Kiting / Root-rot Duo Question
 

Will two snare-type spells or two root-type spells stack on a mob?

For instance, if a Druid and Necro duo, the Druid could cast Snare and the Necro could cast Engulfing Darkness. Or, if a Druid and Shaman duo, the Druid could cast Grasping Roots and the Shaman could cast Root.

one will off-set the other


highest level spell will replace same-type i believe...times dont stack up. cant be doubly snared :$

Correct, The higher lvl caster's snare/root will overwrite the the lower level. Least thats how I remember it in classic.

For the necro druid combo, does the druid snare overwrite the entire spell of darkness (snare+dot) so the darkness spell does no dmg???

Depends on the level of the caster.

The druid snare costs less, resists less, and lasts longer. You'll want the necro stacking better dots than the darkness line as ways to spend his/her mana to maximize dps. The only time you'll want the necro snaring is as a backup in case you're on seafury island and the druid went 0/2 on snare when pulling, which should hardly ever happen 40+.

the darkness line is pretty efficient and puts out great dps. a good necro will also always time their snares so the short duration isn't really much of an issue.

cascading darkness is 72dmg a tick for 1.36m and 1152 total damage with a 60% snare. all of that for only 300 mana :P

There is rarely a reason to ever use any of the darkness line but dooming.

Anything you are kiting long enough to make Cascade run it's full course is probably better suited (and less resisted) w/ an ignite and bond.

Basically, you have to cast bond on just about anything, ignite is far better for a decent kite, and even seafuries really don't require stacking Bond/Ignite/Cascading. If you're stacking all 3 of those, what would the druid do besides bind in OOT and gate out to sell your loot? :)

And if we're talking pre-49 (and we probably should), druid snares stack up a lot better vs. Dooming.. And BoilBlood fares well vs. Dooming, too. /shrug.

In general you're 100% right for soloing, but it just seems like a big waste to be snaring as the necro in a druid duo.

Yeah only the highest spell will take effect.

Though, I thought that if you rooted a target, it automatically dispels the snare on the target. At least that's what happened in classic.