First:
Max CDR that I am aware of (constants, as opposed to leaving things to chance like using hourglass or eternity):
- Mythical Black Flame dagger, offhand orb and mantle: 10% for set bonus + 19% for offhand=29%
- 7% amulet and 7% helmet =14%
- Star Pact 15%
Total=58%
Mark of torment duration is 6 seconds, cooldown 6.72 seconds. Not good enough.
Second:
Switch the helm to necrolord’s gaze and duration is increased to 8 seconds while cooldown becomes 51% / 7.84 seconds. Good enough?
Third:
Switch the helm to necrolord, sword to blaze, shield to a 7% mythical untouchable and you get a new cooldown of 29% / 9.9 seconds with a duration now of 10 seconds. Good enough?
Unfortunately, the answer to both 2 and 3 above is no. There’s about a half second pause between when you start to recast and the spell goes off, leaving you vulnerable.
Is the answer max casting haste to 200%? I managed to max it while still being able to max mark of torment, star pact and maiven’s.
Apparently, it made no difference. There is still a delay between when i initiate my casting and it goes off.
I would be curious if somehow cooldown was dropped to give at least a .5 second head start to recast before it expires.
Is this half second delay built in, so that there is always a gap between castings or is it just that the cooldowns I’ve achieved are not good enough?
