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Commento di heartlessnobody

Adaptive Swarm Necrolord
40 yd range
Instant 25 sec cooldown
Requires Druid
Command a swarm that heals (240% of Spell power) or deals (150% of Spell power) Shadow damage over 12 sec to a target, and increases the effectiveness of your periodic effects on them by 20%.

Upon expiration, travels to a new target within 25 yards, alternating between friend and foe up to 3 times.

so its like holy shock and wondering plague

Commento di bkbkbk30

It states 150% of spell power, so would this scale with attack power for feral druids in cat form? If not why would this even be an 'option' for cat/bears? The 20% increased dot effectiveness for 12 seconds is not enough to make it worth pick it.

Commento di Darlik

Do the Adaptive Swarm affect Fury of Elune?

Commento di Zcondar

I can totally see this working on my Guardian druid. 25 sec cd means we can combine this with frenzied regeneration everytime. The only thing is that I'm not sure how smart it is. As a feral/guardian/balance druid, if it bounces to a teammate, it's complately useless. But overall, I would say this ability is the best for guardian druid among all the covenants.

Commento di certee

So we can have 2 of these active at one time, or does a second cast reset the buff to your current target? Does it stack, or choose a non-adaptive swarm target? (assuming you versus one mob, no party)

I just watched the uploaded video and it does not bounce back to the druid for healing the first time. But the second time it does. I'm just more confused.

Commento di Theorycrafter

Does that effect also buff DoTs from Trinkets or the Embrace of Kimbul Zalandari Troll Loa effect?

Commento di Techhead7890

I think this is quite underwhelming, even amongst DoT/HoT spells. It's not the worst, but it definitely underperforms compared to the signature stuff like Moonfire or Rejuvenation and isn't a compelling GCD to spend. You can have multiple up, but that takes a LONG wind up. Multiples might be useful in a raid fight with adds for instance, provided they don't accidentally jump to the same target which will cancel the stacks out (for example, that rules out single target bosses, where a 20% DoT buff might have otherwise been fairly useful).

The jumping also makes it really erratic and hampers your role specialisation. I wish it would only jump to similar targets, which would make it a lot more useful for DPS and if it smart-targeted, it might be better for healing/resto too. But as it is, it feels like it's healing when I only need damage and damaging when I only want healing. At least Convoke flickers through the targets fast so I don't have to suffer through the unlucky part.

By default when solo it'll damage your target and then jump back to you for a tiny bit of healing. And I really mean a smidge of healing, because you could really outheal it by sitting down to eat or casting a regrowth, and it's not really gonna replace that time spent either. Overall I think the cooldown could be lowered (so more targets could be affected) and the raw numbers buffed a little to give it more direct impact. It'll be interesting to see if Blizzard has data about this talent compared to the other Covenants because I think it's due a buff.

Commento di Ravagore

With the recent buffs in 9.0.5 this spell now does 25% more damage than before and the buff adds 35% increased periodic damage/healing if you're balance spec or a 25% increase for the other 3 specs.

Necrolord may actually be worth using now with this buff and the recent Fleshcraft overhaul so here is a list of most of the skills that benefit from the Swarm buff:

Balance - Moonfire, Sunfire, Starfall, Shooting Stars, Stellar Flare, Fury of Elune, Prickling Thorns(PvP)

Feral - Rake, Rip, Feral Frenzy, Thrash

Guardian - Thrash, Moonfire, Frenzied Regeneration (there may be more for Tank)

Resto - Wild Growth(HoT), Rejuvenation, Regrowth(HoT), Lifebloom, Efflorescence, Tranquility, Cenarion Ward, Cultivation, Spring Blossoms

Despite saying that it jumps 3 times it only jumps twice after the initial cast as it starts with 3 total charges. So it will always go Enemy -> Friendly -> Enemy or Friendly -> Enemy -> Friendly before fully expiring once there are no more charges left to allow it to jump again. Remember that the jump range is only 25 yds.

However, it does appear that charges can stack up to 5 if you refresh the buff before it expires on its current target. For example, once it goes E -> F -> E you can reapply it to the Enemy and the buff goes up to 4 charges. Finding the swarm and reapplying it as it has 2 or more charges remaining will bring it to the maximum of 5.

For DPS in single target scenarios the jumping mechanic can be influenced to allow for a period when the buff will be on the enemy for ~24 seconds straight. Since the buff duration is 12 seconds per charge and the cooldown is 25 seconds, you can take turns applying it to the enemy and then next time apply it to yourself (Alt is default self-cast modifier key).Be aware that different swarms can not overlap with each other so a mistimed swarm or the swarms travel time can cause multiple swarms to merge, combining all charges. That isn't always super helpful in the end but has applications for specific burn phases where you don't want to waste another global, like during Sludgefist stun.

Since the buff does still jump randomly with multiple enemies involved this method is harder to control in multi-target scenarios. For that reason -- and because its targeting is so unreliable for allies as Resto -- its usually better to ensure you have swarmed the target that will need it most when it comes off cooldown, or just keep adding stacks to the same swarm in ST scenarios. Having the debuff on 2 enemies for pseudo-cleave also has its applications so there's plenty to think about when in multi-target scenarios. In most scenarios you will simply want to refresh it when there is only a couple of seconds left on its target, adding the charges together.

Of course, this is all while still probably being suboptimal compared to Convoke the Spirits front-loaded damage but Adaptive Swarms sustained damage is now better than it was.

Commento di Guille18ld

The travel time to a target placed at 23yd from you is around 3 seconds, the spell feels really slow

Commento di MrScoo

I'm finding Adaptive Swarm incredibly frustrating in SL Season 4. It breaks CC of adds. Particularly with Zul'gamux and the Bat add that spawns that needs to be CC'd, and with the 3rd boss on Iron Docks (Saber Cat with the dragon thing that needs to be CC'd). (Or even the Dragon boss in Gambit with the Pirate adds, but to a lesser extent)

When you build up max stacks of Adaptive Swarm it'll find its way onto CC'd adds and break the CC. I have to resort to not using the covenant ability on certain areas of dungeons to avoid the mess it causes, which is annoying considering how important it is as a DPS and HPS multiplier for Resto Druids on high keys :(

Doubt it'll get fixed this late in the game, but it's particularly annoying in Season 4 with how many adds in encounters need to be CC'd.

Commento di Vinceypoo

For those using this in Dragonflight with add ons like Vuhdo and Healbot, if you remain Necrolord there is an issue with the talent and the previous Shadowlands ability. The solution for many has been to simply change from Necrolord to Night Fae and the issue should resolve itself.

Hope this helps!

Commento di NagisaStreams

Kept in Dragonflight via new version

Commento di daemon9

Just an FYI, you cannot see the 25% DoT increase on the debuff's tooltip, only in the numbers of the ticks of damage coming off your target.

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[Covenant Ability]

5% della base mana	Portata di 40 m

Istantaneo	25 s di recupero

Indirizza uno sciame su un bersaglio, fornendo (157.5% of Spell power) cure o infliggendo (150% of Spell power) danni da ombra in 12 sec e aumentando l'efficacia dei propri effetti periodici su quel bersaglio del 25%.

Al termine, trova un nuovo bersaglio, alternando un bersaglio alleato con uno nemico fino a un massimo di 3 volta.

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n/d

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Normale

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5% della base mana

Portata

40 metri (Long)

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Recupero

25 secondi

GCD

1.5 secondi

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Valore: 50
[PVP Multiplier: ]1
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[Not In Spellbook Until Learned]
[Allow Class Ability Procs]

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