deeply Rooted Elements/Ascendance OR Primal Elementalist/Liquid Magma Totem
	[Searing Flames]	2	Improved Flametongue Weapon OR Elements/Liquid Magma Totem
10	[Lightning Rod]/ [Stormkeeper]	1	Echoes of Great Sundering OR Elemental Equilibrium
	[Primordial Surge]/ [Splintered Elements]	1	Rolling Magma
	[Mountains Will Fall]	1	Echo Chamber
	[Further Beyond]	1	Oath of the Far Seer
	[Windspeaker's Lava Resurgence]/ [Skybreaker's Fiery Demise]	1	Magma Chamber OR Searing Flames

Enhancement
Tier	Talent	Ranks	Requirement
1	[Stormstrike]	1
2	[Windfury Weapon]	1	Stormstrike
	[Refreshing Waters]/ [Focused Insight]	1	Stormstrike
	[Lava Lash]	1	Stormstrike
3	[Forceful Winds]	1	Windfury Weapon
	[Improved Maelstrom Weapon]	2	Windfury Weapon OR Refreshing Waters/Focused Insight OR Lava Lash
	[Molten Assault]	2	Lava Lash
4	[Unruly Winds]	1	Forceful Winds
	[Windfury Totem]	1	Windfury Weapon OR Forceful Winds OR Improved Maelstrom Weapon
	[Raging Maelstrom]	1	Improved Maelstrom Weapon
	[Ice Strike]	1	Lava Lash OR Improved Maelstrom Weapon OR Molten Assault
	[Hailstorm]/ [Fire Nova]	1	Molten Assault
5	[Doom Winds]	1	Unruly Winds
	[Tempest Strikes]/ [Elemental Blast]	1	Unruly Winds OR Raging Maelstrom
	[Overflowing Maelstrom]	1	Raging Maelstrom
	[Sundering]	1	Raging Maelstrom OR Ice Strike OR Hailstorm/Fire Nova
	[Swirling Maelstrom]	1	Ice Strike OR Hailstorm/Fire Nova
	[Hot Hand]	2	Hailstorm/Fire Nova
6	[Storm's Wrath]	1	Unruly Winds OR Doom Winds OR Tempest Strikes/Elemental Blast
	[Crash Lightning]	1	Tempest Strikes/Elemental Blast OR Overflowing Maelstrom OR Sundering
	[Feral Lunge]	1	Sundering
	[Stormflurry]	1	Sundering OR Swirling Maelstrom OR Hot Hand
	[Ashen Catalyst]	1	Hot Hand
7	[Stormblast]	1	Storm's Wrath
	[Elemental Weapons]	2	Tempest Strikes/Elemental Blast OR Storm's Wrath OR Crash Lightning
	[Converging Storms]	1	Crash Lightning
	[Crashing Storms]	1	Crash Lightning OR Feral Lunge OR Stormflurry
	[Lashing Flames]	1	Ashen Catalyst
8	[Primordial Wave]	1	Stormblast OR Elemental Weapons
	[Feral Spirit]	1	Elemental Weapons OR Converging Storms OR Crashing Storms
	[Deeply Rooted Elements]/ [Ascendance]	1	Stormflurry OR Crashing Storms OR Lashing Flames
9	[Primal Maelstrom]	2	Primordial Wave
	[Elemental Assault]	2	Primordial Wave OR Feral Spirit
	[Witch Doctor's Ancestry]	2	Feral Spirit
	[Legacy of the Frost Witch]	2	Feral Spirits OR Deeply Rooted Elements/Ascendance
	[Static Accumulation]	2	Deeply Rooted Elements/Ascendance
10	[Splintered Elements]	1	Primal Maelstrom
	[Elemental Spirits]/ [Alpha Wolf]	1	Witch Doctor's Ancestry
	[Thorim's Invocation]	1	Static Accumulation

Restoration
Tier	Talent	Ranks	Requirement
1	[Riptide]	1
2	[Deluge]	2	Riptide
	[Healing Wave]	1	Riptide
	[Healing Stream Totem]	1	Riptide
3	[Healing Rain]	1	Deluge
	[Stormkeeper]	1	Deluge OR Healing Wave
	[Resurgence]	1	Healing Wave
	[Tidal Waves]	1	Healing Stream Totem
4	[Acid Rain]	1	Healing Rain
	[Overflowing Shores]	1	Healing Rain
	[Ancestral Vigor]	2	Healing Rain OR Stormkeeper OR Resurgence
	[Flash Flood]	2	Tidal Waves
	[Water Totem Mastery]	1	Tidal Waves
5	[Ancestral Reach]/ [Flow of the Tides]	1	Acid Rain OR Overflowing Shores OR Ancestral Vigor
	[Spirit Link Totem]	1	Resurgence OR Ancestral Vigor OR Flash Flood
	[Refreshing Waters]/ [Master of the Elements]	1	Flash Flood OR Water Totem Mastery
	[Living Stream]/ [Cloudburst Totem]	1	Water Totem Mastery
6	[Wavespeaker's Blessing]	1	Acid Rain OR Ancestral Reach/Flow of the Tides
	[Healing Tide Totem]	1	Ancestral Reach/Flow of the Tides OR Spirit Link Totem
	[Lava Surge]	1	Spirit Link Totem
	[Mana Tide Totem]	1	Spirit Link Totem OR Refreshing Waters/Master of the Elements
	[Torrent]	2	Refreshing Waters/Master of the Elements OR Living Stream/Cloudburst Totem
7	[Undulation]/ [Unleash Life]	1	Wavespeaker's Blessing OR Healing Tide Totem
	[Current Control]/ [Tide Turner]	1	Healing Tide Totem
	[Echo of the Elements]	1	Healing Tide Totem OR Lava Surge OR Mana Tide Totem
	[Resonant Waters]/ [Spiritwalker's Tidal Totem]	1	Mana Tide Totem
	[Earthen Wall Totem]/ [Ancestral Protection Totem]	1	Mana Tide Totem OR Torrent
	[Earthliving Weapon]	1	Living Stream/Cloudburst Totem OR Torrent
8	[Primordial Wave]	1	Wavespeaker's Blessing OR Undulation/Unleash Life
	[Ancestral Awakening]	2	Undulation/Unleash Life OR Current Control/Tide Turner OR Echo of the Elements
	[Earthen Harmony]	2	Echo of the Elements OR Resonant Waters/Spiritwalker's Tidal Totem OR Earthen Wall Totem/Ancestral Protection Totem
	[Undercurrent]	2	Earthen Wall Totem/Ancestral Protection Totem OR Earthliving Weapon
9	[Improved Primordial Wave]	2	Primordial Wave
	[Tidebringer]	2	Primordial Wave OR Ancestral Awakening
	[Downpour]	1	Earthen Harmony OR Undercurrent
	[Improved Earthliving Weapon]	2	Earthliving Weapon
10	[Continuous Waves]/ [Tumbling Waves]	1	Improved Primordial Wave
	[Primal Tide Core]/ [High Tide]	1	Ancestral Awakening OR Tidebringer
	[Ascendance]	1	Earthen Harmony
	[Deeply Rooted Elements]/ [Wellspring]	1	Undercurrent OR Improved Earthliving Weapon

PvP talents

PvP talents become available at level 20. Up to 3 PvP talents may be active at any given time (with additional slots becoming available at levels 30 and 40).

These talents are active in the open world with War Mode turned on, as well as during instanced PvP. They have no effect in dungeons and raids.

Elemental
Talent	Level
[Burrow]	20
[Counterstrike Totem]	20
[Static Field Totem]	20
[Unleash Shield]	20
[Grounding Totem]	30
[Skyfury Totem]	40
[Seasoned Winds]	44
[Traveling Storms]	49
[Volcanic Surge]	52

Enhancement
Talent	Level
[Burrow]	20
[Counterstrike Totem]	20
[Ride the Lightning]	20
[Static Field Totem]	20
[Stormweaver]	20
[Unleash Shield]	20
[Grounding Totem]	30
[Skyfury Totem]	40
[Seasoned Winds]	44
[Shamanism]	48
[Traveling Storms]	49

Restoration
Talent	Level
[Burrow]	20
[Counterstrike Totem]	20
[Static Field Totem]	20
[Unleash Shield]	20
[Rain Dance]	21
[Grounding Totem]	30
[Electrocute]	39
[Skyfury Totem]	40
[Seasoned Winds]	44
[Living Tide]	49
[Traveling Storms]	49

War Within

This section concerns content related to The War Within.

Class abilities

Ability	Level
[Lightning Bolt]	1
[Primal Strike]	2
[Flame Shock]	3
[Healing Surge]	4
[Earthbind Totem]	5
[Lightning Bolt] Rank 2	6
[Flametongue Weapon]	7
[Reincarnation]	8
[Lightning Shield]	9
[Ghost Wolf]	10/ [1-10] A Shaman's Duty
[Ancestral Spirit]	13
[Far Sight]	14
[Skyfury]	17
[Astral Recall]	32
[Water Walking]	33
[Heroism]/ [Bloodlust]	48