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  1. #1
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    Borfin's Avatar
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    Rijda Highstaff
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    Arcanist Lv 50

    Miasma II single target

    Is it worth it? If it were to tick every second, the spell would total 170 potency if it were to run its full duration.

    But it DOESN'T tick every second, does it?
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    Alizebeth Bequin
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    All DoTs tick every 3 seconds, but on server time.

    This means it does only 70 potency total over its duration.

    Which makes it both more costly and less damaging than Ruin, thus is not used normally.

    However its duration can be extended by Garuda's contagion, so it is used with contagion, extending the duration to 30 seconds, and making it do 120 potency.

    Still awful, no matter what Kevee says, but is mathematically a dps increase.
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    Hamtaro Kakamaro
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    Excalibur
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    ^wow talk about a failure in math. It's not about the damage on one particular DoT, but a cumulative total and don't forget DoT can proc critical. But anyways w/e.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HamHam View Post
    ^wow talk about a failure in math. It's not about the damage on one particular DoT, but a cumulative total and don't forget DoT can proc critical. But anyways w/e.
    What does any of what you just said have to do with anything?

    Also hint: if you want to argue math, it is nice to actually have some numbers.
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    Ayukawa Madoka
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    Excalibur
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    It's only worth using on multiple mobs. Normally i only bother on 3 or more if I'm setting DoTs, or in WP I'll spam it if our pull is big enough after I've applied everything else and bane
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    Rijda Highstaff
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    Arcanist Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by HamHam View Post
    ^wow talk about a failure in math. It's not about the damage on one particular DoT, but a cumulative total and don't forget DoT can proc critical. But anyways w/e.
    You have no idea what any of what you just said means.
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