Stormstrike
Shaman · Enhancement · opens at 15 points spent · 1 rank
Stormstrike works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Changed in the latest patch (Blizzard's 2 November changes). See the patch notes
8% of base mana · Melee Range · Instant · 6 sec cooldown
Stormstrike ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Instantly strike for 150% 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.
What Stormstrike does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Gives you an extra attack. In addition, the next 2 sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.
Where Stormstrike sits in the Enhancement tree
Stormstrike is a Enhancement talent for Shaman. You need 15 points in Enhancement before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Improved Stormstrike.
- Unlocks: Improved Stormstrike
- Same row: Toughness, Flurry, Improved Ghost Wolf
How often people take Stormstrike
98 of the 222 public Shaman builds saved here (44%) put at least one point in Stormstrike. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Builds that take Stormstrike
8 of the public Shaman builds written up here spend points on Stormstrike.
- Shaman Enhancement 7/32/0 · 1/1 , 28 up
- Shaman Enhancement 7/34/0 · 1/1 , 13 up
- Shaman Enhancement 15/23/0 · 1/1 , 6 up
- Shaman Enhancement 8/33/0 · 1/1 , 6 up
- Shaman Enhancement 7/35/0 · 1/1 , 5 up
- Shaman Enhancement 7/34/0 · 1/1 , 4 up
- Shaman Enhancement 8/33/0 · 1/1 , 2 up
- Shaman Enhancement 12/20/0 · 1/1
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- Forever client build 1.60.1.70790
- the WoW: Forever client's hotfix cache, 6 November 2026 (DBCache.bin, build 70790)