An Overview of Shaman Class Changes in Dragonflight Patch 10.2

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• Mana Spring now restores 150 mana for Enhancement Shamans (was 250), 150 mana for Restoration Shamans (was 350), and 100 mana for Elemental Shamans (was 150) at level 70.

• Splintered Elements now grants you 20% Haste plus an additional 4% Haste per extra target hit by Primordial Wave, rather than 10% Haste per target hit.
• Further Beyond can now only increase the duration of Further Beyond by up to 150% of the original duration of Ascendance.
• Primordial Wave can no longer be used to heal a friendly ally; it is now only an offensive spell for Elemental Shaman.
• Fixed an issue where Splintered Elements was incorrectly granting you 4% extra Haste than intended when activating against a single target.
• Elemental Blast can now refresh and extend the duration of the Haste, Critical Strike, and Mastery effects to up to 130% of the base 10-second duration, but will still prefer to apply a buff that you do not already have.
• Fixed an issue where Further Beyond would not properly extend Ascendance to the maximum duration if the extension amount would have put it beyond the maximum extension amount.
• Fixed an issue where Further Beyond didn’t properly extend extra Ascendance activations from Deeply Rooted Elements if you were already under the effects of Ascendance from Deeply Rooted Elements.

• Primordial Wave spell damage increased by 500%.
• Several talents have been moved to a different place in the talent tree.
• Starter build updated due to the pathing changes above.
• Elemental Assault can now also generate Maelstrom Weapon charges from Ice Strike and Lava Lash rather than only Stormstrike.
• Legacy of the Frost Witch now also increases Frost damage when consuming 10 stacks of Maelstrom Weapon rather than only Physical damage.
• Primordial Wave can no longer be used to heal a friendly ally; it is now only an offensive spell for Enhancement Shaman.
• Splintered Elements now grants you 20% Haste plus an additional 4% Haste per extra target hit by Primordial Wave, rather than 10% Haste per target hit.
• New Talent: Tempest Strikes (Passive) — Your Stormstrike, Lava Lash, and Ice Strike have a chance to cause bonus Nature damage to your target. Choice node with Elemental Blast.
• All ability damage reduced by 3%.
• Fixed an issue where Splintered Elements was incorrectly granting you 4% extra Haste than intended when activating against a single target.
• Further Beyond can now extend the duration of Ascendance by up to 100% (was 150%).

• Healing Stream healing increased by 20%.
• Healing Surge healing increased by 30%.
• Healing Wave healing increased by 30%.
• Primordial Wave replicates Healing Wave at 40% effectiveness (was 60%).
• Cloudburst Totem now accumulates 20% of your healing done (was 30%).
• Ascendance now duplicates 80% of all healing done (was 100%).
• Mana Tide Totem now increases mana regeneration by 80% (was 100%).
• Resurgence now restores 20% less mana.
• Riptide’s initial heal increased by 30%.
• Unleash Life healing increased by 40%.
• Ancestral Awakening heals for 10/20% of healing done (was 15/30%).
• Ancestral Awakening now prefers to heal injured players instead of always healing the lowest-health player.
• Primordial Wave can no longer be used to damage an enemy target; it is now only a healing spell for Restoration Shamans.
• Chain Heal healing increased by 20%.
• Chain Heal now costs 5.6% of base mana (was 6%).
• All healing increased by 3%.

• Healing Surge no longer increased by 20% in PvP combat.
• Healing Wave healing increased by 20% in PvP combat (was 56%).

You will find other Patch 10.2 class changes linked below.