Earth Shock

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Earth Shock
Earth Shock Instant cast 20 yd range 23% base mana Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing X to Y Nature damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2 sec.
Usable by
Class	Shaman
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Nature
Cooldown	6 seconds
Talents
Improvement talents	See below
Other information
Ranks	8

Concussion beats concentration. ^{[TCG src]}

Earth Shock is an instant cast spell that interrupts any spell the target is casting, and it also prevents the target from casting for 2 seconds any spell that uses the same School of magic as the interrupted spell. This spell is very useful against mobs/PCs who are Fire and Frost resistant, and especially against casters. However, do not let Earth Shock's secondary features blind you from the direct damage it can inflict; Earth Shock (most of the time) is the second best Shock spell (in damage per mana ratio and efficiency) in the Shaman players' arsenal.

Contents 1 Limitations 2 Rank Table 3 Talents 4 Notes

Limitations

• It has 6 seconds cooldown linked to other shocks (global cooldown), which makes all the Shocks unusable for 6 seconds.
• Against players the duration of the interruption effect can be reduced using special silence reduction mechanics given by particular talents of certain classes.

Rank Table

Rank	Level	Type	Mana Cost (base mana)	Description	Cost
1	4	Elemental	23%	Causes 17 to 19 Nature damage.	1
2	8	Elemental	23%	Causes 32 to 34 Nature damage.	2
3	14	Elemental	23%	Causes 60 to 64 Nature damage.	9
4	24	Elemental	23%	Causes 119 to 127 Nature damage.	42
5	36	Elemental	23%	Causes 232 to 246 Nature damage.	1 30
6	48	Elemental	23%	Causes 370 to 392 Nature damage.	2 25
7	60	Elemental	23%	Causes 533 to 561 Nature damage.	3 90
8	69	Elemental	23%	Causes 658 to 692 Nature damage.	7 11
9	74	Elemental	23%	Causes 723 to 761 Nature damage.	18
10	79	Elemental	23%	Causes 849 to 895 Nature damage.	18

Talents

Talents that can improve the shock:

	Icon	Talent	Ranks	Requirements	Description
	Concussion	5	none	Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by {1/2/3/4/5}%.
	Convection	5	none	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by {2/4/6/8/10}%.
	Reverberation	5	10 Elemental	Reduces the cooldown of your Shock spells by {0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1) seconds.
	Elemental Focus	1	10 Elemental	You enter a Clearcasting state after criting with any Fire, Frost, or Nature damage spell. The Clearcasting state reduces the mana cost of your next two damage spells by 40%.
	Elemental Fury	5	10 Elemental	Increases the Critical Strike damage bonus of your Searing Totem, Fire Nova Totem, Magma Totem, and your Fire Frost and Nature spells by {10/20/30/40/50}%.
	Elemental Precision	3	25 Elemental	Increases your chance to hit with Fire, Frost and Nature spells by {1/2/3}% and reduces the threat caused by Fire, Frost and Nature spells by {10/20/30}%
	Elemental Mastery	1	30 Elemental 5 Call of Thunder	When activated, this spell gives you 20% increase critical strike chance with Nature, Frost and Fire spells, and reduces mana cost by 20% for 30 sec. 3min CD.
	Thundering Strikes	5	5 Enhancement	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and spells by {1/2/3/4/5}%.
	Shamanistic Focus	1	10 Enhancement	Reduces the mana cost of your shock spells by {45}%.
	Mental Quickness	3	25 Enhancement	Reduces the mana cost of your instant cast spells by {2/4/6}%.
	Stormstrike	1	30 Enhancement 3 Elemental Weapons	Instantly attack with both weapons. In addition, the next two sources of Nature damage dealt to the target are increased by 20%. Lasts 12 sec.
	Storm, Earth and Fire	1	30 Elemental 3 Elemental Weapons	Increases range of Earth Shock by {1/3/5} yards

Notes

• Prior to v2.0.3, Earth Shock generated threat equal to twice its damage. The bonus threat was removed from Earth Shock, while Frost Shock gained bonus threat.

• If using Earth Shock to just stop an enemy's casting rather then doing damage, consider using the new Wind Shock spell added with the inception of 3.0.

• If specced into Shamanistic Focus with Clearcasting up, shocks will cost very little, around 35 mana.

• If specced into Shamanistic Focus with Elemental Mastery up, shocks will cost no mana.

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