Sustained DPS numbers.

[Victorio]

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

Ice Spear + Rend Robe is what you want!

Rend Robe 784dd/14sec = 56 dps mana free

weave in an Ice Spear 1200dd/4sec = 300 dps for 300 mana

Add them together for a sustained 110 dps for 300 mana every 18 seconds.

Yeah, except that assumes the fight lasts the perfect duration for that long cast time. If the fight was 30 seconds, and you cast one of each, then suddenly your dps during the fight is down to 66, while you still lost mana because you got only 2 ticks of medding in while spending 300 mana. You can't click clickies during non-fights in the same way that melees can't melee while not in fights, and clickies with long cast times just aren't comparable to melee weapons as to how they fit into a fight. Also, there's an assumption of no resists.