Magma Totem

Magma Totem is a Shaman fire totem. It causes AoE fire damage. It is one of the Shaman's two AoE attacks, doing it as a DoT instead of a single burst. It is considered to be superior to Searing Totem because it does not generate threat.

Talents
Talents that can improve the totem:
 * Totemic Focus
 * Call of Flame

Tips and Tactics

 * This totem is particularly useful in PvP against stealthed rogues. Damage from a Magma Totem pulse will bring a rogue out of stealth.
 * Useless against high Fire resistant players/mobs.
 * When combined with Fire Nova, it is a highly effective AoE in Trash fights during raids, putting the Shaman on par with Mages and other AoE heavy classes.
 * Since 4.0.1 and the addition of the Earthquake spell for Elemental shamans, Magma Totem is the primary AoE for raiding Enhancement shaman. However, should Elemental shamans (or even Restoration shamans) find themselves in melee range for whatever reason during AoE trash fights, Magma Totem becomes quite viable, especially if used in conjunction with Earthquake.