Kiting / Root-rot Duo Question

[cohaagen]

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.

[Virtuosos]

one will off-set the other


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

[JackFlash]

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

[zianlo1]

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

[RKromwell]

Depends on the level of the caster.

[Bubbles]

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+.

[Skope]

Originally Posted by Bubbles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

[lyyfeleech]

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

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Skope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

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? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

[yaeger]

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.