Convection, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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ConvectionAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 1 of the Elemental tree (level 10), 5 ranks, passive. Same as Classic. 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.
Convection opens at level 10, with the first talent point.
Same as ClassicRow 1 of 7 in the Elemental tree, column 2.
Lv 10the earliest level
5ranks, passive
34%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Elemental row 1
- Convection5 ranks · passiveLevel 10.Rank 1: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.Rank 2: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 4%.Rank 3: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 6%.Rank 4: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 8%.Rank 5: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.Same as Classic.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 34% of Shaman buildsTaken in 34% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 73% of Elemental buildsTaken in 73% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
- 22% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 22% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 6% of Restoration buildsTaken in 6% 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
1 change, newest first
- Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Ranks 1 to 5 text changed. Now: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%. Was: Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.
Around it in the Elemental tree
- Same row (level 10)
Concussion. - Row below (level 15)
Elemental Devastation, 
Reverberation, 
Elemental Alacrity, 
Call of Flame.
Every Elemental talent 16
ConvectionConcussionElemental DevastationReverberationElemental AlacrityCall of Flame
Elemental Focus
Elemental Warding
Trial by Fire
Eye of the Storm
Earthbound
Elemental Reach
Call of Thunder
Lightning Overload
Elemental Fury
Lightning 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 Convection in the Shaman calculator.