Maelstrom Weapon
Shaman · Enhancement · opens at 25 points spent · 5 ranks
Maelstrom Weapon does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Maelstrom Weapon ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 4%. Stacks up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.
- Rank 2 When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 8%. Stacks up to 10 times. Lasts 60 sec.
- Rank 3 When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 12%. Stacks up to 15 times. Lasts 90 sec.
- Rank 4 When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 16%. Stacks up to 20 times. Lasts 120 sec.
- Rank 5 When you deal damage with a melee attack, you have a chance to reduce the cast time and Mana cost of your next Lightning Bolt spell by 20%. Stacks up to 25 times. Lasts 150 sec.
Where Maelstrom Weapon sits in the Enhancement tree
Maelstrom Weapon is a Enhancement talent for Shaman. You need 25 points in Enhancement before the row it sits on opens.
How often people take Maelstrom Weapon
120 of the 232 public Shaman builds saved here — 52% — put at least one point in Maelstrom Weapon. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:32