First Ascendant

In the Elemental Shaman talent tree, First Ascendant sits in the Elemental specialization talents, row 10 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Elemental Talents.

Choice node

First Ascendant shares its node with Preeminence. A character takes one of the two.

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  Preeminence

Connected above

The tree draws a line into First Ascendant from Call of Fire.

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  Call of Fire

  Ascendance summons a Primal Fire Elemental to rain destruction on your enemies for 20 sec. While the Fire Elemental is active, Flame Shock deals damage 20% faster, and newly applied Flame Shocks last 100% longer.

Same row

Also on this row: Charged Conduit, Primal Elementalist, Crackling Fury and Purging Flames.

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  Charged Conduit

  Increases the duration of Lightning Rod by 4 sec and its damage bonus by 25%.

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  Primal Elementalist

  Your Earth, Fire, and Storm Elementals are drawn from primal elementals 80% more powerful than regular elementals, with additional abilities, and you gain direct control over your Primal Fire Elemental.

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  Crackling Fury2 ranks

  Voltaic Blaze's cooldown is reduced by 3 sec and its instant damage is increased by 50%.

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  Purging Flames

  Voltaic Blaze unleashes volcanic rage, causing your next Lava Burst to also fire at 5 additional targets with your Flame Shock at 80% effectiveness with reduced Maelstrom generation. Lava Burst damage increased by 10%.