Call of Thunder

Shaman · Elemental Combat · opens at 15 points spent · 1 rank

Call of Thunder works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

Call of Thunder ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3%.

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What Call of Thunder does in Classic Era

Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side. It has 5 ranks in Classic Era rather than 1.

Rank 1 Increases the critical strike chance of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by an additional 1%.

Where Call of Thunder sits in the Elemental Combat tree

Call of Thunder is a Elemental Combat talent for Shaman. You need 15 points in Elemental Combat before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Elemental Fury first. Taking it opens Elemental Alacrity.

Requires: Elemental Fury
Unlocks: Elemental Alacrity
Same row: Improved Fire Nova, Eye of the Storm

How often people take Call of Thunder

129 of the 232 public Shaman builds saved here — 56% — put at least one point in Call of Thunder. 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

Changed in Forever.

BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage