good thread.
it would be good to understand how dispel counters really worked. I will try to explain the best way I can remember, and also using things we know now like charge count, etc.
So for example, Nullify Magic has the following description:
1 Cancel Magic(4)
2 Cancel Magic(4)
This seems to be telling us that Nullify Magic delivers two charges of "Cancel Magic" each with a 4x counter.
Now how would that apply to a buff stack...
My impression is that it will use the first charge of Cancel Magic (with 4 counters) and target the top slot. Now if the top-slot is weak (aka 4 counters or less required to dispel), then it will be dispelled and then the process will be repeated with the second charge of Cancel Magic (with 4 counters) onto the second buffslot.
But, if it's a stronger debuff in your top-slot, requiring more than 4 counters, the first Cancel Magic removes 4 counters, and this is where it gets a bit grey. it seems that the second charge of Cancel Magic always attempts to move down and target the next buffslot, even if the first charge of Cancel Magic wasn't enough to remove the top-slot. I believe that is where a lot of discrepancies come in, regarding non-top slots being removed before the top-slot.
Now lets say you cast Nullify again, the first charge will attempt to remove the top-slot again (remove another 4 counters) and hopefully actually dispel it this time, and the second charge of Cancel Magic will continue targeting to the next available buffslot.
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