

Shaman summon totems in combat, small objects that disable enemies, heal, or cause damage to enemies. Shaman use the power of the elements to enhance their weapon damage or spells. Shamans exemplify the primal bond between the savage races and their environment. In battle the shaman uses totems and spells to manipulate the elements and provoke other fighters into untold heights of rage and might. Their combination of wisdom and resilience makes them ideal as tribal advisors and leaders.

Shaman commune directly with the elements. The experienced shaman balances the vast spectrum of these primordial forces into an array of diverse abilities, making shaman versatile heroes and valued members of any group. The elements can create, destroy, support, and hinder. These masters of the elements can also call upon elemental forces directly, unleashing torrents of lava and bolts of lightning against foes.

Acting as moderators among earth, fire, water, and air, shaman summon totems that focus the elements to support the shaman’s allies or punish those who threaten them. It is the call of the shaman to bring balance to this chaos. The elements are chaotic, and left to their own devices, they rage against one another in unending primal fury. Unlike some other mystics, shaman commune with forces that are not strictly benevolent. Shaman are spiritual guides and practitioners, not of the divine, but of the very elements. So began the calling of the Shaman, to bring balance to these volatile energies, leveraging their intensity to mend wounds. In time, these spiritual guides came to understand that nature’s elemental forces aren’t wholly benevolent, but have, in fact, been locked in an unending conflict of chaos and primal fury that once consumed the physical realm. Mystics sought communion with the earth, air, fire, and water, and learned to tap into their raw power. Shaman are versatile and formidable opponents, able to respond to any situation with a range of unique abilities.įor millennia, since the primitive tribal cultures of Azeroth and Draenor, the natural elements of the physical universe have been celebrated, feared, and even worshiped. Shaman can also use a selection of stationary totems to gain a wide variety of effects, from restoring mana and automatically healing allies to snaring foes and attacking the shaman's enemies. As such, the class is considered highly adaptable and versatile. The shaman is a hybrid class, able to specialize in offensive spellcasting, melee damage dealing, or healing. Shaman can enhance their weapons with elemental effects, smite enemies with lightning strikes and bursts of lava, and summon powerful elementals to their aid. Often spiritual guides of their communities, these powerful practitioners commune with the ancestors and seek to balance the raging elemental forces, and can call upon them in battle to scorch and blast their enemies, or to strengthen and heal their allies. Shaman (sometimes pluralized as shamans) are mortal mediators between the very elements themselves. However, a shaman that works in a respectful union with the elements wields a power rivaled by few.” Those that follow the path of the shaman must never forget this most vital tenet. “Know this: a shaman must never demand power to do so would arouse the anger of the elements, and a shaman without the elements' protection is nothing.
