Tier list

Shaman

Rank 5 of 9 · build 2026-10-16

A72%

A strong raid support class that now levels well as Enhancement.

Leveling68%
Endgame79%
PvP68%

Mostly agree

Specs

Elementalcaster dps
B 60%
Leveling50%
Endgame71%
PvP59%

Lava Burst and root control in PvP

Enhancementmelee dps
A 79%
Leveling87%
Endgame75%
PvP73%

Best way to level and most popular

B 65%
Leveling47%
Endgame89%
PvP61%

Group healing and mana support

Why it scores this way

  • Totems now buff the whole raid and last longer, so one Shaman helps everyone.
  • Chain Lightning costs less mana and Lava Burst arrives earlier, so Elemental plays better.
  • Enhancement levels far better than Elemental or Restoration before level 20.
  • Elemental runs out of mana quickly while leveling, which holds the leveling score down.
  • Earthbound roots plus Lava Burst give Shamans strong burst and control in PvP.

Strong at

  • Raid-wide totems
  • Strong Enhancement leveling
  • Good burst and roots

Weak at

  • Elemental runs out of mana
  • Retail Ghost Wolf model
  • Weak Lava Burst early

What changed in Forever

BuffGrace of Air, Strength of Earth, Windfury, Flametongue go raid-wide2026-10-15
BuffChain Lightning costs 35% less mana2026-10-15
BuffLava Burst and Elemental Mastery moved into reach2026-10-15
BuffStormstrike mana cost cut2026-10-15
BuffWater Shield refills on every spell crit2026-10-15
BuffLow-rank Lightning Bolt damage smoothed2026-10-08
BuffFlametongue Totem no longer has a duration and is replaced instantly2026-09-24
Sources & every model's scores
ModelLevelingEndgamePvP
beam787
big-pickle697
deepseek-v4.1-flash888
glm-5.3-flash888
longcat-2.5-preview678
mimo-v2.6-flash797
nemotron-3-ultra788
inception_mercury-2.5687
nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b788
poolside_laguna-s-2.1775
thinkingmachines_inkling786
xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b675
space-bunny785
Each model scored 1–10 from the same fact pack. The page shows the average × 10.

Sources