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Surge of Power
Spell nature shamanrage
  • Surge of Power
  • Row 6 Elemental shaman talent
  • Passive
  • Earth Shock, Elemental Blast, and Earthquake enhance your next spell cast within 15 sec:

    Flame Shock: The next cast also applies Flame Shock to 1 additional target within 8 yards of the target.

    Lightning Bolt: Your next cast will cause 2 additional Elemental Overloads.

    Chain Lightning:Your next cast will chain to 1 additional target.

    Lava Burst: Reduces the cooldown of your Fire and Storm Elemental by 6.0 sec.

    Frost Shock: Freezes the target in place for 6 sec.
Properties
Class Shaman
School Physical
Talents
Talent required Spell shaman maelstromweapon [Swelling Maelstrom] or Ability shaman echooftheelements [Echo of the Elements]
Other information
Affects Shaman talent elementalblast [Elemental Blast], Spell shaman earthquake [Earthquake], Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock]
Related buff
Spell nature shamanrage
  • Surge of Power
  • Your next spell cast will enhanced.
  • Duration: 15 seconds
Related debuff
Spell frost frostshock
  • Magic
  • Surge of Power
  • Rooted in place.
  • Duration: 6 seconds

Surge of Power is an Elemental shaman talent that causes Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock] to empower other specific shaman spells.

It is an exclusive choice node with Spell nature stormreach [Aftershock].

Notes[]

  • Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock]: Surge of Power can spread Flame Shock to a target that already had an active Flame Shock on it rather than a nearby target with no Flame Shock, effectively wasting the proc.
  • Spell frost frostshock [Frost Shock]: The freeze effect is not broken by damage. However, casting another Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock] on the frozen target will immediately break the effect. The freeze is a magic effect and can be dispelled.
  • Spell shaman lavaburst [Lava Burst]: The cooldown reduction effect works with the Inv stormelemental [Storm Elemental] talent.
  • Spell nature lightning [Lightning Bolt]: The elemental overloads caused are in addition to any mastery procs.

Tips and tactics[]

  • Surge of Power is designed as primarily a single target talent, though the Spell fire flameshock [Flame Shock] effect can be beneficial for cleave encounters. The Spell nature lightning [Lightning Bolt] effect provides the most damage out of the talent and should be prioritized over the other effects.
  • Spell nature stormreach [Aftershock] allows for additional uptime on Surge of Power, but the buff does not stack. Casting two back-to-back Earth Shocks will waste a Surge of Power buff.
  • In heavy AoE encounters, Surge of Power is a weak talent. It does not trigger from Spell shaman earthquake [Earthquake], and should be avoided on encounters that make frequent use of the spell. Additionally, Surge of Power does not affect Spell nature chainlightning [Chain Lightning].

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Casting Spell nature lightning [Lightning Bolt] with Surge of Power causes 1 additional Elemental Overload in PvP combat (was 2).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Fixed an issue causing Surge of Power to be incorrectly consumed when casting Spell nature earthshock [Earth Shock] immediately after a Lightning Bolt.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 Elemental talent (was a level 45 Elemental talent).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 45 (was 90).
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2019-01-10): Surge of Power can now cause up to an additional 2 Lightning Bolt overloads against enemy players (was 3 additional overloads).
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Added.

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