Quick tooltip question on Reflective Light (Templar)

Saddiq · March 2015

I'm confused. Casting Reflective Light toggles Major Prophecy, fine. But specifically how many seconds does it last? Makes all the difference in the world for planning out combat. Right now I cast it once every 4 to 6 skill casts, and just hope that I have Major Prophecy through all of them, but I don't actually know.

Tooltip doesn't say at all, while all the other skills' tooltips I use are very explicit on how long the Major/Minor property lasts.

Thanks in advance to whoever knows the answer.

Cinna · April 2015

Bump.
I actually feel that it is not working. Looking at my crit ratings at Recount and other combat stat addons, it looks as if I am not getting Major Prophecy despite of frequent use of Reflective Light, I only seem to be getting the Minor Sorcery from Illuminate passive. I haven't done systematic testing though, I came here to look first... Also, I generally play as a healer, so the frequency of the use of the spell varies a lot on my play.

Anyone noticed it this works and what the duration is if it does?

Dagoth_Rac · April 2015

I have switched from magicka Templar to stamina Templar, so I am not using Reflective Light at this point. However, I recall the Spell Crit number on my character sheet going up after I cast Reflective Light. So I would say cast it while looking at a clock that shows seconds, switch to char screen, wait for the spell crit increase to go away, look at seconds on clock again. That should tell you how long it lasts. Whether you are actually getting critical hits 10% more frequently? That I cannot say.

Saddiq · April 2015

Ok, so it appears to be, based on a superficial reading, as follows (to answer my own question a month later).

1) It grants Major Prophecy for 6-7 sec (without add-ons that's my count). That is, the 10% increase in spell crit lasts that long. Based on the tooltip, I'd say 6 sec (the DOT duration) is the likely number.

However:

2) I noticed that if it kills your opponent, it immediately vanishes. I have not done entirely thorough research to discover whether if it kills the member of a mob you hit, but the mob is still active, if it still lasts 6-7 sec. In other words, whether it simply ends when combat ends vs. the target you hit. Someone with an add-on might want to tackle that level of detail.

If you do, though, please post your results here?

Cinbri · April 2015

6 sec after activation, buff still applying after target death. However 2 bugs: sometimes buff dissapearing after target death and 2nd more annoying and newly introduced - reflecting light autotargeting broken, that prevents form effectively use it in pvp.