Mists of Pandaria: Shaman Class Preview

With Mists of Pandaria a month a way, we'll be previewing each class: their armor sets, changed abilities, cool spell graphics, and new talents. Today we'll take a look at  Shaman. Most notably, there's been many changes to totems, level 90 talents are  Unleashed Fury,  Primal Elementalist,  Elemental Blast, and the new level 87 ability is  Ascendance.

Armor Sets

 

• PvE
• PvP

LFR	Normal	Heroic	Challenge Mode
Battlegear:  Firebird's Cuirass  Firebird's Grips  Firebird's Helmet  Firebird's Legguards  Firebird's Spaulders Vestments:  Firebird's Faceguard  Firebird's Handwraps  Firebird's Legwraps  Firebird's Mantle  Firebird's Tunic Regalia:  Firebird's Gloves  Firebird's Hauberk  Firebird's Headpiece  Firebird's Kilt  Firebird's Shoulderwraps	Battlegear:  Firebird's Cuirass  Firebird's Grips  Firebird's Helmet  Firebird's Legguards  Firebird's Spaulders Vestments:  Firebird's Mantle  Firebird's Legwraps  Firebird's Faceguard  Firebird's Handwraps  Firebird's Tunic Regalia:  Firebird's Gloves  Firebird's Hauberk  Firebird's Headpiece  Firebird's Kilt  Firebird's Shoulderwraps	Battlegear:  Firebird's Cuirass  Firebird's Grips  Firebird's Helmet  Firebird's Legguards  Firebird's Spaulders Vestments:  Firebird's Faceguard  Firebird's Handwraps  Firebird's Legwraps  Firebird's Mantle  Firebird's Tunic Regalia:  Firebird's Gloves  Firebird's Hauberk  Firebird's Headpiece  Firebird's Kilt  Firebird's Shoulderwraps	Inside  Golden Chest of Windfury:  Windfury Belt  Windfury Bracers  Windfury Crushers  Windfury Harness  Windfury Legguards  Windfury Mask  Windfury Sandals  Windfury Spirit Guides

 

 

Click the cut to read about all the new and changed abilities!

Abilities

 

• Spell Graphics
• Totems
• New Abilities
• Specializations
• Talents
• Class Abilities
• Glyphs

New Spell Graphics

•  Primal Elementalist: Your Earth and Fire Elemental Totems draw forth powerful primal elementals directly from the elemental planes. These servitors are 50% more powerful than regular elementals, act as pets directly under your control, and gain additional abilities.
•  Elemental Blast: Harness and direct the raw power of the elements towards an enemy target, dealing 4372 to 5079 (+ 211.2% of SpellPower) Elemental damage and increasing the caster's Critical Strike, Haste, or Mastery by 3500 for 8 sec.

  

 

 

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•  Windwalk Totem, level 30 talent: Summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 6 sec, granting raid members within 40 yards immunity to movement-impairing effects.
•  Lava Surge, Level 50 Elemental ability: Your Flame Shock periodic damage ticks have a chance to reset the cooldown of your Lava Burst spell and cause your next Lava Burst spell to be instant.
•  Astral Shift, Level 15 talent: Seek haven by shifting partially into the elemental planes, reducing damage taken by 40% for 6 sec.

  

 

 

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•  Ascendance: The Shaman surrenders his physical form to the power of the elements, transforming into a being of raw elemental energy for 15 sec.

   

•  Glyph of Deluge: Your  Chain Heal now has a watery appearance.
•  Glyph of the Spectral Wolf: Alters the appearance of your  Ghost Wolf transformation, causing it to resemble a large, Buy wow gold spectral wolf.