RadimajiUndrwrldcub

At a glance

Name

Radimaji Undrwrldcub · reserve "Radimaji" Oct 27 – Nov 3 (WoW names are one word, so Undrwrldcub is the RP surname)

Meaning

radi (thunder) + maji (water): Elemental lightning and Restoration waters

Race

Troll (Darkspear), Horde

Specs

Level as Elemental; heal dungeons and raids as Restoration

Server

RP, PvE focus

Professions

Leatherworking + Engineering; Cooking, Fishing, First Aid

Legacy perks

Talented, Permanence, Working Overtime, Thrill of Adventure

Dual spec

Not announced Official. Beta respec costs 1 silver, rising if you respec again soon.

Troll racials

Berserking · active, 3 min

+10% casting and attack speed for 10 sec. Line it up with Lava Burst as Elemental or a Chain Heal burst as Restoration. Confirmed

Rapid Regeneration · active, 3 min

Restore 50% of max health over 6 sec; moving, acting or taking damage breaks it. Saves a drink between pulls. Confirmed

Regeneration · passive

10% of health regeneration continues in combat.

Beast Slaying · passive

+5% damage to Beasts. Durotar, the Barrens and Stonetalon are full of them.

Sept 24 patch, what matters for you Official
Lightning Bolt ranks 3–4 buffed so every rank is an upgrade · Lava Burst ranks 1–2 now about 10% above the same-level Lightning Bolt · Elemental Fury (row 3) and Elemental Alacrity (row 6) swapped places, and the talent tab already shows the new layout · Riptide can crit · Flametongue Totem no longer stacks with Flametongue Weapon or Windfury · Tranquil Air, Windfury and Grace of Air no longer stack across Shamans.

Roleplay profile
Born on the Echo Isles and raised at Sen'jin Village after the Darkspear settled the Durotar coast, Radimaji was called "the underworld cub" because the spirits first spoke to them from the sea caves beneath the isles, not from the sky. Storm and tide answer in equal measure: lightning for those who threaten the tribe, rain and healing waters for those who carry it. They work leather and tinker with goblin gadgets because a Darkspear on the road makes their own armor and their own luck.
Hooks: Sen'jin Village, the Echo Isles, Vol'jin's Darkspear, the Valley of Trials trainer, and the new Darkspear Islands 15v15 battleground Official. Forever is Classic-era: later Darkspear history has not happened yet.

Key decisions

Spec analysis

Baseline (all Shaman)

Changes

Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning cast faster than Classic (Lightning Bolt max rank 2.5 sec). Totemic Projection and Totemic Recall move totems up to 30 yards; Call of the Elements drops a full totem set with one 3-sec cast. Ghost Wolf can be made instant and usable everywhere. Fire Nova is now a cast that makes your Fire Totem explode (30 yd). Hit and crit are unified across melee, ranged and spells, and healing gear now also carries spell damage, which makes an Elemental/Restoration gear overlap much easier (Deep Dive panel).

Class quests

Race-specific totem chains for Earth, Fire, Water and (in progress) Air, roughly levels 4–30, each ending with an elemental fight and a totem plus a signature spell Confirmed. For Trolls, Earth starts at level 4 with Call of Earth from Canaga Earthcaller in the Valley of Trials; Fire starts around level 10 Reported (one source; may be Classic-baseline).

Watch-outs

Beta datamining shows lower caster spell coefficients than Classic; Blizzard answered part of that with the Sept 24 Lightning Bolt and Lava Burst buffs.

Elemental (ranged caster DPS)

Kit

Lava Burst capstone (20% stronger on targets with your Flame Shock), Lightning Overload (Nature spells sometimes duplicate), Elemental Reach (+15 yd), Earthbound (Earthbind roots for 5 sec), Convection/Elemental Focus for mana.

Rotation

Drop totems before the pull (Searing Totem last) → open with Lightning Bolt at range → Flame Shock and keep it up → Lava Burst on cooldown → Fire Nova on 3+ targets → fill with Lightning Bolt. Strength of Earth for the group is worth more than a personal DPS totem. Reported Warcraft Tavern.

Stat priority

Spell Power > Hit > Haste > Crit > Intellect > Mp5 > Spirit > Stamina Reported. Icy Veins and Warcraft Tavern agree on the top three; Haste vs Crit order differs.

Weak spots

The tree only documents 46 of 51 points, and early talents are thin ("not particularly exciting," Icy Veins). Beta players still call it close to one-button at low level.

Restoration (healer)

Kit

Riptide capstone (direct heal + HoT, and Chain Heal heals 25% more on its target; can now crit), Water Shield (2% mana per orb consumed), Restorative Totems (+25% Mana Spring, +50% Healing Stream), Healing Way (+25% Healing Wave), Tidal Focus (hit + cheaper heals), Mana Tide Totem, Nature's Swiftness.

Dungeon playbook

Place totems before the pull, keep Strength of Earth up, Tremor Totem for fears and Earthbind for runners, weave Lightning Bolt or Fire Nova when healing is quiet, keep Reincarnation for wipes. Buy Ankhs from your Engineering Reagent Bot at camp. Reported Icy Veins.

Stat priority while leveling

Healing Power > Crit/Haste > Intellect/Mp5 > Spirit/Stamina Reported.

Unknowns

Earth Shield is not confirmed for Forever; only a player feedback thread asks for it.

Gear and extras

• Leveling: healing gear now also carries spell damage, so one set of Intellect/spell-power leather (then mail from 40) serves both specs. Your own Leatherworking covers most slots.
• Crafted tier sets (datamined) Reported: made with Malleable Essence of Nature from disenchanted raid loot (3 per slot). The Spiritcaller's Storm for Elemental and The Spiritcaller for Restoration; bonuses are on the Playbook page.
• Totem relics come from Enchanting, not Engineering (4 sources): Polished Driftwood Icon (skill 130, 8% mana regen while casting), Totem of Ancestral Protection (210), Totem of Thunder (300, +1% Lightning Bolt crit). Buy them from an enchanter; whether they are tradeable is not yet known.
• Riding: Burning Crusade-style training; levels and costs not yet published.

Still unknown (beta will tell)

• Will Forever ship dual specialization, and what will respec cost at launch?
• Does Earth Shield exist for Restoration in Forever?
• Do the Sept 24 Elemental Fury/Alacrity swap and its prerequisites change the Elemental leveling order?
• Do Troll Shamans still train with Canaga Earthcaller, and where does the Water totem chain start?
• Are the Leatherworking specializations (Dragonscale, Elemental, Tribal) confirmed, and are Enchanting totem relics tradeable?
• Which talents fill Elemental's 5 undocumented points?

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