Re: Stoneclaw totem

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I was browsing and found by chance a collection of interesting tips
posted on thottbot about a little known spell.

Copy/paste, and poof, enjoy :)

Stoneclaw totem
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u can use this totem in a duel or pvp to comfuse the enemi.....

Only works against noobs and uses too much mana.

Understanding Stoneclaw totem
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I'm so sick of seeing people b! about this spell, look if you don't
have any clue how to use it let me explain alittle, being that I've
made it to level 60 mostly SOLO while doing over 400 quests and and
even several instances Solo because of good old stoneclaw.

1st) This is the only crowd control a shaman has.
2nd) It can and will buy you time to loot <key for quests>
3rd) It does not work if the mods are 8 levels higher then the spell so
please don't pull out rank1 and expect it to keep a that level 50E off
you.
4th) it gives you time to ghost wolf/ call your mount
5th) it gives you time to kill NPC with pets before that annoy pet gets
to you
6th) Sick of seeing you magma totems get killed off? Well using
stoneclaw keeps the arggo off it so that it will get in at least 4
bursts. (twin totem)

So given the points above how can you use this spell to it's fullest? I
think back to ZF when doing the div rod quest, your group and 4 npcs vs
100 trolls! Well you use the totem to keep the NPCS from take on more
then 1 guy at a time. Combo in a mage, a priest and your magma totems,
you can't fail.

Can be done even better with 2 shamans combining Earthbind and
Stoneclaw, and it's a huge help at the pyramid.

In high level instance this totem will take at least two hits, that
like healing someone for at least 480, and on top of that it gives you
time to see what and how many your fighting. Think of that 400+ hit
hitting you totem not your tanks, in many cases you'll save you tank
960 hps which comes in handy when fight massive armies.

My Lesser healing wave heals for 900-970 and costs less mana. A
Stoneskin Totem and a Lesser healing wave will cost less mana and save
the tank for more damage during a fight against melee mobs, so this is a
very inefficient way to handle a fight.

Now on to group play, Sunken temple is a pain as most battles are 5 on
5 or 5 on 6. To counter this I use the totem to get all the dragonkin
together near the main tank, this saved the tank from taking 5 hits
twice as the totem took all the damage. It also kept the priest in our
group from ever taking damage as i often place the totem infront of her
to take the aggro off until I earth shocked or the warrior could taunt.

This is a rather good use of the totem, however not against the
dragonkins, because it's more importent to use the Tremor Totem since
they use Sleep.

Now back to some more solo tips, hate fighting the mobs that give off
little babes? Well use the twin totem combo on them and you'll be
surprised as you never need to heal yourself again. Back door to Uldman
is perfect place to test this out.

How about when your trying to run and you haven't hit the mod yet?
Earthbind right... no use this 1st then get a few steps and throw down
your earthbind if needed

To my experience Earthbind need to come first, because if Stoneclaw is
put down first and you run, then the mob(s) might get out of its range
before the effect starts. Earthbind will give that little distance
needed to ensure that the mob will be next to the Stoneclaw when it
ticks.

So I dare you start using this more as it will only improve how you
play and how often you die/wipe when soloing or in a group.

I agree, it's one of the most overlooked totems, and is mainly used to
escape mobs, eventhough it's got a lot of potential when soloing.
--
Allan Stig Kiilerich Frederiksen
"When you try to change a mans paradigm, you must keep in mind that he
can hear you only through the filter of the paradigm he holds."
-Myron Tribus
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