Quote Originally Posted by Zadocfish View Post
Under what circumstance would I ever use Miasma 2? It seems almost completely worthless.
Until you have Broil any time you have two or more mobs. M2 is 70 Potency per mob. Ruin/R2 is 80.

Ruin 2 is a straight upgrade to replace Ruin 1
R2 is not an upgrade to R1. It is the same damage + Instant Cast and adds blind but costs way too much MP.

[Stuff about dots bane and M2]

The point is to have all your dots running on all mobs simultaneously. B2,M,B -> Bane to Spread them and then M2 on 2+ Mobs because 70 ×2>80 potency from a Ruin.

Is there something I'm missing...? It seems like the most worthless level-up spell in the game I've seen so far, being literally worse in almost every way than its first version.
A 70 Potency AOE with no diminishing returns for large amounts of targets that also debuffs them (heavy). It is pretty good.