Hyjal & Convection

Last night was the first night I was having mana issues in a raid. We ran Hyjal and cleared the trash so fast it was... well it was like everything else right now--ridiculous. But between twisting Magma Totemsn and Fire Nova Totems, and working in Chain Lightnings, SS, ES, and LL's I was running close to OOM all night.

I spec'd out of Convection and into Concussion about a week ago and it hasn't been a problem. But man those two fire totems are mana intensive! Fire Nova Totem ended up being 6% of my overall damage and kept me top of the non-AoE classes.

The Kaz fight is always a battle against mana, but this time I actually ended the fight with more than half of my mana pool—and I was using ALL of my spells. Three things contributed to this:

1. Extreme buffing/nerfing made the fight short
2. Lots of resisted Marks meant less mana loss
3. Shammy Rage is awesome

Seriously, Shammy Rage is awesome. I can unload every single costly spell and continue my rotation in full while being drained of mana from the Mark of Kazrogal and still keep a full mana pool for the duration of SR. It’s OP and I love it.

My conclusion is that even in the most mana intensive situations (trash and boss) spec’ing into Convection just doesn’t make sense right now.