BETA TALENT DATA Snapshot · September 26, 2026
Shaman · PvE · SEPTEMBER 26 BETA

Shaman: Ranged elemental casting

Connect the Elemental spell package through Lightning Overload to Lava Burst. The second tree adds mana and utility choices rather than melee specialization.

31 / 0 / 20 51 points · level 60Load & edit this buildCompare with Enhancement

Editorial planning guide, grounded in the supplied beta talent descriptions. The allocation and point order have been checked for legal ranks and prerequisites. Combat performance has not been simulated or game-tested.

When to use this plan

Use the exact spell and trigger restrictions in each selected tooltip. Spell-specific increases cannot safely be added into one blanket damage bonus.

What you give up

The plan does not reach Riptide or the Enhancement capstone. It provides no equipment-based hit or damage simulation.

Why these core choices?

Elemental Focus

Gives you a 10% chance to enter a Clearcasting state after casting any Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Selected rank 1 of 1.

Call of Thunder

Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.

Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Elemental Alacrity.

Lightning Overload

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

Selected rank 3 of 3.

Lava Burst

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 to 192 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Lightning Overload.

Complete allocation

All 17 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.

Elemental · 31 points

Convection 5 / 5

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Concussion 5 / 5

Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Reverberation 2 / 5

Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by 0.4 sec.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Call of Flame 3 / 3

Increases the damage done by your Fire Totems and by your Flame Shock, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 15%.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Elemental Focus 1 / 1 Core choice

Gives you a 10% chance to enter a Clearcasting state after casting any Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next damage spell by 100%.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Elemental Alacrity 3 / 3

Reduces the cast time of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 0.50 sec.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Call of Thunder 1 / 1 Core choice

Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.

Row 4 · Requires maximum Elemental Alacrity. Read every rank →

Elemental Reach 2 / 2

Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards, and increases the range of your Flame Shock spell by 15 yards.

Row 5. Read every rank →

Lightning Overload 3 / 3 Core choice

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 10% chance to cast a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes half damage and no threat.

Row 5. Read every rank →

Elemental Fury 5 / 5

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Searing and Magma Totems and your Fire, Frost, and Nature spells by 100%.

Row 6 · Requires maximum Call of Thunder. Read every rank →

Lava Burst 1 / 1 Core choice

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 150 to 192 Fire damage. If your Flame Shock is on the target, Lava Burst deals 20% increased damage.

165 Mana | 30 yd range | 2.5 sec cast | 10 sec cooldown

Row 7 · Requires maximum Lightning Overload. Read every rank →

Restoration · 20 points

Totemic Focus 5 / 5

Reduces the Mana cost of your totems and any spells that summon or move them by 25%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Mindfulness 3 / 3

Allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Natural Grace 3 / 3

Reduces the threat generated by your spells by 15%.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Tidal Focus 5 / 5

Reduces the Mana cost of your healing spells by 5% and improves your chance to hit by 5%.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Healing Focus 3 / 3

Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while casting any healing spell.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Water Shield 1 / 1

The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water. When a spell, melee, or ranged attack hits the caster or when one of the caster's healing spells gets a critical result, 2% of maximum mana is restored to the caster, expending one water globe. Only one globe will activate every few seconds. Lasts 10 min. Only one Elemental Shield can be active on the Shaman at any one time.

Instant | 15 sec cooldown

Row 3. Read every rank →

Three valid adjustments

Each option below is a separate one-point change to the original plan. It preserves the point budget, row gates and prerequisites. Choose an effect you need; the options are not a damage ranking and should not be applied together without rechecking.

Water Shield → Improved Healing Wave

Move one point: Water Shield 1 → 0; Improved Healing Wave 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Water Shield: No longer selected.

Improved Healing Wave: Reduces the casting time of your Healing Wave spell by 0.1 sec.

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Water Shield → Improved Reincarnation

Move one point: Water Shield 1 → 0; Improved Reincarnation 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Water Shield: No longer selected.

Improved Reincarnation: Reduces the cooldown of your Reincarnation spell by 10 min, increases your maximum health by 2%, and increases the amount of health and Mana you reincarnate with by an additional 10%.

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Water Shield → Ancestral Healing

Move one point: Water Shield 1 → 0; Ancestral Healing 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Water Shield: No longer selected.

Ancestral Healing: Increases your target's armor value by 8% for 15 sec after getting a critical effect from one of your healing spells.

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Level-by-level point order

This route reaches the complete allocation without a respec. It follows this guide’s core choices and prerequisites, rather than claiming an optimal speed-leveling route. Talented changes the level when each point becomes available, not the 51-point limit.

First point at level 10; all 51 points at level 60.

Use a Talented rank your character has actually unlocked in the Legacy system. This control models its point timing, not the rest of your Legacy allocation.

Show all 51 steps
LevelAdd one pointNew rankTree
10Concussion1 / 5Elemental
11Concussion2 / 5Elemental
12Concussion3 / 5Elemental
13Concussion4 / 5Elemental
14Concussion5 / 5Elemental
15Convection1 / 5Elemental
16Convection2 / 5Elemental
17Convection3 / 5Elemental
18Convection4 / 5Elemental
19Convection5 / 5Elemental
20Elemental Focus1 / 1Elemental
21Elemental Alacrity1 / 3Elemental
22Elemental Alacrity2 / 3Elemental
23Elemental Alacrity3 / 3Elemental
24Call of Flame1 / 3Elemental
25Call of Thunder1 / 1Elemental
26Call of Flame2 / 3Elemental
27Call of Flame3 / 3Elemental
28Reverberation1 / 5Elemental
29Reverberation2 / 5Elemental
30Lightning Overload1 / 3Elemental
31Lightning Overload2 / 3Elemental
32Lightning Overload3 / 3Elemental
33Elemental Reach1 / 2Elemental
34Elemental Reach2 / 2Elemental
35Elemental Fury1 / 5Elemental
36Elemental Fury2 / 5Elemental
37Elemental Fury3 / 5Elemental
38Elemental Fury4 / 5Elemental
39Elemental Fury5 / 5Elemental
40Lava Burst1 / 1Elemental
41Totemic Focus1 / 5Restoration
42Totemic Focus2 / 5Restoration
43Totemic Focus3 / 5Restoration
44Totemic Focus4 / 5Restoration
45Totemic Focus5 / 5Restoration
46Tidal Focus1 / 5Restoration
47Tidal Focus2 / 5Restoration
48Tidal Focus3 / 5Restoration
49Tidal Focus4 / 5Restoration
50Tidal Focus5 / 5Restoration
51Mindfulness1 / 3Restoration
52Mindfulness2 / 3Restoration
53Mindfulness3 / 3Restoration
54Natural Grace1 / 3Restoration
55Natural Grace2 / 3Restoration
56Natural Grace3 / 3Restoration
57Water Shield1 / 1Restoration
58Healing Focus1 / 3Restoration
59Healing Focus2 / 3Restoration
60Healing Focus3 / 3Restoration

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