WoW Forever Shaman builds, the most popular from 25,654 planned here

13,143 of the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here (51%) lead in Enhancement, 7,426 in Elemental and 5,085 in Restoration. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Enhancement has 52%, Elemental 27% and Restoration 21%. Ele is short for Elemental, the caster tree; Enh for Enhancement, the melee tree; and Resto for Restoration, the healing tree. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Enhancement. 61.8% of the Shaman leveling orders people recorded lead in Enhancement. Every build below opens in the Shaman calculator, and the Shaman leveling order shows the order people place these points in. These are full 51-point level 60 builds, planned ahead of launch on 4 November 2026.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Enhancement 51%
• Elemental 29%
• Restoration 20%

WoW Forever Enhancement Shaman build

13,143 of the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (51%) lead in Enhancement; the most used is 18/33/0 (#1), going to Rage of the Farseer. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Enhancement builds take.

WoW Forever Elemental Shaman build

7,426 of the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (29%) lead in Elemental; the most used is 33/7/11 (#3), going to Elemental Mastery. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Elemental builds take.

WoW Forever Restoration Shaman build

5,085 of the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points (20%) lead in Restoration; the most used is 0/10/41 (#2), going to Riptide. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Restoration builds take.

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The 5 most popular level 60 Shaman builds, all 51 points Elemental / Enhancement / Restoration points

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   Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0

   #1 by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 18 / Enhancement 33 / Restoration 0 1.9% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 92 · saved 258 · opened 2,362 · across 117 close builds · tagged LevelingPvE Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Elemental Devastation, Reverberation, Call of Flame, Trial by Fire, Thundering Strikes and 11 more.
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   Restoration Shaman 0/10/41

   #2 by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 0 / Enhancement 10 / Restoration 41 1.9% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 136 · saved 358 · opened 2,264 · across 83 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Healing Way 3/3, Nature's Swiftness, Purification 5/5 and Riptide. Maxes Thundering Strikes, Ancestral Knowledge, Improved Healing Wave, Tidal Focus, Mindfulness, Ancestral Healing and 9 more.
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   Elemental Shaman 33/7/11

   #3 by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 33 / Enhancement 7 / Restoration 11 0.4% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 32 · saved 85 · opened 468 · across 81 close builds Takes Elemental Reach 2/2, Lava Burst, Lightning Overload 3/3, Elemental Fury 5/5 and Elemental Mastery. Maxes Concussion, Elemental Alacrity, Call of Flame, Elemental Focus, Trial by Fire, Eye of the Storm and 11 more.
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   Enhancement Shaman 12/34/5

   #4 by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 12 / Enhancement 34 / Restoration 5 0.4% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 35 · saved 113 · opened 447 · across 116 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Elemental Devastation, Call of Flame, Elemental Focus, Thundering Strikes, Ancestral Knowledge and 11 more.
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   Enhancement Shaman 11/32/8

   #5 by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Elemental 11 / Enhancement 32 / Restoration 8 0.2% of every Shaman share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 14 · saved 51 · opened 189 · across 75 close builds · tagged LevelingPvE Takes Spirit Weapons, Mental Quickness 2/2, Improved Stormstrike 2/2, Maelstrom Weapon 5/5 and Rage of the Farseer. Maxes Concussion, Elemental Devastation, Call of Flame, Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf and 11 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425), ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Shaman build's (5,683 shares, 12,354 saves, 127,578 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

Since 13 Sep, 108,482 Shaman builds were made, shared, saved or opened here and 41,495 of them have all 51 points, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 25,654 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425).

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Shaman talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Oct 15 patch (build 70425).

Shaman talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Thundering Strikes 88% (Enhancement), Improved Ghost Wolf 76% (Enhancement), Tidal Focus 72% (Restoration), Shamanistic Focus 70% (Enhancement), Mental Dexterity 64% (Enhancement). Least taken: Earth's Grasp 8% (Enhancement), Natural Grace 8% (Restoration), Improved Lightning Shield 10% (Enhancement), Restorative Totems 11% (Restoration), Purification 16% (Restoration). Share of Shaman builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent, each build counted once.

Shaman builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Shaman builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 16 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (326 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

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   Level 30 Enhancement Shaman build, 21 points, Thundering Strikes and Ancestral Knowledge build

   Elemental 0 / Enhancement 21 / Restoration 0 44.2% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 144 people-days · across 24 close builds Maxes Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus, Stormstrike.
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   Level 30 Enhancement Shaman build, 21 points, Ancestral Knowledge build

   Elemental 0 / Enhancement 21 / Restoration 0 4.9% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 16 people-days · across 8 close builds Maxes Ancestral Knowledge, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus, Stormstrike.
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   Level 30 Enhancement Shaman build, 21 points, Thundering Strikes and Anticipation build

   Elemental 0 / Enhancement 21 / Restoration 0 4% of the level 30 Shaman builds in the window · 13 people-days · across 5 close builds Maxes Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Shamanistic Focus, Anticipation, Stormstrike.
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No Elemental 21-point build has reached the floor yet (12 people-days in the window).

No Restoration 21-point build has reached the floor yet (63 people-days in the window).

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Enhancement 0/21/0, from 64,820 Enhancement orders; Restoration 0/0/21, from 22,907. Recorded 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026; the Shaman leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Shaman spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

13,143 of the 25,654 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here (51%) lead in Enhancement, 7,426 in Elemental and 5,085 in Restoration, counted since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425). Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Enhancement has 52%, Elemental 27% and Restoration 21%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Enhancement. 61.8% of the Shaman leveling orders people recorded lead in Enhancement.

What is the most popular Shaman build at level 30, the beta cap?

Enhancement 0/21/0: 44.2% of the 326 level 30 Shaman builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (144 people-days), maxing Thundering Strikes, Mental Dexterity, Improved Ghost Wolf, Elemental Weapons, Shamanistic Focus and Stormstrike.

What is the most popular Shaman build at level 60?

Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Oct 15 patch (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 1.9% of every Shaman share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 92, saved 258, opened 2,362).

Which Shaman talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Thundering Strikes (88%), Improved Ghost Wolf (76%) and Tidal Focus (72%). Least taken: Earth's Grasp (8%), Natural Grace (8%) and Improved Lightning Shield (10%). The percentages are the share of Shaman builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, each build counted once.

Is there a Shaman raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

The builds people tagged most for each, when they saved or shared them in the calculator. PvE: as a healer, Restoration Shaman 0/10/41 (13 tags); as DPS, Enhancement Shaman 18/33/0 (11 tags). PvP: as a healer, Restoration / Enhancement Shaman 0/20/31 (4 tags); as DPS, Enhancement Shaman 8/38/5 (3 tags). A build is listed once it has 3 tags for the same thing; these are tags from players, not a ranking of how strong a build is.

Is this a Shaman tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Shaman build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Shaman build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Also for Shamans: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Shaman calculator. The most popular builds of every class.