Filed under: Shaman, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, (Shaman) Totem Talk, Wrath of the Lich King
The hastily cobbled together screenshot above really only gives you a small taste of the awesome that is Fire Nova. The old Fire Nova totem was okay... you"d drop it on big AoE packs if you could do so, but for a lot of shamans, sacrificing their active fire totem to so so was a lot to ask. The genius of Fire Nova, the new ability, is of course that it works with any fire totem you have. You"re a restoration shaman with a Frost Resist totem down up close to the melee on Sapphiron? Well, our first question could be "Why are you still running Sapphiron?" but we"ll assume it"s a weekly raid thing. Anyway, even that Frost Resistance totem can now provide some damage! I"m not saying waste your mana on DPS if it"s a tight thing, mind you, I"m just saying that if you found yourself healing a fight you way overgeared you can pop a couple of FN"s in there to liven things up.
Yeah, okay, this happened to me. It was boring!
Where Fire Nova has really shined for me, though, is running a modified Enhancement set-up. Now, granted, some of the DPS I"m seeing from this has also come from getting a few upgrades to my gear set, but in tight AoE situations I"m seeing Fire Nova as a solid 2nd on the DPS chart, just behind melee attacks.
Continue reading Totem Talk: Fire Nova
Totem Talk: Fire Nova originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
