Maelstrom Weapon, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Maelstrom WeaponAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 6 of the Enhancement tree (level 35), 5 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 10 Nov hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.
Maelstrom Weapon opens at level 35, after 25 points in Enhancement.
New in ForeverRow 6 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 3.
Lv 35the earliest level
5ranks, passive
40%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 6
- Maelstrom Weapon5 ranks · passiveRequires 25 points in Enhancement Talents (level 35).Rank 1: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. Activates about 6 times per minute.Rank 2: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. Activates about 7 times per minute.Rank 3: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. Activates about 8 times per minute.Rank 4: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. Activates about 9 times per minute.Rank 5: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec. Activates about 10 times per minute.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Blizzard's notes build by build
- Maelstrom WeaponMaelstrom Weapon now grants 20% reduced cast time and Mana cost per application at all ranks (was 4/8/12/16/20% reduced cast time and Mana cost), and chance to activate now increases with rank and activates 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute (was 20 times per minute regardless of rank). Blizzard's hotfix notes for build 70888 hotfixes, 10 Nov 2026.
- Maelstrom WeaponMaelstrom Weapon: Chance to trigger doubled. Blizzard's development notes for build 70753, 2 Nov 2026.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 40% of Shaman buildsTaken in 40% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 0% of Elemental buildsTaken in 0% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 71% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 71% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 0% of Restoration buildsTaken in 0% 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
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70888, 2026-11-10Ranks 1 to 5 text changed. Now: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Was: When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 4%. Blizzard: "Maelstrom Weapon now grants 20% reduced cast time and Mana cost per application at all ranks (was 4/8/12/16/20% reduced cast time and Mana cost), and chance to activate now increases with rank and activates 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute (was 20 times per minute regardless of rank)." (notes for build 70888 hotfixes)
Around it in the Enhancement tree
- Row above (level 30)
Spirit Weapons, 
Mental Quickness, 
Improved Stormstrike. - Row below (level 40)
Rage of the Farseer. - Gone from Classic EnhancementShield Specialization, Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Improved Weapon Totems, Weapon Mastery.
Every Enhancement talent 18
Earth's Grasp
Thundering Strikes
Ancestral Knowledge
Guardian Totems
Mental DexterityImproved Lightning Shield
Elemental Weapons
Shamanistic Focus
Anticipation
Toughness
Flurry
Stormstrike
Improved Ghost WolfSpirit WeaponsMental QuicknessImproved StormstrikeMaelstrom WeaponRage 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 Maelstrom Weapon in the Shaman calculator.