Thunderous paws doesn’t free me of the root, capacitor totem has a 50+ sec cd, so I can use it once basically, I can’t damage the root mob, because I need to be north of 800k hps at all times due to constant party-wide damage.
Our party spent almost an hour dealing with that boss (because of some random stuff like pools disappear right before you want to enter them or web gets you while you are rooted with no chance to dodge).
And yes, we had resto shaman. So for shaman, you use capacitor totem+totemic recall to lower it’s cd. If totem was not available for some reason - one of our range dps would focus shaman’s mob first to save the healer
Since there is no other cast to interupt in that fight, you can just use wind shear on the small blob every time to get out of the root (or like mentioned before: any sort of displacement, stun, etc.)
Thuderstorm works. And the CD is short enough to be able to use it on every one of them.
Cap totem should be saved for when you accidentally step on one and need to save Thunderstorm for when the boss pulls you.
ALSO…
If you time Gust of Wind just right and perfect, you don’t even need to sit on a puddle. But that is living life the risky way. For those that like it …