I can do what with my what....

Back at the tail end of Cataclysm Blizzard introduced the core abilities tab in our spell books. This was a brilliant idea, it gave people that were new to the game or just new to that class an understanding of where to start with their rotation and  eliminated a lot of confusion. The downside is that people now only look at this core abilities tab and ignore all sorts of other abilities that aren't necessarily designed to optimize damage or healing out put, but they do serve some amazing functions. In fairness to blizzard this was a problem before they created this tab. Most wow players are in such a hurry to get to level cap that we often miss new abilities as we get them. I will give you two examples from my own class. As an elemental shaman I have an ability called Shamanistic Rage and it looks something like this;

Shamanistic Rage Instant 1 min cooldown Requires Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement) Requires level 65

Reduces all damage taken by 30% and causes your skills, totems, and offensive spells to consume no mana for 15 sec. This spell is usable while stunned. Much to my shame I had been playing a max level shaman for over a year when I stumbled over this ability in my spell book. Some how I had been in such a hurry to hit level cap that I missed a cooldown that would have saved me a world of problems with mana management and getting my butt handed to me by mobs. I know use this ability off cooldown when I'm casting chain lightning so that I burn down the mobs and not my mana. The second example I'll give you is an ability that I knew I had but had never really seen the point in using. Far sight. Far Sight 3.5% of base mana 1000 yd range 2 sec cast Requires Shaman Requires level 36 Changes the caster's viewpoint to the targeted location. Lasts 1 min. Only useable outdoors. This ability may not  scream awesome but it can save you a ton in repairs while your leveling up. This ability is ideal for quests where you have to retrieve a bunch of things rater then having to wonder through the enemy infested blue splotch on the map hoping to find what your looking for you can just stand back at a safe distance and look around to find what your looking for. It also works great for getting around in areas where flying isn't allowed (The Thunder Island, or The Timeless Island) without getting killed buy mobs that you may not be geared to handle. also with a 1000 yard range theirs not going to be a lot of places you can't reach with it. Despite all this awesomeness I have never know a single shaman to keep it on their action bars. I'm going to change that right now. If you want to get the most out of your class brush the dust off your spell book and read up on all the abilities you haven't been using. Who knows their might be a gem in their just waiting. Remember we're all noobs, some of us just fly the flag a little higher. -Morison