Shaman's Lava Burst removed, Lightning Bolt hits harder

Elemental’s Lava Burst is removed, along with every reference to it. In its place, Call of Thunder adds 5% critical strike chance to Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning. Lightning Overload’s proc chance rises to 10/20/30% (was 3/7/10%).

Lightning Bolt’s base damage rises on every rank, with bigger increases on higher ranks; its top rank gets an 80% increase, landing each rank’s new base damage at roughly 78% of the equivalent Classic Era rank, though Forever’s cast time stays lower than Classic Era’s. Chain Lightning’s cast time rises to 2.5 seconds, but its primary-target damage climbs to about 145% of a comparable Lightning Bolt rank, and its mana cost rises to about 225% of that rank’s cost to match.

Restoration’s Riptide changes shape: its mana cost drops by about 40% and its cooldown rises to 12 seconds (was 6), but it no longer deals any direct healing on cast, just the heal-over-time. Enhancement’s Stormstrike now deals 150% normalized weapon damage (was 100%) on a 6-second cooldown (was 8), and Maelstrom Weapon’s proc chance doubles.

Why it matters: Elemental’s rotation changes without Lava Burst, and Restoration loses Riptide’s upfront heal for a cheaper cast on a longer cooldown.