Elemental Shaman Talents & Build – Raid and PvP for WoW Forever
Elemental Shamans are casters with lightning and lava. Lava Burst deals heavy Fire damage, especially with Flame Shock on the target, Lightning Overload sometimes casts your lightning a second time, Elemental Fury doubles the crit bonus, and Elemental Alacrity shortens the cast time of your big spells.
Talents, ranks and values come from the WoW Forever game files. Playstyle and stat tips are based on Classic experience; talents and details may differ in Forever.
Other specs: Enhancement Shaman · Restoration Shaman
Last updated: beta, Oct 14, 2026. These builds are planned for the new WoW Forever talent trees and will be reviewed after launch.
Raid Build (PvE)
Elemental down to Elemental Mastery with Lava Burst, Lightning Overload, Elemental Fury and Call of Flame. Enhancement provides Thundering Strikes for more crit and Ancestral Knowledge for more Intellect.
| Talent tree | Talents (rank) |
|---|---|
| Elemental40 | Convection 5/5Concussion 5/5Reverberation 5/5Elemental Alacrity 3/3Call of Flame 3/3Elemental Focus 1/1Trial by Fire 2/2Eye of the Storm 3/3Earthbound 1/1Elemental Reach 2/2Lava Burst 1/1Lightning Overload 3/3Elemental Fury 5/5Elemental Mastery 1/1 |
| Enhancement11 |
PvP Build
PvP build with Elemental Warding against spell damage, Reverberation for more frequent shocks and Earthbound so that Earthbind Totem roots enemies. Restoration offers Healing Focus against interrupts while healing, Improved Reincarnation for more health and Water Shield for mana in combat.
| Talent tree | Talents (rank) |
|---|---|
| Elemental31 | Convection 3/5Concussion 5/5Reverberation 4/5Elemental Alacrity 3/3Elemental Focus 1/1Elemental Warding 3/3Eye of the Storm 1/3Earthbound 1/1Lava Burst 1/1Lightning Overload 3/3Elemental Fury 5/5Elemental Mastery 1/1 |
| Restoration20 | Tidal Focus 5/5Mindfulness 3/3Totemic Focus 5/5Improved Reincarnation 2/2Ancestral Healing 1/3Healing Focus 3/3Water Shield 1/1 |
Playstyle and rotation
Put Flame Shock on the target, then cast Lava Burst. Your main spell is Lightning Bolt, with Chain Lightning on multiple enemies. Use Earth Shock to interrupt. In Forever, totems use a short global cooldown and you pick them back up with Totemic Recall; drop the ones your group needs. Elemental Focus sometimes makes your next spell free.
Stat priority
For Elemental Shaman, the key stats are spell hit up to the cap, spell damage and spell crit. Intellect gives mana and some crit chance, and Stamina mostly matters in PvP. This priority comes from Classic; stat weights in WoW Forever may differ.
FAQ
Elemental Shaman: What are the key talents?
Our raid build spends its points like this: Elemental 40 · Enhancement 11. The key talents are Elemental Fury, Lightning Overload, Lava Burst. Open the full build in the talent calculator to tweak it.
Elemental Shaman: Which build is best for PvP?
For PvP we recommend Elemental 31 · Restoration 20. Compared to the raid build, it focuses more on control and survivability. All talents are listed at the top.
Are the talents the same as in Classic?
Not quite. The talent trees on this page come from the WoW Forever game files: some talents are new, have moved or use different values than in Classic. Every build is checked against this data and spends exactly 51 points.