2x insect swarm on one target

[dazzidrood]

hey, i figured out a way to get 2 times insect swarm on one target.

1. cast highest rank of swarm (rank7)
2. then cast a lower rank (rank6)

the target will have the debuff from both insect swarms, but he ll only get damage for the swarm with the highest rank on the target. so maybe some ppl ll think this trick isnt useful, but you can use the swarms as a dispell protection for your other dots and debuffs.

[mikie0607]

Are you an undead casting insect swarm?
lol, nice bug nonetheless. i'll test it later

[dazzidrood]

TaM->ScM modelchange

[grimmeged]

While this works - only highest rank Insect Swarm actually ticks - fairly useless

[Mr.JellyBelly]

While this works - only highest rank Insect Swarm actually ticks - fairly useless

This isn't useless. For PvE, well it is, but not for PvP.

Like the OP said, dot dispell protection.

+rep, will be usefull for me in arena.

[grimmeged]

This isn't useless. For PvE, well it is, but not for PvP.

Like the OP said, dot dispell protection.

+rep, will be usefull for me in arena.

First of all - in arena, you are either protecting from double dispels from a priest, purges or lock self dispels.
A priest will take off both of them with the same dispel, shaman same and i doubt a lock is dispelling himself for IS.
So I really can't see this being anywhere near usefull unless you are playing LSD.

[Kazin420]

First of all - in arena, you are either protecting from double dispels from a priest, purges or lock self dispels.
A priest will take off both of them with the same dispel, shaman same and i doubt a lock is dispelling himself for IS.
So I really can't see this being anywhere near usefull unless you are playing LSD.

You're forgetting other buffs such as motw and thorns. Not to mention any other buffs your team mate might have. Dispell buffers can be quite useful.

[grimmeged]

However this is a debuff it can't really hide motd and thorns

this is only useful if you are covering up a team mate's debuffs, and unless, as I already said, you are playing with a Destro lock who needs Immolate up or a Shaman who needs FlameShock up, it's useless.
EVEN with the 2 mentioned classes, i'd say this is fairly useless.

Nonetheless thanks for contributing

[Kazin420]

However this is a debuff it can't really hide motd and thorns

Lol I just woke up =P By the same token, however, you cant really purge it either (which you said in your last post, which is what made me think of motw in the first place)

K so no motw and thorns but it can hide frostbolts, shadow word pain, corruption, most dots for that matter, fears, frost nova, moonfire, roots, etc etc. The list goes on for a long time of dispelable spells.

[grimmeged]

However hiding Frostbolt is already done by Winter's chill, hiding SW:P yes, corruption isnt a viable spell you want to hide, fears are normally followed up with a ton of other dots, moonfire isnt viable, roots breaks on dmg so that makes no sense either.

I agree this could be used, however the actual potency of this is somewhat useless.

[deenlol]

This is awesome, i bet people here arent good at arenas so they dont know what this is for its a cover up buff. One more buff on the target to get dispelled or devouered( if the lock is stupid) nice post!

[Kazin420]

However hiding Frostbolt is already done by Winter's chill, hiding SW:P yes, corruption isnt a viable spell you want to hide, fears are normally followed up with a ton of other dots, moonfire isnt viable, roots breaks on dmg so that makes no sense either.

I agree this could be used, however the actual potency of this is somewhat useless.

I think your missing the point. The more you hide with, the more gcd's they need to waste. Sure frostbolts are hidden with something else, but as you said, dispel takes off 2 magic effects (at random) so wouldnt it make sense to double hide? You might not want to do this all the time, but if you have an important debuff on someone, like a fear, it would make sense to burn a gcd to try to protect it. Also, Idk about you, but when I root someone, I try to NOT damage them for a bit so the roots WONT break.

I'm not saying this is the greatest exploit ever or anything, its just not "useless" like you're making it out to be. Considering the amount of TRULY useless exploits that get posted here, you can at least give credit to the mildly useful finds =)

[scottmcawesome]

Shaman can't purge debuffs brah.