Class

Shaman

Officially confirmed: Confirmed by an official Blizzard source.Coming soonLast verified October 2, 2026

Elemental spellcasters who wield totems. Forever adds the Dwarf Shaman and Windshaper Skyborne Shaman.

The Shaman class crest
Shaman class crest from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Shaman page.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

Details

Armor type
Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.
Confirmed roles
Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.
Resources
Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.
Specializations
Enhancement
Abilities & talents
Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

Specializations

  • Enhancement

    A Shaman hybrid specialization named as benefiting from the combined hit chance stat.

    Role: not officially stated

Race availability

What’s different from Classic?

Only changes Blizzard has published. Abilities and talents can still change during the beta.

Blizzard has confirmed changes to this class, but complete details have not yet been officially announced.

What Blizzard has confirmed

Class updates

1 confirmed
  • Every class is being revisited with new abilities and talent updates designed to preserve the feel of the original game.[3] (confirmed)

Talents

2 confirmed
  • Talents unlock at level 10 with the familiar structure: one-point milestone talents at 11, 21 and 31 points, plus a new 16-point milestone.[4] (confirmed)
  • Dual Specialization becomes available at level 40.[4] (confirmed)

Strengths and limits

Not yet officially confirmed.

Not yet confirmed

1 unknown
  • Shaman talents and ability changes for Forever. — Not officially confirmed by Blizzard.

More official images of Shaman

  • Painted art of an orc shaman calling lightning
    Shaman class artwork from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Shaman page. The character shown may be a race that is not playable in Forever.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source
  • A dwarf shaman calling lightning between two totems
    A Dwarf Shaman, from “Claim New Power” on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Forever page.© Blizzard Entertainment · Source

Change history

  1. · Added

    Added from official Blizzard source(s).