Source: https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Removed_shaman_abilities (there are likely much more when accounting for all artifact passive traits and legacy talents)
{Name} - {Patch it was removed in} - {Expansion}
{Description}{Notes}
Grace of Air Totem - 3.0.2 - Wrath of the Lich King
Summons a Grace of Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the agility of party members within 20 yards by X. Lasts 2 min.
Tranquil Air Totem - 3.0.2 - Wrath of the Lich King
Summons a Tranquil Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem reduces the threat caused by all party members within 20 yards by 20%. Lasts 2 min.
Windwall Totem - 3.0.2 - Wrath of the Lich King
Summons a Windwall Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem protects party members within 20 yards, reducing ranged damage taken by X. Lasts 2 min.
Disease Cleansing Totem - 3.1.0 - Wrath of the Lich King
Summons a Disease Cleansing Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that attempts to remove 1 disease effect from party members within 20 yards every 5 seconds. Lasts 2 min.Likely replaced with Cleansing Totem, which was also later removed.
Cure Disease - 3.2.0 - Wrath of the Lich King
Cures 1 disease on the target.Likely replaced with Cleanse Toxins, which was also later removed.
Cure Poison - 3.2.0 - Wrath of the Lich King
Cures 1 poison effect on the target.Likely replaced with Cleanse Toxins, which was also later removed.
Totemic Call - 3.2.0 - Wrath of the Lich King
Returns your totems to the earth, giving you 25% of the mana required to cast each totem destroyed by Totemic Call.
Fire Nova Totem - 3.3.0 - Wrath of the Lich King
Summons a Fire Nova Totem that has 5 health and lasts 5 sec. Unless it is destroyed within 4 sec., the totem inflicts X fire damage to enemies within 10 yd.
Cure Toxins - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Cures 1 poison effect and 1 disease effect on a friendly target.
Cleansing Totem - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons a Cleansing Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster that attempts to remove 1 disease and 1 poison effect from party members within 30 yards every 3 seconds. Lasts 5 min.
Fire Resistance Totem - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons a Fire Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the fire resistance of party and raid members within 30 yards by X.Likely replaced by Elemental Resistance Totem, which was also later removed.
Frost Resistance Totem - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons a Frost Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min. The totem increases party members’ frost resistance by X, if within 30 yards.Likely replaced by Elemental Resistance Totem, which was also later removed.
Lesser Healing Wave - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Heals a friendly target for X.
Nature Resistance Totem - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons a Nature Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the nature resistance of party and raid members within 30 yards by X.Likely replaced by Elemental Resistance Totem, which was also later removed.
Sentry Totem - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons an immobile Sentry Totem with 100 health at your feet for 5 min that allows vision of nearby area and warns of enemies that attack it. Right-Click on buff to switch back and forth between totem sight and shaman sight.
Tidal Force - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Increases the critical effect chance of your Healing Wave, Lesser Healing Wave and Chain Heal by 60%. Each critical heal reduces the chance by 20%. Lasts 20 sec.
Totem of Wrath - 4.0.1 - Cataclysm
Summons a Totem of Wrath with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases spell power by X for all party and raid members, and increases the critical strike chance of all attacks by 3% against all enemies within 40 yards. Lasts 5 min.
Call of the Elements - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar.Removed as part of an overhaul to the totem system.
Call of the Ancestors - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements.Removed as part of an overhaul to the totem system.
Call of the Spirits - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Simultaneously places up to 4 totems specified in the Totem Bar. Can call different totems than Call of the Elements or Call of the Ancestors.Removed as part of an overhaul to the totem system.
Elemental Resistance Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons an Elemental Resistance Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min that increases the Fire, Frost, and Nature resistance of party and raid members within 30 yards by (cond($lte(level, 70), level, cond($lte(level, 80), level + (level) * 5, level + (level) * 5 + (level) * 7))).
Flametongue Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Flametongue Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the spell power of all party and raid members within 40 yards by 6%. Lasts 5 min.
Mana Spring Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Mana Spring Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 1 min that restores X mana every 2 seconds to group members within 20 yards.This later made a comeback coming into Dragonflight as a talent, but has since been reimagined as a passive with a different effect instead.
Stoneclaw Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Stoneclaw Totem with X health at the feet of the caster for 15 sec that taunts creatures within 8 yards to attack it. Enemies attacking the Stoneclaw Totem have a 50% chance to be stunned for 3 sec. The Stoneclaw Totem also protects your other active totems with a shield that absorbs up to X damage.
Stoneskin Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Stoneskin Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem protects party and raid members within 40 yards, increasing armor by X. Lasts 5 min.
Strength of Earth Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Strength of Earth Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem increases the Strength and Agility of all party and raid members within 40 yards by X. Lasts 5 min.
Totem of Tranquil Mind - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Totem of Tranquil Mind with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 5 min, causing party or raid members within 30 yards to lose 30% less casting or channeling time when damaged.
Water Breathing - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Allows the target to breathe underwater for 10 min.It’s a mystery why Shamans no longer have access to this, but Warlocks do.
Windfury Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Windfury Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem enchants all party members main-hand weapons with wind, if they are within 20 yards. Each hit has a 20% chance of granting the attacker 1 extra attacks with 122 extra melee attack power. Lasts 2 min.A version of this was eventually reacquired as an Enhancement Shaman talent.
Wrath of Air Totem - 5.0.4 - Mists of Pandaria
Summons a Wrath of Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster. The totem provides 5% spell haste to all party and raid members within 40 yards. Lasts 5 min.
Ancestral Focus - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting any Shaman spell by 70%.
Bind Elemental - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Binds the target hostile elemental for up to 50 sec. The bound unit is unable to move, attack or cast spells. Any damage caused will release the target. Only one target can be bound at a time.
Burning Wrath - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Fiery elemental energy emanates from the Shaman, empowering all nearby party and raid members and increasing their spell power by 10%.
Earthliving Weapon - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Imbue the Shaman’s weapon with earthen life. Increases healing done by 26 and each heal has a 20% chance to proc Earthliving on the target, healing an additional 116 over 12 sec. Lasts 30 minutes.A form of this now exists as a talent on the Restoration Shaman tree, with differences.
Elemental Oath - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Grants 5% spell haste to all party and raid members within 100 yards.
Flametongue Weapon - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Imbue the Shaman’s weapon with fire. Each hit causes 6 to 18 additional Fire damage, based on the speed of the weapon. Slower weapons cause more fire damage per swing. Lasts for 5 minutes.Likely replaced with the “Enhanced Weapons” passive, which was later removed to add Flametongue and the Flametongue Weapon back into the game.
Frostbrand Weapon - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Imbue the Shaman’s weapon with frost. Each hit has a chance of causing X additional Frost damage and slowing the target’s movement speed by 50% for 8 sec. Lasts 60 minutes.
Greater Healing Wave - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Heals a friendly target for X (+ 137.7% of SpellPower).
Healing Wave - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Heals a friendly target for 36 to 47.
Meditation - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Allows 50% of your mana regeneration from Spirit to continue while in combat.Originally, mana did not regenerate within a few seconds after casting a spell, or during combat. Passives like this became necessary for healers until Blizzard reworked mana regeneration altogether, nullifying the need for passives like this.
Rockbiter Weapon - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Imbue the Shaman’s weapon with the fury of the earth, increasing all threat generation by 30% and reducing damage taken by 5%. Lasts 60 minutes.
Rolling Thunder - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
When you deal damage with Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning while your Lightning Shield ability is active, you have a 60% chance to recover 2% of your mana and to generate an additional Lightning Shield charge, up to a maximum of 7 charges.
Searing Flames - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
When your Searing Totem deals damage or your Fire Elemental lands a melee attack, the damage dealt by your Flametongue Weapon is increased by 8% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.Your Lava Lash ability will consume this effect, dealing 20% increased damage for each application present.
Static Shock - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
When you use your Stormstrike or Lava Lash abilities while having Lightning Shield active, you have a 45% chance to deal damage equal to a Lightning Shield orb.
Stormblast - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Hurl a staggering lightning blast at an enemy, dealing Nature damage equal to 450% weapon damage and granting you an additional 25% chance to critically strike that enemy with your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lightning Shield, and Earth Shock spells for 15 sec.
Stormlash Totem - 6.0.2 - Warlords of Draenor
Summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster, empowering allies within 40 yards with lightning. While empowered, allies’ spells and attacks will trigger bursts of electricity, dealing additional Nature damage to their target. Lasts 10 sec.
Earth Elemental Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons an Earth Totem with X health at the feet of the caster, calling forth a Greater Earth Elemental to protect the caster and <his/her> allies. Lasts 1 min.Redone as simply “Earth Elemental”.
Elemental Reach - 7.0.3 - Legion
Increases the range of your Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst spells by 10 yards, and increases the range of your Shock spells and Searing Totem by 15 yards.
Enhanced Weapons - 7.0.3 - Legion
You imbue your weapons with the power of wind and fire.Each of your main-hand weapon attacks has a 20% chance of triggering three extra attacks dealing 42% Physical damage.
Each of your off-hand weapon attacks causes up to (0.149 * Attack power) additional Fire damage, based on weapon speed.
Likely removed to bring back the individual Windfury Weapon and Flametongue Weapon buffs.
Fire Elemental Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons a Fire Totem with X health at the feet of the caster, calling forth a Greater Fire Elemental to rain destruction on the caster’s enemies. Lasts 1 min.Redone simply as “Fire Elemental”.
Fulmination - 7.0.3 - Legion
While Lightning Shield is active, damage and multistrike damage from your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells generate an additional Lightning Shield charge, up to a maximum of 15 charges.Your Earth Shock spell will consume any charges beyond 1, dealing their total damage to the enemy target.
Grace of Air - 7.0.3 - Legion
Empowering winds swirl around the Shaman, granting all nearby party and raid members X Mastery and 5% haste.
Lightning Strikes - 7.0.3 - Legion
You gain 5% more of the Haste stat from all sources.
Magma Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons a Fire Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 1 min that causes (10.2% of spell power) Fire damage to creatures within 8 yards every 2 seconds.This has since been buffed and reimagined into the “Liquid Magma Totem” talent for Elemental Shamans.
Mail Specialization - 7.0.3 - Legion
Increases your primary attribute by 5% while wearing Mail in all armor slots. Elemental specialization grants Intellect, Enhancement specialization grants Agility, and Restoration specialization grants Intellect.Armor specialization talents were removed across the board. Game itemization had gotten better to where the incentive these provided wasn’t needed anymore (back in older expansions, Warriors sometimes wore leather gear because it had more crit on it than most plate gear).
Mastery: Molten Earth - 7.0.3 - Legion
Your damaging spells incite the earth around you to come to your aid for 6 sec, repeatedly dealing (41.6% of spell power) Fire damage to your most recently attacked target.Also increases the damage of your Earthquake by 16%.
The old Elemental Shaman mastery before it was replaced with Lightning Overload and eventually Elemental Overload. A pre-Dragonflight talent which provided similar effects to Mastery: Molten Earth was available for a while before it too was ultimately removed.
Purification - 7.0.3 - Legion
You gain 5% more of the Mastery stat from all sources.
Restorative Waves - 7.0.3 - Legion
Increases all healing done by 40%, healing from Water Totems by 50%, and healing from Healing Rain by 100%.
Rushing Streams - 7.0.3 - Legion
Your Healing Stream Totem now heals two targets at once for 15% additional healing.
Searing Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons a Fire Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 60 sec that repeatedly attacks an enemy within 0 to 25 yards for (20% of spell power) Fire damage.
Shamanistic Rage - 7.0.3 - Legion
Reduces all damage taken by 30% and gives your successful melee attacks a chance to regenerate mana equal to 30% of your attack power. Lasts 15 sec.
Spiritual Insight - 7.0.3 - Legion
Increases your mana pool by 400%.Reduces the cooldown of your Earth Shock and Flame Shock spells by 1 sec.
Spiritual Insight - 7.0.3 - Legion
Increases your mana pool by 400%.This was Restoration Shaman’s version of the passive by the same name used by Elemental Shamans.
Stone Bulwark Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons an Earth Totem with 10% of the caster’s health at the feet of the caster for 30 sec that grants the caster a shield absorbing X damage for 10 sec, and up to an additional Y every 5 sec thereafter.
Storm Elemental Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons an Air Totem with 26,352 health at the feet of the caster, calling forth a Greater Storm Elemental to hurl gusts of wind at the caster’s enemies. Each gust of wind does damage to the enemy, and then heals all allies within 15 yards for 100% of the damage dealt, split evenly. Lasts 1 min.Redone simply as “Storm Elemental”.
Totemic Persistence - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summoning a second totem of the same element no longer causes the first totem to be destroyed.Only one totem may benefit from this effect at a time. Does not affect Fire totems.
Mechanically, this is no longer an issue and this passive is irrelevant.
Totemic Recall - 7.0.3 - Legion
Returns your totems to the earth, giving you 25% of the mana required to cast each totem destroyed by Totemic Recall.
Unleash Elements - 7.0.3 - Legion
Unleashes elemental forces of Flame and Wind, increasing the damage done by the Shaman’s next Fire spell by 40%, and increasing the Shaman’s attack speed by 60% for the next 6 swings.Likely removed to make room for individual “Unleash [Weapon]” abilities (under different names) and work them into a new core rotation for the Enhancement Shaman. See
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shaman_weapon_buffsfor more details.
Windwalk Totem - 7.0.3 - Legion
Summons an Air Totem with 5 health at the feet of the caster for 6 sec, granting raid members within 40 yards immunity to movement-impairing effects.
Doom Winds (Artifact Trait) - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Unleashes the inner power of the Doomhammer, causing all auto attacks to trigger Windfury, and increasing damage dealt by Windfury by 200% for 6 sec.Now exists as a talent, though a nerfed version of what it used to be.
Gift of the Queen (Artifact Ability) - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Heals up to six injured allies within 12 yards for (400% of spell power) and increases their maximum health by 10% for 6 sec.
Lightning Surge Totem - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Summons a totem at the target location that gathers electrical energy from the surrounding air and then explodes after 2 sec to stun all enemies within 8 yards for 5 sec.
Rainfall - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Blankets the target area in healing rain, restoring (5 * 100% of spell power) health to up to 6 allies over 10 sec. Stormstrike and Lava Lash extend the duration of Rainfall by 3 sec, up to a maximum of 30 sec.
Stormkeeper (Artifact Trait) - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Raises The Fist of Ra-den to the sky and absorbs all nearby electric energy, causing your next 3 casts of Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning to deal 200% increased damage.Versions of this ability now exist as talents in the Resto and Ele spec trees.
Stormlash - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
While your weapons are enhanced, your attacks have a chance to grant Stormlash to up to 2 party or raid members for 8 sec, causing attacks and spellcasts to deal additional Nature damage.
Voodoo Totem - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Summons a totem at the target destination for 10 sec. The totem Hexes all enemies within 8 yds into frogs which are incapacitated and unable to attack or cast spells. Damage or leaving the area will interrupt the effect.
Windsong - 8.0.1 - Battle for Azeroth
Lashes your enemy for (400% of spell power) Nature damage, and enhances your weapons with wind, increasing your attack speed by 30% for 20 sec.
Flametongue - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Scorches your target, dealing (14.74% of attack power) Fire damage, and enhances your weapons with fire for 16 sec, causing each weapon attack to deal up to (2.6% of attack power) Fire damage.Likely just renamed to “Flametongue Weapon”.
Frostbrand - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Chills your target, dealing (92.5% of attack power) Frost damage, and enhances your weapons with frost for 16 sec, causing each weapon attack to reduce the target’s movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
Fury of Air - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Creates a vortex of wind 8 yards around you, dealing (35% of attack power) damage every 1 sec to enemies caught in the storm, and slowing them by 30% for 3 sec.
Rockbiter - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Assaults your target with earthen power, dealing (155% of attack power) Nature damage.Generates 25 Maelstrom.
Totem Mastery - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Summons four totems that increase your combat capabilities for 30 sec.
Resonance Totem
Generates 1 Maelstrom every 1 sec.Storm Totem
Increases the chance for Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning to trigger Elemental Overload by 10%.Ember Totem
Increases Flame Shock damage over time by 10%.Tailwind Totem
Increases your haste by 2%.
Windfury - 9.0.1 - Shadowlands
Each of your main hand attacks has a 10% chance to trigger two extra attacks, dealing 80% Physical damage each.Replaced with a castable buff and slightly different effects.
Spirit Link - 9.1.0 - Shadowlands
You link yourself and two closest allies within 15 yards together. When linked targets take damage, 25% is distributed among the other linked allies. Linked targets receive 100% increased healing from your Chain Heal and Healing Rain. Lasts for 24 sec.Replaces Spirit Link Totem.
Earthen Spike - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Summons an Earthen Spike under an enemy, dealing (1,375% of attack power) Physical damage and increasing Physical and Nature damage you deal to the target by 30% for 10 sec.
Echoing Shock - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Shock the target for (65% of spell power) Elemental damage and create an ancestral echo, causing your next damage or healing spell to be cast a second time 1.0 sec later for free.
Improved Reincarnation - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Reincarnation now revives you with an additional 20% health.
Static Discharge - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Discharge excess energy from your Lightning Shield, dealing (23% of spell power) Nature damage to an enemy within 40 yds every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.Targets with your Flame Shock on them are preferred.
Stormbringer - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Your special attacks has a 5% chance to reset the remaining cooldown on Stormstrike.
Rank 2: Stormbringer now also increases the damage of your next Stormstrike by 25%.The “Rank 1” version of this is retained as a passive granted to all Enhancement Shamans. A tweaked version of “Rank 2” is retained as a talent option named “Stormblast” in the Enhancement talent tree.
Surge of Earth - 10.0.0 - Dragonflight
Consume up to 3 charges of Earth Shield to heal up to 3 allies near your Earth Shield target for (83.3% of Spell power) per charge consumed.
Ever-Rising Tide - 10.0.7 - Dragonflight
Overcharge your mana for 8 sec, increasing your haste by 10% and healing done by 10%.While overcharged, your mana regeneration is halted.
Ethereal Form - 10.1.0 - Dragonflight
You turn ethereal, making you immune to all physical damage, but unable to attack or cast spells and your movement speed is reduced by 50%. Lasts for 10 sec.Use Ethereal Form again to shift out.
Thundercharge - 10.1.0 - Dragonflight
You call down bolts of lightning, charging you and your target’s weapons. The cooldown recovery rate of all abilities is increased by 30% for 10 sec.