

Patch 5.1.0 (): All totems are now considered spells, and summoning totems can be prevented by silencing effects.Patch 6.0.2 (): Totems will no longer cause hostile creatures to enter combat with the shaman based on proximity.Patch 7.0.3 (): A majority of totems have been changed to not be part of a category.Patch 7.3.5 (): Added totem models for the Highmountain tauren allied race.Patch 8.0.1 (): Added totems models for Dark Iron dwarves, Mag'har orcs and Zandalari trolls.Patch 8.1.0 (): Draenei shaman totems models updated.Totem Golem a common shaman minion card from Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament appears to be based upon tauren totems.The exact position of the totem is dependent on where you are when you cast it, and in which direction you are facing. Totems are always placed roughly 3 yards away from the position from where you cast it. Totems are considered spells, and summoning totems can be prevented by silencing effects. Totems are immune to AoEs and DoTs, and must be specifically attacked to be destroyed. The totem can be planted underwater, and appears floating at the foot level of the character. A totem's effect is only active within a certain radius of the totem (making it a hybrid version of Point Blank Area of Effect and Ground Targeted Area of Effect). Although the shaman's totems are summoned and fixed near the caster, a shaman player can place a totem while moving. Once a totem is put down it cannot be moved, but a new totem can be used to replace it. Shamanistic cultures outside those of the Horde and Alliance also possess the ability to use totems in battle.

Some totems possess destructive power while others aid and assist allies. Characterized by their immobility and area of effect, the totems embody the shaman's mastery over the elements. Totems are tools used by a shaman as an instrument of war. Tauren totems (used by all Horde shamans before patch 3.3)ĭraenei totems (after the 8.1 model update) For the old shaman relic items, see Totem (relic).
