shadow bolt + sap = insta cast

[weekendwars]

Well i was on my warlock in a BG yesterday and having a felhunter with paranoia obviously lets you see rouges from a pretty good distance, so i targeted him and began to cast shadow bolt, right as i saw him about to sap me, there was no cast bar but 4-5 seconds later when he ambushed me i instant casted shadowbolt. Ive tried this over and over and it seems to work 40% of the time you just need to begin casting at the perfect moment.

edit: yea im stupid i meant felhunter :P

[FreezingBalls]

Dang, didn't know Felguard had Paranoia. Is this new in the patch?

[Toxik the Spammer]

Dang, didn't know Felguard had Paranoia. Is this new in the patch?

Thought they've always had it. Also, can anyone else confirm?

[Tyttebar]

i would say it's because of the "server lag", meaning clientside says "send shadowbolt" while serverside says "stunned" and somewere in between you get sapped, so then when the stunn is over you will "insta cast your shadowbolt."

that's just a theory from my side. feel free to post if you got any other idea.

[Tyttebar]

isnt he talking about "felhunter" and just mistyped?

[popcapking]

lol i think he meant felhunter lol

[chase97]

XD omg thats funny

[Knezovic]

Dang, didn't know Felguard had Paranoia. Is this new in the patch?

Felguard dont have paranioa Felhunter has

[Scarecr0w]

Are you sure that it wasnt just a backlash proc or nightfall?

[Badlah]

Pretty sure this is completely useless.... why try to hit shadowbolt at the exact right moment to cast 1 spell and your getting wtfpwnd by a rogue....

not smart- just use fear!

[Lafie]

Are you sure that it wasnt just a backlash proc or nightfall?

Atleast you should have done corruption or drain life to get nightfall to proc, could be backslash tho, or just bug.

[Dead_Masters]

none of you play Arena? Its nearly impossible to cast anything if you see the rouge in stealth before the Sap. So the only thing wich works and is realy usefull -> Instantdot, so no sap etc.

[unreal]

Probably just a Backlash proc..

[weekendwars]

no itr was a shadow bolt i checked my combat log and it said "****'s shadow bolt hits you for 783 damage

[Superthrust]

i would say it's because of the "server lag", meaning clientside says "send shadowbolt" while serverside says "stunned" and somewere in between you get sapped, so then when the stunn is over you will "insta cast your shadowbolt."

that's just a theory from my side. feel free to post if you got any other idea.

wow, what is it with people and server lag here! awhile ago people would actually TRY stuff before they shut down someone & their 70% working ideas!

anyways, +Rep for finding!