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Comment by 42107

Normallny (if recasting every 5min) Mana Tide will give <mana>/250 mp5, with this glyph it will be <mana>/214 mp5.
In practice with ~10000mana (now it's pretty normal) it will be 40mp5 versus 46,7mp5, and let's say with 15000 mana (in Wotlk) it will be 60mp5 vs 70mp5.

I really doubt this glyph will be popular considering the fact, that Blizzard is planning on reworking mana regeneration of all classes and shadow priests will boost whole raid, not only party.

Better option is to get some glypsh for heals.

Comment by 370864

Remember it's 1% extra to each party member so if you have a party of all mana users it translates to 4% each = 20% extra mana to the whole party.

Comment by Boshnak

And with one fell change, all of the above comments are invalidated as they change it to Glyph of Grounding Totem.. this thing is so awesome. 1 min cooldown and reflects the next spell instead of grounding it, how sweet!

Comment by 636974

sharmans are going to be kick ass in pvp with this (1min spell reflect) spritwalkers grace and the burst from fulmination.
i carnt wait

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Comment by 467494

I'm VERY curious as to how Glyph of Grounding totem is going to work out.

While on one hand, absorbing 4 spells may be superior to reflecting one.

On the other hand, it just depends which spell gets reflected. Reflecting ice lance isn't going to do much, but reflecting a freaking starfire is going to be deadly.

I'd imagine it works on any spell that can normally be absorbed by the grounding totem. If this is the case, I believe I heard from the Grounding Totems page that grounding totems absorb hunter traps and crippling poison :)

Comment by 9945_

Hmm..I wonder what's gonna happen when it reflects a DK's Death Grip. Will the totem grip the Death Knight towards itself then?

Comment by 596058

1. Wait for dark simulacrum debuff from a dk. Spam a macro that uses this and then a LvB.
2. DK will be hit by lava burst, "cast" it back at you, and be hit by that one as well.
3. ?
4. Profit

Comment by 109170

Spell Reflect for Shamans! If you are hearing a noise, then you are listening to the sounds of hundreds of druids and mages and death knights crying.

Comment by 126853

Just like Grounding Totem will absorb more than one spell due to latency, it can also reflect more than one spell due to latency.

Duel a mage, have him use mirror image and start attacking you and drop this. You'll see several spells reflected.

Comment by sztwolf

This is actually OP when i see this even though I'm a happy shaman >=}

Comment by Onijitsu

So my real question is... does it have any possible applicability (albeit, situational) in PvE raiding?

Boss: I shall squish you like the bug you are!
::: Boss targets random member of the Raid :::
::: Smart Shaman drops his glyphed Grounding Totem :::
BRZZT!

Imagine this being used in Omnitron, when the Giant Lazer 'O Deth fires? OMG, the sexiness!

Comment by Kanegasi

1. Start duel with Priest
2. Drop Grounding Totem with this glyph
3. Priest casts Mind Control
4. INCEPTION

Comment by 648653

My fire mage: Living Bomb check, Pyroblast dot check, Pyroblast crit dot check, now just to clone it all with a Combustion anndd..
Grounding Totem: Problem bro?
Me: FFFFUUUU *dead*

Comment by 811385

this often is bad asorbing more spells would be better but nothing is better than almost dying but living because a fire mage killed himself and just asorbing his spell would have killed you

i use this some times

Comment by 59417

Cost of Glyph of Grounding Totem: 3 Ink of the Sea and 1 Resilient Parchment.
Glyph slot cost: 1 major glyph.
Cooldown cost: 35 seconds.
Watching a warlock Death Coil himself: priceless.

Comment by 353796

The main use for this in arena would be for reflecting a cast time CC spell like polymorph, fear, cyclone or hex. Drop the grounding totem just before the cast finishes, then watch your opponent either use their trinket which has a 2min CD (while your grounding totem has only a 1 minute CD) or if their trinket has already been used and they don't have another way of removing the CC, you can then follow up with a Hex on them after the reflected CC wears off while you and your teammates nuke or CC the rest of the team.

In the hands of a well skilled shaman with quick reaction time, this glyph can be seen as a second CC against certain classes. And we all know how shaman want more CC.

There are some damage spells worth reflecting due to their immense power, they're a little predictable but also instant cast which makes them unpredictable. Spell reflect a Soulswap, Combustion or a Vampiric Touch/SW:P(or other cast time spells commonly followed with an instant cast, it's my understanding spells cast at almost the same time should both be reflected due to the server being unable to process the spell reflect buff fading that quickly) combo and just start laughing.

If you're not fighting a class with any predictable CC then this glyph will generally be less useful than other major glyphs. Unless you happen to be bursting the opponent at the same time they're bursting you, allowing your burst to be more bursty bursting them into burstedness from the double bursting.

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Glyph of Grounding Totem

Item Level 38

Requires Level 38
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Instead of absorbing a spell, your Grounding Totem reflects the next harmful spell back at its caster, but the cooldown of your Grounding Totem is increased by 35 sec.

Max Stack: 20

Sell Price: 1

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