Blizzard
In an upcoming build of Shadowlands, several changes have been made for both of the DPS Shaman specializations.One quick note before discussing the specific changes to each spec,
Totem delle Fiamme is being removed as a baseline button to all
Sciamano.
Totem delle Fiamme was brought back in Battle for Azeroth with the intention of
Totems being a cool and iconic part of the
Sciamano class, but without significant redesign to the button to give it mechanical interaction and feeling impactful to press, it wound up feeling like just another cooldown you had to manage that didn't have any excitement behind it.
Elemental Shaman:The changes above should make Elemental Shaman feel quite a bit more control over what will happen as the result of pressing their abilities.
Enhancement Shaman Core Ability Changes:- has been removed from the spec.
** This is a big change we're trying out. in Terretetre basically only serves as a GCD filler. With the removal of Maelstrom, and Folgore del Fuoco and Folgore del Gelo becoming class-wide abilities that are also on a short cooldown to fill empty spots, there was a lot of competition in the ~6 sec cooldown space of available buttons. Without Maelstrom, Rockbiter didn't have any strong interaction with the rest of the Enhancement toolkit, and shock spells are much more iconic to Sciamano. This is an experimental change, please try things out in combination with the changes below and let us know how things feel. - Sferzata Lavica is now learned at level 11, down from level 22. Base cooldown increased to 18 sec (was 12 sec)
- Sferzata Lavica now gets upgraded at level 22 to have its cooldown reduced to 12 sec (was 18 sec)
- Assalto della Tempesta's cooldown has been reduced to 7.5 sec (was 9 sec)
- Maximum Maelstrom Weapon stacks have been increased from 5 to 10.
- Each stack of Arma del Maelstrom now grants increased damage and/or healing to the abilities Arma del Maelstrom effects in addition to the cast time reduction.
- Abilities that are altered by Arma del Maelstrom have had their baseline damage or healing values reduced.
- Detonazione della Tempesta no longer causes your next Stormstrike to not incur a cooldown.
- s now grants one stack of Arma del Maelstrom immediately when pressed, and an additional 5 stacks over the duration of s.
- Each target that you hit with Catena di Fulmini now both increases the damage of, and reduces the cooldown of your next Schianto di Fulmini.
- Totem della Furia del Vento radius increased from 12 to 30 yards.
- Arma della Furia del Vento and Arma della Lingua di Fuoco no longer require you to click the button, then click a weapon on your character sheet. They automatically apply their effects to an appropriate equipped weapon.
- Scudo di Fulmini now has a 50% chance to grant you a stack of Arma del Maelstrom when it deals damage to an enemy.
- Folgore del Fuoco and Folgore del Gelo have their cooldowns shortened with your current Haste.
Enhancement Shaman Talent Changes:- Pugno di Roccia (talent) has been redesigned and renamed to Fiamme Sferzanti (Passive). Sferzata Lavica now increases the damage of your Flame Shock on the target by 100% for 12 sec.
- Valanga (talent) has been redesigned and renamed to Stormfury (Passive). Each time Arma della Furia del Vento activates, the cooldown of Assalto della Tempesta is reduced by 1 sec.
- Hailstorm (talent) renamed to Cycle of the Elements.
- Assalto Rovente (talent) redesigned and renamed to Hailstorm (Passive). Each Stack of Maelstrom Weapon consumed increases the damage of your next Folgore del Gelo by 50%, and causes your next Frost Shock to hit 1 additional target per stack of Arma del Maelstrom consumed. Maximum 5 stacks.
- Sovraccarico (talent) redesigned and renamed to . 15 sec cooldown. Cause all of your Folgore del Fuocos to erupt in flames, dealing Fire Damage to up to 6 targets near your Flame Shock Targets.
The above changes to Enhancement Shaman are a lot to take in, but we feel that the combined list of changes will make your abilities feel like they have a purpose and interact with your toolkit in meaningful ways instead of just dealing damage.