Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Havenchild]

One thing I've been thinking about because of comments from Sleigh and SunnyHirose on another thread is how the potency of the dots should be considered, and not sure if HavenChild might want to include it in the guide.
Here's is what I mean about the dots.

Bio 40 Potency/tick @ 3s over 18s. There is a very high probability that you will cast the spell part way into the server tick, say 1.5s. This cuts the Dot timer down to 16.5s right off the bat. How many server ticks can you get into it now? -> only 5 @ 40 potency or 200 Potency.

The chances of either repeating this or clipping the dot are very high, so high up the point that overall I think it changes the potency of the dots, since it only takes 1 second to alter the dot duration. 17s, 23s, 29s

Bio 200 Potency
Miasma 265
Bio 2 315

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This would be fine of course if each dot carried an individual timer that starts on cast, but it doesn't.

I actually also think this way when considering when to clip a DoT. Before adding it in, I would like to better explore further if you were in fact getting a single tick less within the final 3 seconds by clipping appropriately to maintain your DoTs from falling off and how that relates to maintaining your DPS.

I have no idea how you would accurately test this though. While you could simply watch the DoT and record the amount of ticks it does, that does not entirely showcase imo how your DPS is impacted from clipping in the 3 second area, and that weighed against, how letting your DoT fall off for a fraction of a second but re-applied and logged just in time for the server tick. That's kinda what I was inclining to in my previous post about when to recast a DoT. I would argue that mid - fight it may be impossible to even do this properly on any level.