@Jarnauga - if you are dealing with a summoning mob like Lodi, then the JBB makes even less sense to me because of the chance to bash or push interrupt. Especially Lodi, where there are not a lot of good corners/walls, the chances of getting pushed on an 8-second cast is very high. Maybe a corner-casting ogre has more utility out of a JBB than a Barbarian like I am, but again, the math doesn't add up to me.
Ideally for a summoning mob you whip out your pet, buff him, and keep the mob occupied on the pet which gives you the flexibiity to torpor yourself without taking hits, and to change out spells. Then you cast or, for a belly caster, run in to cast periodically.
In the scenario where the pet can't hold aggro you want to be more conservative with your playstyle...when I solo Tranix for example I start my Torpors around 70% and Canni fast. The goal when dealing with hard-hitting summoners is to keep HP and Mana as high as possible, while dealing some damage....shamans kill big names by outlasting the opponent.
Simply recouping the initial mana takes awhile, assuming a solo pull: Malo, Slow, Root, Epic click, Insidious Decay, Pox, and a Torpor probably. After that is set I will try to start canni-ing back my mana. Hopefully my pet took aggro so I don't take hits, and I toss my pet an occasional torpor. Just getting back my mana to a more comfortable spot will take me like a minute or two, and by that time I need to refresh epic and pox. I haven't even bothered to malosini or bane the mob yet.
So again, I don't see where the JBB really makes a big difference. I agree with the other poster, the place where JBB is good utility for a 60 shaman with spells is to finish off mobs at like 2% hp when I don't have a pet out, or for camping low-level stuff like a Goblin Earring.
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