An Overview of Shaman Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.1

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• The initial shield from Stone Bulwark Totem is no longer dispellable. The repeating shields will continue to be dispellable.
• Ghost Wolf visuals have been updated to scale with the player model and have been made more transparent to reduce visual clutter.
• Lightning Bolt has a new spell visual.
• Ancestral Guidance has been removed.

• Deeply Rooted Elements is now a small percent chance per Maelstrom spent rather than being a flat chance per Maelstrom spender.
• Primordial Wave has been redesigned — Now deals a high amount of damage to all targets affected by your Flame Shock.
• Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 80%.
• Ascendance now requires a target to cast. Flame Shock and Lava Burst from casting it will always hit your primary target.
• Lightning Rod’s visual has been updated.
• Chain Lightning overload is no longer displayed to allies in raids and dungeons.
• Chain Lightning now displays a more subtle visual when viewed by allies in raids and dungeons.
• Earthquake overload is no longer displayed to allies in raids and dungeons.
• Hero Talents — Farseer:
  • Maelstrom Supremacy now increases the healing of Healing Surge and Chain Heal by 15% (was 8%).
• Hero Talents — Stormbringer:
  • Arc Discharge can now accumulate up to 2 charges.

• New Talent: Primordial Storm — Primordial Wave transforms into a single-use Primordial Storm for 15 seconds after it is cast. Devastates nearby enemies, dealing Flamestrike, Froststrike, Stormstrike damage, and unleashes a Lightning Bolt or a Chain Lightning at 150% effectiveness (100% in PvP combat). Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Consumes all Maelstrom Weapon for increased damage.
• Molten Thunder has been updated — Sundering has a 40% chance to reset its own cooldown, increased by 12% for up to 5 targets. Each consecutive reset reduces these chances by half.
• Elemental Spirits has been updated — Your Feral Spirit are now imbued with Fire, Frost, or Lightning, increasing your damage dealt with that element by 10%. Now only increases your Physical damage dealt by 10%.
• Voltaic Blaze has been updated — Tempest, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning have a high chance to make your next Flame Shock become Voltaic Blaze.
• Voltaic Blaze damage now scales with Mastery: Enhanced Elements.
• Voltaic Blaze chance to trigger has been slightly reduced.
• Lashing Flames has been updated — Lava Lash and Sundering increase the damage of Flame Shock on its target by 100% for 20 seconds.
• Primordial Wave has been updated — Now deals high damage to all targets affected by your Flame Shock and generates 5 Maelstrom Weapon stacks.
• Primordial Wave is now disabled or enabled on the action bar based on the availability of Flame Shock targets.
• Stormstrike is now learned at level 10 (was a talent).
• Stormstrike damage increased by 50% (does not apply to PvP combat).
• Maelstrom Weapon passive is now the first node on the talent tree.
• Healing Stream Totem healing increased by 100%.
• Lava Lash damage increased by 60% (does not apply to PvP combat).
• Crash Lightning initial damage increased by 200%.
• Elemental Blast damage increased by 20%.
• Chain Lightning damage reduced by 15%.
• Hero Talents — Stormbringer:
  • Tempest damage increased by 15%.
  • Tempest secondary target damage reduced by 15%.
  • Awakening Storms damage increased by 20%.
  • Awakening Storms now grants Tempest every 4 activations (was 3).
  • Arc Discharge now stacks up to 2 times (was 1).
  • Conductive Energy now causes Primordial Wave to apply Lightning Rod to its targets.
  • When talented into Conductive Energy, Chain Lightning will apply Lightning Rod to a secondary target if the primary is already affected. If all targets are affected, the duration on the primary target is refreshed.
  • Voltaic Surge now increases the damage of Crash Lightning and Chain Lightning by 10% (was 15%).
  • Lightning Rod now deals 8% of damage dealt by Maelstrom Weapon spenders (was 10%).
• Hero Talents — Totemic:
  • Searing Bolt damage increased by 40%.
  • Searing Volley damage increased by 12%.
  • Surging Totem Tremor damage reduced by 32%.
  • Imbuement Mastery now increases Windfury Weapon’s trigger chance by 5% (was 10%) and its damage by 8% (was 15%).
  • Oversurge now increases Surging Totem damage during Ascendance by 50% (was 150%).
  • While active, Surging Totem can be relocated with a spell that has a 6-second cooldown and doesn’t trigger the global cooldown.
  • Sundering from Lava Lash Reactivity procs now triggers Earthsurge at 50% effectiveness.
  • Earthsurge now causes Tremor at 100% effectiveness (was 200%).
  • Pulse Capacitor now increases the damage of Surging Totem Tremor by 18% (was 25%).

• New Talent: Mana Tide — Healing Tide Totem now additionally grants 80% increased mana regeneration to allies.
• New Talent: Therazane's Resilience — Earth Shield and Water Shield no longer lose charges and are 115% effective.
• New Talent: Whispering Waves — 10% of Healing Wave’s healing is duplicated onto each of your targets with Riptide.
• Healing Wave is now learned at level 11 (was a talent).
• Healing Wave now costs 2.5% of base mana (was 3%).
• All healing increased by 9%.
• Acid Rain damage increased by 25%.
• Wavespeaker's Blessing now additionally increases the periodic healing of Riptide by 10/20%.
• Spiritwalker's Tidal Totem now triggers after casting Healing Tide Totem.
• Downpour now overrides Healing Rain for 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Master of the Elements now lasts 30 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Ancestral Vigor is now a 2-point talent.
• Several talents have moved positions, and the Starter Build has been updated.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Healing Wave (now learned at level 11)
  • Mana Tide Totem
  • Primordial Wave
• Hero Talents — Farseer:
  • All Ancestor healing now benefits from Mastery: Deep Healing.
  • All Ancestor healing reduced by 15%.
  • Ancestors now cast Healing Wave when the Shaman casts Healing Wave. Healing Wave heals for slightly more than Healing Surge.
  • Whispering Waves now also duplicates Healing Wave healing done by Ancestors.
  • Maelstrom Supremacy now increases the healing of Healing Wave, Healing Surge, Wellspring, Downpour, and Chain Heal by 15% (was 8%).
  • Elemental Reverb now increases Riptide healing by 10% (was 5%).
• Hero Talents — Totemic:
  • Downpour now overrides Surging Totem for 22 seconds (was 12 seconds).

• Electrocute (PvP Talent) damage increased by 100%.
• New PvP Talent: Storm Conduit — Casting Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning reduces the cooldown of Astral Shift, Gust of Wind, Wind Shear, and Nature Totems by 1 second. Interrupt duration reduced by 30% on Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning casts.
• Ride the Lightning (PvP Talent) has been removed.
• New PvP Talent: Storm Conduit — Casting Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning reduces the cooldown of Astral Shift, Gust of Wind, Wind Shear, and Nature Totems by 3 seconds. Interrupt duration reduced by 50% on Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning casts.
• Totem of Wrath (PvP Talent) now triggers from Nature's Swiftness.
• Whispering Waves now duplicates 25% of Healing Wave’s healing in PvP combat (was 10%).

You can find other Patch 11.1 class changes linked below.