Elemental Weapons, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Elemental WeaponsAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Enhancement tree (level 20), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Enhancement row 5, rank 2 is 13% where Classic had 14%). 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.
Elemental Weapons opens at level 20, after 10 points in Enhancement.
Changed from ClassicRow 3 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 1.
Lv 20the earliest level
3ranks, passive
61%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 3
Elemental Weapons3 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Enhancement Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.Rank 2: Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 13%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 27% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 10%.Rank 3: Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 20%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 40% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 15%.Changed from Classic (was Enhancement row 5, rank 2 is 13% where Classic had 14%). Classic rank 1: Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Rockbiter Weapon by 7%, your Windfury Weapon effect by 13% and increases the damage caused by your Flametongue Weapon and Frostbrand Weapon by 5%.
- Alsowas Enhancement row 5; rank 2 is 13% where Classic had 14%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 61% of Shaman buildsTaken in 61% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 17% of Elemental buildsTaken in 17% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 90% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 90% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 35% of Restoration buildsTaken in 35% 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.
Around it in the Enhancement tree
- Same row (10 points in Enhancement, level 20)
Shamanistic Focus,
Anticipation. - Row above (level 15)
Guardian Totems,
Mental Dexterity,
Improved Lightning Shield. - Row below (level 25)
Toughness,
Flurry,
Stormstrike,
Improved Ghost Wolf. - Gone from Classic EnhancementShield Specialization, Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Improved Weapon Totems, Weapon Mastery.
Every Enhancement talent 18
newchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Enhancement talents as a list row by row
- Earth's Grasprow 1
- Thundering Strikesrow 1
- Ancestral Knowledgerow 1
- Guardian Totemsrow 2
- Mental Dexterityrow 2
- Improved Lightning Shieldrow 2
- Elemental Weaponsrow 3
- Shamanistic Focusrow 3
- Anticipationrow 3
- Toughnessrow 4
- Flurryrow 4
- Stormstrikerow 4
- Improved Ghost Wolfrow 4
- Spirit Weaponsrow 5
- Mental Quicknessrow 5
- Improved Stormstrikerow 5
- Maelstrom Weaponrow 6
- Rage of the Farseerrow 7
The other two trees
From 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 Elemental Weapons in the Shaman calculator.