Searing Totem will still do damage to one target over 60 seconds.Īssuming all targets stay alive and in range of the totem (in order to take damage), Magma Totem will do more total damage on groups of 2 or more unless you have at least 3838 spell power (which is not a safe assumption for a lvl 80 shaman). Magma Totem will do damage over 60 seconds. Let's do some multi-target math now, and ignore mana costs for the time being. To keep a Magma Totem up for a minute, you'd have to pop it down 3 times, using 81% of your base mana. Additionally, you only use 7% of your base mana to pop down a Searing Totem, and it's there for a whole minute. Now, assuming your Spell Power is at least 1603 (which is a safe assumption for a lvl 80 shaman), Searing Totem will put out more single-target damage. Comment by afflokLet's do some quick math.ģ71 dmg every 2 sec (to all targets in within 8 yards) for 20 sec, totaling 3710 dmg per target per 20 sec, or 11130 dmg over 60 sec (185.5 dps, assuming no down-time)ĭmg every 2 sec (to a single target within 20 yards) for 60 sec, totaling dmg.
