WoW Forever Hotfixes: November 12 Enhancement Shaman Tuning & Weapon Imbue Stacking

lizzard Entertainment has deployed the official November 12, 2026 live server hotfixes for World of Warcraft: Forever. Following a brief unexpected deployment delay, these tuning adjustments went live across all regional realms at 10:45 a.m. PST. This update enables Shamans to stack active weapon imbues alongside weapon totems simultaneously, rebalances Stormstrike and Mental Dexterity, and shifts Maelstrom Weapon scaling into a weapon-speed normalized proc mechanic.

These changes are applied live on game realms without requiring a client patch download.

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November 12, 2026

Classes

Shaman

• Weapon imbues and Weapon totems can now be used at the same time.
• Enhancement
• Stormstrike damage reduced to 100% weapon damage (was 150%), and cooldown increased to 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
• Mental Dexterity: Intellect to Attack Power conversion ratio reduced to 33/66/100% (was 50/100/150%).
• Maelstrom Weapon now grants 20% reduced cast time and Mana cost per application at all ranks (was 4/8/12/16/20% reduced cast time and Mana cost), and chance to activate now increases with rank and activates 6/7/8/9/10 times per minute (was 20 times per minute regardless of rank).
• Maelstrom Weapon tooltip updated to display the Shaman’s % chance to activate it based on their Main Hand Weapon’s speed. For example, if the Shaman has the 5 points into Maelstrom Weapon and has a 3.6 speed weapon it will display a 60% chance to activate on swing, compared to if the Shaman is wielding a 2.0 speed weapon it will display a 33% chance to activate on swing.