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#1 Dec 15 2010 at 5:48 AM Rating: Good
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During the buildup to Cata, and actually for a good bit of time prior to that, I've been playing mostly my lock alt. I just popped onto my druid to reset the talent tree and discovered that thorns only lasts for seconds, not minutes.

Sigh.

What'd I miss and when did I miss it?


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#2 Dec 15 2010 at 5:58 AM Rating: Good
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The story of Thorns:

In the beginning, Thorns was a mediocre 10-minute buff. Its only real use was to aggro you to Booty Bay guards when someone tried to gank you.

Thorns was then buffed to 30 minutes, still doing mediocre damage (akin to Retribution Aura). Balance Druids were able to talent into it, making it more powerful.

Blizzard then revamped the spell, making it a short duration cooldown that did MASSIVE damage. It was also enhanced greatly by spell power.

Finally, Thorns, like most other stuff, was destroyed by the whiners and was turned into the bland and mildly useless ability it is now. Only reason to pop it is if you're planning on soloing a group of mobs, or if you know you're about to be jumped by a melee player.

The main issue is that it shifts you out of your current Feral form when you use it, making it useless for tanking anything that'll gib you if you're out of Bear Form, and greatly reducing its effectiveness in PvP.
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#3 Dec 15 2010 at 6:17 AM Rating: Good
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I pop Thorns if I'm pulling a group of mobs I know will stun me on the pull.

It is not a feral spell any more, have a caster druid cast it on you. It is a rDPS, or group w/e, gain in most cases on trash and sometimes on boss fights.
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#4 Dec 15 2010 at 6:45 AM Rating: Good
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Costs a truckload of mana, though. The damage to mana ratio is horrible, unless you've got a lot of mobs on you.
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