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Originally Posted by Raev
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Haynar changed cancel magic to be a bit random a while ago (you can search the bug threads). You can a) make sure you have a clicky underneath in case it fails or b) use annul magic at L54 which should work 100% of the time.
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First part of this advice is solid. Second part (annul magic) is very bad.
Annul magic is not guaranteed to remove a debuff and it has the opportunity to remove 2 of your good buffs instead.
Dispels are random. They have a dice roll of 0-4 or 0-8. Whatever the roll is, the spell dispel will work top down removing that number of "counters" from your buffs. 1 being minimum and 8 being maximum. The dispel will do this for each buff 1-15 UNTIL it removes enough counters to strip the buff entirely. So for example if it skips your top slot and instead removes your 2nd slot buff, it actually removed some hidden counters from your #1 buff.
The best way to counter this is:
1. Make sure the debuff is in top slot (which it sounds like you're already doing)
2. Get in the habit of making sure your buffs 2-4 are junk buffs, so that if they do happen to get removed you can replace them.
On a Necro... Shrunken Goblin Skull Earring works well. The Lich line of spells works well here. They're fast cast and only 5 mana. Bracer of the Hidden and Ring 8/9 are also fantastic but those are more expensive/tedious clickies.
Generally when I'm shadow bond healing I'll have my buffs like this:
1. Empty
2. Goblin Earring
3. Lich
4. DMF
5. Shielding
6. Manaskin
Then if I lose 2 or 3 it's not a big deal about losing them, just cast cancel magic again.