Settle A Disagreement Regarding Necromancer Mechanics

Started 31 Oct 2020
by ExcretusMaximus
in Ask the Team
A guild member and I have a disagreement on Necromancer mechanics, and would like some clarification if at all possible.

I contend that shade-cast spells queue between pet swings, with a maximum of two spells in the queue for the shade, and two spells in the queue for the pet; so that if you have enough dexterity and Mastery of the Art you can get two lifetaps off between your pet's swings.

He contends that dexterity buffs are pointless on the shade, because it cannot cast more than one spell per attack cycle.

Am I right? Is he right? Are we both wrong?
Sat 31 Oct 2020 4:06 AM by gruenesschaf
Both wrong.

The queue on the pet is 1 slot for casted spells, 1 slot for instants and 1 slot for fp. Execution of spells has been decoupled from the pet swing delay and hence only the pets cast time matters kind of.
Sat 31 Oct 2020 4:58 AM by ExcretusMaximus
gruenesschaf wrote: ↑
Sat 31 Oct 2020 4:06 AM
Both wrong.

The queue on the pet is 1 slot for casted spells, 1 slot for instants and 1 slot for fp. Execution of spells has been decoupled from the pet swing delay and hence only the pets cast time matters kind of.

So he's right in that dexterity buffs for the shade have no practical effect?
Sat 31 Oct 2020 5:46 AM by gruenesschaf
ExcretusMaximus wrote: ↑
Sat 31 Oct 2020 4:58 AM
So he's right in that dexterity buffs for the shade have no practical effect?

If the pet is casting and you get 2 casts inbetween the single pet cast you would waste the second cast. Dex on the shade will always be beneficial in cases where you're not doing petcasts and in most cases as long as the pet is buffed the same as you it should mostly work out with the pet finishing its cast before your second lifetap.
Sat 31 Oct 2020 6:03 AM by ExcretusMaximus
gruenesschaf wrote: ↑
Sat 31 Oct 2020 5:46 AM
If the pet is casting and you get 2 casts inbetween the single pet cast you would waste the second cast. Dex on the shade will always be beneficial in cases where you're not doing petcasts and in most cases as long as the pet is buffed the same as you it should mostly work out with the pet finishing its cast before your second lifetap.

Thanks for the clarifications.
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