Earth Shock

Earth Shock
Earth Shock Row 1 Elemental shaman talent 40 yd range 60 Maelstrom Instant Instantly shocks the target with concussive force, causing (283.43% of Spell power) Nature damage.
Properties
Class	Shaman
School	Nature
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Improvements	[Aftershock], [Eye of the Storm], [Further Beyond], [Mountains Will Fall], [Windspeaker's Lava Resurgence]

Concussion beats concentration.

Earth Shock is an Elemental shaman ability that deals damage based on Maelstrom spent.

Notes and trivia

In the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game.

• In Classic, Earth Shock generated threat equal to twice its damage. The bonus threat was moved to [Frost Shock].
• Earth Shock is a common Shaman spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "Earth Shock? Shouldn't it be "Azeroth Shock"?"

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 6%. Does not affect PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-02-27): Damage increased by 6%. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-01): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Elemental talent (was a level 10 Elemental ability).
  
• Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Earth Shock damage is no longer reduced by 10% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Damage increased by 30%.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Earth Shock's damage has been reduced by 16%.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now consumes a fixed amount of maelstrom and deals a fixed amount of damage.
  
• Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Earth Shock damage increased by 7%.
  
• Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Earth Shock damage increased by 20% in non-PvP situations.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
  • Damage increased by 15%.
  • Now learned at level 10 (was 3).
    
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Mana cost and cooldown removed, now deals damage based on Maelstrom spent. Range increased to 40 yards, up from 25. Now available at level 3 (was level 6).
  
• Patch 6.2.3 (2015-11-17): Damage has been increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 6.0.3 (2014-10-28): Now costs 50% less mana.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
  • Now available only to Elemental shaman. Enhancement and Restoration shaman should use [Frost Shock] in its place.
  • No longer applies the Weakened Blows effect.
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): No longer reduces melee and ranged attack speed of the target; instead applies the [Weakened Blows] effect. Now learned at level 6 (was 5).
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Attack speed reduction of the target increased to 20%. Now learned at level 5 (was 4).
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Redesigned. This spell no longer interrupts spell casting, but rather reduces melee attack speed by 10% for 8 seconds (exclusive with similar effects such as [Thunder Clap]).
  
• Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Interrupting a channeled spell with this spell will now always properly prevent casting spells from the same spell school for 2 sec.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Rank 8 is now properly considered an Interrupt effect for talents and abilities that affect interrupts.
  
• Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): No longer generates extra threat.
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): The visual for ranks two through seven has been changed to be consistent with rank one.
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Now causes additional threat.
  
• Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Interrupt duration decreased.
  

See also

• Earth Shock, TCG card

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB