[Shaman] Small but useful exploit

[pootrix]

This is my first time contributing. Anyhow, for those high end arena shamans that get Call of Elements against melee cleave, there is this small exploit:

1. If you drop totems that qualify for the Call of Elements reset, such as healing stream/ earthgrab, earthbind/ grounding, etc. You can reset their cool down and use them again.
2. The exploit comes when you use these totems, get pummeled/mindfrozen/rebuked/ or anything that qualifies as a hard counter, then you use Call of Elements to reset their cooldown and can actually cast your totems while being hard countered. Usually, if you get pummeled, you are locked out of your nature spells, and cannot cast any totems .

Example: I'm getting trained by a warrior and rogue, put down earth grab and healing stream totem, try and cast a heal but get pummeled, then use Call of Elements while pummeled to put down another healing stream totem and another earth grab totem. My life is easily prolonged for another minute or so.

If anyone has a question as to how to do this, let me know and I'll try to explain it better. Enjoy!

[crittler]

deos the effect cancel the entire lockout or only the lockout on the totems?? one thing is, if it cancels the totem lockout, but if it resets the entire lockout, this would be a much bigger exploit.

[pootrix]

It only cancels totem lockout, which if you are a high end arena player, is HUGE.

[Hecata]

Nice find for someone like me who plays a shaman main. +Rep

[Doomedis]

It only cancels totem lockout, which if you are a high end arena player, is HUGE.

not really cuz if you are "high arena player" u cant met teams like war / rogue / x and "good" players can fake kicks

+ every 2400 shaman playing with totem restoration cuz its bettere then 3min cd call of elements

[pootrix]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

[empty_skillz]

this is intended... there was a thread on AJ about it (arenajunkies)

[pootrix]

How is it intended? You're not suppose to be able to cast totems that are reset while hard countered. Also, I don't see an arenajunkies post about it.

[Doomedis]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

yeah thats why i got 2570 rating as rshamy this season

[beneiria1]

If anyone has a question as to how to do this, let me know and I'll try to explain it better.

[Danielite]

It's because the "lockout" is considered as "cooldown". You can't cast totems or even use CotE when silenced/improved csed, obviously. But every high end arena player already knew this. Wouldn't say this is an exploit since Blizzard allows you to use CotE when locked on school (NOT when silenced/imp csed).

[pootrix]

@Doomedis - If you truly are that rating, and you don't use CoE against KFC or any team that does not have a shadow priest on it, then that just goes to show how easy this game is.
@daniel1992 - It is definitely not intended. I believe CoE is a spell yes, but not in the nature school. That is why you can't use it when you're under a soft counter and you CAN use it while hard countered. As for the comment of every high end arena player knowing about this, you may be right. However, there are no posts on AJ that actually point it out, and there were no posts here. So I figured I might as well let the other end of the arena spectrum know about this nifty bug.