Elemental Mastery, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Elemental MasteryAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 7 of the Elemental tree (level 40), 1 rank, active. Changed from Classic (now requires Lava Burst, not Elemental Fury). Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Elemental row 7
Elemental Mastery1 rank · activeRequires 30 points in Elemental Talents (level 40). Requires Lava Burst. Instant | 3 min cooldown.Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.Changed from Classic (now requires Lava Burst, not Elemental Fury). Classic rank 1: When activated, this spell gives your next Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell a 100% critical strike chance and reduces the mana cost by 100%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1When activated, this spell gives your next Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell a 100% critical strike chance and reduces the mana cost by 100%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.
- Alsonow requires Lava Burst, not Elemental Fury.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 28% of Shaman buildsTaken in 28% of the 11,824 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425).
- 75% of Elemental buildsTaken in 75% of the 4,372 builds that lead in Elemental, its own tree.
- 0% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 0% of the 5,517 builds that lead in Enhancement.
- 0% of Restoration buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,935 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 2026-10-19.
Beta build history
- Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15New talent in Elemental, row 7: Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec. Blizzard: "Elemental Mastery: This talent has returned as the new 31-point gold medal talent. Reduces the cast time of Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst by 0.5 seconds and removes the cooldown from Chain Lightning for 15 seconds. 3-minute CD. Lava Burst is pre-requisite." (notes for build 70425)
Around it in the Elemental tree
- NeedsLava Burst at max rank first.
- Row above (level 35)Elemental Fury.
- Gone from Classic ElementalCall of Thunder.
Every Elemental talent 16
- 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
- Lava Burstrow 5
- Lightning Overloadrow 5
- Elemental Furyrow 6
- Elemental Masteryrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Elemental Mastery in the Shaman calculator.