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Comment by 301

Using this item consumes it.

Comment by 171

Drop rate is too low for this item to make it really usefull, but it's still powerfull enough. I wish it was a trinket though.

Comment by 6225

This is exactly the same with Mage's Counterspell Effect.
It doesnt drop frequently so it not any useful at all - I usually use at least 15 counterspells / Battleground :p

As stated above , using this item consumes it.

To Guud : If that thing was a trinket , that would be imbalanced.
Of course it would be nice if it had 20charges or something.

Comment by 3316

This dropped totally random, I never even knew it existed. Must be fun to use in BG's as it doesn't work in instances anyway :D

Comment by skitzosmeagol

You will rarely use this item, and it is somewhat pointless. You get one charge and whenever someone is casting a spell you will probably forget to use it :). Most classes have interruption effects, rely on those not this.

Comment by tehdark

only one charge. most people would probably forget that they had this in their bags. people probably would vendor this item or disenchant for some illusion dust.

Comment by radeox

I suggest making a macro /use Clutch of Foresight spam 20 times so you won't fizzle :).

Comment by hadron

Can't be used in arena.

Comment by defektunge

Note that it's BoP, unique, and single use. You'll only get one counterspell, and then you'll have to go back to Stratholme to farm for another. Considering the <10% droprate, it's a fun item but not a viable toy for PvP or raiding.

The idea of the item is quite fun though, and I do hope Blizzard add more items like it in the future.

Comment by Thottbot

single charge

Comment by Thottbot

it's so hard to decide when to use it.

Comment by Thottbot

Look up the list of spells a mage gets. This is one charge of counterspell. No biggie. It can be cast every thirty seconds. No big deal at all other than that anyone 55+ can use it.

Comment by Thottbot

Wasted it on lvl 26 gnoll :) thought its just on some long timer :)

Comment by Thottbot

after 5 stratholme runs without any good loot at all i ended up with this item. i was happy untill i silenced a gargoyle. item gone, and hardly any effect...

Comment by Thottbot

They might as well just make this item grey, because it's virtually vendor trash. I was expecting a trinket with a 1-hour cooldown, like it should be. Instead, I wasted a damn good roll on a worse version of Counterspell that you lose after one cast.

Garbage.

Comment by Thottbot

I plan on using it on Onxyia at the start of phase 3 to gain aggro. Seems a good choice for that.

Comment by Thottbot

If you see this drop, dont waste a roll on it it, unless its a free for all roll. I saw this drop and frieked out, thinking I could use this in PVP, and waste casters like no other. So I payed someone who used there Vendor Roll on it 5 FRIGGIN Gold, only to realise its one charge >.< Todays lesson, dont roll/pay for &*!@, unless you check thottbot first.

Comment by Thottbot

Why does it have a cooldown with only 1 charge?

Comment by Thottbot

i got it a long ass time ago, and its been in my bank ever since...

maybe blizz will make it a trinket someday

/shrug

Comment by Thottbot

Also thought it had a cooldown. Used it on a level 7 Winter Wolf to test cooldown. It would have been nice if the damn thing had said it had once charge.

Comment by Thottbot

I had my hopes all up when I got this so I decided to check Thottbot to see how many charges it had/how long cooldown is. This thing is a real big letdown...

Comment by Thottbot

lol, glad i read this post before deciding to "test" it out. ty posters for me not wasting it. bliz should deffinatly make this thing a trinket.

Comment by Thottbot

vendor trash, definitely

Comment by Thottbot

is it possible to use on rag to prevent fire spells for 10 seconds or will he just resist and then that the end of the dma nthing? just curious

Comment by Thottbot

this is great for warriors for 2 reasons

1. you can pull caster mobs by counter spelling them and forcing them to come in to melee.

2. It also causes a high amount of threat which will really help you hold aggro.

Comment by Thottbot

had this at one point on my warlock and was hungering for a mage or priest.

Used it and was like "awww", and for the drop rate, what is the point in even programming that into the game.

I agree, put a cooldown on it and I'd be happy with it.

Comment by Thottbot

lol if they put a cooldown on it instead of a charge, my god it would be so overpowered, 10 seconds of counterspell is so long. basically pally's wouldnt have a chance in arena anymore, along with every caster and their mom. Hell i'd use this in a heartbeat if it was just a cooldown, id have 2 counterspells which would pretty much be gg as if warlocks werent mage hunters enough(well i guess not just mages, everyone gets too go on that list haha)

Comment by Thottbot

Yes, we all have to admit that if this thing was usable more than once, it would be the most overpowered item in the game. Go for the non-expendable stratholm items that are more fun. Piccolo of the Flaming Fire FTW, just got it alone this morning with my rogue.

Comment by Thottbot

Picolo is totally OP. If I see one more dance fest in AV cave, I will shoot myself in the foot.

But I can imagine this not being too OP if it had like a 20-30 min CD. Sure, it's a hella long time, but this is a fairly powerful abitity (at least to non-immune mobs, for instance priest in High King fight; though, i wouldn't waste a trinket slot for one interupt in a boss fight). Sheild wall/Last Stand, Rebirth/Reincarnate, DI...all powerful but with long CD.

Make it a 30 min CD trinket, use it when you can, and swap it out for somethine else to wait out the CD. Go Go Blizz patch now!

Comment by Thottbot

your an idiot its not a trinket and it only has 1 charge.
Used this once on a frost mage and he was basically a sitting duck for 10 seconds.

Comment by Allakhazam

"Immune" on any high-end boss. To be continued.

Comment by Allakhazam

single charge on it. gonna use this on lucifron, that *!@#$.

Comment by Allakhazam

single use, how lame is that?

Comment by Allakhazam

I guess making that a multi-use trinket would have been a little too good.

Comment by Oldbury

Fairly useful for any class who lacks an interrupt, but because of it's limited availability it's not something you should rely upon. I managed to get one today on my Hunter, but I know I'll end up having too-good-to-use syndrome with it. Still, nice to have.

Comment by Xulaya

Generates 205 threat.

Comment by discodoni

Funniest item for a class that doesn't have an interrupt or counterspell. Just used it on a mage casually casting a Frostbolt on me (Druid), the "look" on his face after getting counterspelled by a Druid was priceless.

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Clutch of Foresight

Item Level 60
Binds when picked up
Unique

Requires Level 55
Use: Counters the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 10 sec. Generates a high amount of threat. Chance of failure when used against targets over level 60. (1 Min Cooldown)

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