Elemental Warding, an Elemental Shaman talent in WoW Forever
Elemental Warding is a passive talent in row 2 of the Elemental tree. It needs 5 points in Elemental, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Elemental Warding
3 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Elemental
Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 3%.
Every rank of Elemental Warding
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 3%. |
| Rank 2 | Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 7%. |
| Rank 3 | Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 10%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Elemental tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 1)
- Row below (row 3)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Elemental Warding.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.
Position
Elemental, row 2, column 2
Elemental, row 2, column 1
Rank 1 text
Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost and Nature effects by 4%.
Reduces damage taken from Fire, Frost, and Nature effects by 3%.
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All Elemental talents
- Convection
- Concussion
- Elemental Warding
- Reverberation
- Call of Flame
- Elemental Devastation
- Elemental Focus
- Elemental Alacrity
- Improved Fire Nova
- Eye of the Storm
- Call of Thunder
- Elemental Reach
- Lightning Overload
- Earthbound
- Elemental Fury
- Lava Burst
The other Shaman trees: Enhancement and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Shaman since Classic is on the changes page.
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.