Enhancement is the Melee DPS specialization of the Shaman in WoW: Forever. This page summarizes its talent tree as it appears in the beta client (build 1.60.1.69913); the role is the one stated by the Icy Veins guide for the specialization.
The class's three trees, with the talents the Icy Veins guide recommends at level 20 in colour and all the others in grey. The small number on the left of each row is the points you must have spent in the tree to reach it. Point counts are shown when the guide states them; otherwise only the talents are named. This section is fixed: it does not move and does not depend on the calculator.
Icy Veins says this build is limited by the beta level cap and will change at release.
Icy Veins: early critical strike chance.
Icy Veins: lets you use Ghost Wolf indoors and travel faster.
Icy Veins: makes intellect a key stat and opens the deeper tree.
Optional: emergency survival through Stoneclaw Totem.
Icy Veins: eases pressure on your Mana pool.
Icy Veins: reachable with Legacy Perk points.
In order of importance, according to Icy Veins. Order presented as speculative by Icy Veins.
Icy Veins presents this order as speculative and notes that intellect changes the most in Forever because of the Mental Dexterity and Mental Quickness talents.
What the Icy Veins guide lists for this specialization.
No source publishes a best-in-slot list or enchants for this specialization yet: the Icy Veins Forever guides only cover level 20 for now and do not detail them. The dungeon items below are ranked by rule from the stat priority and are not a best-in-slot list. This section will be filled when a source publishes them, with nothing invented on our side.
Icy Veins guide dated 2026-09-17, read on September 21, 2026.
A shortlist: the best item for each slot across the known dungeons, from this specialization's stat priority. Open a dungeon to see all its items filtered.
| Slot | Item | Stats | Drops from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | +13 Strength · +8 Stamina · +14 Critical Strike · +213 Armor | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Two-hand | +6 Intellect · +7 Spirit · +10 Stamina · +14 Critical Strike · 34.78 DPS (3.4 s) | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Legs | +21 Strength · +10 Stamina · +236 Armor | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Waist | +12 Strength · +10 Stamina · +136 Armor | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Hands | +12 Strength · +10 Agility · +153 Armor | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Chest | +10 Strength · +4 Stamina · +194 Armor | Wailing Caverns | |
| Wrists | +8 Strength · +3 Stamina · +95 Armor | Razorfen Kraul | |
| One-hand | +7 Strength · 23.12 DPS (2.4 s) | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Shield | +7 Strength · +8 Stamina · +1548 Armor | Scarlet Monastery | |
| Finger | +5 Strength · +2 Stamina | Shadowfang Keep |
Ragefire Chasm · Deadmines · Wailing Caverns · Shadowfang Keep · Blackfathom Deeps · Stormwind Stockade · Gnomeregan · Scarlet Monastery · Razorfen Kraul
These are the deepest talents in the tree: they require 30 points already spent in the specialization. Official game text, at maximum rank.
Increases your melee attack speed and spell casting speed by 30% for 25 sec.
Talents you take only once, with their tier (official text at maximum rank).
Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.
Instantly strike for normal weapon damage and increase the damage you deal to the target with your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Earth Shock spell by 20% for 12 sec.
Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.
Each line is a tier of the tree; in brackets, the talent's maximum rank.
| Tier | The tree tier by tier |
|---|---|
| 1 | Earth's Grasp (2) · Thundering Strikes (5) · Ancestral Knowledge (5) |
| 2 | Guardian Totems (2) · Mental Dexterity (3) · Improved Ghost Wolf (2) · Improved Lightning Shield (3) |
| 3 | Elemental Weapons (3) · Shamanistic Focus (1) · Anticipation (3) |
| 4 | Toughness (5) · Flurry (5) · Stormstrike (1) |
| 5 | Spirit Weapons (1) · Mental Quickness (2) · Improved Stormstrike (2) |
| 6 | Maelstrom Weapon (5) |
| 7 | Rage of the Farseer (1) |
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This page gives no rotation or spell priority: the client does not provide them and we do not invent them. The data will change when the game launches on November 4, 2026.