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* Do not try this when playing solo because mobs will immediately [[evade]] when you die.
 
* Do not try this when playing solo because mobs will immediately [[evade]] when you die.
 
* If you reincarnate and die again you will take [[durability]] damage twice.
 
* If you reincarnate and die again you will take [[durability]] damage twice.
* You can equip the [[Totem of Rebirth]] right before you die to decrease the cooldown of this ability by 10 minutes (this gives a 5 min cooldown on Reincarnation with 2/2 Improved Reincarnation).
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* You can equip the [[Totem of Rebirth]] right before you die to decrease the cooldown of this ability by 5 minutes (this gives a 10 min cooldown on Reincarnation with 2/2 Improved Reincarnation).
 
* Dying will reset your threat. This is sometimes jokingly referred to as "the shaman aggro dump", and unlike [[Feign Death]] it cannot be resisted.
 
* Dying will reset your threat. This is sometimes jokingly referred to as "the shaman aggro dump", and unlike [[Feign Death]] it cannot be resisted.
   

Revision as of 12:52, 9 December 2009

Reincarnation
Spell nature reincarnation
  • Reincarnation
  • Shaman ability
  • 30 min cooldown
  • Passive
  • Reagents: Inv jewelry talisman 06 [Ankh]
  • Allows you to resurrect yourself upon death with 20% health and mana.
Properties
Class Shaman
Cooldown 30 min
Improvements Spell shaman improvedreincarnation [Improved Reincarnation]

[[Category:shaman abilities]]

"Ha! And you thought you were done with me."

Reincarnation allows the shaman to instantly resurrect himself upon death with a percentage of maximum health and mana.

Rank table

Rank Level Reagent Mana On Reincarnation Health On Reincarnation Cost
1 30 [Ankh] 20% 20% 63s

Notes

Reincarnation's most common use is for wipe recovery. A shaman is the only class capable of recovering a group from a wipe on his own. The long cooldown and the other potential use means that it is sometimes preferable to let everyone run, rather than waste a one hour cooldown to save the group a few minutes of running. Reincarnation can not be used while affected by a Warlock's Spell shadow soulgem [Soulstone] ability, potentially resulting in the shaman returning with less health and mana than he would if he had used Reincarnate. Using a Soulstone does not put Reincarnation on cooldown, however, meaning that a shaman with a Soulstone and Reincarnation could potentially return to life twice in the same fight.

The ability can also be used as a combat resurrection ability, allowing a shaman who died during a fight to reincarnate and continue fighting. This is particularly useful for raiding, and when fighting over objectives in Battlegrounds. Note that Reincarnation can not be used in PvP Arenas.

Improvements

Tips and tactics

  • When you are in a battle and you know you are not going to win, you can find a safe place to die, wait for mobs to reset, reincarnate, and then resurrect the other players. This avoids everyone having to run back (and possibly re-clear trash), but the ability will not be available to use in a boss battle where being able to reincarnate can mean the difference between a win and a loss.
  • If you are out of mana, you can choose to deliberately die and resurrect with 20-40% mana and health and continue the fight.
  • Do not try this when playing solo because mobs will immediately evade when you die.
  • If you reincarnate and die again you will take durability damage twice.
  • You can equip the Inv relics totemofrebirth [Totem of Rebirth] right before you die to decrease the cooldown of this ability by 5 minutes (this gives a 10 min cooldown on Reincarnation with 2/2 Improved Reincarnation).
  • Dying will reset your threat. This is sometimes jokingly referred to as "the shaman aggro dump", and unlike Ability rogue feigndeath [Feign Death] it cannot be resisted.

Patch changes

WoW Icon update Patch 1.1.1 (2004-11-17): Added.
Template:Patch 1.3 Patch 3.3: Reincarnation: The cooldown on this spell has been lowered from 60 minutes down to 30 minutes. Reincarnation cannot be used in Arenas.

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