DoT questions

[elemental10]

Nice, thanks.

So, in fact DoT actually deliver the full potency over a period of time. If I hit that 15 seconds DoT, potency 30 = 150 potency for a total time of 15 seconds?

What about auto-attacks? I know that AA potency depends on the weapon's damage but it hits around +-3 secs right?

I'm thinking in terms of SMNs, this is quite a good thing because only SMNs would have an "AA" spell called Ruin (Cast spell for +-3 secs, comparable to AA) with a flat potency of 80.

So if I apply that Dot (30 potency) and cast ruin right after (80 potency), for every tick I am in fact doing a total of 110 potency for 15 seoconds MINUS one tick of ruin (supposing that DoT ticks RIGHT ON THE SECOND IT IS APPLIED).

So... 550 - 80 = 470 potency. A huge improvement.

Therefore, 5 ticks of DoTs + 4 ruins would result in that. But what if my spell speed is less than 3 seconds, say... 2.5 seconds, I would sneak in approximately half a ruin right? It would hit it back up to 550 potency.