Guardian Totems, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Guardian TotemsAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 2 of the Enhancement tree (level 15), 2 ranks, passive. Same as Classic. 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.
Guardian Totems opens at level 15, after 5 points in Enhancement.
Same as ClassicRow 2 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 1.
Lv 15the earliest level
2ranks, passive
21%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 2
- Guardian Totems2 ranks · passiveRequires 5 points in Enhancement Talents (level 15).Rank 1: Increases the amount of damage reduced by your Stoneskin Totem and Windwall Totem by 10% and reduces the cooldown of your Grounding Totem by 1 sec.Rank 2: Increases the amount of damage reduced by your Stoneskin Totem and Windwall Totem by 20% and reduces the cooldown of your Grounding Totem by 2 sec.Same as Classic.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 21% of Shaman buildsTaken in 21% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 20% of Elemental buildsTaken in 20% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 16% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 16% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 40% of Restoration buildsTaken in 40% 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 (5 points in Enhancement, level 15)
Mental Dexterity, Improved Lightning Shield. - Row above (level 10)
Earth's Grasp, 
Thundering Strikes, 
Ancestral Knowledge. - Row below (level 20)
Elemental Weapons, 
Shamanistic Focus, 
Anticipation. - Gone from Classic EnhancementShield Specialization, Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Improved Weapon Totems, Weapon Mastery.
Every Enhancement talent 18
Earth's GraspThundering StrikesAncestral KnowledgeGuardian TotemsMental DexterityImproved Lightning ShieldElemental WeaponsShamanistic FocusAnticipation
Toughness
Flurry
Stormstrike
Improved Ghost Wolf
Spirit Weapons
Mental Quickness
Improved Stormstrike
Maelstrom Weapon
Rage of the Farseernewchangedmoved 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
Elemental 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 Guardian Totems in the Shaman calculator.