Grounding totem delay

[morgo]

So whenever i cast grounding totem the buff that grants you the spell immunity is delayed by 0.5second or so, which is quite alot.
Im pretty sure back in the days it was instant making it obviously more reliable.
Anyone else noticed this?

[zusukie]

BUMP

yes i noticed it too , i played shaman in retail vanilla and grounding totem is not working correctly here on nostalrius

[skyracer500]

Even as a nonshaman, I've noticed this.. Infact, it doesn't work when I'm casting and don't notice it but when I DOOOO notice it, it works. In a way, this can be good for you ^_^ Sometimes it doesn't even break when it redirects 5+ spells. Confusion ftw.

[zusukie]

Even as a nonshaman, I've noticed this.. Infact, it doesn't work when I'm casting and don't notice it but when I DOOOO notice it, it works. In a way, this can be good for you ^_^ Sometimes it doesn't even break when it redirects 5+ spells. Confusion ftw.

yea , did some tests with a friend today. sometimes it absorbs multiple spells in a row , sometimes it doesnt even absorb 1 spell. btw we noticed that if the shaman gets hit by blizzard it uses the grounding totem effect , which is wrong too. its totally broken atm

[Theloras]

So whenever i cast grounding totem the buff that grants you the spell immunity is delayed by 0.5second or so, which is quite alot.
Im pretty sure back in the days it was instant making it obviously more reliable.
Anyone else noticed this?

welcome to my world...

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18265

[vanillajuice]

Also just a heads up. I don't think grounding absorbs polymorph. I had it out for a solid 2 seconds and it was just standing there next to me while i was a sheep (ES was on cooldown).

Anyone remember if this was intended on live?

[varth]

It most definitely stopped sheep on retail, I used to duel my mage rl buddy all the time

[Xom]

Also just a heads up. I don't think grounding absorbs polymorph. I had it out for a solid 2 seconds and it was just standing there next to me while i was a sheep (ES was on cooldown).

Anyone remember if this was intended on live?

As a Mage from 1.04 onwards, the Grounding 100% used to absorb polymorph. In fact, I remember that some Mages when I played complained that they used to be able to get rid of them with AoE but that in 1.04 they had patched that to fix it so that the totem had to be wanded or Fire Blasted first before I could attack the Shaman. So many I would fight were experts on when to use Grounding and Earth Shock that if they were on point they could totally lock me down without me being able to get any spells off. Scary~