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Ascendance

Ascendance
2.5% of base mana

Instant	3 min cooldown

Requires Shaman
Requires level 87

The Shaman transforms into a being of raw elemental energy for 15 sec.

Elemental:
While in the form of a Flame Ascendant, Lava Burst has no cooldown and Chain Lightning is empowered to become Lava Beam.

Enhancement:
While in the form of an Air Ascendant, auto-attacks and Stormstrike become Wind attacks, bypassing armor, and having a 30 yard range.

Restoration:
While in the form of a Water Ascendant, all healing done is duplicated and distributed evenly among nearby allies.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

2.5% of base mana

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

3 minutes

GCD

0 seconds

Effect

Dummy
Server-side script

Flags

Cast time is hidden
Cannot be used while shapeshifted

Guides

A guide to the
Elemental Shaman
(PvE) [Outdated - 5.4.7]

Elemental Shaman Guide

Elementals in
Draenor: A Guide
to Elemental Shaman

Raid and Class
cooldown list.

Ranged DPS
Overview -
Tips and Specs

Warlords of Draenor
Shaman Changes

Comments

Comment by Bellsdaddy2010

this is going to be a big increase to melee shamans and possibly to the other caster shamans out there i know that me personally i like the up close action of a enhancement shaman my self

Comment by Toldry

While in the form of a Water Ascendant, all healing done is duplicated and distributed evenly among nearby allies.
☭

Comment by Manpile

Elemental gets no love from the commentors lol, this +echo of the elements+ unleashed elements(talented)..... crazy huge lava bursts coming at your face.

Comment by Tanahtos

30 yard auto-attack and Stormstrike? Oh yeah!
Finally shamans are getting (a bit) of love here <3

Comment by grodon909

You must be swift as a coursing river. With all the force of a great typhoon. With all the strength of a raging fire; mysterious as the dark side of the moon!

In a Oriental themed expansion, that was an impressive coincidence.

Comment by DeckerExTytalus

This will look like similar that Ascendant Council (The Bastion of Twiligh)

Comment by iamleejn

For those interested in the "new" spells:
Elemental:
Lava Beam: Replaces Chain Lightning for the duration. Still proc's . "Bouncing" increases damage dealt.
Lava Burst: Removes the cooldown. While the spell itself remains the same, it replaces Lightning Bolt rotationally for the duration of the buff.

Enhancement:
Windlash/Windlash Off-Hand: Replaces autoattack for the duration. Can proc Windfury Weapon and .
Windstrike: Replaces Stormstrike for the duration.
Nature damage ignores armor and scales with Mastery: Enhanced Elements.

Restoration:
Restorative Mists: Copies all of your healing for the duration: Riptide, , and Healing Rain included. Totem healing not included. Healing is split between all allies within 20 yards of the proc'ing target (target included). Restorative Mists does not directly benefit from mastery: it doesn't double dip.
Basically, this is Essence of Dreams as a cooldown.

Overall, this is a ridiculously awesome ability for all shamans, regardless of spec.

Thanks to Moonslayer for catching the absence of Stormblast.

Comment by Tigerflame

Has anyone noticed that this seems to randomly proc off of Ench spells? I'm not sure what spells, but when in that proc'd form, it doesn't start the CD on the Ascendance spell. Also, I've found that if you use Ghost Wolf during the 15 second proc, it will reset the CD for it back to 15 sec. after you pop out of Ghost Wolf, and will keep you in the Ascendance form.

EDIT: So far, I've only noticed it procing on the activation of Ghost Wolf. Also, I've noticed that this proc'd form does not have Stormblast replacing Stormstrike, but it does cause your auto-attacks to have a 30-yard range.

Comment by Konaa

So the restoration version is literally Essence of Dreams from Ultraxion, except you can use it whenever you want? Wonderful.

Comment by hiteSPARKYZ

Leave your mortal shell behind Embrace your new forms for here and everafter!

Comment by Dilbo

This is a truly awesome ability and from my perspective of enhancement pvp it is a much needed DPS cooldown that we've been lacking. I do not think resto shaman were in a bad position for pvp healing prior to this ability, and elemental shaman were not struggling with their ability to do heavy burst if left alone....so of the three shaman specs I think this benefits enhancement the most.

On my enhancment shaman I have this ability macro'd with my spirit wolves and DPS trinkets. I like to use unleash elements first, then my macro. It provides an awesome boost to damage (roughly doubling my effective DPS for its duration) and it definitely has an intimidation factor when they see all these lightning bolts coming from my hands. It's a lot of fun to watch and probably not much fun to be on the receiving end of.

Anyone who does not blow their defensive CDs when an ascended enh. shaman is attacking them will drop in seconds unless they have a healer nearby...so it's not a "one shot macro" but it's pretty close.

As a level 87 (at that time) in cata pvp gear I was able to down at lvl 90 warrior in panda "contender" gear thanks in part to this ability...and let me tell you that is no easy feat due to warriors' self-healing being a % of their HP and having over 300K HP.

Comment by Swordy

You can't be affected by Bind Elemental while this is active, nor banished.

Comment by TrandomKaggus

One cool thing to keep in mind for Enhancement Shaman is that this effectively resets the cooldown on Stormstrike, one of your most damaging abilities. If you can cast Stormstrike into Ascendance into Stormblast, you'll get a huge burst of damage.

Comment by rivlel

Buffs invoked by this for those who need the spellIDs for addons, are:

Elemental: 114050
Enhancement: 114051
Restoration: 114052

Comment by Xevolution

I'm in love with this spell :) everything i ever dreamt for my Enhancement MS :3
..not to mention Restoration ^^
i knew there was a reason why Shamans were being neglected for the last few years ^^
This is the Big Bang Blizzard had for us all thos years just waitin for the right moment to tell us :)

Comment by xeraphax

DO NOT map this spell to a key that's too easy to press.

Not only will you accidentally activate it, but you can't cancel the buff, making you unable to mount for the duration.

Comment by HyperDemonic

For us Trolls this spell has the same cooldown as our racial and macro great together.

#showtooltip
/cast Ascendance
/cast Berserking(Racial)

Another one I found "somewhat" useful, mostly for Elemental.

#showtooltip
/cast Ascendance
/cast Berserking(Racial)
/cast Spiritwalker's Grace

I say "somewhat" useful because SWG is off the global cooldown and can be cast while casting Lavaburst, so it only saves the tiniest bit of time.

Yes, this will also blow the cooldown of SWG but Elemental has no problem with movement and still casting thanks to Lightningbolt being able to be cast while on the move and instant Lavaburst procs.

Comment by Wathley

I don't play Shaman, but on the Beta I'm Pretty sure this used to activate everytime you left Ghost Wolf...

Comment by oscarucb

Handy addon on Curse to track your Ascendance cooldown time and usage:

AscendanceTimer

It has an option to print some interesting stats, such as how much each CD was reduced by the elemental T15 4-set bonus.

Comment by Biske

/cast Blood Fury (or Berserking/Lifeblood)
/cast Ascendance
/cast Spiritwalker's Grace
/use 13
/use 14
/use Potion of the Jade Serpent
/cast Bloodlust
/cast Lava Burst
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\\\Creature\\\\SelimFireheart\\\\SELIMEMPOWERED.wav")

Comment by wild3rbeast

This spell icon appears to be out of Wc3 TFT cinematic, when Grom Hellscream kills Mannoroth.

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