The Shaman changes have arrived! We have many Enhancement adjustments and the stacking imbues!
The big change here is the swap from Intellect and Spell Power to Strength and Attack Power as the main stats for Enhancement, changing their gearing priorities entirely. There’s also a big Strormstrike and Maelstrom Weapon nerf, as well as a display change. The other big change is that weapon imbues like Windury Weapon now stack with totems with the same effect.
Please note:
Due to an unexpected delay in deployment, the following changes went live to all regions at 10:45 a.m. PST today.
Classes
Shaman
- Weapon imbues and Weapon totems can now be used at the same time.
- Enhancement
- Stormstrike damage reduced to 100% weapon damage (was 150%), and cooldown increased to 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Mental Dexterity: Intellect to Attack Power conversion ratio reduced to 33/66/100% (was 50/100/150%).
- Maelstrom Weapon now grants 20% reduced cast time and Mana cost per application at all ranks (was 4/8/12/16/20% reduced cast time and Mana cost), and chance to activate now increases with rank and activates 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute (was 20 times per minute regardless of rank).
- Maelstrom Weapon tooltip updated to display the Shaman’s % chance to activate it based on their Main Hand Weapon’s speed. For example, if the Shaman has the 5 points into Maelstrom Weapon and has a 3.6 speed weapon it will display a 60% chance to activate on swing, compared to if the Shaman is wielding a 2.0 speed weapon it will display a 33% chance to activate on swing.
