Earthbound, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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EarthboundAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Elemental tree (level 25), 1 rank, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 and 10 Nov hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Earthbound opens at level 25, after 15 points in Elemental.
New in ForeverRow 4 of 7 in the Elemental tree, column 4.
Lv 25the earliest level
1rank, passive
28%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Elemental row 4
- Earthbound1 rank · passiveRequires 15 points in Elemental Talents (level 25).Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
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.
- 67% of Elemental buildsTaken in 67% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
- 15% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 15% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 4% of Restoration buildsTaken in 4% 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
- Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15Moved from Elemental row 5 to Elemental row 4. Blizzard: "Earthbound: Moved to 4th row as the 16-point gold medal talent." (notes for build 70425)
Around it in the Elemental tree
- Same row (15 points in Elemental, level 25)
Trial by Fire, 
Eye of the Storm. - Row above (level 20)
Elemental Focus, 
Elemental Warding. - Row below (level 30)
Elemental Reach, 
Call of Thunder, 
Lightning Overload.
Every Elemental talent 16
Convection
Concussion
Elemental Devastation
Reverberation
Elemental Alacrity
Call of FlameElemental FocusElemental WardingTrial by FireEye of the StormEarthboundElemental ReachCall of ThunderLightning 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 Earthbound in the Shaman calculator.