An Overview of Shaman Class Changes in the War Within Patch 11.0.2

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• Healing Surge healing increased by 20%.
• Stone Bulwark Totem now has a 3-minute cooldown, but its effect has been significantly increased.
• Wind Rush Totem and Static Field Totem now cost 1% of base mana (previously had no cost).
• Fixed an issue causing Stone Bulwark Totem to not be affected by Dampening.
• Fixed a couple of unnecessary sounds and animations from Stone Bulwark Totem.
• Fixed an issue causing Spirit Wolf to be removed and not continue stacking after changing zones.
• Fixed an issue causing Lightning Shield to be removed if another Shaman with Elemental Orbit has an Earth Shield on the Shaman.
• Fixed an issue causing Skyfury Totem buff to drop off after transferring zones and disconnecting.
• Earth Elemental summon no longer resets the swing timer.
• Fixed an issue causing Totemic Projection to fail on transports.
• Fixed an issue causing Spiritwalker's Grace to cancel Lightning Lasso when used.

• Lightning Bolt damage increased by 3%.
• Thunderstrike Ward damage increased by 150%.
• Earth Shock damage increased by 25%.
• Icefury damage increased by 85%.
• Earthen Rage damage increased by 60%.
• Lava Burst damage reduced by 25%.
• Lava Beam damage increased by 10%.
• Elemental Blast damage reduced by 25%.
• Earthquake damage reduced by 6%.
• Flame Shock damage reduced by 15%.
• Chain Lightning damage increased by 10%.
• Chain Lightning damage from Greater Lightning Elemental increased by 200%.
• Chain Lightning from Greater Lightning Elemental now hits 5 targets (was 6).
• Call Lightning damage increased by 350%.
• Call Lightning duration increased to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds).
• Call Lightning cooldown increased to 20 seconds (was 10 seconds).
• Call Lightning cast time reduced to 2 seconds (was 3 seconds).
• Call Lightning’s damage bonus is now 30% (was 300%).
• Storm Elemental Tempest damage increased by 400%.
• Wind Gust damage increased by 400%.
• Lightning Blast damage from Fury of the Storms increased by 200%.
• Splintered Elements now grants 10% Haste (was 20%).
• Power of the Maelstrom now has a 60% chance to trigger (was 25%).
• Liquid Magma Totem damage reduced by 30%.
• Liquid Magma Totem now has a 30-second cooldown (was 1 minute).
• Additional Lava Bursts from Primordial Wave now deal 50% of normal damage (was 80%).
• Surge of Power’s Lava Burst benefit is now a 4-second cooldown reduction to elementals (was 6 seconds).
• Echo of the Elementals Lesser Elementals now deal 65% of the main Elemental’s damage.
• Thunderstrike Ward now has its own spell visual.
• An issue with Thunderstrike Ward dropping off has been fixed.
• Earthquake now triggers Storm Frenzy on cast only.
• An issue with Fusion of Elements buff activating from the Icefury override instead of the cast has been fixed.
• Fusion of Elements buffs are now removed at the start of raid encounters and Mythic+ dungeons.
• Fusion of Elements now only works with damaging Nature spells.
• Storm Frenzy is now on the personal resource display.
• Fixed an issue causing Earthen Rage to not benefit from Elemental Fury.
• Fixed an issue with Elemental Equilibrium that causes it to not function properly depending on which elements were cast first.
• Fixed an issue causing Lava Surge’s chance to trigger to increase when Searing Flames is talented.
• Fixed an issue causing Flash of Lightning to not reduce the cooldown of Stone Bulwark Totem and Primordial Wave.
• Fixed an issue causing Elemental Blasts from Fusion of Elements to consume Magma Chamber.
• Fixed an issue causing Elemental Blasts from Fusion of Elements to trigger Storm Frenzy.
• Fixed an issue causing Lava Beam to not benefit from Storm Frenzy.
• Fixed an issue causing Thunderstrike Ward to not trigger from Lava Beam.
• Fixed an issue causing the Icefury aura to be hidden. It will now properly display as an aura and is on the Personal Resource Display.
• Fixed an issue causing Earthquake Overload damage to be higher than intended.
• Fixed an issue causing Storm Elementals to not cast Call Lightning sometimes.
• Fixed an issue causing Primordial Bond to sometimes persist through death.
• Fixed an issue causing several damaging abilities to not be affected by Elemental Unity.

• Elemental Blast damage increased by 25%. This reverts a previous change.
• Primordial Wave is now a 30-second cooldown (was 45 seconds).
• Primordial Wave baseline passive buff lowered to 250% (was 500%).
• Primordial Wave now properly scales with Enhancement Shaman’s Mastery and Elemental Spirits’ elemental damage buffs.
• Doom Winds is now a 60-second cooldown (was 90 seconds).
• Splintered Elements now grants 10% Haste (was 20%).
• Casting Flame Shock, Frost Shock, and Sundering will now initiate combat with melee auto attacks.
• Molten Assault range increased by 4 yards.
• Molten Assault now plays an impact visual on impacted targets.
• Crash Lightning range increased by 4 yards.
• Crash Lightning is now on the personal resource display.
• Earthen Weapon is no longer on the personal resource display.
• Elemental Spirits is no longer displayed on the personal resource display.
• Hailstorm is now displayed on the personal resource display.
• Elemental Blast now correctly replaces Lava Burst in spellbook.
• Fire and Ice now properly buffs Primordial Wave.
• Nature's Fury now properly affects Primordial Wave.
• The following talents are now 1 point:
  • Molten Assault
  • Improved Maelstrom Weapon
  • Witch Doctor's Ancestry

• All healing reduced by 5%. Not applied to PvP combat.
• Earthen Wall Totem’s health reduced by 40%.
• Torrent now increases Riptide’s initial healing by 20% and its critical strike rate by 10%.
• Riptide initial heal increased by 20%.
• Unleash Life healing increased by 20%.
• Healing Wave healing increased by 20%.
• Reactive Warding healing increased by 75%.
• Ascendance now duplicates 70% of all healing (was 80%).
• Ancestral Guidance now transfers 10% of all healing into healing (was 25%).
• Ancestral Awakening now heals for 25%/50% of the amount healed (was 15%/30%).
• Earthliving Weapon’s heal over time duration is now 6 seconds (was 12 seconds), and healing has been increased by 75%.
• Spouting Spirits healing reduced by 35%.
• Undulation can now be tracked through a counter on the Healing Wave and Healing Surge spell icons.
• Undulation can no longer trigger from additional Healing Waves from Primordial Wave.
• Undulation now displays and highlights Healing Surge or Healing Wave when it triggers instead of being consumed immediately.
• Tidebringer is no longer consumed if Chain Heal is cast while Nature's Swiftness or Ancestral Swiftness is active.
• Fixed an issue that caused Earth Shield to sometimes be removed if another Earth Shield was present.
• Fixed an issue causing spell queuing Lava Burst after a Healing Surge to incorrectly consume Master of the Elements when Lava Burst is instant cast.
• Fixed an issue causing Ancestral Protection Totem to not benefit from Totemic Focus or Oversized Totems.

• Electrocute (PvP Talent) damage increased by 100%.
• Totem of Wrath now increases critical strike damage and healing by 15% (was 20%).
• Lava Burst damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Volcanic Surge now increases Lava Burst damage by 30% (was 45%).
• Seasoned Winds now decreases damage taken by 10% (was 15%) per stack in PvP combat.
• Fixed an issue that caused Earth Shield stacks to be consumed one at a time when purging its effect.

• Healing Stream Totem healing is no longer increased by an additional 10% in PvP combat.

You can find other Patch 11.0.2 class changes linked below.