Scalding Rune

jovial · July 2014

I'd love an official reply on this. I see a lot of players spam Scalding Rune (it's every second cast in their rotation, long before the DoT would have expired). It seems to be stacking with itself or behaving in a way FAR from what the tooltip would suggest.

Is this a bug?

Divinetouch · July 2014

Bump, we still would like to know and waiting for an official reply.

kkravaritieb17_ESO · July 2014

I dont think it stacks. The dot is very small and we use it in our rotation because the initial fire damage is very good and for trials and mobs that cant be cc'ed its a better option than volcanic rune. Still if someone can offer some proof that the dot stacks feel free to share it.

ErilAq · July 2014

I have never noticed the stacking DoT, but I never really looked closely tbh, I just like the damage upfront, and like the poster above me, adds that can't be cc'd or accidental pulls keep me away from volcanic

jovial · July 2014

Look at any video of DK's pushing over 1.2k DPS (yes, those numbers are possible even post-ult-nerf) and you'll notice they use Scalding as every 2nd or 3rd spell in their rotation, not counting Unstable Flame.

I would just like to get clarification on if this is considered a bug.

Cinna · September 2014

I am not quite sure where/why you see a bug, can you describe more closely? What I can say though is that a reason for casting scalding as every other spell would be the Might of the guild passive. The DKs are buffing their other dots, I'd guess. They time the big class skill dots durations instead of the rune's.