Azeroth Survivors Shaman build reference for v0.131.0: The documented opener is Lightning Bolt. Elemental develops lightning chains, Enhancement adds repeated-hit and companion interactions, and the documented Restoration route can center on totems. Choose whether you want damage to follow targets or remain around a placed object. Set your actual point budget before reviewing the route; a later starting-skill change may not exist at an early checkpoint.
The planning idea
Choose whether you want damage to follow targets or remain around a placed object. Chain Lightning and Magma Totem solve different positioning problems; selecting both does not remove their conditions.
Early decisions
Check the first usable trigger instead of copying a finished capstone. Elemental Mastery adds Chain Lightning to the starting skills while retaining Lightning Bolt; it does not replace the default skill. A low-point route may not have the additional opening yet.
Choices & alternatives
For a totem idea, check the placement and duration text. For a repeated-hit idea, inspect which specific spells can trigger it. Keep conditional extra casts separate from guaranteed casts.
Equipment conditions
Use equipment to support the route’s real constraint: surviving near the useful area, maintaining recovery, or keeping the chosen attack relevant.
When the plan falls short
Strong damage into a group does not establish isolated boss performance. A totem left behind while kiting may not help where the next pack arrives.
Load starting idea
Starting ideas are editable editorial drafts based on source-checked fields, not completed-run benchmarks.
Evidence
Editorial idea. Test target-following and placed-area approaches under the same zone conditions, recording movement and active uptime rather than only a final damage total.
Reference client v0.131.0 (e7d9dd47), checked 31 Oct 2026. Primary-checked fields are labeled; historical v0.125.0 values stay separate. See Sources & method for coverage.