Shaman: change history

1. Oct 1, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Oct 1, 2026)Adjust 1Fix 2Official notes ↗
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   Ghost Wolf

   Ghost Wolf should now be more visible while in well-lit areas.

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   Ghost Wolf should now be more visible while in well-lit areas.

   Fix

   Disease Cleansing Totem

   Fixed an issue where Disease Cleansing Totem did not last 5 minutes.

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   Fixed an issue where Disease Cleansing Totem wasn't a 5-minute duration.

   Fix

   Totemic Recall

   Fixed an issue where Totemic Recall was not restoring Mana.

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   Fixed an issue where Totemic Recall was not restoring Mana.

2. Sep 24, 2026BetaWoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Sep 24, 2026)Buff 2Nerf 5Adjust 4Fix 1Official notes ↗
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   Lightning Bolt

   Lightning Bolt ranks 3 and 4 deal more damage, so each rank is always an upgrade over the previous ones despite their changing cast times.

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   Lightning Bolt: Damage on ranks 3 and 4 increased to make these spells always upgrades over previous ranks (despite changing cast times).

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   Windfury Totem

   The Windfury Totem buff now displays as "Windfury Totem" instead of "Windfury Totem Passive."

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   Windfury Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as "Windfury Totem" instead of "Windfury Totem Passive".

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   Flametongue Totem

   The Flametongue Totem buff now displays as "Flametongue Totem" instead of "Flametongue Totem Effect."

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   Flametongue Totem: Buff from this spell now displays as "Flametongue Totem" instead of "Flametongue Totem Effect".

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   Flametongue Totem

   Flametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is instantly replaced when placing another totem.

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   Flametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is instantly replaced when placing another totem.

   Nerf

   Flametongue Totem

   Flametongue Totem can no longer be stacked by casting it repeatedly.

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   Flametongue Totem is no longer able to be stacked by repeatedly casting Flametongue Totem.

   Nerf

   Flametongue Totem

   Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon.

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   Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon.

   Nerf

   Flametongue Totem

   Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem.

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   Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Windfury Totem.

   Nerf

   Air totems

   Tranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack with each other, even when cast by different Shamans in the same group.

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   Tranquil Air Totem, Windfury Totem, and Grace of Air Totem no longer stack together even if used by different Shamans in the same group.

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   Elemental Elemental Fury

   Swapped the positions of the Elemental Fury (Row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (Row 6) talents.

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   Swapped the positions of the Elemental Fury (Row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (Row 6) talents.

   • Developers' notes: Critical Strike damage increases early on in trees are exciting for other specializations, but its not as exciting for the core specialization while leveling, since they don't have enough critical strike chance to really appreciate it. So we're moving one of the better talents for Elemental Shaman functionality, earlier in the tree, to allow them to feel like they're hitting important progression moments (something Elemental has lacked in the early levels). We understand that this affects Enhancement Shaman's critical strike damage with spells, but we will use this room created to add more to Enhancement Shaman in the future.
   Buff

   Elemental Lava Burst

   Lava Burst ranks 1 and 2 deal more damage: about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level.

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   Lava Burst damage on ranks 1 and 2 increased to be about 10% more base damage than the Lightning Bolt rank learned around the same level.

   Nerf

   Enhancement Rage of the Far Seer

   Rage of the Far Seer (Row 7) no longer increases the Shaman's Spell Casting Speed.

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   Rage of the Far Seer (Row 7) no longer increases the Shaman's Spell Casting Speed.

   • Developers' notes: Rage of the Far Seer's spell casting speed was not necessary to include for the core functionality of this ability. So we removed it.
   Fix

   Restoration Riptide

   Corrected an issue and now Riptide can land critical hits.

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   Corrected an issue and now Riptide can land critical hits.

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