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Primal Catalyst

Primal Catalyst1 point

After casting Surging Totem, your next Lava Lash casts again at 150% effectiveness.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassShaman
Specializations3
Tree sectionTotemic hero talent tree
Row4 of 5
Opens at1 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Enhancement Shaman talent tree, Primal Catalyst sits in the Totemic hero talent tree, row 4 of 5. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 1 points are spent in Totemic.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Primal Catalyst from Elemental Attunement.

Connected below

Primal Catalyst leads on to Whirling Elements.

  • Whirling Elements

    Elemental motes orbit around your Surging Totem. Your abilities consume the motes for enhanced effects. Air: Your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning or Elemental Blast unleashes 3 Surging Bolts at your Surging Totem. Earth: Your next Sundering deals 100% increased damage and summons a Searing Totem. Fire: Your next Lava Lash grants you Hot Hand for 8 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Imbuement Mastery, Pulse Capacitor or Supportive Imbuements and Totemic Coordination or Earthsurge.

  • Imbuement Mastery

    Increases the chance for Windfury Weapon to trigger by 5% and increases its damage by 8%. When Flametongue Weapon triggers from Windfury Weapon attacks, it has a chance to gather a whirl of flame around the target, dealing 300% of its damage to all nearby enemies.

  • Pulse Capacitor

    Increases the damage of Surging Totem by 18%.

  • Supportive Imbuements

    Increases the critical strike chance of Flametongue Weapon by 25%, and its critical strike damage by 100%.

  • Totemic Coordination

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Totem's attacks by 15%, and its critical strike damage by 30%.

  • Earthsurge

    Casting Sundering within 40 yards of your Surging Totem causes it to create a Tremor at 125% effectiveness at the target area.

Talent trees

Primal Catalyst is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Shaman: Elemental (DPS), Enhancement (DPS), Restoration (Healer).

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Primal Catalyst Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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