June 13, 2009, 08:40 AM
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#7 (permalink)
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Character Info
Morbidmike
80 Undead Warlock
Spinebreaker
Euro
PvP
Guild: Premade
Talent Spec: 0/17/54
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Re: Fake casting
Basically fake casting is making the opponent waste a Spell Interrupt mechanism to fail locking a spell school.
You start casting Fear, the enemy Rogue will kick you (or Warr or w/e) thus locking down your Schadow school. But if you stop casting Fear (moving, jumping, escape button,...) before the Rogue kicks you, the kick is wasted and you have 10 seconds of free casting (though he does have Gouge ofc if it is a Rogue). This works wonders vs Warriors Pummel/Shield Bash, Rogues Kick, and DKs Mindfreeze. Gouge is however not a Spell Interrupt, it is simply an Incapacitate (it will interrupt spell casting, but it will never lockdown the school you are casting).
It is a little different vs Mages and Warlocks with Counterspell/Spell Lock. If they hit you with the spell while casting your school will be locked down for 8/6 seconds, but you will be silenced for 4/3 seconds as well. This means that if you successfully fakecast a spell, you will still be hit with the 4/3 second silence, but your school will not be locked down for the extra 4/3 seconds. After this you can of course dispel the silence with your Felpup Devour Magic to cast again.
Strangulate is totally different from all these mechanics, and works just like the Priests Silence. It is simply a silence. It does not lockdown any spell school if you are hit with it, so you do not have to fakecast for it. If a DK Strangulates you, just have your Healer or Felpup dispel it.
Useful addon to have is Afflicted 2, it can show all cooldowns the enemy has, including Mindfreeze/Kick/Gouge/Pummel/Shield Bash. Shield Bash is easy to notice when you are hit by it, you get dazed, same goes for Gouge. Mindfreeze has a very distinct animation (blue ice all around your head) so you will know when he blew his cooldown. Kick is harder to see (but still possible, you really see the Rogue kick you) and Pummel is impossible to see so for those you will really want an addon to see when your adversary used it. Hope this helps!
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