Concussion
Shaman · Elemental Combat · available from the first tier · 5 ranks
Concussion works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Concussion ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Earth Shock spells by 5%.
What Concussion 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.
- Rank 1 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 1%.
- Rank 2 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 2%.
- Rank 3 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 3%.
- Rank 4 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 4%.
- Rank 5 Increases the damage done by your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Shock spells by 5%.
Where Concussion sits in the Elemental Combat tree
Concussion is a Elemental Combat talent for Shaman. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.
- Same row: Convection
How often people take Concussion
216 of the 232 public Shaman builds saved here — 93% — put at least one point in Concussion. 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