Shaman commune directly with the elements. Their combination of wisdom and resilience makes them ideal as community advisors and leaders. In battle the shaman use totems and spells to manipulate the elements and provoke other fighters to untold heights of rage and might. Shaman exemplify the primal bond between the mortal races and their environment.
Talent calculator
Elemental
0Enhancement
9Restoration
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Optimised builds
Elemental · Damage
Nature and fire caster: Lightning Bolt with Lightning Overload, Lava Burst on Flame Shock, Elemental Focus Clearcasting and Elemental Fury crits.
| Level | DPS | Best race | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 36.0 | Tauren (next: Orc -0.4%) | 1/0/0 | talents · gear · sim |
| 20 | 61.7 | Tauren (next: Orc -0.4%) | 3/0/8 | talents · gear · sim |
| 30 | 84.3 | Orc (next: Windshaper Skyborne -2.2%) | 13/0/8 | talents · gear · sim |
| 40 | 112.4 | Orc (next: Windshaper Skyborne -0.4%) | 17/2/12 | talents · gear · sim |
| 50 | 126.9 | Tauren (next: Windshaper Skyborne -0.3%) | 23/2/16 | talents · gear · sim |
| 60 | 165.1 | Tauren (next: Orc -0.0%) | 31/4/16 | talents · gear · sim |
Enhancement · Damage
Melee shaman: Windfury Weapon procs, Stormstrike into Earth Shock, Flurry, Rage of the Farseer and Intellect-fed attack power from Mental Dexterity.
| Level | DPS | Best race | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 58.7 | Tauren (next: Orc -0.7%) | 0/1/0 | talents · gear · sim |
| 20 | 66.9 | Tauren (next: Orc -0.5%) | 2/9/0 | talents · gear · sim |
| 30 | 97.2 | Tauren (next: Orc -2.9%) | 3/8/10 | talents · gear · sim |
| 40 | 112.9 | Tauren (next: Orc -3.0%) | 8/12/11 | talents · gear · sim |
| 50 | 199.9 | Tauren (next: Orc -2.9%) | 4/25/12 | talents · gear · sim |
| 60 | 266.4 | Orc (next: Tauren -1.7%) | 7/31/13 | talents · gear · sim |
Restoration · Healer
Totem healer: Healing Wave with Healing Way, Riptide-empowered Chain Heal, Water Shield and Mana Tide for mana over a long fight.
| Level | HPS | Best race | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 38.7 | Windshaper Skyborne (next: Dwarf -0.1%) | 0/1/0 | talents · gear · sim |
| 20 | 78.6 | Windshaper Skyborne (next: Dwarf -1.3%) | 0/2/9 | talents · gear · sim |
| 30 | 129.8 | Dwarf (next: Windshaper Skyborne -0.1%) | 0/0/21 | talents · gear · sim |
| 40 | 184.2 | Windshaper Skyborne (next: Dwarf -0.1%) | 0/1/30 | talents · gear · sim |
| 50 | 238.2 | Dwarf (next: Orc -1.1%) | 0/7/34 | talents · gear · sim |
| 60 | 344.4 | Windshaper Skyborne (next: Dwarf -0.6%) | 0/9/42 | talents · gear · sim |
Abilities by level
| Lvl | Ability | Ranks | Highest rank | Client data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1, 6, 12, 18, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 60 | Heals a friendly target for 1615. | 620 mana · 3s cast | |
| 1, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56 | Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 196 Nature damage. | 220 mana · 2.5s cast | ||
| 4 | 4, 8, 14, 24, 36, 48, 60 | Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing 301 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. | 450 mana · instant · 6s cd | |
| 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54 | Summons a Stoneskin Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem protects party members within 30 yards, reducing Physical damage taken by 30. Lasts 5 min. | 210 mana · instant | ||
| 6 | — | Summons an Earthbind Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 45 sec that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards. | 6% base mana · instant · 15s cd | |
| 8 | 8, 8, 16, 16, 24, 24, 32, 32, 40, 40, 48, 48, 56, 56 | Casts a bolt of lightning at the target for 178 Nature damage. | instant | |
| 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58 | Summons a Stoneclaw Totem with 480 health at the feet of the caster for 15 sec that taunts creatures within 8 yards to attack it. | 140 mana · instant · 30s cd | ||
| 10 | 10, 18, 28, 40, 52, 60 | Instantly sears the target with fire, causing 166 Fire damage immediately and 176 Fire damage over 12 sec. | 410 mana · instant · 6s cd | |
| 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 | Summons a Searing Totem with 5 health at your feet for 55 sec that repeatedly attacks an enemy within 20 yards for 47 Fire damage. | 170 mana · instant | ||
| 10, 24, 38, 52, 60 | Summons a Strength of Earth Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the strength of party members within 30 yards by 53. Lasts 5 min. | 275 mana · instant | ||
| 12 | 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 | Returns the spirit to the body, restoring a dead target to life with 600 health and 800 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. | 90% base mana · 10s cast | |
| 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 | Instantly inflicts 419 fire damage to enemies within 10 yd of your active Fire totem. | 520 mana · instant · 10s cd | ||
| 12, 32 | Purges the enemy target, removing 2 beneficial magic effects. | 10% base mana · instant | ||
| 16 | — | Cures 1 poison effect on the target. | 9% base mana · instant | |
| 18 | — | Summons a Tremor Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that shakes the ground around it, removing Fear, Charm and Sleep effects from party members within 30 yards. Lasts 5 min. | 60 mana · instant | |
| 20 | — | Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. | 3s cast | |
| 20, 34, 46, 58 | Instantly shocks the target with frost, causing 283 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50%. Lasts 8 sec. | 430 mana · instant · 6s cd | ||
| — | Turns the Shaman into a Ghost Wolf, increasing speed by 40%. Only useable outdoors. | 100 mana · 3s cast | ||
| 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 | Summons a Healing Stream Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that heals group members within 30 yards for 11 every 2 seconds. | 80 mana · instant | ||
| 20, 28, 36, 44, 52, 60 | Heals a friendly target for 820. | 380 mana · 1.5s cast | ||
| — | Returns your totems to the earth, giving you 25% of the mana required to cast each totem destroyed by Totemic Recall. | instant | ||
| 22 | — | Cures 1 disease on the target. | 9% base mana · instant | |
| — | Summons a Poison Cleansing Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that attempts to remove 1 poison effect from party members within 30 yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 5 min. | 10% base mana · instant | ||
| — | Relocates your active totems to the specified location. | 25% base mana · instant · 1 min cd | ||
| 24 | 24, 38, 54 | Summons a Frost Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min. The totem increases party and raid members' frost resistance by 60, if within 30 yards. | 180 mana · instant | |
| 26 | 26, 36, 46, 56 | Summons a Magma Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 20 sec that causes 73 Fire damage to creatures within 8 yards every 2 seconds. | 650 mana · instant | |
| 26, 36, 46, 56 | Summons a Mana Spring Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that restores 10 mana every 2 seconds to group members within 30 yards. | 100 mana · instant | ||
| 28 | 28, 42, 58 | Summons a Fire Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the fire resistance of party and raid members within 30 yards by 60. | 180 mana · instant | |
| 28, 38, 48, 58 | Summons a Flametongue Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party members within 30 yards. Each main hand hit causes 16.7 to 54.52 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts 5 min. | 275 mana · instant | ||
| 30 | — | Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements. | 3s cast | |
| — | Summons a Grounding Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that will redirect one harmful spell cast on a nearby party member to itself every 10 seconds. Will not redirect area of effect spells. Lasts 45 sec. | 6% base mana · instant · 15s cd | ||
| 30, 44, 60 | Summons a Nature Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the nature resistance of party and raid members within 30 yards by 60. | 180 mana · instant | ||
| — | Allows you to resurrect yourself upon death with 20% health and mana. | instant · 60 min cd | ||
| 30, 40, 50, 60 | Imbue the Shaman's weapon with wind. Each hit has a 20% chance of granting you 2 extra attacks with 333 extra melee attack power. When applied to main hand, disables any benefit you personally receive from Windfury Totem. Lasts for 60 minutes. | 165 mana · instant | ||
| 32 | 32, 40, 48, 56 | Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing 123 Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each jump reduces the damage by 30%. Affects 3 total targets. | 485 mana · 2s cast · 6s cd | |
| 32, 42, 52 | Summons a Windfury Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem enhances the melee attacks of all party members within 30 yards. Each main hand hit has a 20% chance of granting the attacker 1 extra attack with 246 extra melee attack power. Lasts 5 min. | 250 mana · instant | ||
| 34 | — | Summons an immobile Sentry Totem with 100 health at your feet for 5 min that allows vision of nearby area and warns of enemies that attack it. Right-Click on buff to switch back and forth between totem sight and shaman sight. | 65 mana · instant | |
| 36 | 36, 46, 56 | Summons a Windwall Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem protects party members within 30 yards, reducing ranged damage taken by 64. Lasts 5 min. | 225 mana · instant | |
| 38 | — | Summons a Disease Cleansing Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that attempts to remove 1 disease effect from party members within 30 yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 5 min. | 10% base mana · instant | |
| 40 | — | Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements or Call of the Ancestors. | 3s cast | |
| 40, 46, 54 | Heals the friendly target for 490, then jumps to heal additional nearby targets. If cast on a party member, the heal will only jump to other party members. Each jump is 50% as effective as the previous target. Heals 3 total targets. | 405 mana · 2.5s cast | ||
| 42 | 42, 56, 60 | Summons a Grace of Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the agility of party members within 30 yards by 89. Lasts 5 min. | 310 mana · instant | |
| 48 | 48, 58 | Summons a Mana Tide Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 12999 sec that restores 290 mana every 3 seconds to group members within 30 yards. | 60 mana · instant · 5 min cd | |
| 50 | 50, 60 | You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 220 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage. | 265 mana · 2.5s cast · 10s cd | |
| 50, 60 | Heals a friendly target for 841, an additional 805 over 15 sec, and increases the effectiveness of your Chain Heal casts directly on that target by 25%. | 385 mana · instant · 6s cd |