I think I found a bug, and why Fel-Scarred DH feels so lackluster. Burning Blade hero talent is not properly stacking the dot damage on different instances of ability usage. Here is my testing:
-PvP Dummy in Dorn.
-Standing next to it and casting Chaos Strike seems to properly stack the dot (Do NOT auto attack during this, be out of range/facing so auto’s don’t go off). You can build up the dot and then let it tick all the way down to 0 seconds, and every instance of the dot will deal the displayed dot damage.
-The chaos strike damage also refreshed the Burning Blade DOT at the maximum 6 seconds, and the DOT will deal the full damage (4 ticks) at that displayed value.
-If you auto attack or throw glaive, the dot appears to somewhat be “overridden” and the overall DOT damage goes lower and does not stack.
-I then tested ONLY auto attacking, and the above functionality still is in place. The auto attacks are overwriting the DOT damage in some way to where it lessens the damage of the DOT for the entire duration of the DOT, even when it refreshes from the auto attack.
-Tested with and without Demon Blades talent.
-Same thing happens when you stack up a big chaos strike dot and then throw a glaive. The dot goes down in overall damage.
Now, I am probably messing up my thinking with this, and I do understand you don’t want the DOT to stack indefinitely and grow until it one shots everything, but I can’t imagine that the most optimal way to play is to somehow manage to NEVER auto attack or throw glaive because then your big DOT from stacking Annihilation after transforming into Metamorphosis just goes away…
Can anyone else test and confirm or tell me why I am incorrect?
Thanks,
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