Necro, how do you not choose Iksar?

[Teppler]

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

lifetaps are not mana efficient as far as the amount of damage you're doing to a mob, though. mana you're spending on lifetaps is mana that you're not spending on pure-damage DOTs.

There's a lot of complexities. Often times your pure damage DOTs are overkills. Sometimes you want to do a bit of damage and quick. Something like Deflux is a great tool. It's a fast cast and the damage per mana is comparable to other DDs although falls behind just a bit. Other times pyro and vexing mordiana will both kill so it doesn't really matter which one you use.

Sometimes you will want to be using the pure damage DOTs and not want to waste time with the life taps but I guess my overall point is that it doesn't come up as much as people might think when looking at this stuff on paper.