Elemental Reach

Elemental Reach (Storm Reach in Classic Era), a Shaman Elemental Combat ability, was changed in WoW Forever: 2 of 2 ranks differ from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Shaman talent Elemental Reach. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Elemental Reach tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Storm Reach

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 3 yards.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Elemental Reach

Changed: Physical school

Changed: Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards and reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection by 20 sec.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by $s1 yards.	Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by $m1 yards and reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection by ${$m3/-1000} sec.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 2, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 6, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 15, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -20000, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Storm Reach	Elemental Reach
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 changed

Storm Reach (Rank 2) tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era rank 2 beside the talent's Forever spell at rank 2, changes marked.

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Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Storm Reach

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells by 6 yards.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Elemental Reach

Physical school

Changed: Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards and reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection by 20 sec.

Shown at rank 2 of 2.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

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What changed for Elemental Reach in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip text changed, renamed from Storm Reach, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 changed rank 2 of the talent's one WoW Forever spell; it now reads "Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fire Nova, and Lava Burst spells by 6 yards and reduces the cooldown of Totemic Projection by 20 sec."

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