Warlock Spells: Ritual of Souls
by Chris Miller 
Feb 13th 2007 at 11:06AM
The last in the "Warlock Spells" mini-series, Ritual of Souls is a spell everyone can love. Why? Healthstones! And who doesn't love a nice, refreshing healthstone every now and then? The fact that it's a reduced shard cost for the warlock just makes the warlock happy.
This spell is only usable out of combat. The warlock starts the spell and a small altar drops out of the sky. Two people in the party/raid assist, and the altar disappears, to be replaced by a red crystal. One shard is consumed, and up to 10 healthstones can be pulled out of the crystal for the next 5 minutes. The healthstones will be just like getting one from the warlock made one-at-a-time, benefiting from the Improved Healthstone talent. As an added bonus, the red crystal that spawns will dispense healthstones for a full 5 minutes, whether you are in combat or not. So before a long fight, warlocks can drop one of these, give out healthstones, and if someone uses their healthstone during combat they can pick up another one and use it after the 2 minute cool down on healthstones has expired.
Filed under: Warlock, The Burning Crusade
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
moi.policart Feb 13th 2007 11:13AM
Im not a fan of healthstonces since i cant really use them,as any other consumable but i guess its cool for locks making it easier .
tyger Feb 13th 2007 11:41AM
Another version of Lightwell? (lolwell)
andy Feb 13th 2007 12:12PM
as a warlock, i exploited this last night,
was asked for a healthstones by a nearby group outside underbog yesterday so i left group and joined theres... but instead of a ritual of souls i put out a ritual of doom... it was just too funny to resist!!
dead healer: "*^&*& you, you &*&*&* &*&*&* ^*^*^*
me "oops sorry, both buttons are beside each other"
James Feb 13th 2007 12:20PM
Heh, mentioning Lightwell reminds me.
I went on a run through Shadow Labyrinth the other day, and on the Blackheart the Inciter fight, the funniest things happened under Incite Chaos.
The Mind Control caused our priest to pop Lolwell, and I (the tank) pulled out my gun and started shooting people. Needless to say, neither of us really hurt our group much... :)
Falgorn Feb 13th 2007 11:46AM
Lightwell is fairly usefull in TBC with a lot of encounter being wave like (similar to rends room). In fact both of the first two wings of Caverns of Time have wave like combat which makes lightwell very useful.
I have used soul well every single dungeon run since I have gotten it. If you don't want the free health potion then suit yourself!
Zuuler Feb 13th 2007 11:47AM
Not quite a lightwell as the healthstone can be kept until you've logged out for 15 minutes. The healthstone is on a different cooldown timer than potions, so with a healthstone you have 2 ways of healing yourself in a battle, taking strain off your healer. Being able to produce 10 healthstones at the cost of 1 soulshard is a huge advantage to a warlock, as drain soul does very minimal damage, so gathering more shards is always a pain, whether in a group or not.
Ragbar Feb 13th 2007 12:54PM
Now where's the mage spell "Arcane Watercooler" where it will dispense 10 water at a time, up to 100 waters?
Trasketor Feb 13th 2007 12:25PM
How can someone not be a fan of a health stone. Its free, its on a seprate timer than potions and they heal for more than most potions especially if you have the imp stone like me!
Xyndra Feb 13th 2007 1:20PM
The spell says to be used in raid, but it can be used in a 5-man too?
Acceptable Risk Feb 13th 2007 12:47PM
The thing I find funny is that this spell is really similar to Lightwell in a lot of ways; better than Lightwell some ways, even. But Warlocks don't need to spend a single talent point to get it.
That has to say something about how lackluster Lightwell is. None of the talented spells in the Holy tree are really very good.
rocketscientist Feb 13th 2007 1:20PM
Yes, it can be used in a 5-man party as well as a raid.
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