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Originally Posted by Vivitron
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It makes sense that you use pox -- the dpm advantage looks significant. All I'm saying is that if it did the damage faster it would be better. You could pace yourself with an 18 tic timer or by your mana and get the same outcome, but would have the option of doing more damage if the situation called for it.
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The problem is damage spikes. If you drain your mana too fast you may not be able to canni it back if a hard hitting monster gets some lucky double attacks. Your encounter ends if you are at 5% mana and 50% health generally, even if the mob is slowed. This is because you need to spend a good chunk of that health to pump your mana for Torpor, and the mob could get lucky on an attack between then and when Torpor starts healing you.
From experience I have found that going the faster but riskier route ends up just wasting more time. Every time you have to gate out you have lost any time advantage Bane gave you, and probably more.