Ancestral Wolf Affinity
Cleanse Spirit, Wind Shear, Purge, and totem casts no longer cancel Ghost Wolf.
Tree position
In the Elemental Shaman talent tree, Ancestral Wolf Affinity sits in the Shaman class talents, row 2 of 10. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Ancestral Wolf Affinity from Lava Burst and Chain Heal.
Lava BurstHurls molten lava at the target, dealing (181% of Spell Power) Fire damage. Lava Burst will always critically strike if the target is affected by Flame Shock and its damage is increased by your critical strike chance. Generates 8 Maelstrom.
Chain HealHeals the friendly target for (231% of Spell Power), then jumps up to 40 yards to heal the most injured nearby allies. Healing is reduced by 30% with each jump.
Connected below
Ancestral Wolf Affinity leads on to Spirit Walk or Gust of Wind and Astral Shift.
Spirit WalkRemoves all movement impairing effects and increases your movement speed by 60% for 8 sec.
Gust of WindA gust of wind hurls you forward.
Astral ShiftShift partially into the elemental planes, taking 40% less damage for 12 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Earth Shield, Fire and Ice, Spirit Wolf or Thunderous Paws and Frost Shock.
Earth ShieldProtects the target with an earthen shield, increasing your healing on them by 20% and healing them for when they take damage. This heal can only occur once every 1.1 sec. Lasts 60 min. Earth Shield can only be placed on the Shaman and one other target at a time. The Shaman can have up to two Elemental Shields active on them.
Fire and IceIncreases all Fire and Frost damage you deal by 3%.

Thunderous PawsGhost Wolf removes snares and increases your movement speed by an additional 25% for the first 3 sec. May only occur once.
Frost ShockGenerates 10 Maelstrom.]?a343725[ Generates 3 Maelstrom.][]
Talent trees
Ancestral Wolf Affinity is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Shaman: Elemental (DPS), Enhancement (DPS), Restoration (Healer).
Ancestral Wolf Affinity Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)