Lightning Mastery, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Lightning MasteryAn Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 7 of the Elemental tree (level 40), 1 rank, active. Changed from Classic (renamed from Elemental Mastery, now requires Call of Thunder, not Elemental Fury). Its spot, ranks or numbers here follow Blizzard's 2 Nov development notes, shown ahead of the game data; where the notes name a row but no column, the spot is the site's pick until the game data shows Blizzard's.
What it does Elemental row 7
Lightning Mastery1 rank · activeRequires 30 points in Elemental Talents (level 40). Requires Call of Thunder. Instant | 3 min cooldown.Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.Changed from Classic (renamed from Elemental Mastery, now requires Call of Thunder, 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%.
Blizzard's notes build by build
- Elemental MasteryElemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed. Blizzard's development notes for build 70753, 2 Nov 2026.
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 by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Lasts 15 sec.
- Alsorenamed from Elemental Mastery; now requires Call of Thunder, not Elemental Fury.
Beta build history
- Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Lightning Mastery is the new name of Elemental Mastery. Blizzard: "Elemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed." (notes for build 70753 hotfixes)
- Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Now needs Call of Thunder maxed first.
- Values from Blizzard's notes over build 1.60.1.70753, 2026-11-02Rank 1 text changed. Now: Gain mastery over Fire and Lightning, reducing the cast time of Lightning Bolt by 0.5 sec, and removing the cooldown from Chain Lightning. Was: 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. Blizzard: "Elemental Mastery renamed Lightning Mastery. Icon changed." (notes for build 70753 hotfixes)
- Build 1.60.1.70425, 2026-10-15As Elemental Mastery: New 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
- NeedsCall of Thunder at max rank first.
- Row above (level 35)Elemental Fury.
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
- Call of Thunderrow 5
- Lightning Overloadrow 5
- Elemental Furyrow 6
- Lightning Masteryrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever game client, with some Shaman numbers from Blizzard's 2 Nov development notes ahead of the game data; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Lightning Mastery in the Shaman calculator.