Convection, an Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Convection is a passive talent in row 1 of the Elemental tree. It needs no points in Elemental, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Convection

5 ranks

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.

Every rank of Convection

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 2%.
Rank 2	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 4%.
Rank 3	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 6%.
Rank 4	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 8%.
Rank 5	Reduces the mana cost of your Shock, Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, and Chain Lightning spells by 10%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Elemental tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Concussion

Row above

None: this is the first row

Row below (row 2)

• Elemental Warding
• Reverberation
• Call of Flame
• Elemental Devastation

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Convection.

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.