Thunderous Paws

In the Elemental Shaman talent tree, Thunderous Paws sits in the Shaman class talents, row 2 of 10. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

Thunderous Paws shares its node with Spirit Wolf. A character takes one of the two.

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  Spirit Wolf

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Thunderous Paws from Chain Lightning and Lava Burst.

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  Chain Lightning

  Hurls a lightning bolt at the enemy, dealing (116.4% of Spell Power) Nature damage and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Consumes Maelstrom Weapon for increased cast speed and damage.]?a187880[ Consumes Maelstrom Weapon for increased cast speed.][] Generates 2 Maelstrom per target hit.

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  Lava Burst

  Hurls 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.

Connected below

Thunderous Paws leads on to Astral Shift and Nature's Guardian.

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  Astral Shift

  Shift partially into the elemental planes, taking 40% less damage for 12 sec.

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  Nature's Guardian

  When your health is brought below 35%, you instantly heal of your maximum health. Cannot occur more than once every 45 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Earth Shield, Ancestral Wolf Affinity, Fire and Ice and Frost Shock.

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  Earth Shield

  Protects 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.

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  Ancestral Wolf Affinity

  Cleanse Spirit, Wind Shear, Purge, and totem casts no longer cancel Ghost Wolf.

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  Fire and Ice

  Increases all Fire and Frost damage you deal by 3%.

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  Frost Shock

  Generates 10 Maelstrom.]?a343725[ Generates 3 Maelstrom.][]