Entangling RootsFollow

It works on a lot of stuff. I was CCing while tanking H Mgt.

Great way to pull.

i do like the new roots indoors thing, the only thing that still is pretty worthless about it is that we need to do it on a melee only mob or they just end up casting/shooting us to death anyway. it WILL be fun to use while leveling to 80 though.

Thank god this is very situational. Those pulls in Slave Pens for example involve 5 mobs, one of which is a beast (the rays that fear). There are some pulls in Underbog that involve more non-fearing rays. But for the most part, a druid tank dual CCing things won't be very commonplace and I think shall remain under the radar.

Dont forget that "Hibernate" also works on dragonkind, so any instances with Dragonkin would get more use out of the spell. Don't forget about that one!

Damokian - As you mentioned, Casting Entangling roots on non-melee characters is useless. Don't do it! ]=)Pew Pew stand offs are the way to go especially with the wicked Moonkin DPS increases I have experienced.

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To Duedain: you can still use Entangling Roots on non-melee, then pull back behind a corner. Works like a charm!

I see mention of the tank having 2 CC but please realize that at the same time the tank should be in form for the rest of the fight so if it breaks early or when it breaks it's going to make a bee line for the healer.

The other side of it is that with a druid healer there are 2 more forms of CC that can be utilized.

Something people don't consider is that a good warlock can CC 3 mobs at once - fear, seduce and banish. Sadly finding a warlock that can do one CC reliably is difficult.

i've gotten that message a few times now. But i think it's when my trinket from end guy in Hsp proc it gives me more spell damage, so if i cast roots whiel i have more spell damage then it fades and i try to cast again it wont over ride it cause it is more powerfull. it's a bug that should be fixed just by changeing it from spell damage to duration left on it so it will always be able to be over ridden. if that makes sence. besides that the only other thing i can think of is if natures grace for some reason messes with it when it speeds up the cast speed. I dont see how it would but those are the only two reasons i could see it happening.

Actaully, when you think about it, Warlocks have 4 forms of CC. Fear, Seduce, Banish, and Enslave. Of course, most of their CC are situational, mostly banish and enslave.

Edit: Oh yeah, forget to mention that you can't enslave and seduce at the same time.

Edited, Oct 30th 2008 12:54pm by Amorei

Feral CC is weaker as it doesn't work so well on casters and we have to shift out of DPS form to use it. Works great at the start of a pull to reduce the initial number of mobs but after that is best left to Boomkin and Trees or classes with more reliable and less expensive CC.

Emergency roots usage could still turn a wipe into a messy pull that only killed most of the group.

Yes. When I was rooting orcs in Arathi, if they used enrage while rooted I had to wait for it to end to reroot. If they did not they I could reroot at any time. The enrage does not increase damage doen to them, so it seems odd. I assume mobs gaining any buff will cause this to occur - perhaps debuffs too. Needs further testing, though.