The reasons given for nerfing wisp detonate were that it was too powerful against mass casters and trihero or hero heavy starts. There are more direct ways to nerf the wisp to take these concerns into account. I suggest that detonate has a max cap of mana drain of 120 similar to max damage caps of abilities like carrion swarm and shockwave. This would mean when used on 2 targets with mana pools the drain would be 50, 40 for 3, 30 for 4, 24 for 5, and so on. Another possible change that could help with making mass detonates less powerful is by making a new undispellable passive buff called “detonated.” This buff would be granted for say for example 15 seconds and reduce the mana drain of detonates after the last detonate to 30 for up to 15 seconds. I think one or a mixture of these nerfs would be better suited than a general wisp detonate nerf from 50 to 35.
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