- Surge of Power
- Row 6 Elemental shaman talent
- Passive
- Earth Shock, Elemental Blast, and Earthquake enhance your next spell cast within 15 sec:
Flame Shock: The next cast also applies Flame Shock to 1 additional target within 8 yards of the target.
Lightning Bolt: Your next cast will cause 2 additional Elemental Overloads.
Chain Lightning:Your next cast will chain to 1 additional target.
Lava Burst: Reduces the cooldown of your Fire and Storm Elemental by 6.0 sec.
Frost Shock: Freezes the target in place for 6 sec.
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Shaman |
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| School |
Physical |
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| Talent required |
 [Swelling Maelstrom] or  [Echo of the Elements] |
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| Affects |
 [Elemental Blast],  [Earthquake],  [Earth Shock] |
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Surge of Power is an Elemental shaman talent that causes [Earth Shock] to empower other specific shaman spells.
It is an exclusive choice node with 
[Aftershock].
Notes
[Flame Shock]: Surge of Power can spread Flame Shock to a target that already had an active Flame Shock on it rather than a nearby target with no Flame Shock, effectively wasting the proc.
[Frost Shock]: The freeze effect is not broken by damage. However, casting another [Earth Shock] on the frozen target will immediately break the effect. The freeze is a magic effect and can be dispelled.
[Lava Burst]: The cooldown reduction effect works with the 
[Storm Elemental] talent.
[Lightning Bolt]: The elemental overloads caused are in addition to any mastery procs.
Tips and tactics
- Surge of Power is designed as primarily a single target talent, though the [Flame Shock] effect can be beneficial for cleave encounters. The [Lightning Bolt] effect provides the most damage out of the talent and should be prioritized over the other effects.
- [Aftershock] allows for additional uptime on Surge of Power, but the buff does not stack. Casting two back-to-back Earth Shocks will waste a Surge of Power buff.
- In heavy AoE encounters, Surge of Power is a weak talent. It does not trigger from [Earthquake], and should be avoided on encounters that make frequent use of the spell. Additionally, Surge of Power does not affect
[Chain Lightning].
Patch changes
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Casting [Lightning Bolt] with Surge of Power causes 1 additional Elemental Overload in PvP combat (was 2).
- Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Fixed an issue causing Surge of Power to be incorrectly consumed when casting [Earth Shock] immediately after a Lightning Bolt.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 Elemental talent (was a level 45 Elemental talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 45 (was 90).
Hotfix (2019-01-10): Surge of Power can now cause up to an additional 2 Lightning Bolt overloads against enemy players (was 3 additional overloads).
- Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Added.
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