[Paladin] Kill grounding totem w/o Target

[Weapon]

This is obviously most useful in BGs and arena. The biggest problem with killing the grounding totem in arena is targeting it, and then casting something to kill it.

Right now Righteous Defense is bugged so that if you cast it within 40 yards of the totem, it will be grounded by the totem, thus killing the totem. This is MUCH easier than manually targetting/casting on it. It doesn't always work, but has been about 75% of the time in my experience.

[kargho]

righteous defence only works if your target is targeting something friendly, so its a bit situational but still a nice find

[Valoo]

as far as i remember, you don´t have to target the 'grounding'-totem (thats the intention of dropping the totem) for it to ground a spell. Therefore i think you can just cast hand of reconing on whoever has its buff to destroy it.

[Mollymus]

Pretty sure hand of reckoning does not work, neither does it absorb judgement. Grounding totems are a pain in the ass for paladins because of the only few spells that it absorbs as far as I am aware is holyshock, exorsism and stun. And for some reason they keep putting it up just before my stuns

This is a great find tho, destroying grounding totem with a non globalcd ability FTW!

[Nikentic]

Hand of reckoning only removes grounding if the target does not target you.
Mollymus, i suppose only stun at obvious times?

By the way, this is no exploit at all. Hand of Reckoning removes it cause of the damage. Righteous Defense does not remove grounding. I play paladin in arena daily, i can assure you.

[Khpmer]

or.... just hit the shaman with any spell...

[whatever87]

Hand of reckoning only removes grounding if the target does not target you.
Mollymus, i suppose only stun at obvious times?

By the way, this is no exploit at all. Hand of Reckoning removes it cause of the damage. Righteous Defense does not remove grounding. I play paladin in arena daily, i can assure you.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I've played arena for 5 seasons now on my paladin and I can confirm Righteous Defense DOES destroy grounding totem. It is known among the better paladins, and we use it to rape shamans every time we face them.
The reason why it does not ALWAYS work, is because at least one player should not be targetting you but one of your team members. If not, there's simply no-one to taunt.
edit:
Use this macro every time you see a grounding totem:
/cast [target=arena1] righteous defense
/cast [target=arena2] righteous defense
/cast [target=arena3] righteous defense
/cast [target=arena4] righteous defense
/cast [target=arena5] righteous defense

Righteous Defense is off the global cooldown so you can bind it to any spell without it effecting your play.

[AK40]

Stupid and useless, if you cast a spell on the Grounding totem, nothing will happen, you need to cast a spell on the shaman or anyone in his party to destroy it.

[Mollymus]

I dont think you got the point of this AK40, you target someone in your party, that an enemy is targeting, and use righteous defense. This will destroy the grounding totem. Your answer to this post made no sense what so ever.

[kalaijenkins]

nice find, will work very nicely in arena +rep

[daithi112]

Confirmed that it's working?

[grassynole]

Except... it kinda helps if u understand how grounding totem works...

U've never had the need to target grounding totem to destroy it. I suggest u take some time to read up on abilities

[j0eL]

Just use a magic skill on any enemy target and grounding totem will sorb it. LOLFAIL!

[rusfighter]

Funny , xD

[Weapon]

Just use a magic skill on any enemy target and grounding totem will sorb it. LOLFAIL!

wrong. There are many abilities that the grounding won't absorb, such as judgement.

Except... it kinda helps if u understand how grounding totem works...

U've never had the need to target grounding totem to destroy it. I suggest u take some time to read up on abilities

Ever since they took totem stomping out of the game its been difficult without manually targetting it. Unless you're referring to it actually grounding a legit ability.. yes i could kill the grounding by trying to HoJ the shaman but thats a complete waste.

Not to mention this is off GCD.