Call of Thunder, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Call of ThunderAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Elemental tree (level 30), 1 rank, passive. Changed from Classic (was Elemental row 3, was 5 ranks, now 1). Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 3 Nov hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.
Call of Thunder opens at level 30, after 20 points in Elemental.
Changed from ClassicRow 5 of 7 in the Elemental tree, column 2.
Lv 30the earliest level
1rank, passive
28%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Elemental row 5
- Call of Thunder1 rank · passiveRequires 20 points in Elemental Talents (level 30).Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 5%.Changed from Classic (was Elemental row 3, was 5 ranks, now 1). Classic rank 1: Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 1%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 1%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 5%.
- Alsowas Elemental row 3; was 5 ranks, now 1.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 28% of Shaman buildsTaken in 28% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 93% of Elemental buildsTaken in 93% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
- 2% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 2% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 0% of Restoration buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,073 builds that lead in Restoration.
- How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.
Beta build history
4 changes, newest first
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70755, 2026-11-03Rank 1 text changed. Now: Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 5%. Was: Increases critical strike chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 5%.
- Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Replaces Lava Burst in Elemental: Increases critical strike chance of Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 5%.
- Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Gone from Elemental. Blizzard: "Call of Thunder: Talent removed." (notes for build 70425)
1 earlier change
- Build 1.60.1.70009, 2026-09-24Now needs Elemental Alacrity maxed first.
Around it in the Elemental tree
- Unlocks
Lightning Mastery: it needs Call of Thunder at max rank. - Same row (20 points in Elemental, level 30)
Elemental Reach, 
Lightning Overload. - Row above (level 25)
Trial by Fire, 
Eye of the Storm, 
Earthbound. - Row below (level 35)
Elemental Fury.
Every Elemental talent 16
Convection
Concussion
Elemental Devastation
Reverberation
Elemental Alacrity
Call of Flame
Elemental Focus
Elemental WardingTrial by FireEye of the StormEarthboundElemental ReachCall of ThunderLightning OverloadElemental FuryLightning Masterynewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Elemental talents as a list row by row
- Convectionrow 1
- Concussionrow 1
- Elemental Devastationrow 2
- Reverberationrow 2
- Elemental Alacrityrow 2
- Call of Flamerow 2
- Elemental Focusrow 3
- Elemental Wardingrow 3
- Trial by Firerow 4
- Eye of the Stormrow 4
- Earthboundrow 4
- Elemental Reachrow 5
- Call of Thunderrow 5
- Lightning Overloadrow 5
- Elemental Furyrow 6
- Lightning Masteryrow 7
The other two trees
Enhancement talents
Restoration talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Call of Thunder in the Shaman calculator.