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Comment by 7073

An earth totem that is obtained in the early levels of a shaman(1-6). It slows the movement speed of all enemies around it making it a much valued tool in PvP.

Comment by skitzosmeagol

Best get away tool in a shamans arsenal, drop it and book it while 4 of your enemies are slithering while your 30 yards away mounting up. Very effective for kiting.

Comment by 9223

This is a shaman totem and it is Horde-only until The Burning Crusade expansion pack for World of Warcraft. It slows all enemies within 10 yards by 50% and is trainable at level 6. The totem also costs 6% of base mana. Other slowing spells that shaman get are: Frostshock ( http://www.wowhead.com/?search=+frost+shock#M0zc ), Frostbrand Weapon ( http://www.wowhead.com/?search=frostbrand ). These are all extremely useful skills, especially in PvP and increases a Shaman's survivability by alot.

Comment by 9531

A tip for pvp shamans...
If you see the alliance running up to kill you, and you see no way to run or win, go out with a bang!
Set the earthbind, gear up lightning shield and your favorite elemental weapon,then wait...
set fire nova totem when they are close enough to concentrate on you, Jump around without going out of range of your fire nova totem.
Hopefully, they won't notice it... but when it goes off they will lose a decent amount of hp.
Congratz, you just slowed down a bunhc of alliance players, and if you were lucky, you also killed a few of em.

Comment by 54550

This used to break rouges/druids stealth. not 100% sure if it still does

Comment by 53267

The slow value is -50%.

Comment by 136810

Helpful for running away from mobs while soloing! Lay it down while you're running away since it's instant cast and put some distance between you and the mob.

Comment by 76534

Use this at Illidan's demon phase and your raid will thank you shammies! Excellent for slowing down the Shadow Demons,

Comment by 159774

This is a useful totem for when you feel you need to go afk really fast and do not feel like logging out. Go to the side of a road or up a part of a mountain and drop the totem. Just be near it; it can possibly slow down the the time it takes them to get to you. You can also use Stoneclaw Totem or Stoneskin Totem as well (only one) weigh your values.

This really does help if you want to make a get away.

Comment by asloversgo

I'm pretty sure this triggers the Bonfire's Blessing, because I threw a Earthbind Totem out, and the mob that was afflicted by it got down to 20% hp. I checked the combat log, and there were nothing else that could've triggered it.

If this is true then it's kinda nice. :o

Comment by 110751

It is great for kiting when combined with Frost Shock,can make you time for Lesser Healing Wave or
a Healing Wave if you are resto with some spell haste if you need a heal after all.

Comment by 155931

In group PvE this totem has some interesting applications.
If for example, your are fighting a group of melee mobs and a ranged attacker, particularly one without a solid aggro dump like an ele shaman pulls aggro. Earthbind could potentially snare the loose mob and either give the tank time to pick it back up, give the dps who ripped aggro a chance to finish the target off, or just to escape. To that end it would be practical to drop this totem instead of a different earth totem so the enemy will be slowed before they start heading towards you or your groupmate.

Comment by Serenity

Earthen Power Rank 2/2

Your Earthbind Totem has a 100% chance to also remove all snare effects from you and nearby friendly targets when it pulses.

- A two point talent deep in enhancement will make this totem more needed, too sad they replaced shamans "travel form" with this.

Comment by 342343

Storm, Earth, and Fire - Elemental Tree
"Reduces the Cooldown of your Chain Lightning by .75/1.5/2.5 seconds, your Earthbind also has a 33/66/100% chance to root targets for 5 seconds when cast, and the periodic damage of your Flame Shock is increased by 20/40/60%"

Very useful in a PvP spec, as well as getting those roots down on sparks in Malygos.

Comment by 476166

This is the Shaman's second best method to kite an opponent (the first goes to Frost Shock), and the most mana-efficient way to kite an opponent. This works best while they're chasing you or when you're trying to slow a large group of enemies.

Storm, Earth and Fire combined with 2 points in Earth's Grasp (a tier 1 talent in the Enhancement tree) makes this totem a 12-yard dual root-kite with a 10.5 second cooldown. Combine that with a 4-piece of Gladiator gear (reducing the cooldown by 1.5 seconds) and you got a 9 second cooldown. Earthbind spec'd with SEF can root multiple enemies for 5 whole seconds, as stated above, and this stun can't be broken by damage. Once they're released from the root, they'll still be slowed by 50%. Combine that with Thunderstorm and Ghost Wolf, and you either got yourself a getaway plan or a way to get the enemy far enough away that you can launch a well-placed LvB (or even Hex if it's a caster).

If your opponents keep you stunned for long enough, it won't mean diddly, but these upgrades have made Elemental much, much more viable in PvP.

Comment by 629499

Pulse rate?

Comment by Shaitan051

Does not benefit from Hit or Spellpen so it gets resisted/misses alot. 2 resists/misses and your opponent will be out of it's range.
It also counts as a nature effect. Guess which school is the most common racial resistance.

Comment by Dramfiolz

After being removed in the Legion pre-patch, Earthbind Totem was stealthily re-added to the game in 7.1 without being mentioned in the patch notes.

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Earthbind Totem

Earthbind Totem

0.5% of base mana	40 yd range

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Summons a totem at the target location for 20 sec that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards by 50%.

Spell Details

Duration

20 seconds

School

Nature

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

0.5% of base mana

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

30 seconds

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Dummy
Radius: 8 yards
PVP Multiplier: 1
Server-side script

Effect #2

Summon (Earthbind Totem)
Value: 2
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Is Ability
Cannot be used while shapeshifted
Totem
No 'Summon + Dest from Client' Targeting Pathing Requirement
Ignore Totem Requirements for Casting
Allow Class Ability Procs

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