Toughness, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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ToughnessAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Enhancement tree (level 25), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Enhancement row 4, column 3, now column 1). 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.
Toughness opens at level 25, after 15 points in Enhancement.
Changed from ClassicRow 4 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 1.
Lv 25the earliest level
5ranks, passive
15%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 4
- Toughness5 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Enhancement Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Increases your Stamina by 2%.Rank 2: Increases your Stamina by 4%.Rank 3: Increases your Stamina by 6%.Rank 4: Increases your Stamina by 8%.Rank 5: Increases your Stamina by 10%.Changed from Classic (was Enhancement row 4, column 3, now column 1). Classic rank 1: Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your Stamina by 2%.
- Alsowas Enhancement row 4, column 3, now column 1.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 15% of Shaman buildsTaken in 15% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 4% of Elemental buildsTaken in 4% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 22% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 22% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 10% of Restoration buildsTaken in 10% 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 (15 points in Enhancement, level 25)
Flurry, 
Stormstrike, 
Improved Ghost Wolf. - Row above (level 20)
Elemental Weapons, 
Shamanistic Focus, 
Anticipation. - Row below (level 30)
Spirit Weapons, 
Mental Quickness, 
Improved Stormstrike. - 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 ShieldElemental WeaponsShamanistic FocusAnticipationToughnessFlurryStormstrikeImproved Ghost WolfSpirit WeaponsMental QuicknessImproved 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 Toughness in the Shaman calculator.