wow Shaman Class Changes in Shadowlands Beta 9.0.2 Build 35854

[Stan 5,018]

Here are the latest Shaman class changes from Shadowlands Beta.

Shaman

Baseline

• Flame Shock - Sears the target with fire, causing [ 19.5% of Spell Power ] Fire damage and then an additional [ 105% 104.4% of Spell Power ] Fire damage over 18 sec.

Elemental

• Elemental Blast (Level 15 talent) - Elemental Blast will consume all stacks of Fulmination to deal extra Nature damage to your target. Generates 30 Maelstrom.
• Static Discharge (Level 15 talent) -  Discharge excess energy from your Lightning Shield, dealing [ 15% 23% of Attack Spell Power ] Nature damage to an enemy within 40 every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.
• Aftershock (Level 30 talent) - Earth Shock has and Earthquake have a 25% chance to refund all Maelstrom spent.
• Icefury (Level 90 talent) - Hurls frigid ice at the target, dealing [ 82.5% of Spell Power ] Frost damage and causing your next 4 Frost Shocks to deal 300% increased damage and generate 8 Maelstrom.
• Ascendance (Level 100 talent) - Transform into a Flame Ascendant for 15 sec, replacing Chain Lightning with Lava Beam, removing the cooldown on Lava Burst, and increasing the damage of Lava Burst by an amount equal to your critical strike chance. When you transform into the Flame Ascendant, instantly cast a Lava Burst at all enemies affected by your Flame Shock, and refresh your Flame Shock duration to 18 sec.

Enhancement

• Maelstrom Weapon - When you deal damage with a melee weapon, you have a chance to gain Maelstrom Weapon, stacking up to 5 10 times. Each stack of Maelstrom Weapon reduces the cast time of your next damage or healing spell by 20% and increase the damage or healing of your next spell by 20%. A maximum of 5 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon can be consumed at a time.
• Ascendance (Level 100 talent) - Transform into an Air Ascendant for 15 sec, immediately dealing [ 250% of Attack Power ] Nature damage to any enemy within 8 yds, reducing the cooldown and cost of Stormstrike by 66%, and transforming your auto attack and Stormstrike into Wind attacks which bypass armor and have a 30 yd range.

All Shadowlands Class Changes

Death Knight	Mage	Rogue
Death Knight 9.0.1 Class Changes	Mage 9.0.1 Class Changes	Rogue 9.0.1 Class Changes
Demon Hunter	Monk	Shaman
Demon Hunter 9.0.1 Class Changes	Monk 9.0.1 Class Changes	Shaman 9.0.1 Class Changes
Druid	Paladin	Warlock
Druid 9.0.1 Class Changes	Paladin 9.0.1 Class Changes	Warlock 9.0.1 Class Changes
Hunter	Priest	Warrior
Hunter 9.0.1 Class Changes	Priest 9.0.1 Class Changes	Warrior 9.0.1 Class Changes

[durdyenglish 298]

Elemental may be under-tuned but gameplay wise it looks like an improvement. Ascendance will be a really cool button to push now, if nothing else.

[lucantini 0]

Maelstrom Weapon stacking up to 10 times is a really good quality of life change that I think they should consider for Lava Surge procs in Elemental Shamans.

This is something that every class should have baseline in my opinion, it makes the gameplay so much smoother. Like what they did with the Mind Blast procs from Shadow Priest that go up to 5 charges - it's even overkill at 5 charges, but hey, it's cool! And it feels good!

[durdyenglish 298]

17 hours ago, lucantini said:

Maelstrom Weapon stacking up to 10 times is a really good quality of life change that I think they should consider for Lava Surge procs in Elemental Shamans.

This is something that every class should have baseline in my opinion, it makes the gameplay so much smoother. Like what they did with the Mind Blast procs from Shadow Priest that go up to 5 charges - it's even overkill at 5 charges, but hey, it's cool! And it feels good!

It's a fun idea but I do love the instant cast Lava Bursts provided by the proc now. It gives you a lot of GCDs to move in a fight and provides and subtle level of mobility to the spec that is often overlooked - especially whenever you have Flame Shock on multiple targets.

EDIT: that said, it is a really appealing thought to unleash a 10 or 20 stacked Lava Burst. If Lava Surge operated exactly like Fulmination but for Lava Burst only, it could give Elemental another level of control when dealing single target damage.

Edited September 17, 2020 by durdyenglish