Grounding Totem Bug

[Rosulm]

Currently grounding totem is bugged to some extent. From my testing i've found that any spell that causes no dmg will be absorbed by the grounding totem but not destroy it. So far ive tested hammer of justice, repentance, cyclone, and sheep. Basically what will happen is your totem will turn red and look like it has a bleed effect, but will not die. However there are two problems with this.
A. After a non-damaging spell is absorbed, it takes anywhere from 2-4 seconds for the grounding totem to regain its effect
B. Damaging spells still remove the grounding totem

However, from testing, i've found that cyclone is particular only takes 1-2 seconds for the totem to regenerate.

[ubiquity]

i dont think this is a exploit , it might be a undocumented change because they were looking for suggestions for totems, but it might be who knows. just fyi

[blackfang500]

I believe the grounding totem has a cooldown, but if it didnt this would be great... in fact. Well, I would absorb a hammer of justice before a crusader strike sooo... I guess this could be very good. And I dont think its intended.

[ubiquity]

well the fact that the totem has a bleed affect might be a undocumented change because that has never happened before.

[Kashi]

oh, too bad bad i'm the mage that feeds those grounding totems *sigh*

[MAD1]

This isn't an exploit, and in no way is it new. This is how Grounding Totem has functioned since this game launched, and spell that's cast does not determine how long it takes for the grounding effect to rebuff. It's a set amount of time before grounding goes up again, and if you think you have different results from different spells it's just chance.

[Drakke]

Are you so sure about that MAD1? The tooltip suggests otherwise. 1 Harmful spell will destroy the totem, meaning that this is really not intended.. It'll prolly be hotfixed soon if thats the case..

[banabanaha]

Mad1 is almost right. This is how Grounding Totem worked for years now. If a spell doesn't do any damage it is absorbed while the totem is not destroyed. After a few seconds you will regain the "Grounding Totem" buff. This was changed in Wotlk, "will redirect one harmful spell cast on a nearby party member to itself, destroying the totem." was added to the tooltip. Somehow they patched the old version back in.