Mana Tide Totem

Mana Tide Totem is a totem that increases Spirit of party members within 40 yards by 350% for 12 sec. When used in a group of casters it is one of the most powerful mana restoring abilities in the game, and it used to be the trademark ability of restoration shamans.

Talent improvement

 * Totemic Focus reduces the mana cost of casting the totem by 30% and increases duration by 40%.

Tips and tactics
The totem only affects the shaman's party, so in a raid the raid leader or a raid assistant can move casters who are low on mana to the shaman's group before the totem is used.

If you know that a fight will last more than 6–7 minutes you can use Mana Tide Totem early on to ensure that you will be able to use it a second time near the end of the fight.

Let your group members know when you are using Mana Tide Totem, to make sure they don't use mana potions or other mana returning abilities at the same time, as the totem will not restore any mana to a target that is already at full mana.

If you can see what buffs party members have and you are the only shaman in the group, you can check if your group members will be in range of the totem by placing a Mana Spring Totem or Healing Stream Totem at your current position. If someone in the group does not get the buff, you may want to move in range of them or tell them to get closer to where you are. Even one missed tick is a significant amount of mana lost.