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Thunderstorm
Spell shaman thunderstorm
  • Thunderstorm
  • Row 7 Elemental shaman talent
  • 30 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Calls down a bolt of lightning, dealing (10.4485% of Spell power) Nature damage to all enemies within 10 yards, reducing their movement speed by 40% for 5 sec, and knocking them away from the Shaman. Usable while stunned.
Properties
Class Shaman
School Nature
Cooldown 30 sec
Radius 10 yards
Talents
Talent required Inv 10 elementalcombinedfoozles primordial [Elemental Warding] or Spell nature natureguardian [Nature's Guardian]
Improvements Ability thunderking thunderstruck [Thundershock]
Related debuff
Spell shaman thunderstorm
  • Magic
  • Thunderstorm
  • Movement speed reduced by 40%.
  • Duration: 5 seconds

Thunderstorm is an Elemental shaman ability.

Tips and tactics[]

Thunderstorm has multiple uses. First, it is a self defense mechanism that helps the elemental shaman to push melee attackers away and also damage them a bit in the process. Secondly, Thunderstorm is one of the very few abilities in the game that has a knockback effect; this effect can be very useful in many situations in PvP (and select PvE situations) because it can be used to push an enemy player off cliffs or higher elevated places resulting in fatal fall damage unless the opponent has some countermeasure to save themselves.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Moved to Spell nature lightning [Improved Lightning Bolt]'s position in the talent tree (was row 8).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 Elemental talent (was a level 49 Elemental ability). Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 30.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 49 (was 24).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now learned at level 24 (was 16).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage increased by 20%. Now learned at level 16 (was 10).
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer regenerates Mana.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Mana gain increased from 8% to 15%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Now reduces the movement speed of players it knocks back by 40% for 5 seconds.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now a level 10 specialization ability for Elemental (was a tier 11 Elemental talent).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): It is no longer possible to use this ability while under the effects of the Druid spell Cyclone.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.2 (2009-09-22): Can no longer be used while Frozen, Cycloned, Sapped, or Incapacitated.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Thunderstorm can now be cast while stunned.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Fixed a bug where Thunderstorm was knocking back 15 yards, instead of 20. It should now roughly knockback the correct length of 20 yards.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Mana gain has been increased to 8% (was 5%).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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