WHM 2nd ability focus?

[Nathanmg]

I've not really "prioritised" anything myself (barring my vanya head where ive chucked det+sp into), just been grabbing whatever ilvl90 I can get hold of.

my T4 experience has been somewhat limited so I've not had many "spam heal" situations yet have had a fair amount of idle time where I've been switching to cleric stance and getting some dps in (not really needed but I do it in T1+2 and in my titan sell runs).

I really quite enjoy whm dps tbh, as limited as it may be, so I've gone for det just for an overall heal+dmg boost.

Does sps affect dot timers btw? Considering I rarely get more time than enough to chuck up aero 1+2 and lightning 1 before switching back to heal (and then reapplying dots when I switch back) I can see sps not really helping me on this side of things.

[Menae]

I've not really "prioritised" anything myself (barring my vanya head where ive chucked det+sp into), just been grabbing whatever ilvl90 I can get hold of.

my T4 experience has been somewhat limited so I've not had many "spam heal" situations yet have had a fair amount of idle time where I've been switching to cleric stance and getting some dps in (not really needed but I do it in T1+2 and in my titan sell runs).

I really quite enjoy whm dps tbh, as limited as it may be, so I've gone for det just for an overall heal+dmg boost.

Does sps affect dot timers btw? Considering I rarely get more time than enough to chuck up aero 1+2 and lightning 1 before switching back to heal (and then reapplying dots when I switch back) I can see sps not really helping me on this side of things.

I don't THINK it does, but considering how much you need for it to have a real impact on cast times, I can't imagine it would do much for them (or Regen) either.

[Eriane]

Does sps affect dot timers btw? Considering I rarely get more time than enough to chuck up aero 1+2 and lightning 1 before switching back to heal (and then reapplying dots when I switch back) I can see sps not really helping me on this side of things.

As far as i know spell speed does not affect dots or hots, but crit and det do so it does seem odd to me that there is a secondary stat that is worthless to dot classes...

[dragonflyseksparade]

As far as i know spell speed does not affect dots or hots, but crit and det do so it does seem odd to me that there is a secondary stat that is worthless to dot classes...

It isn't worthless to DOT classes. It reduces the GCD on a DOT cast just like any other hard cast spell. The gain you recieve is based on total dot damage per GCD time. Not saying that I think SS is the best secondary stat for DPS classes, but I would not call it worthless.

[Eriane]

It isn't worthless to DOT classes. It reduces the GCD on a DOT cast just like any other hard cast spell. The gain you recieve is based on total dot damage per GCD time. Not saying that I think SS is the best secondary stat for DPS classes, but I would not call it worthless.

So a SCH casts dots that lasts 30,24, and 18 sec.... that SCH just saved a fraction of a second on 3 casts and now for the remainder of the dot duration is getting zero benefit from spell speed. I would call that worthless but thats just me. Now the spell speed would affect ruin spam sure, but crit and det affect ruin spam and the potency/chance to crit of the dots.